Showing posts with label Presentations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Presentations. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Meeting: 2014 BHL Members' Meeting (10-11 March 2014, New York City) and BHL Program Director's Report

In my role as BHL Program Director, I regularly made presentations at the BHL Annual Meetings. This meeting took place in New York City at the American Museum of Natural History and the New York Botanical Garden, 10-11 March 2014).

This meeting saw the reappointment of William Ulate as BHL Technical Director as well as a suspension of the bylaws to allow for further consideration of the election of the Executive Council.



Group Photo: BHL Leadership (2014)

William Ulate

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Sunday, March 8, 2026

Meeting: BHL Institutional Council meeting (8-9 March 2011, Washington, DC)


At this meeting (which took place 8-9 March 2011 in Washington, DC at the Smithsonian Libraries), the governing body of the BHL was termed the BHL Institutional Council. The meeting brought together leaders from most of the BHL partners at the time. At left is the 2nd BHL, designed by staff at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The current logo was introduced on 1 September 2011.

BHL Institutional Council, March 2011
Washington, DC



In my role as BHL Deputy Program Director, I regularly made presentations at the BHL governance meeting. 2011 was important for BHL planning. The "Life and Literature" conference, to be held later in the fall, was being planned. Also, with the initial funding from the MacArthur Foundation running out, plans for what would come next for BHL structure and governance were a major topic (Hibernation, Status Quo, Development and Future Growth). 
  • Kalfatovic, M. (2011, March 8). Taking Measure of the Biodiversity Heritage Library: 2003 - 2010. 2011 BHL Institutional Council Meeting, Washington, DC. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18819012

In this presentation, I played on the unofficial tag line, "Extensive.Open.Global" to outline a variety of metrics of success. The tagline was also featured in a video I made the previous September:



Some photos from the meeting:







Friday, March 6, 2026

Presentation: The Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 March 2013)


On 6 March 2013, I gave a presentation to the Advisory Board of Smithsonian Libraries on the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Keeping the Advisory Board informed and engaged was an important part of my role as BHL Program Director.