Biodiversity Heritage Library Metadata and Page Images
Provided by: The Biodiversity Heritage Library , part of the Open Data
Provided by: The Biodiversity Heritage Library , part of the Open Data
Biodiversity Heritage Library Metadata and Page Images
Provided by: The Biodiversity Heritage Library , part of the Open Data
Provided by: The Biodiversity Heritage Library , part of the Open Data
This product is part of the Open Data and contains data sets that are publicly available for anyone to access and use. No subscription is required. Unless specifically stated in the applicable data set documentation, data sets available through the Open Data are not provided and maintained by AWS.
Description
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. BHL operates as a worldwide consortium of natural history, botanical, research, and national libraries working together to digitize the natural history literature held in their collections and make it freely available for open access.
License
Public Domain, CC0, or Creative Commons. Exact licenses are found in the related metadta files and documentation.
Documentation
Documentation can be found at our GitHub repository.
How to cite
Biodiversity Heritage Library Metadata and Page Images was accessed on DATE
from https://registry.opendata.aws/bhl-open-data .
Update frequency
Metadata is updated monthly. Images are updated weekly.
Support information
Managed by: The Biodiversity Heritage Library
Contact: feedback@biodiversitylibrary.org
General AWS Data Exchange support
Resources on AWS
Description
Image files (JPEG-2000) and associated metadata describing the image and the book or article that contains the image.
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::bhl-open-data
AWS Region
us-east-2
AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://bhl-open-data/
Usage examples
Publications
- AI models are getting better and better at reading handwriting, but how can we find handwritten text to begin with? by Mike Trizna, JJ Dearborn
- Understanding BHL Through Metadata: Patterns of Bio-Diverse Knowledge Production by Lidia Ponce de la Vega
- Unearthing the Past for a Sustainable Future: Extracting and transforming data in the Biodiversity Heritage Library for climate action by Dearborn J, Lichtenberg M, Richard J, deVeer J, Trizna M, Mika K
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