Taking Measure of the Taking Measure of the Biodiversity Heritage Library Biodiversity Heritage Library 2003 - 2010 2003 - 2010 Martin R. Kalfatovic Martin R. Kalfatovic BHL Global Tech Meeting | Woods Hole | 22 Sep 2010 BHL Global Tech Meeting | Woods Hole | 22 Sep 2010 Extensive. Open. Global
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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
• 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.
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Thank you
Credits
> Chris Freeland> Tom Garnett> Suzanne C. Pilsk> BHL staff members around the world> All images from BHL content or available