An overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library, by William Ulate. Presented at the BHL-Africa Launch and Workshop, April 16, 2013. Pretoria, South Africa.
Wikipedia and YouTube can be useful tools for teaching information literacy when used properly. While Wikipedia articles can vary in quality and should not be solely relied upon, they can be a starting point for research when the potential issues are addressed. YouTube also contains educational videos but students need guidance to evaluate sources. When incorporated judiciously into instruction, these free online resources can enhance students' research and critical thinking skills.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library One Year Update: 2010 - 2011Martin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library One Year Update: 2010 - 2011. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 2nd Global Biodiversity Heritage Library Meeting. The Field Museum, Chicago, IL. 13 November 2011.
Digitised newspapers and the varieties of valueTim Sherratt
This document discusses digitized newspapers available through the Trove database on the National Library of Australia's website. It notes that the database contains over 136 million newspaper articles that have been digitized. It then provides some examples of how individual users have utilized newspaper articles from Trove for genealogy research, identifying local history stories, and inspiration for craft patterns. In closing, it mentions that the digitization of newspapers helps make their content more accessible but also raises issues around copyright.
A podcast is a digital audio file, or series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet for playback on portable media players and personal computers. Users can subscribe to podcasts using software applications that allow for automatic downloading of new episodes. Podcasting allows individuals and organizations to communicate information to interested audiences on a regular basis and on their own schedule through the distribution of audio files.
Open science, citizen science - unleashing the power of community collaborati...Elycia Wallis
Panel session given at MCN2012. This slide deck is the introduction, and was followed by talks from Arfon Smith (Director of Citizen Science at the Adler Planetarium and Technical Lead of the Zooniverse projects) and Jeff Holmes (Digital content editor, Encyclopedia of Life).
Session abstract:
Citizen science describes methodologies and technologies that allow members of the public to contribute actively to gathering, improving and analysing data. Museums, particularly natural history and science museums have started to utilise citizen science techniques to provide a way to increase the speed and volume of information processing that can be undertaken. Datasets published openly and online can be made available for transcription, pattern recognition and visual analysis. The skills of enthusiastic amateurs can be utilised to gather new data for research and to add to existing collections datasets. In this panel the benefits to museum research and collections of citizen science approaches will be presented, along with case studies and discussions of technologies for large scale public data analysis.
Sharing Data for Biodiversity: The Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
Sharing Data for Biodiversity: The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Leaders' Forum: The Internet Archive. 21 October 2010. San Francisco, CA.
Scanning Locally, Collaborating Globally: The Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
This document provides an overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) and its efforts to make biodiversity literature openly accessible online on a global scale. It begins by introducing BHL and its mission. The body details BHL's 15 member institutions that contribute content from their collections. It also briefly describes some of BHL's international collaboration events, including launches in Africa and Germany, as well as governance bodies like the Institutional Council and Global Steering Committee that guide BHL's work. In closing, it notes that a panel discussion on BHL will follow the introductory remarks.
Wikipedia and YouTube can be useful tools for teaching information literacy when used properly. While Wikipedia articles can vary in quality and should not be solely relied upon, they can be a starting point for research when the potential issues are addressed. YouTube also contains educational videos but students need guidance to evaluate sources. When incorporated judiciously into instruction, these free online resources can enhance students' research and critical thinking skills.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library One Year Update: 2010 - 2011Martin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library One Year Update: 2010 - 2011. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 2nd Global Biodiversity Heritage Library Meeting. The Field Museum, Chicago, IL. 13 November 2011.
Digitised newspapers and the varieties of valueTim Sherratt
This document discusses digitized newspapers available through the Trove database on the National Library of Australia's website. It notes that the database contains over 136 million newspaper articles that have been digitized. It then provides some examples of how individual users have utilized newspaper articles from Trove for genealogy research, identifying local history stories, and inspiration for craft patterns. In closing, it mentions that the digitization of newspapers helps make their content more accessible but also raises issues around copyright.
