May 24, 2024
Biodiversity Heritage Library Celebrates 17 Years
Biodiversity Heritage Library Celebrates 17 Years
From May 13 - 17, 35 librarians from as far away as New Zealand came to the Field Museum for the annual meeting of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), a partnership of international natural history libraries of which the Field is a founding member.
The meeting celebrated 17 years since the BHL was founded, during which time more than 61 million pages of content have been uploaded to the site—including this paper by the Museum's Elmer Riggs, which is the first description of Brachiosaurus. The capstone of the week was a symposium that included national CBS coverage of featured cicada expert Gene Kritsky as well as Assistant Curator of Mammals Anderson Feijo and Insects Collections Manager Maureen Turcatel. It was definitely an event in which both the Museum and Chicago shone brightly.
May 24. 2024
