Program Director presentation for the @BioDivLibrary Annual meeting & BHL Day

The Biodiversity Heritage Library Annual meeting took place at The Field Museum (Chicago, IL), March 17-18, 2015. The first portion of day one included a "BHL Day" modeled on the successful event hosted by Museum Victoria/BHL Australia at the 2015 Global BHL meeting.

We had a very good turnout of BHL Members and Affiliates along with a number of participants from the Chicago area.

Below is my presentation for BHL Day.

Looking Forward: The Biodiversity Heritage Library: 2015-2016 from Martin Kalfatovic

QotD: Nature's fondness for dabbling in the erratic was most notably exhibited in that curious combination of bird, fish, amphibian, burrower, crawler, quadruped ... called the Ornithorhynchus

"Speaking of the indigenous coneys and bactrian camels, the naturalist said that the coniferous and bacteriological output of Australasia was remarkable for its many and curious departures from the accepted laws governing these species of tubercles, but that in his opinion Nature's fondness for dabbling in the erratic was most notably exhibited in that curious combination of bird, fish, amphibian, burrower, crawler, quadruped, and Christian called the Ornithorhynchus—grotesquest of animals, king of the animalculae of the world for versatility of character and make-up." Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897)

This image is from the library at the Melbourne Museum. The museum hosted the start of the Global BHL meeting with "BHL Day" that included an open house for the visiting librarians.

John la Salle, of the Atlas of Living Australia, provocateur on recent literature at #BHLDay

@AnneLise33 from @BioDivLibrary Africa the African node at #BHLDay at the Melbourne Museum

Abel Packer from @BioDivLibrary Brazil/SciELO at #bhlday in Melbourne

@JiriFrank of @Biodivlibrary Europe at #BHLDay at Melbourne Museum

Fenghong Liu of #BHLib China speaking at #BHLDay at Melbourne Museum

@ElyWallis speaking on #BHLib Australia at #BHLDay at Melbourne Museum

BHL Day at Melbourne Museum #bhlib #museunvictoria

Tim Hart and Ely Wallis welcome global @BioDivLibrary to Melbourne