A podcast is a digital audio file, or series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet for playback on portable media players and personal computers. Users can subscribe to podcasts using software applications that allow for automatic downloading of new episodes. Podcasting allows individuals and organizations to communicate information to interested audiences on a regular basis and on their own schedule through the distribution of audio files.
Open science, citizen science - unleashing the power of community collaborati...Elycia Wallis
Panel session given at MCN2012. This slide deck is the introduction, and was followed by talks from Arfon Smith (Director of Citizen Science at the Adler Planetarium and Technical Lead of the Zooniverse projects) and Jeff Holmes (Digital content editor, Encyclopedia of Life).
Session abstract:
Citizen science describes methodologies and technologies that allow members of the public to contribute actively to gathering, improving and analysing data. Museums, particularly natural history and science museums have started to utilise citizen science techniques to provide a way to increase the speed and volume of information processing that can be undertaken. Datasets published openly and online can be made available for transcription, pattern recognition and visual analysis. The skills of enthusiastic amateurs can be utilised to gather new data for research and to add to existing collections datasets. In this panel the benefits to museum research and collections of citizen science approaches will be presented, along with case studies and discussions of technologies for large scale public data analysis.
Sharing Data for Biodiversity: The Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
Sharing Data for Biodiversity: The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Leaders' Forum: The Internet Archive. 21 October 2010. San Francisco, CA.
Scanning Locally, Collaborating Globally: The Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
This document provides an overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) and its efforts to make biodiversity literature openly accessible online on a global scale. It begins by introducing BHL and its mission. The body details BHL's 15 member institutions that contribute content from their collections. It also briefly describes some of BHL's international collaboration events, including launches in Africa and Germany, as well as governance bodies like the Institutional Council and Global Steering Committee that guide BHL's work. In closing, it notes that a panel discussion on BHL will follow the introductory remarks.
This document provides details about a case study of a public library in Southeast University. It includes floor plans and diagrams of the library layout. The library contains areas for children, adults, reading, administration, and community spaces. Sustainable features like a geothermal plant and water recycling are incorporated into the design.
Enabling Progress in Global Biodiversity Research: The Biodiversity Heritage ...Martin Kalfatovic
This document summarizes a presentation about the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). It discusses how BHL provides open access to over 49 million pages of biodiversity literature. It highlights BHL's global usage, with top cities including London, Paris, New York. It also summarizes partnerships with organizations like Encyclopedia of Life and projects like expanding access to literature and digitizing field notes. The presentation concludes that BHL has been successfully collaborative by focusing on taxonomy and providing services to researchers.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library. 10+1 and Beyond: Looking ForwardMartin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library. 10+1 and Beyond: Looking Forward. Martin R. Kalfatovic. BHL Day 2016, Natural History Museum. London, 12 April 2016.
Botany and the BHL: A Botanical Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
Botany and the BHL: A Botanical Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. kalfatovic. Botany Department Seminar. National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC. 15 September 2016.
The document summarizes information about the Mahatma Gandhi University Library located in Athirampuzha, India. It provides details on the library's collection of 45,000 books and over 4,500 online full-text journals. It also describes the library staff of 10 assistants, 7 reference assistants, and 1 deputy librarian. Finally, it outlines the library's achievements in launching an online digital archive of PhD theses and plans for a new building and expanded collections and services over the next five years.
The Smithsonian Institution: Diffusing Knowledge in Partnership with the DPLAMartin Kalfatovic
The Smithsonian Institution: Diffusing Knowledge in Partnership with the DPLA. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Digital Programs Advisory Committee, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 10 December 2015
Free and Open Access to Biodiversity Literature: An Introduction to the Biodi...Carolyn Sheffield
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a global consortium that provides open access to over 51 million pages of biodiversity literature and archives. It aims to make this historical literature openly accessible online to support biodiversity research. BHL has 18 member institutions and works with over 60 worldwide partners. It receives funding from various sources including grants and member contributions. BHL content is used by millions and helps researchers study biodiversity and life on Earth.
