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Biodiversity Heritage Library - Program news and collection highlights from BHL

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Supporting Biodiversity Research in the High School Classroom

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When we talk about BHL’s impact on global science, we often focus on how our collections support the work of scientists, researchers, and post-docs. Our collections are also an invaluable tool for students as well, and not just college students either. Middle and high school students can use our primary source material to conduct research for classroom assignments.
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April 5, 2016byGrace Costantino
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New IMLS-Funded Project: Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature

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The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has selected the Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature project as one of nine National Digital Platform Projects funded in 2015 as part of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries program.
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January 15, 2016byGrace Costantino
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The First Comprehensive Description of Reptiles and Amphibians

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1834 was a landmark year in the field of herpetology – the study of amphibians and reptiles. It was the year that the first volume of André Marie Constant Duméril’s monumental work Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des reptiles was published.
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May 7, 2015byGrace Costantino
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From BHL User to Virtual Reference Intern

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Like most people who go for a library science degree, I was a kid who loved libraries and books, often checking out more than I could get through in three weeks. (Admittedly, this still happens today. So many books, so little time.) Surprisingly instead of wanting to be a librarian, I figured I’d become a writer. As things tend to happen, the plan wasn’t as straight forward as I’d expected.
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September 3, 2013byAdriana Marroquin
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The 2012 BHL Staff & Technical Meeting

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On September 27-28, 2012, thirty-one staff members representing all 14 BHL member institutions convened at the Ernst Mayr Library at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University for the 2012 BHL Staff and Technical Meeting. As a combined meeting, it brought together not only those that manage the digitization workflow at each member institution, but also those that work to keep BHL’s technical infrastructure running smoothly and constantly improving.

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October 9, 2012byMichelle Strizever
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Happy Birthday, Louis Agassiz!

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Monday, May 28, marked Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz’s 205th birthday. Louis Agassiz was a famous Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, and geologist who made critical advances in the fields of ichthyology and glaciology. During his lifetime, he received the Wollaston medal, was named a member of the Royal Society, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and served as the head of the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard University.

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May 31, 2012byGrace Costantino
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My Life as a BHL Staffer: Chris Carden

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I am a Metadata Librarian for the Biodiversity Heritage Library based at the Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

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May 7, 2012byChris Carden
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