Are you interested in learning more about the Biodiversity Heritage Library (www.biodiversitylibrary.org). Well, if you are attending the American Library Association Annual meeting in Washington, DC this June or are you a local Washington area librarian, the Biodiversity Heritage Library will be holding a panel discussion of the project with staff from a range of the twelve member libraries.

The event will take place on June 28, 2010, from 10 am til Noon at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History. Seating is limited, so please contact Erin J. Thomas (thomase@si.edu) to reserve a space. More details online at: http://bit.ly/bYTx04

Scheduled participants include Jane Smith, Head of Library Collections and Services Library and Information Services, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom; Connie Rinaldo, Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Matthew Person, Technical Services Coordinator, MBLWHOI Library, Woods Hole, MA; Grace Costantino, Biodiversity Heritage Library Staff, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington DC; and Chris Freeland, Director, Center for Biodiversity Informatics Missouri Botanical Garden and Technical Director, Biodiversity Heritage Library, St. Louis, MO.

For those with an interest in art history, the Smithsonian Libraries is also offering tours of its art resource centers, details available on the Smithsonian Libraries blog: http://bit.ly/98dyFC

Polly Khater

Serials Cataloging Coordinator

Smithsonian Institution Libraries

10th St. and Constitution, NW

Natural History Bldg, Room #25, MRC 154

Washington, DC  20013

202-633-1643,     khaterp@si.edu