The 222nd meeting of ALISS (A Library and Information Support Service for the Social Sciences) was held at the British Library on May 2006. Jane Secker chaired the meeting which included representatives from various academic and special libraries. Jennie Grimshaw presented the financial report showing ALISS had established a solid financial position in its first year. Yvonne Hamblin won an award for her article in the ALISS Quarterly and committee members for 2006/7 were elected. Plans were discussed for future library visits, events and relaunching the ALISS website.
MuseumNext 2013 - Challenging children to discover nature around the cornerSander
Presentation on Nature Around the Corner project, given during MuseumNext conference, May 14 2013, Beurs van Berlage (Amsterdam, Netherlands). This Dutch project aims for children in the age of 8 to 12 and their facilitators to discover and learn about the animals they encounter in their daily lives (i.e. around their home). It's a collaboration between Naturalis Biodiversity Center, the public broadcaster NTR (Het Klokhuis) and the Dutch bureau of the European Invertebrate Survey. See also http://www.dierenzoeker.nl (Animal Tracker, the main product of this project).
This document discusses transformations to the services and spaces at the Texas Woman's University Libraries. It provides background on Denton, Texas and Texas Woman's University. It then details the history and facilities of the Blagg-Huey Library building on the Denton campus. It shows how spaces in the library like the rotunda, information desk, circulation area, lecture hall, and study rooms have been renovated or have renovation plans to improve the library for students. The goal is to transform library services and spaces to better serve the growing student population at Texas Woman's University.
The document provides information about the Biodiversity Heritage Library's (BHL) digitization process and workflow. It discusses prioritizing materials for scanning, avoiding duplication, directly scanning materials through the Internet Archive or with in-house equipment, integrating content using Internet Archive or Smithsonian software, and managing metadata and generated content in the BHL database. Issues or errors are submitted and tracked through an administrative dashboard and issue tracking software.
Strategies to Engage: Discovering & Facilitating Engagements around Biodivers...costantinog
Presentation from the panel "Listen, Engage, Repeat: Lessons from the Front Line of Engagement" presented as part of the 38th Annual Society for Scholarly Publishing Conference in Vancouver, BC, 2 June 2016. Presentation covered BHL's implementation of Altmetric and Disqus to support engagement goals related to conversation discovery, creation, and community building.
The document appears to be notes from a panel discussion on the future of life and literature. It contains headings related to research, communication, taxonomy, and treatment. However, most of the text consists of the word "treatment" repeated multiple times. It also includes references to conservation, wealth of nations, GEOSS, IPBES, and incentives.
This is a presentation given by Grace Costantino (SIL) at the 2011 ASIS&T Conference in New Orleans, USA. It talks about the BHL blog series BHL and Our Users, which interviews users on their work and how they use BHL to support that work.
An Introduction to the Biodiversity Heritage Library for the DC Science Libra...costantinog
This document introduces the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), an open access digital library containing over 50 million pages of literature from biodiversity. It provides free access to publications such as original species descriptions, distribution records, and scientific illustrations. The BHL is a global consortium of 16 members and affiliates that works to overcome barriers to research by digitizing literature and making it publicly available online. It summarizes the BHL's activities, digital collections, services, and projects to expand access to biodiversity literature and archives.
Presentation by Connie Rinaldo about the BHL copyright policies. Presented at the BHL-Africa launch and workshop, April 16, 2013. Pretoria, South Africa.
Science as Art: Free Access to Natural History Books and Art in the Biodivers...costantinog
A presentation given at the Smithsonian Associates event entitled: "Science as Art: The Beauty of Botanical Illustration." This presentation was a joint event with Alice Tangerini on 12 February, 2017.
This document provides details about a case study of a public library in Southeast University. It includes floor plans and diagrams of the library layout. The library contains areas for children, adults, reading, administration, and community spaces. Sustainable features like a geothermal plant and water recycling are incorporated into the design.
