The Biodiversity Heritage Library: An Overview Hosted by Smithsonian
Institution Libraries

Join Smithsonian Libraries' staff and others for an overview of the
Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) project. The BHL is a cooperative
mass-scanning project done in collaboration with the Internet Archive. The
BHL plans to digitize a significant portion of the legacy taxonomic
literature (pre-1923 and selected titles after) and provide open access for
all users.

In addition to an overview of the BHL project by two member librarians,
Robert Miller of the Internet Archive will discuss the Internet Archive
scanning project. There will also be time of a visit to the Smithsonian
Libraries' Internet Archive Scribe Scanning station located down the hall
from the meeting room.

Program:
"The Biodiversity Heritage Library: A Cornerstone of the Encyclopedia of
Life". Martin R. Kalfatovic, Smithsonian Institution Libraries

"An Overview of the New York Botanical Garden Digitizing Program". John
Mignault, Systems Librarian, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York
Botanical Garden

"Universal Access to Human Knowledge: Book Scanning at the Internet
Archive." Robert Miller, Director of Books, Internet Archive

Logistics:
When: June 25, 2007, 10 am to 11:30 am
Where: Smithsonian Libraries, National Museum of Natural History, Cathy
Kerby Seminar Room, East Court,  CE340
Contact: Please RSVP to Martin Kalfatovic ([log in to unmask] ; tel:
202.633.1705). Staff will be on hand to escort visitors to the Kerby Seminar
Room
Details: visit the BHL blog for additional information on this event:
http://biodiversitylibrary.blogspot.com/

Links:
BHL Blog: http://biodiversitylibrary.blogspot.com/
BHL portal: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org

BHL Member Institutions:
American Museum of Natural History (New York, NY)
The Field Museum (Chicago, IL) Harvard University Botany Libraries
(Cambridge, MA)
Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology
(Cambridge, MA)
Marine Biological Laboratory / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Woods
Hole, MA)
Missouri Botanical Garden (St. Louis, MO)
Natural History Museum (London, UK)
The New York Botanical Garden (New York, NY)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Richmond, UK)
Smithsonian Institution Libraries (Washington, DC)