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toc =BHL Administration Staff=


 * BHL Secretariat **
 * Program Director: Martin R. Kalfatovic
 * Program Manager: Carolyn Sheffield
 * Digital Collections Manager: Bianca Crowley
 * Outreach and Communication Manager: Grace Costantino


 * BHL Technical Team **
 * Smithsonian Libraries Tech Lead: Joel Richard
 * The New York Botanical Garden Tech Lead: Susan Lynch
 * Lead Developer: Mike Lichtenberg
 * Past Technical Director: William Ulate

=BHL Governance Staff=


 * BHL Members' Council (2017-2019) **
 * Constance Rinaldo, //Chair//
 * Jane Smith, //Vice-Chair//
 * Doug Holland, //Secretary//
 * [|Nancy E. Gwinn], //Immediate// //Past-Chair//

//Ex Officio//
 * Martin Kalfatovic, //Program Director//
 * Encyclopedia of Life, //Founding Partner//

//Emeritus//
 * Graham Higley, //Founding Chair//
 * Cathy Norton//, Founding Vice-Chair//
 * Tom Garnett, //Founding Program Director//
 * Chris Freeland, //Founding Technical Director//

 Below are listed the institutions currently participating in BHL and those staff members at each institution that spend part of their work time contributing to the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Primary representative for each institution is indicated by an *
 * BHL Institution Members and Affiliates **

=BHL Members= [|American Museum of Natural History Library]
 * American Museum of Natural History Library **
 * Tom Baione, Harold Boeschenstein Director of Library Services*
 * Mai Reitmeyer, Research Services Librarian
 * Matthew Bolin, Assistant Director for Acquisitions

[|BHL Australia]
 * BHL Australia **
 * BHL Australia is a component of the [|Atlas of Living Australia]
 * Elycia Wallis, Project Lead and Manager of Online Collections at Museum Victoria*
 * //**Participating Institutions:**//
 * Museums Victoria (Lead Institution)
 * Australian Garden History Society
 * Australian Institute of Marine Science
 * Australian Museum
 * Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
 * Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
 * Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
 * Linnean Society of New South Wales
 * Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
 * Northern Territory Field Naturalists' Club
 * Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery
 * Queensland Museum
 * Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
 * Royal Society of Queensland
 * Royal Society of Victoria
 * Royal Society of Western Australia
 * South Australian Museum
 * Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club
 * Western Australian Herbarium
 * Western Australian Museum


 * BHL México **
 * Patricia Koleff, Director General of Analysis and Priorities, Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO)*
 * //**Participating Institutions:**//
 * Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO)
 * Biblioteca Central UNAM
 * Biblioteca Conjunta de Ciencias de la Tierra, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, UNAM
 * El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
 * Facultad de Ciencias UNAM
 * Instituto de Biología UNAM
 * Instituto de Ecología UNAM
 * Instituto de Ecología A.C.
 * Sociedad Mexicana de Entomología
 * Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

[|Cornell University Library]
 * Cornell University Library **
 * Mary Ochs, Director, Albert R. Mann Library
 * Michael Cook, Head of Collection Development, Mann Library*
 * Holly Mistlebauer, Assistant Head of IT, Mann Library
 * Marty Schlabach, Emeritus

[|The Field Museum Library]
 * Field Museum of Natural History Library **
 * Christine Giannoni, Museum Librarian, Head of Library Collections*
 * Diana Duncan, Technical Services Librarian
 * Gretchen Rings, Reference & ILL Librarian

[|Harvard University Botany Libraries]
 * Harvard University Botany Libraries **
 * Judith A. Warnement, Librarian of Harvard University Botany Libraries*
 * Chris Robson, Catalog Librarian
 * Keiko Nishimoto, Digital Projects and Metadata
 * Diane Rielinger, Digital Projects Librarian

[|Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology]
 * Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library **
 * Constance Rinaldo, Librarian of the Ernst Mayr Library*
 * Joseph deVeer, Head of Technical Services and Project Manager in the Ernst Mayr Library
 * April Collins, Library Technology Assistant in the Ernst Mayr Library
 * Dorothy Barr, Liaison Librarian in the Ernst Mayr Library
 * Mary Sears, Head of Public Services in the Ernst Mayr Library

[|Library of Congress]
 * Library of Congress **
 * Tomoko Steen, Senior Research Specialist*

[|The LuEsther T. Mertz Library]
 * The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden **
 * Susan Fraser, Director*
 * Susan Lynch, Systems Librarian
 * Donald Wheeler, Collection Development Librarian

[|Library]
 * Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven Library & and Center for Biodiversity Informatics **
 * Douglas Holland, Library Director*
 * Mike Blomberg, Imaging Lab Coordinator
 * Randy Smith, Senior Image Technician & Metadata Librarian
 * Stephanie Keil, Image Technician
 * Data Analyst: Trish Rose-Sandler

[|Bibliothèque Centrale du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle]
 * Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle **
 * Gildas Illien, Director of Libraries and Documentation, MNHN*

[|National Library Board, Singapore]
 * National Library Board, Singapore **
 * Wai Yin Pryke, Director, National Library of Singapore
 * Tin Seng Lim, Librarian, Content and Services, National Library of Singapore
 * Wendy Ang, Director, National Archives of Singapore
 * Siang Hock Kia, Deputy Director, Architecture and Innovation
 * //**BHL Singapore Participating Institutions:**//
 * National Library Board, Singapore
 * Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board Singapore

