Taking Measure of theTaking Measure of theBiodiversity Heritage LibraryBiodiversity Heritage Library2003 - 20102003 - 2010

Martin R. KalfatovicMartin R. KalfatovicBHL Global Tech Meeting | Woods Hole | 22 Sep 2010BHL Global Tech Meeting | Woods Hole | 22 Sep 2010

Extensive. Open. Global

Extensive. Open. Global.

The Biodiversity Heritage Library

Extensive. Open. Global

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• 2003.02 Encyclopedia of Life meeting, Telluride• 2005.05 Libraries and Laboratories, London• 2006.06 Organizational and Technical meeting, Washington• 2006.10 Technical meetings, St. Louis/San Francisco• 2007.02 Organizational meeting, Cambridge, MA• 2007.05 BHL Portal Launch, Washington• 2008.06 BHL Europe funding proposal to European Union• 2009.09 BHL-China formed, Beijing• 2009.11 Pan-Arab Biodiversity Conference, Alexandria• 2010.02 Brasilian Kick-off meeting, Sao Paulo• 2010.06 BHL-Au Kick-off meeting, Melbourne/Canberra• 2010.09 Global Technical meeting, Woods Hole

Timeline

Technology Library Science

Biodiversity Heritage Library

Technology Project

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Technology Project

Missouri Botanical Garden

Emilio Goeldi Museum

<MBL/WHO & MfN Vienna>

Melbourne Museum

Academy of Natural Sciences

Science Project

Science Project

Doing the Work

Whiteboards

Whiteboards

Global data sharing requiresa social infrastructure

Global data sharing requiresa social infrastructure

BHL is a social project

Global data sharing requiresa social infrastructure

Global data sharing requiresa social infrastructure

Global data sharing requiresa social infrastructure

Global data sharing requiresa social infrastructure

Achievements

> Digitization of biodiversity literature

> Creation of a global partnership> Engagement of the research

community

31+ million pages

Six Continents

~1.5 m users

231 countries

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Dear Sir / Madam Can i just congratulate you on an absolutely brilliant online resource. I am compiling a report on an invasive hydromedusae and could not believe the ease and efficiency of this web page which genuinely saved me weeks of my life

What Users Say

Dear Biodiversity Heritage Library: I am in awe of your work. Thank you so much. As an illustrator who scans a lot of my work, I know how very onerous the task is. Many thanks!

Dear Biodiversity Heritage Library: I am in awe of your work. Thank you so much. As an illustrator who scans a lot of my work, I know how very onerous the task is. Many thanks!

Just a quick line to thank you and your organisation for the foresight and generosity in allowing these works to be dowloaded.

Just a quick line to thank you and your organisation for the foresight and generosity in allowing these works to be dowloaded.

Si, Si, je suis un rock star!John & Marcus

Thank you

Credits

> Chris Freeland> Tom Garnett> Suzanne C. Pilsk> BHL staff members around the world> All images from BHL content or available

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