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Biodiversity Heritage Library
William Ulate R.
Global BHL Coordinator
BHL US/UK Technical Director
BHL Africa Launch
Pretoria National Botanical Garden
April 15, 2013
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
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
But there is a library
closer to where you are…
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
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 ^
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.”
Extensive
Open
http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14300165
~1.6 m users | 16 m page views
233 countries
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!

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The Biodiversity Heritage Library

  • 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.”
  • 10. ~1.6 m users | 16 m page views 233 countries
  • 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!