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Biodiversity Heritage Library

The cultivation of natural science cannot

be efficiently carried on without reference

to an extensive library

Charles Darwin, et al ‏(1847)

A VIRTUAL LIBRARY

...digital books / volumes about biodiversity and the…

…scientific names contained within those books / volumes.

A GLOBAL PROJECT

Technology Libraries Science

STRUCTURE

• BHL @ 10 in the UK

• 3 committees

• Reporting

• Meetings

COLLABORATIONS

• Extensive

• Open

• Global

• Linked

MOST DOWLOADED MATERIAL

• Linnaeus Specie plantarum

• Invasive alien flora and fauna in South Africa : expertise and bibliography

BHL AFRICA

• BHLA is an open access digital library

for biodiversity literature

• 3 Regions: Western and Central Africa,

Eastern Africa and Southern Africa

• Mission is to improve research

methodology

BHL AFRICA GRANT

• SANBI/JRS grant

• 3 year project

• 12 institutes in Kenya, Uganda

and South Africa

• 4 Main Goals

2. Training workshop in Kenya 2015

CHALLENGES

• Sustainability

– Mixed funding model

• Virtual Organization

• Collaboration

– Communication: language, culture

• Content aggregation

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

• Feedback

• Suggestions

Betrachtungen uber die Farbenpracht der Insekten,. Leipzig,Wilhelm Engelmann,1897. http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42186828