Biodiversity Heritage Library
Dr. Nancy E. Gwinn, past Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) Executive Committee Chair (2011-2017) and Director Emerita, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, died in the Washington, DC area on April 29, 2024. An important advocate for BHL as Director of Smithsonian Libraries, Nancy was an early supporter of what would become BHL through an active...
William Ulate Rodríguez, past Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) Technical Director, died in St. Louis on September 20, 2023. William was a father, a friend, a colleague, and a passionate advocate of using the tools of bioinformatics to better understand life on our planet. William's friends and colleagues share their fond memories of his life...
2023 proved to be a transformative year of growth, increased collaboration, and heightened dedication to advancing biodiversity knowledge for the BHL Cataloging and Metadata Committee. Last year, the Committee achieved significant milestones in committee governance, professional development opportunities, data quality updates, and the ratification of...
In 2023, BHL's Technical Team dedicated significant efforts to improve our data ecosystem, now comprising 61+ million pages of biodiversity literature. Last year's Technical Priorities underscored BHL’s steadfast commitment to data quality by focusing on both upstream and downstream data flows. Notable milestones include delivering refined taxonomic...
Our latest bi-annual newsletter is now available! From flora and fauna in New Zealand to new Affiliates in Belgium and the United States, don’t miss the latest news from the BHL community. View our November 2023 Bi-annual Newsletter.
In the face of climate change and environmental challenges, understanding and documenting Earth's biodiversity is essential. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) serves as a global repository for biodiversity data, playing a pivotal role in this critical mission of safeguarding our planet's biodiversity. Species occurrence data sourced...
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