[|Library & Archives]
 * Natural History Museum Library, London **
 * Jane Smith, Head of Library and Archives*
 * Lisa Cardy, Head of Library Researcher Services
 * Alison Harding, Researcher Services Librarian and NHM Library at Tring
 * Andrea Hart, Head of Library Special Collections
 * Michael Loran, Digital Systems Librarian
 * Nancy Chillingworth, NHM Intellectual Property Manager
 * Harriet Campbell-Longley, Researcher Services Assistant
 * Lorraine Portch, Researcher Services Assistant

[|Library & Archives]
 * Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library, Art & Archives **
 * David Iggulden, Electronic Resources Manager*
 * Fiona Ainsworth, Collections & Services Librarian

[|Smithsonian Libraries]
 * Smithsonian Libraries **
 * [|Nancy Gwinn], Director of Libraries*
 * [|Martin Kalfatovic], Assistant Director, Digital Programs and Initiatives Division & BHL Program Director
 * Barbara Ferry, Head, Natural and Physical Sciences Department
 * [|Suzanne Pilsk], Metadata Librarian - Head, Metadata Department
 * [|Keri Thompson], Digital Projects Librarian - Head, Digital Library Department
 * [|Jacqueline E. Chapman], Digital Collections Librarian
 * [|Stefaan Hurts], Digital Imaging Technician
 * [|Daniel Euphrat], Digital Imaging Technician
 * [|Donnie Proctor Jr.], Library Aide

[|National Agricultural Library]
 * United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library **
 * Paul Wester, Library Director*

[|The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, University Library]
 * University Library, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign **
 * Kelli Trei, Biosciences Librarian*

[|University of Toronto Libraries]
 * University of Toronto Libraries **
 * Larry Alford, University Chief Librarian
 * Neill Romanosky, Associate Chief Librarian*

[|Yale University Library] [|Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History]
 * Yale University **
 * Kevin Merriman, Director of Collection Management, Technical Services and Access Services at the Library’s Center for Science and Social Science Information*

=BHL Affiliates= [|Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Library and Archives]
 * Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Library and Archives **
 * Bridget Clancy, Cataloging and Serials Librarian*
 * Ria Capone, Reference Librarian

[|South African National Biodiversity Institute Libraries]
 * BHL Africa **
 * Anne-Lise Fourie, Assistant Director, SANBI Libraries*
 * //**Participating Institutions:**//
 * **KENYA**
 * African Conservation Centre
 * International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
 * Kenya Wildlife Service
 * National Museums of Kenya
 * University of Nairobi
 * Kenya Forest Research Institute
 * Kenya Medical Research Institute
 * **TANZANIA**
 * East African Community Information Resource Centre
 * **SOUTH AFRICA**
 * South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity
 * South African National Biodiversity Institute
 * University of Pretoria
 * **UGANDA**
 * Uganda National Council for Science and Technology
 * The Uganda Society


 * BHL China **
 * Led by the [|Institute of Botany at the Chinese Academy of Sciences]
 * BHL China is a component of the Chinese National Committee for Diversitas (CNC-Diversitas)
 * Browse the BHL China collection
 * Dr. Jinzhou Cui (Chinese Academy of Sciences)*


 * BHL Egypt **
 * Led by the [|Bibliothecha Alexandrina]
 * Dr. Magdy Nagi (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)*


 * BHL SciELO **
 * Led by the [|Scientific Electronic Library (SciELO) Program]
 * Abel Packer (SciELO)*

[|Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire - Lausanne]
 * Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire - Lausanne **

[|California Academy of Sciences Library]
 * California Academy of Sciences Library **

[|Canadian Museum of Nature]
 * Canadian Museum of Nature **
 * Shannon Asencio, Head, Collection Services and Information Management.

[|The Lenhardt Library, Chicago Botanic Garden]
 * Chicago Botanic Garden, Lenhardt Library **
 * Leora Siegel, Library Director*
 * Amanda Lettner, LTA and Digitization Specialist

[|Internet Archive]
 * Internet Archive **

[|Arboretum Library]
 * The Arboretum Library at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden **
 * Susan C. Eubank, Arboretum Librarian*

[|Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library]
 * Marine Biological Laboratory / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI Library) **
 * Jennifer Walton, Co-Director, MBLWHOI Library, Director of Library Services at MBL*
 * Lisa Raymond, Co-Director, MBLWHOI Library, Director of Library Services at WHOI
 * Matt Person, Technical Services Coordinator
 * Dmitry Mozzherin, Scientific Informatics Project Leader

[|Mendel Museum]
 * Mendel Museum **
 * Ondřej Dostál, Ph.D., Director

[|National Museum Library]
 * Národní Muzeum (National Museum, Prague) **
 * Jiří Frank, Ph.D., Scientific Secretary*

[|The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Research Library]
 * Natural History Museum Los Angeles County **
 * Richard Hulser, Chief Librarian*

[|Naturalis Biodiversity Center Library]
 * Naturalis Biodiversity Center **
 * Caroline Pepermans, Head of Library Collections*

[|Oak Spring Garden Foundation Library]
 * Oak Spring Garden Foundation **
 * Tony Willis, Librarian*

[|Smithsonian Institution Archives]
 * Smithsonian Institution Archives **

[|United States Geological Survey Libraries Program]
 * United States Geological Survey Libraries Program **
 * Cate Canevari, Library Director*

[|Universitätsbibliothek J.C. Senckenberg]
 * University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg **
 * Dr. Gerwin Kasperek, Science Librarian*

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