This week we're scanning the "Whirrakee, the newsletter of the Bendigo Field Naturalists Club". These will soon be freely accessible on BHL thx to our PRO Victoria-funded Local History Grant. Can't wait? Flick thru our growing Field Nat Collection: biodiversitylibrary.org/collection/FNC…

We've now uploaded the first volumes of the "Whirrakee, the newsletter of the Bendigo Field Naturalists Club" onto BHL (1980+). Thanks to PRO Victoria for funding this important work! biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2…

If you missed #BHLDay2024, the recordings are now on YouTube. BHL Australia Manager Nicole Kearney: find me @nicolekearney.bsky.social spoke about BHL Australia's growth from a single organisation in 2010 (Museums Victoria) to 50 in 2024: youtu.be/A8O0hbJvBxw?si…. Thanks Atlas of Living Aust for funding this critical work!

BHL Australia has now made 600,000+ pages of Australia's biodiversity knowledge freely accessible online @biodivlibrary: biodiversitylibrary.org/collection/bhl…. Huge thanks to Atlas of Living Aust for funding BHL Australia & Museums Victoria for hosting the digitisation operation.

I'm excited to be speaking at #TDWG2024 #SPNHC2024 tomorrow (Thur) about the biodiversity knowledge & data gathered by Australia's field naturalists (1800s-today) now accessible & discoverable on BHL : 12pm Room B1 (& virtually). Thx PRO Victoria for funding this work.

Now available on BHL: Jacob's Hübner spectacular "Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge" (Collection of exotic butterflies) v. 3, from Museums Victoria's Rare Book Collection. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63865113. cc Atlas of Living Aust

This beautiful publication was the 500th title contributed to BHL by an Australian organisation. The 500 titles (books & journals/serials) include 6,422 volumes & 619,068 pages, all of which are freely accessible on BHL: biodiversitylibrary.org/collection/bhl… cc Atlas of Living Aust

New to BHL this month: Harmonia ruralis: a natural history of British song birds illustrated with figures, the size of life ... in their most natural attitudes, their nests and eggs (1845) biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63894402 from Museums Victoria's Rare Book Collection. cc Atlas of Living Aust

This week we're digitising "The life of Samuel White" (1920) by Samuel Albert White Jr., from Museums Victoria's Library Collection. Samuel Sr. was a naturalist and sailor with a talent for sketching birds! Look out for it soon on @biodivlibrary.

Now available on BHL: "Vacation tourists and notes of travel in 1861", edited by Francis Galton, from Museums Victoria's Library Collection. And yes, that beautifully vivid green cover contains a hazardous amount of lead. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63984158.

We've been very lucky to digitise the beautiful "A fasciculus of the birds of China" by G. R. Gray (1871), from Museums Victoria's Rare Book Library Collection. This copy contains several B&W sketches added after publication by Gray. Look out for it soon on BHL.

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📢 Big news from the Biodiversity Heritage Library: The Smithsonian will no longer host BHL’s central operations from Jan 2026. After 20 years, we’re entering a new chapter – seeking new funding and support to sustain our global staff and infrastructure. Please share. #ILoveBHL

BHL's "New Future" is hopeful, but uncertain. Want to help? 🌱 Spread the word, far and wide 💚 Share the love #ILoveBHL 🤝 Donate to BHL library.si.edu/donate/bhl-don… 💡 Contact us with your ideas and support forms.gle/jRXtj3dkY3aLJq…

New on the blog, Nicole Kearney Manager of BHL Australia, shares a recap of the 2025 BHL Annual Meeting, including a look ahead to the strategic planning for BHL's future. ➡️ blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/05/reflec…

📣 BHL is on Bluesky and LinkedIn! Follow us at: bsky.app/profile/biodiv… and linkedin.com/company/biodiv… 🌿📚 📰 Monthly #BHLTransition news will also be shared regularly on the BHL blog: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org #OpenAccess #ILoveBHL

This week our BHL Australia collection surpassed 700,000 pages! A huge thank you to the 64 Australian orgs who've allowed us to upload their collections online & Atlas of Living Aust for funding BHL Australia & Museums Victoria for hosting our national digitisation lab🧪 📖 🌱 🌏 🦘