Enabling Progress in Global Biodiversity Research: The Biodiversity Heritage ...Martin Kalfatovic
This document summarizes a presentation about the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). It discusses how BHL provides open access to over 49 million pages of biodiversity literature. It highlights BHL's global usage, with top cities including London, Paris, New York. It also summarizes partnerships with organizations like Encyclopedia of Life and projects like expanding access to literature and digitizing field notes. The presentation concludes that BHL has been successfully collaborative by focusing on taxonomy and providing services to researchers.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library. 10+1 and Beyond: Looking ForwardMartin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library. 10+1 and Beyond: Looking Forward. Martin R. Kalfatovic. BHL Day 2016, Natural History Museum. London, 12 April 2016.
Botany and the BHL: A Botanical Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
Botany and the BHL: A Botanical Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. kalfatovic. Botany Department Seminar. National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC. 15 September 2016.
The document summarizes information about the Mahatma Gandhi University Library located in Athirampuzha, India. It provides details on the library's collection of 45,000 books and over 4,500 online full-text journals. It also describes the library staff of 10 assistants, 7 reference assistants, and 1 deputy librarian. Finally, it outlines the library's achievements in launching an online digital archive of PhD theses and plans for a new building and expanded collections and services over the next five years.
The Smithsonian Institution: Diffusing Knowledge in Partnership with the DPLAMartin Kalfatovic
The Smithsonian Institution: Diffusing Knowledge in Partnership with the DPLA. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Digital Programs Advisory Committee, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 10 December 2015
Free and Open Access to Biodiversity Literature: An Introduction to the Biodi...Carolyn Sheffield
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a global consortium that provides open access to over 51 million pages of biodiversity literature and archives. It aims to make this historical literature openly accessible online to support biodiversity research. BHL has 18 member institutions and works with over 60 worldwide partners. It receives funding from various sources including grants and member contributions. BHL content is used by millions and helps researchers study biodiversity and life on Earth.
The 222nd meeting of ALISS (A Library and Information Support Service for the Social Sciences) was held at the British Library on May 2006. Jane Secker chaired the meeting which included representatives from various academic and special libraries. Jennie Grimshaw presented the financial report showing ALISS had established a solid financial position in its first year. Yvonne Hamblin won an award for her article in the ALISS Quarterly and committee members for 2006/7 were elected. Plans were discussed for future library visits, events and relaunching the ALISS website.
MuseumNext 2013 - Challenging children to discover nature around the cornerSander
Presentation on Nature Around the Corner project, given during MuseumNext conference, May 14 2013, Beurs van Berlage (Amsterdam, Netherlands). This Dutch project aims for children in the age of 8 to 12 and their facilitators to discover and learn about the animals they encounter in their daily lives (i.e. around their home). It's a collaboration between Naturalis Biodiversity Center, the public broadcaster NTR (Het Klokhuis) and the Dutch bureau of the European Invertebrate Survey. See also http://www.dierenzoeker.nl (Animal Tracker, the main product of this project).
This document discusses transformations to the services and spaces at the Texas Woman's University Libraries. It provides background on Denton, Texas and Texas Woman's University. It then details the history and facilities of the Blagg-Huey Library building on the Denton campus. It shows how spaces in the library like the rotunda, information desk, circulation area, lecture hall, and study rooms have been renovated or have renovation plans to improve the library for students. The goal is to transform library services and spaces to better serve the growing student population at Texas Woman's University.
The document provides information about the Biodiversity Heritage Library's (BHL) digitization process and workflow. It discusses prioritizing materials for scanning, avoiding duplication, directly scanning materials through the Internet Archive or with in-house equipment, integrating content using Internet Archive or Smithsonian software, and managing metadata and generated content in the BHL database. Issues or errors are submitted and tracked through an administrative dashboard and issue tracking software.
Strategies to Engage: Discovering & Facilitating Engagements around Biodivers...costantinog
Presentation from the panel "Listen, Engage, Repeat: Lessons from the Front Line of Engagement" presented as part of the 38th Annual Society for Scholarly Publishing Conference in Vancouver, BC, 2 June 2016. Presentation covered BHL's implementation of Altmetric and Disqus to support engagement goals related to conversation discovery, creation, and community building.
The document appears to be notes from a panel discussion on the future of life and literature. It contains headings related to research, communication, taxonomy, and treatment. However, most of the text consists of the word "treatment" repeated multiple times. It also includes references to conservation, wealth of nations, GEOSS, IPBES, and incentives.
