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Biodiversity Heritage Library report

BHL-Wiki Working Group May monthly highlights

By Ambrosia10

The BHL-Wiki working group met on the 20th of May for their monthly get-together to discuss collaborations, progress on projects, data issues and solutions, and work being undertaken in the Wikiverse by members using BHL related content. Each meetings agenda, notes taken during the meetings and a link to a recordings of each meeting can be found here. Anyone contributing to the Wikiverse is very welcome to attend these meetings so please feel free to join us in June. Some of the highlights from the May meeting include the following:

BHL Conflict of Interest disclosure statement

The working group advisor, Jake Orlowitz and the working group chair, Ambrosia10, drafted a Conflict of Interest disclosure statement. This statement was discussed and then agreed to by the BHL-Wiki working group. The Conflict of Interest disclosure statement can be found here. Participants of the BHL-Wiki working group are encouraged to add this statement to their appropriate user page.

Adding BHL Flickr Images to Wikimedia Commons Using Flickypedia

JJ Dearborn, the BHL data manager, is in the process of drafting up a tutorial on how to add BHL Flickr images to Wikimedia Commons using the Flickypedia tool. The BHL-Wiki working group intend to work through this tutorial during the next meeting on the 17th of June 2pm EST and will to use this opportunity to give feedback to the Flickypedia tool developers.

BHL Annual Meeting

The working group chair, Ambrosia10, delivered the annual report for the BHL-Wiki working group at the BHL Annual Meeting held in Chicago from the 13th - 17th of May 2024. See this link for her presentation slides.

BHL Day 2024 symposium

A public symposium was held during the BHL Annual Meeting. A recording of the full symposium can be found at this link. During this symposium Ambrosia10 gave a presentation on BHL and the Wikiverse, explaining just a few of the ways BHL content is used to enrich various Wiki projects. Nicole Kearney, manager of BHL Australia, gave a presentation on Unlocking Australia's Biodiversity. This presentation included information on how a grant from Wikimedia Australia is helping to improve the coverage of Australian field naturalist clubs in Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.


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