20. Portraits of Scientists “ What a tremendous set of photographs. This was the first time I had seen the faces to go with many of those names. Thank you!”
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22. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION COLLECTIONS SEARCH CENTER http://collections.si.edu
31. Art & History Museums: Butterfly Black butterfly [music] Composer: Ellington, Duke 1899-1974. 1 conductor score and/or parts (Published sheet music), 31 cm 12 manuscripts….. 0
37. New Members: Academy of Natural Science (Philadelphia) California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco) BHL – Europe Discussions underway with China and Australia
51. Encyclopedia of Life … imagine for a moment that all the diversity of the world were finally revealed and then described, say one page to a species. The description would contain the scientific name, a photograph or drawing, a brief diagnosis, and information of where the species if found. If published in conventional book form … this Great Encyclopedia of Life would occupy 60 meters of library shelf per million species … 100 million species of organisms … would extend through 6 kilometers of shelving … E.O. Wilson (1992)
52. OH O H 2 N OH H Informatics Marine Biological Laboratory Missouri Botanical Garden Species Pages & Secretariat Smithsonian Education and Outreach Smithsonian & Harvard Synthesis Center Field Museum
53. Grants of $6 million for BHL from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations (as part of the Encyclopedia of Life grant) Additional support from parent institutions Supplemental grants in place for specific development (e.g. Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation) Additional grants being actively pursued by BHL and individual members
54. A Global Library for Life In any well-appointed Natural History Library there should be found every book and every edition of every book dealing in the remotest way with the subjects concerned. Charles Davies Sherborn, Epilogue to Index Animalium , March 1922
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56. Thanks Nancy Gwinn, Director, SIL Tom Garnett, Project Director, BHL Martin Kalfatovic, Assist. Director, Digital Services, SIL
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Notes de l'éditeur
In 2007, 23 members from across the Institution representing LAMS met to discuss collaboration among libraries, archives and museums, and more efficient means to showcase institutional assets. This group identified two projects… neither of these good ideas came with funding. Instead the Smithsonian would look for opportunities to try to turn these recommendations into reality. We did, but when the opportunities presented themselves, they took a different flavor. Two Institution-wide collaboration projects: Development of a comprehensive digitization and access program for unencumbered photographic collections. Creation of an internal single point of access to all Smithsonian collections information for staff.
TOP: Duke Ellington music manuscript from the Archives Center, National Museum of American History BOTTOM: Porcelain plate from the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum
New members inlcude Academy of Natural Science (Philadelphia) California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco) BHL – Europe Discussions underway with China and Australia
What is biodiversity Genetic variability within species Diversity of species Ecosystems and landscapes
BHL Focus: Literature BHL Institutions have scanned (since 2006) approx 42,000 titles (29.5 M pages) SIL has scanned 4535 titles (3.48 M pages)
BHL Portal
BHL Blog http://biodiversitylibrary.blogspot.com/ Twitter www.twitter.com/biodivlibrary Flickr www.flickr.com/groups/bhl Twibe www.twibes.com/groups/BioDivLibrary
E.O Wilson said: imagine for a moment that all the diversity of the world were finally revealed and then described, say one page to a species. The description would contain the scientific name, a photograph or drawing, a brief diagnosis, and information of where the species if found. If published in conventional book form … this Great Encyclopedia of Life would occupy 60 meters of library shelf per million species … 100 million species of organisms … would extend through 6 kilometers of shelving …
A Global Library for Life In any well-appointed Natural History Library there should be found every book and every edition of every book dealing in the remotest way with the subjects concerned. Charles Davies Sherborn, Epilogue to Index Animalium , March 1922