Enhancing Access to Biodiversity Knowledge: The NHM Library and Archives Virtual Project
The NHM Library and Archives Virtual Library Project transforms how users discover our vast collections by simplifying searches through a unified search box. With over 41 million digitized pages, including nearly 3 million NHM-specific pages, users can access bibliographic databases, eJournals, and a wealth of taxonomic data. This open data initiative promotes user engagement and allows free downloading, repurposing, and remixing of bibliographic and taxonomic information. Join us as we enhance the visibility of biodiversity publications on a global scale.
Enhancing Access to Biodiversity Knowledge: The NHM Library and Archives Virtual Project
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Making search simpler The NHM Library and Archives Virtual Library Project
Archives BHL Library Catalogue Discovery Search Bibliographic databases eJournals NHM Repository
NHM Repository: Making your publications more visible, inside and outside the Museum
Biodiversity Heritage Library Image: Almond - Plate 8 from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Natural History Museum Library • Over 41 million digitised pages • Nearly3 million NHM pages • Connection to taxonomic names via uBio and EOL species pages. • Open data services - BHL makes available: • All book, or bibliographic, data • All taxonomic name data • Free to download, re-use, re-purpose, and re-mix by anyone, anywhere • User engagement, interaction, feedback. • Portal, Darwin‘s Library, article repository, Developer tools, API, OpenURL.
Ryan Schenk (Biodiversity Informatics at Woods Hole, Massachusetts)is using publication dates of works in BHL to build histograms of the number of publications-per-year.
For more info… Flexibility James Hodgkin j.hodgkin@nhm.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 20 75635 Project wiki: http://nhmlib.wikispaces.com Website: www.nhm.ac.uk/library BHL: www.nhm.ac.uk/library
