Lilacs from my back yard and more —
#ILOVEBHL
Biodiversity Heritage Library #lilacs 
Spokane Manito Park
#poetry #smallpoems #napowrimo #napowrimo25 #haiku

Suggestion: Donate to the BHL

http://sheri42.net/2025/04/27/lovely-lilacs/

Update. The #OpenAccess Biodiversity Heritage Library (#BHL) needs a new home. The #Smithsonian will stop hosting it next January.  
#^https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-future-for-bhl.html

#Biodiversity #DefendResearch #ILoveBHL #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Update. The #OpenAccess Biodiversity Heritage Library (#BHL) needs a new home. The #Smithsonian will stop hosting it next January.
https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-future-for-bhl.html

#Biodiversity #DefendResearch #ILoveBHL #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Clearly expected given all that is happening, but the #Smithsonian will soon no longer be able to host the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary, and it is in need of (a) new home(s):

https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-future-for-bhl.html

#BHL is a treasure and ensuring its preservation is of the greatest importance for #biodiversity research and #taxonomy.

As the news item indicates, this may also be an opportunity to imagine better ways to make these critical publications more accessible to the community.

#ILoveBHL

A press release is out about the Biodiversity Heritage Library. From 1 January 2026 the Smithsonian will no longer host the administrative functions of BHL. BHL is looking for a new home. For further information see https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-future-for-bhl.html
I admit to being very concerned given how vital BHL is to the biodiversity knowledge infrastructure. I hold hope that a hero institution or group of institutions ride to the rescue.
#ILoveBHL #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary