New Day Cafe: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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The Washington Post had a recent piece  discussing the  Biodiversity Heritage Library .

A brief description from the piece:

“The massive, open-access digital library offers users hundreds of thousands of books, archival holdings, images and more — about 60 million pages in all.

Best of all, it’s free.

It’s the work of a large consortium of institutions from around the world, from the American Museum of Natural History to a native orchid society in Australia.”

It has fun sections like Women in Natural History, which they promoted on various social media channels:

Fragaria Phil-Crates / Strawberries, 1901, by #DeborahGriscomPassmore (American, 1840-1911), who was born #otd (Jul 17). Held by @USDA, https://t.co/7Ysl41swj3 #artherstory #womenartists #womenbotanicalillustrators #hernaturalhistory pic.twitter.com/Lg6ieASi8j

— ArtHerstory (@NoteArtHerstory) July 17, 2022

Mary Vaux Walcott was a botanist, glacial geologist & artist, who helped developed the "@Smithsonian Process" printing technique. More: https://t.co/Fjch1Uw8v0 . "North American Wild Flowers" in @BioDivLibrary https://t.co/JwI5FkJPu1#HerNaturalHistory #BecauseofHerStory pic.twitter.com/qxqD239INf

— Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (@SILibraries) March 29, 2019

Rhododendron, by #SarahAnnDrake (#SarahAnneDrake, English, 1803-1857), who died #otd (July 9). Edwards's Botanical Register (1836; text by John Lindley), Plate 1820; @biodivlibrary, https://t.co/IucUzKfME8, via the Peter H. Raven Library at the @mobotgarden #hernaturalhistory pic.twitter.com/uGZqzbpAEL

— ArtHerstory (@NoteArtHerstory) July 9, 2022

You can catch a daily selection of images on their Flickr stream.

Some cool examples:

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a treat,

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