This is a presentation given by Grace Costantino (SIL) at the 2011 ASIS&T Conference in New Orleans, USA. It talks about the BHL blog series BHL and Our Users, which interviews users on their work and how they use BHL to support that work.
An Introduction to the Biodiversity Heritage Library for the DC Science Libra...costantinog
This document introduces the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), an open access digital library containing over 50 million pages of literature from biodiversity. It provides free access to publications such as original species descriptions, distribution records, and scientific illustrations. The BHL is a global consortium of 16 members and affiliates that works to overcome barriers to research by digitizing literature and making it publicly available online. It summarizes the BHL's activities, digital collections, services, and projects to expand access to biodiversity literature and archives.
Presentation by Connie Rinaldo about the BHL copyright policies. Presented at the BHL-Africa launch and workshop, April 16, 2013. Pretoria, South Africa.
Science as Art: Free Access to Natural History Books and Art in the Biodivers...costantinog
A presentation given at the Smithsonian Associates event entitled: "Science as Art: The Beauty of Botanical Illustration." This presentation was a joint event with Alice Tangerini on 12 February, 2017.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: an Open Global Resource of Literature for ...William Ulate
As part of the scientific method and peer review followed by scientists and particularly taxonomists, it is essential to be able to access the specimens and original publications used to describe a new species and published in books and journals for more than three centuries ago.
The Global BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library) is a cooperative network of autonomous organizations and institutions that operate programs and projects to support the goal of making biodiversity literature available to all through open access. Currently, the European Commission, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Museum Victoria as part of the Atlas of Living Australia, SciELO Brazil, and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt have all created regional BHL nodes. These projects are working together to share content, protocols, services, and digital preservation practices to support research, policy and conservation through appropriate repatriation of scientific information.
In recent years, several biodiversity informatics initiatives have been promoted in Africa by different donors. One of them, the JRS Foundation, supported in November 2011, that ten African librarians, biologists, computer scientists, publishers and students were brought together in Chicago, USA during the Life and Literature Conference, to decide on African needs and objectives related to Biodiversity Literature Digitization.
A follow-up organizational meeting will take place in June 2012, to collaborate on the development of a BHL node for Africa, an open global resource of literature for African biodiversity scientists. Among the topics to be covered are the sharing of previous experiences organizing a BHL Node following on the successful model developed in Australia and Brazil, the appropriate metadata delivery infrastructure, how to coordinate the scanning and synchronize the repositories of titles that are important for biodiversity scientists in Africa, including gray literature and publications produced within the continent.
African Digital Libraries in Global Content: The Biodiversity Heritage Librar...Martin Kalfatovic
African Digital Libraries in Global Content: The Biodiversity Heritage Library Model. Martin R. Kalfatovic & Anne-Lise Fourie, ICADLA-4. Accra, Ghana, 28 May 2015
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Collaborating Globally, Scanning LocallyMartin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Collaborating Globally, Scanning Locally. Librarians as Digital Leaders: Collaborating on the Development and Use of Digitized Collections. American Library Association Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 28 June 2014.
Increasing Access, Promoting Progress: Empowering Global Research through the...Martin Kalfatovic
Increasing Access, Promoting Progress: Empowering Global Research through the BHL. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Expanding Access to Biodiversity Workshop. Atlanta History Center. Atlanta, GA. 24 January 2017.
Free & Open Access to Biodiversity Literature: An Introduction to the Biodive...Martin Kalfatovic
Free & Open Access to Biodiversity Literature: An Introduction to the Biodiversity Heritage Library. NDSR Workshop. Smithsonian Libraries. 2 February 2017.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library Empowering Discovery through Free Access to...Martin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library Empowering Discovery through Free Access to Biodiversity Knowledge. Martin R. Kalfatovic. XXI Congress of the Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical Africa (AETFAT). Nairobi, Kenya. 18 May 2017.
