1. Biodiversity Heritage Library for Europe
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Biodiversity Heritage Library for Europe
Improving the interoperability of European biodiversity digital libraries

2. No digitisation: - BHL-Europe is not funded to digitise
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No digitisation: - BHL-Europe is not funded to digitise
Best Practice Network: - no research and development project - building a solution with existing (state-of-the-art) technologies and bring it onto the market

3. BHL-Europe Objectives 1:
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BHL-Europe Objectives 1:
Provide a multilingual access point for the search and retrieval of biodiversity content through EUROPEANA and BHL
Review and test approaches for the establishment and management of multilingual biodiversity digital libraries
Improve the interoperability of European biodiversity digital libraries by the innovative application of proven technologies
Promote the adoption of best practice methods, standards and specifications for the large-scale implementation of such repositories
Facilitate the open access to taxonomic literature for a large number of target users including the general public

4. BHL-Europe Objectives 2:
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BHL-Europe Objectives 2:
Raise awareness and ensure that the project outputs are known and used by the target users and that the approach directly addresses user needs
Develop operational strategies and processes for long-term preservation and sustainability of the data produced by national biodiversity digitisation programmes
Facilitate and enable the initiation of scanning initiatives in European countries not yet involved in digitisation programmes and improve the infrastructure for digital libraries in all EU countries
Negotiate with Rights Holders to enable access to in-copyright content

5. BHL-Europe Results (Indicators)
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BHL-Europe Results (Indicators)
Indicator
Expected Progress
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Number of accessible pages of biodiversity literature
14,000,000
17,000,000
20,000,000
Percentage of biodiversity literature available through EUROPEANA
20%
50%
100%
Number of interconnected repositories 7 20 30
Number of content providers 25
Number of portal languages 1 12
Page views through BHL Portal
1,000,000
2,000,000
5,000,000
Page views through EUROPEANA Portal
250,000
3,000,000
Case studies of successful usage of the material by non-scientists 5 10 15
Agreements with Rights Holders / Publishers 2 4 6

6. Target users Libraries Digitisation centres
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Target users
Libraries
Digitisation centres
Digital library / Open Access networks
Scientists (e.g. Biology)
Scientists (e.g. History, Cultural heritage)
Citizen scientists
Students of different levels (primary to academic)
School teachers
Environmental and Conservation agencies / Government officials / Policy makers
Artists
European citizens

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8. Biodiversity Heritage Libraries in Europe
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Biodiversity Heritage Libraries in Europe
Natural History Museum, London, UK
Narodni muzeum, Prague, CZ
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Stiftung Öffentlichen Rechts, DE
Land Oberösterreich (Oberösterreichische Landesmuseen), AT
Hungarian Natural History Museum, HU
University of Copenhagen (Natural History Museum of Denmark), DK
Stichting Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis, Leiden, NL
National Botanic Garden of Belgium, BE
Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, BE
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, BE
Bibliothèque nationale de France, FR
Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, FR
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, ES
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK
Helsingin yliopisto, Helsinki, FI

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Project Work Plan
Horizon scanning and analysis of current technical environment (Months 1-3) – Phase 1
Consensus building, standards, and processes agreement (Months 4-6) – Phase 2
Initial content aggregation and test of implementation approach (Months 7-24) – Phase 3
Evaluation, validation, exploitation, and demonstration (Months 25-36) – Phase 4

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Adrian Smales (NHM) Bernard Scaife (NHM) WP2 leader (MfN) Chris Freeland (MOBOT) Julie Verleyen (Europeana) Anton Guentsch (BGBM) Walter Koch (AIT)
to be determined until 12 August (BHL-Europe summer meeting in Leiden)

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Henning Scholz (MfN)
WP2 leader (MfN)
Adrian Smales (NHM)
Nancy Chillingworth (NHM)
Jiri Kvacek (NMP) Graham Higley (NHM)
Lizzy Komen (EDL Foundation)

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18. Jill Cousins (EDL Foundation) Walter Koch (AIT) Roger Essoh (ATOS)
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Project Steering Group
Henning Scholz (MfN)
Graham Higley (NHM)
Jiri Kvacek (NMP)
Jill Cousins (EDL Foundation)
Walter Koch (AIT)
Roger Essoh (ATOS)
Walter Berendsohn (FUB-BGBM)
Francisco Welter-Schultes (UGOE)
Ernst Vitek (NHMW)
Michael Malicky (LANDOE)
Laszlo Peregovits (HNHM)
Robert Turlej (MIZPAS)
Henning Knudsen (UCPH)
Kees Hendriks (NAT)
Régine Fabri (NBGB)
Patricia Mergen (RMCA)
Patrick Grootaert (RBINS)
Hervé Colinmaire (BnF)
Francoise Romagne (MNHN)
Antonio Valdecasas (CSIC)
Luca Bartolozzi (MSN)
David Harris (RBGE)
Frank Bisby (Sp2000)
Philippa Scoones (Wiley)
Thomas Garnett (SIL),
Christopher Freeland (MOBOT)
Teodora Oker-Blom (UH-Viikki)
Uwe Müller (UBER)