Biodiversity Heritage Library Update: Smithsonian Institution Libraries (January - September 2007)

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Martin Kalfatovic

Presentation at BHL meeting, Missouri Botanical Garden. 12 September 2007 by Martin R. Kalfatovic

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Biodiversity Heritage Library Update Smithsonian Institution Libraries January – September 2007 Martin R. Kalfatovic Smithsonian Institution Libraries 12 September 2007

Funding August 2007 SIL received $200,000 for FY 2007-08 from the Under Secretary for Science from the Seidell Fund to support BHL activities

Organizational 11 April 2007 Organizational. Smithsonian Institution Libraries forms the SIL BHL Task force comprised of eight staff and charged with overseeing all SIL BHL related activities

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