Biodiversity Heritage Library

digital library, online database and large-scale digitization project for biodiversity literature
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Biodiversity Heritage Library

Summary

Biodiversity Heritage Library is a digital library[1]. It draws 43 Wikipedia views per month (digital_library category, ranking #16 of 66).[2]

Key Facts

  • Biodiversity Heritage Library received the Charles Robert Long Award[3].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library received the Internet Archive Hero award[4].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library was a member of Biodiversity Information Standards[5].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library was a member of Wikibase Stakeholder Group[6].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library is in the country of United States[7].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's image is recorded as Biodiversity Heritage Library Website.png[8].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's instance of is recorded as digital library[9].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's instance of is recorded as online database[10].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's instance of is recorded as biological database[11].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's instance of is recorded as open-access repository[12].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's instance of is recorded as website[13].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's instance of is recorded as web portal[14].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's instance of is recorded as digital archive[15].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's instance of is recorded as bibliographic database[16].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's operator is recorded as Biodiversity Heritage Library Consortium[17].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's logo image is recorded as Biodiversity Heritage Library Logo.png[18].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[19].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's ISNI is recorded as 0000000111439965[20].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 161999238[21].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2011008692[22].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 17059172g[23].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's Commons category is recorded as Biodiversity Heritage Library[24].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's has part is recorded as Biodiversity Heritage Library Australia[25].
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library's has part is recorded as Biodiversity Heritage Library for Europe[26].
  • +2006-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Biodiversity Heritage Library[27].

Body

Founding

+2006-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Biodiversity Heritage Library[27].

Identity

Biodiversity Heritage Library's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'BHL'}[28].

Leadership

Biodiversity Heritage Library's director / manager is recorded as Martin R. Kalfatovic[29].

Operations

Biodiversity Heritage Library's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[19]. Its operator is recorded as Biodiversity Heritage Library Consortium[17].

Recognition

Awards received include Charles Robert Long Award[3], an award[30] and Internet Archive Hero award[4], an award[31].

Why It Matters

Biodiversity Heritage Library draws 43 Wikipedia views per month (digital_library category, ranking #16 of 66).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did Biodiversity Heritage Library receive?

Honors received include Charles Robert Long Award[3] and Internet Archive Hero award[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . OpenDOAR. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . about.biodiversitylibrary.org. about.biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . OpenDOAR. Retrieved . about.biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . biodiversitylibrary.org. biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . biodiversitylibrary.org. biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] . about.biodiversitylibrary.org. about.biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [19] . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . about.biodiversitylibrary.org. about.biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [4] . blog.biodiversitylibrary.org. blog.biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . Japan Search. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . wikidata.org.
  21. [5] . tdwg.org. Retrieved . tdwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [6] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved . biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . blog.biodiversitylibrary.org. blog.biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . about.biodiversitylibrary.org. about.biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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