It occurs to me that a fun #AI project would be to train a model to detect obvious bad patterns in GBIF @biodiversity.social/@gbif maps and flag them for curation.

The Internet Archive continues to bring services back online. archive.org remains offline, which affects the page images for #BHLib. For the latest status updates, follow Internet Archive and Brewster Kahle.

So I guess multiple DOIs for the same article are going to be a thing ☹️ For example, “Global arthropod beta-diversity is spatially and temporally structured by latitude” has a Crossref (inactive Jan 2025) DOI doi.org/10.1038/s42003… and also a DataCite (inactive Mar 2025) DOI doi.org/10.60692/cf715…

Latest Update: Internet Archive continues to restore services. As a reminder to our BHL users, until archive.org is back online, BHL page images will not load. Sending support to our Internet Archive partners as they continue to make progress towards a full recovery.

It's #OAweek, and today we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Open Access collaboration between Pensoft and @mfnberlin! Read all about it here 👇 🔗 blog.pensoft.net/2024/10/22/10-… #openaccess_mfnberlin

#WikidataWeekly update #651 is out now. It includes a map of #libraries worldwide. I just added coordinates for Norfolk Island and the Solomon Islands libraries. Still plenty of missing libraries though. Why not help? Wikimedia Australia Wikimedia Aotearoa wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:…

The Vanishing Culture report arrives today at a critical moment: While Internet Archive recovers from a cyberattack, it’s a reminder of how fragile our access to knowledge can be. Preserving culture & history requires resilience—and collective action. 🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/10/30/van…

Amigos botánicos sistemáticos: postúlense a esta increíble oportunidad para estudiar las colecciones de plantas latinoamericanas del herbario del Missouri Botanical Garden, una de las mejores del mundo: forms.office.com/Pages/Response… MO Botanical Garden Asociación Latinoamericana de Botánica Carmen Ulloa

Thrilled to announce that after much work our Introduction to Bionomia module for the Hidden Figures Course base Undergraduate Research Experience has been published on QUBES Hub. Thanks to Dr. Makenzie Mabry & BCEENET for all the help & support doi.org/10.25334/axve-…

Vortrag "Wem gehört die Natur? Über die Rechte der Natur" am 21.11.24 @mfnberlin von Prof. Dr. Tilo Wesche (Uni Oldenburg) - Eröffnungsveranstaltung der internationalen Vortragsreihe "Heritage and Justice. Unpacking Legal Narratives in Natural History" ⤵️ museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/de/museum/vera…

A fantastic day 1 in #Harare at the the Africa Regional Nodes Meeting today. 📸 The meeting provided a forum for both GBIF nodes in Africa and the Secretariat to share latest updates, best practices and discuss key priorities across the region. 🌱 GBIF Zimbabwe

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