New York Botanical Garden

The New York Botanical Garden, Harvard Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Missouri Botanical Garden, and Smithsonian Institution Libraries, as part of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), will work to position BHL as an on-ramp for biodiversity content providers interested in contributing to the national digital library infrastructure through the Digital Public Library of America. The project will work to: 1) expand public access to biodiversity literature; 2) onboard at least one hundred new small organizations (libraries, museums, societies and publishers) into providing content through the network; 3) serve as a model for national "subject-based" content hubs; and 4) develop processes that will ensure long-term biodiversity contributions to the Digital Public Library of America. Project activities will include training and quality control for content providers, national outreach to engage the broader community, and system enhancements to BHL's existing digital infrastructure.