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Introducing the NDSR at BHL Cohort and Blog!

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This year, five NDSR residents will help us plan the next generation of BHL. You can stay up-to-date with their progress and findings on the new NDSR at BHL blog! As part of " Foundations to Actions: Extending Innovations in Digital Libraries in...

Biodiversity Heritage Library Africa launches! (Repost from BHL blog)

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We're so excited to announce that today, Monday, April 15, 2013, BHL-Africa has officially launched! Today's launch ceremony (hosted by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden in Pretoria, South...

2017 BHL Annual Meetings, hosted by the National Library Board, Singapore (Guest Blog)

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During 14-17 March 2017, the Biodiversity Heritage Library held its Annual Meetings in Singapore, hosted by the National Library Board. The meetings were attended by 24 BHL partner representatives from nine countries. 2017 BHL Annual Meeting Group photo...

Welcome to the Ernst Mayr Library blog!

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In 1861 Louis Agassiz purchased books from the collection of Belgian paleontologist Laurent Guillaume de Koninick and along with Agassiz's personal collection, the MCZ Library was born. In October 1995, the library was renamed in honor of Ernst Mayr...

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Ivory-billed woodpecker from 1890 journal

My Life as a BHL Staffer: Chris Carden

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I am the Metadata Librarian for the Biodiversity Heritage Library digitization project at the Ernst Mayr Library. Check out my recent post on the BHL Blog where I present an example of one of my daily activities: augmenting the resource metadata and...

Celebrating Robert Gilbert

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Robert A. Gilbert (1870-1942) was an African-American naturalist and photographer, the long-time assistant to ornithologist William Brewster and a staff member of the MCZ. He was an Associate of the American Ornithologists' Union. The MCZ Archives holds...

Exhibits in NWB

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Visit http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/nwblibrarylab/ to keep up with what's happening in the new exhibit cases in the lobby of the Northwest Building. Suggestions are always welcome ...

Hello from the NDSR Residents!

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Over the next 11 months we will be collaborating as National Digital Stewardship Residents on several projects to develop recommendations and best practices for enhancing tools, curation, and content stewardship for the Biodiversity Heritage Library. As...

Biodiversity Heritage Library

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The Ernst Mayr Library is a founding member of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) project which is digitizing the legacy literature of biodiversity for open access. Learn more here and check out the BHL Blog.

BHL Scarlet Macaw

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The Ernst Mayr Library is a founding member of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) project which is digitizing the legacy literature of biodiversity for open access. Learn more here and check out the BHL Blog.

Farish Jenkins 1940-2012

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It is with great sadness that we have to report that Farish Jenkins passed away on November 11, 2012 after waging a strong fight against cancer. When the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology awarded him the Romer-Simpson Medal in 2009, Farish shared his own...