The Encyclopedia of Life, Biodiversity Heritage Library, Biodiversity Informa...drielinger
The document discusses the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) project, which aims to create a web page for every known species. It provides details on the project's goals and structure, as well as its partnerships with other biodiversity organizations. These include the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), which will digitize literature to support the EOL by providing the scientific underpinning. The BHL is forming collaborations internationally to make biodiversity literature openly accessible online.
The document summarizes the current status and future plans of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) as of May 2011. It notes that BHL has the largest collection of digitized biodiversity literature in the world, with over 34.5 million pages from 91,600 volumes. It discusses BHL's efforts to obtain copyright permissions to digitize and host additional content, as well as its partnerships around the world and commitment to digital preservation.
Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL): A Global Resource for Open Access Scient...Chris Freeland
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is an international consortium that scans, stores, and provides open access to literature from natural history libraries. It makes over 34.5 million pages from 92,000 volumes freely available online. BHL aims to preserve digital resources by managing content across multiple locations, administrations, and technologies rather than relying on a single approach. It hosts replication and serving sites around the world to improve access and preservation of biodiversity literature.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library 10 Years and More!Martin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library 10 Years and More! Martin R. Kalfatovic. TDWG 2016. Centro de Transferencia Tecnológica y Educación Continua (CTEC) San Carlos, Santa Clara, Costa Rica. 7 December 2016.
Biodiversity Heritage Library - an overview for the Australian MuseumNicole Kearney
This presentation was delivered to the Australian Museum (Sydney Australia) on 17 October 2016. It provides an overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) and its efforts to make the world's biodiversity literature accessible & discoverable (with particular emphasis on scientific artwork, field diaries and taxonomic descriptions).
The document discusses the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), which aims to make biodiversity literature openly accessible. It notes that biodiversity information exists within a complex "knowledge ecology" of various organizations, individuals, data flows, and more. The BHL seeks to digitize the core literature on biodiversity and make it openly accessible to fit within this dynamic knowledge system. It provides details on the BHL's global scope, members, digital collections, and efforts to ensure long-term preservation of content.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: From Local to GlobalMartin Kalfatovic
The document discusses the history and development of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) global partnership. It began in 2003 with discussions between the Missouri Botanical Garden and Smithsonian Libraries to digitize biodiversity literature. Since then, over 38.8 million pages from collections across six continents have been digitized. The BHL now includes over 200 institutions and has received over 1.6 million users and 16 million page views. It aims to make biodiversity literature openly available online through an expanding global network.
Open Scientific Digital Libraries: The Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
"Open Scientific Digital Libraries: The Biodiversity Heritage Library." Martin R. Kalfatovic. Digital Libraies for the Maghreb. Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology. Washington, DC. 24 January 2010.
Increasing Access, Promoting Progress: Empowering Global Research through the...Martin Kalfatovic
Increasing Access, Promoting Progress: Empowering Global Research through the BHL. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Group of 12 Meeting. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Paris, 2 December 2016.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a digital library that aims to make the literature of biodiversity openly available to the world. It has scanned over 70,000 volumes and 26 million pages of literature. The BHL was created in response to the "taxonomic impediment", which describes gaps in taxonomic knowledge. It works with natural history institutions around the world to digitize their collections. The BHL provides open access to this literature and develops tools to enhance access, such as name finding and citation services.
The document summarizes the goals and activities of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) project, which aims to digitize the published literature on biodiversity and make it openly accessible online. It discusses BHL's partnerships with other organizations like the Encyclopedia of Life to aggregate content. It also provides details on BHL's scanning operations and efforts to engage international partners to expand its global coverage of literature.
Outreach Strategies to Engage Citizen Scientists: Insights from the Biodivers...costantinog
Presentation delivered at the joint SPNHC.TDWG 2018 conference on Dunedin, NZ regarding outreach strategies used by the Biodiversity Heritage Library to engage citizen scientists with projects.
Empowering Global Research: User Stories from the Biodiversity Heritage Librarycostantinog
Presentation from the evening reception at the 2018 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. Presentation shared user stories highlighting how BHL is supporting research in global science, conservation, and museum work.
