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• Chicago, USA, November 2011
• Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, June
2012
• Pretoria National Botanic Garden,
Pretoria, April 2013
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Vision and mission• To create a global access point and make
available the legacy of African Biodiversity Heritage
• To establish a consortium of institutes
• To make that information available for open access
• To include digitally created material in public domain
• To add as many as possible images to the BHL Flickr platform
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Structure of BHLA• Institutional members BLHAIM
Steering committee – 2 from each of the four regions and a Technical manager
Anne-Lise Fourie (SANBI, Southern) and Chair: BHL Africa
Ria Groenewald (University of Pretoria, Southern);
Ashah Owano (National Museums of Kenya, Eastern);
Loi Namugenyi (Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, Eastern)
• Lawrence Monda (National Museums of Kenya) BHL Africa Technical Representative
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• Northern Africa• Western Africa• Central Africa• Eastern Africa • Southern Africa
Regions of BHLA
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Meeting April 2013 Clarifying BHL's open access policy and its implications for Africa
A concise description of the value of BHL for participating institutions in order to secure managerial buy-in;
Organization of clear fundraising strategies;
The need for extensive training;
Identification of available resources and digitization capacity building;
Best way to collaborate and share resources amongst participating members.
collections development,
copyright,
communication
infrastructure
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Two-year BHL-Africa work planNancy’s expectations Establishing a list of titles that each institution wishes to contribute to
BHL; - have up to date, 32 signed MoU Drafting documentation, based largely on existing files from gBHL, for
workflow and collaboration guidance – Ashah and Loi Drafting a preliminary communication and outreach plan, this
addresses not only external, but also internal, communication needs. – my responsibility/letter to invite
Partnership Building
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The way forward
Establish 1000 Books from Africa Drafting documentation for workflow and
collaboration guidance• Strengthen communication and outreach plan,
external, but also internal• Establish the training needs• Funding
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Challenges
• The uniqueness of a collection• Understanding of what your commitment to
BHLA actually means• Training and infrastructure• Funding• And my personal list
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