Call for Support: Secure the Future of BHL | EOI by 31 August 2025 | Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Summary:
"The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) – the world’s largest open-access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives – is seeking partnership opportunities to support its operational functions and technical infrastructure. This Call for Support follows the Smithsonian Institution’s decision to conclude its long-standing role as BHL’s host on 1 January 2026.
We invite expressions of interest from institutions and stakeholders to host one or more of BHL’s operational and technical roles and services. Our goal is to ensure continuity, resilience and growth for this essential global biodiversity infrastructure.
Hosting a BHL role or service is a powerful way to contribute to global science, champion open access to knowledge, and preserve the world’s biodiversity heritage. ...
Expressions of interest requested by 31 August 2025 with rolling consideration thereafter...."