BHL Outreach: Strategies and Ways to Collaboratecostantinog
This presentation outlines the Biodiversity Heritage Library's outreach strategies and the ways that the Library collaborates with Members and Affiliates on outreach activities.
Early Women in Science: Free Resources from the Biodiversity Heritage Librarycostantinog
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The Story of Engagement: Outreach Strategies at the Biodiversity Heritage Lib...costantinog
The document summarizes the outreach strategies of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) to promote its digital collections. BHL shares collections on social media platforms like Flickr, Twitter, and through a blog. It engages citizens in projects like transcribing historical documents, tagging images, and identifying species in old illustrations. BHL also collaborates with others through initiatives like enhancing Wikipedia articles and highlighting real stories of the library's impact on science. The goal is to increase access to and understanding of biodiversity literature through various outreach channels.
A presentation on the social media activities of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Presented by Grace Costantino at the BHL-Africa Workshop, April 16, 2013. Pretoria, South Africa.
A presentation on the Global Biodiversity Heritage Library. Presented by Nancy Gwinn at the BHL-Africa workshop, April 16, 2013. Pretoria, South Africa.
Responses about digitization capacity and scanning content from BHL-Africa members, presented by Lawrence Monda (National Museums of Kenya) and the BHL-Africa Workshop, May 16, 2013.
This is a presentation presented by Grace Costantino at the 2011 ASIS&T Conference in New Orleans, USA. It discusses the BHL blog series "BHL and Our Users," which interviews BHL users about their work and their use of BHL to support that work.
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
Things to Consider When Choosing a Website Developer for your Website | FODUUFODUU
Choosing the right website developer is crucial for your business. This article covers essential factors to consider, including experience, portfolio, technical skills, communication, pricing, reputation & reviews, cost and budget considerations and post-launch support. Make an informed decision to ensure your website meets your business goals.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
OpenID AuthZEN Interop Read Out - AuthorizationDavid Brossard
During Identiverse 2024 and EIC 2024, members of the OpenID AuthZEN WG got together and demoed their authorization endpoints conforming to the AuthZEN API
“An Outlook of the Ongoing and Future Relationship between Blockchain Technologies and Process-aware Information Systems.” Invited talk at the joint workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems (BC4IS) and Blockchain for Trusted Data Sharing (B4TDS), co-located with with the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE), 3 June 2024, Limassol, Cyprus.
Building Production Ready Search Pipelines with Spark and MilvusZilliz
Spark is the widely used ETL tool for processing, indexing and ingesting data to serving stack for search. Milvus is the production-ready open-source vector database. In this talk we will show how to use Spark to process unstructured data to extract vector representations, and push the vectors to Milvus vector database for search serving.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
HCL Notes und Domino Lizenzkostenreduzierung in der Welt von DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-und-domino-lizenzkostenreduzierung-in-der-welt-von-dlau/
DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie häufige Konfigurationsprobleme lösen können, die dazu führen können, dass mehr Benutzer gezählt werden als nötig, und wie Sie überflüssige oder ungenutzte Konten identifizieren und entfernen können, um Geld zu sparen. Es gibt auch einige Ansätze, die zu unnötigen Ausgaben führen können, z. B. wenn ein Personendokument anstelle eines Mail-Ins für geteilte Mailboxen verwendet wird. Wir zeigen Ihnen solche Fälle und deren Lösungen. Und natürlich erklären wir Ihnen das neue Lizenzmodell.
Nehmen Sie an diesem Webinar teil, bei dem HCL-Ambassador Marc Thomas und Gastredner Franz Walder Ihnen diese neue Welt näherbringen. Es vermittelt Ihnen die Tools und das Know-how, um den Überblick zu bewahren. Sie werden in der Lage sein, Ihre Kosten durch eine optimierte Domino-Konfiguration zu reduzieren und auch in Zukunft gering zu halten.
Diese Themen werden behandelt
- Reduzierung der Lizenzkosten durch Auffinden und Beheben von Fehlkonfigurationen und überflüssigen Konten
- Wie funktionieren CCB- und CCX-Lizenzen wirklich?
