The document summarizes the history and achievements of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) from 2003 to 2010. It discusses the founding meetings that led to the creation of BHL, its global partnerships, and technology and library projects. It highlights that BHL has digitized over 31 million pages of biodiversity literature from collections on six continents and has around 1.5 million users annually. BHL is described as both a technology and social project that has built a global infrastructure for sharing biodiversity data.

1. Taking Measure of the
Biodiversity Heritage Library
2003 - 2010
Extensive. Open. Global
Martin R. Kalfatovic
BHL Global Tech Meeting | Woods Hole | 22 Sep 2010

2. The Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Extensive. Open.Global.
Extensive. Open. Global

3. Timeline
• 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

4. Biodiversity Heritage Library
Technology Library Science

5. Technology Project

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Technology Project

7. Missouri Botanical Garden

8. Emilio Goeldi Museum

9. <MBL/WHO & MfN Vienna>

10. Melbourne Museum

11. Academy of Natural Sciences

12. Science Project

13. Science Project

14. Doing the Work

15. Whiteboards

16. Whiteboards

21. Global data sharing requires
a social infrastructure

22. Global data sharing requires
a social infrastructure

24. BHL is a social project
Global data sharing requires
a social infrastructure

25. Global data sharing requires
a social infrastructure

26. Global data sharing requires
a social infrastructure

27. Global data sharing requires
a social infrastructure

28. > Digitization of biodiversity
literature
> Creation of a global partnership
> Engagement of the research
community
Achievements

29. 31+ million pages

30. Six Continents

31. ~1.5 m users
231 countries

32. What Users Say
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Dear Sir Madam Can just congratulate
you on an absolutely brilliant online
you on an absolutely brilliant online
resource. I Iam compiling a report on an
resource. am compiling a report on an
invasive hydromedusae and could not
invasive hydromedusae and could not
believe the ease and efficiency of this
believe the ease and efficiency of this
web page which genuinely saved me
web page which genuinely saved me
weeks of my life
weeks of my life
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Just quick line to thank Dear Biodiversity Heritage Library: I I
Dear Biodiversity Heritage Library:
you and your organisation
you and your organisation am in awe of your work. Thank you
for the foresight and am in awe of your work. Thank you
for the foresight and so much. As an illustrator who scans
so much. As an illustrator who scans
generosity in allowing these
generosity in allowing these aalot of my work, I Iknow how very
lot of my work, know how very
works to be dowloaded.
works to be dowloaded. onerous the task is. Many thanks!
onerous the task is. Many thanks!

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

34. Thank you

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