- Verstehen des DLAU-Tools und wie man es am besten nutzt
- Tipps für häufige Problembereiche, wie z. B. Team-Postfächer, Funktions-/Testbenutzer usw.
- Praxisbeispiele und Best Practices zum sofortigen Umsetzen
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
Generating privacy-protected synthetic data using Secludy and MilvusZilliz
During this demo, the founders of Secludy will demonstrate how their system utilizes Milvus to store and manipulate embeddings for generating privacy-protected synthetic data. Their approach not only maintains the confidentiality of the original data but also enhances the utility and scalability of LLMs under privacy constraints. Attendees, including machine learning engineers, data scientists, and data managers, will witness first-hand how Secludy's integration with Milvus empowers organizations to harness the power of LLMs securely and efficiently.
AI 101: An Introduction to the Basics and Impact of Artificial IntelligenceIndexBug
Imagine a world where machines not only perform tasks but also learn, adapt, and make decisions. This is the promise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a technology that's not just enhancing our lives but revolutionizing entire industries.
Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?Speck&Tech
ABSTRACT: A prima vista, un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ potrebbero avere in comune il fatto di essere entrambi blocchi di costruzione, o dipendenze di progetti creativi e software. La realtà è che un mattoncino Lego e il caso della backdoor XZ hanno molto di più di tutto ciò in comune.
Partecipate alla presentazione per immergervi in una storia di interoperabilità, standard e formati aperti, per poi discutere del ruolo importante che i contributori hanno in una comunità open source sostenibile.
BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. È stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).
CAKE: Sharing Slices of Confidential Data on BlockchainClaudio Di Ciccio
Presented at the CAiSE 2024 Forum, Intelligent Information Systems, June 6th, Limassol, Cyprus.
Synopsis: Cooperative information systems typically involve various entities in a collaborative process within a distributed environment. Blockchain technology offers a mechanism for automating such processes, even when only partial trust exists among participants. The data stored on the blockchain is replicated across all nodes in the network, ensuring accessibility to all participants. While this aspect facilitates traceability, integrity, and persistence, it poses challenges for adopting public blockchains in enterprise settings due to confidentiality issues. In this paper, we present a software tool named Control Access via Key Encryption (CAKE), designed to ensure data confidentiality in scenarios involving public blockchains. After outlining its core components and functionalities, we showcase the application of CAKE in the context of a real-world cyber-security project within the logistics domain.
Paper: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61000-4_16
1. Biodiversity Heritage Library
William Ulate R.
Global BHL Coordinator
BHL US/UK Technical Director
BHL Africa Launch
Pretoria National Botanical Garden
April 15, 2013
2. What is BHL?
Access to literature is particularly important to
taxonomic researchers Source: Biodiversity Heritage Library for Europe
, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJUMH9z91UQ
3. All we know for some organisms…
… held in one of the great natural
history or botanical libraries…
A library that is, all too often,
far from the reader!
…is a brief description
in a hard to find book…
Source: The Biodiversity Heritage library: Extensive. Open. Global, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOpuLTBocOA
4. But there is a library
closer to where you are…
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
5. 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
Research that previously
took months now takes
only a few hours
La plus grande
#bibliotheque #botanique &
#zoologique online The
largest online botanical &
zoological #library #BHL
The freeing of knowledge
may lead to new
discoveries and changes
in the way the natural
world is perceived
https://bhl.wikispaces.com/Testimonials ^
6. What is BHL?
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is
a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries
that cooperate to digitize and make accessible the
legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections
and to make that literature available for open access
and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity
commons.”
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is
a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries
that cooperate to digitize and make accessible the
legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections
and to make that literature available for open access
and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity
commons.”
11. Thank you
William Ulate
Global BHL Coordinator
BHL US/UK Technical Director
Sr. Project Manager, Missouri Botanical Garden
william.ulate@mobot.org
Skype: william_ulate_r
Credits:
Martin Kalfatovic, Chris Freeland, BHL-Europe,
BHL-Australia and so many other BHL Colleagues
whose valuable contributions make BHL what it is!