A case study by Rodrigo Campos & myself on German film expeditions to the #Amazon, part of the special collection #Wikidata across the #Humanities (Journal of Open Humanities Data). #LinkedOpenData related to film history, natural history collections and archives. Data on Wikidata and #Zenodo. 📽️🐊🐬⏬
📢 45 extended #conference #abstracts already made publicly & permanently available in the #LivingData2025 conference collection in our #journal!
💡Browse them by session to revisit the 2025 joint event by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org!
biss.pensoft.net/collection/5... 🔓
The result could be used as a blueprint by other cities in Germany and far beyond, says @svmering.bsky.social.
Credit goes to 'the other' Sabine von Mering! 👍🏼😊
Thank you @nicolekearney.bsky.social for the nice photo! 🤗
@svmering.bsky.social shares how @mfnberlin.bsky.social is digitally cataloguing and digitizing its vast natural history collection of approximately 30 million objects and building a #Wikidata knowledge graph connecting taxa, specimens, people, places, publications, and events. #LivingData2025 🧪 🔗
10 people standing in from of a presentation screen, each making the shape of a “W” with their hands.
The wonderful speakers from @tiagolubiana.bsky.social’s #Wikimedia & #BiodiversityData session at #LivingData2025 (we also had the fabulous @siobhanleachman.bsky.social online). 🧪🔗🌎👩🏼💻 @rdmpage.bsky.social @svmering.bsky.social @biodivlibrary.bsky.social @wikimediafoundation.org
Sabine von Mering @svmering.bsky.social will be talking about the creation of a Museum Knowledge Graph to open up and link the collection using #Wikidata (and the Wikiverse) and connecting this to content in BHL and data from GBIF. #LivingData2025 #DatosVivos2025 #ILoveBHL
Ostseestrand auf dem Darß
20 Jahre Darßer Naturfilmfestival-im Oktober sind Naturschützer und Kreative an der Ostsee,um Natur zu bewundern und hieran zu erinnern:
„1990 war eine Sternstunde des deutschen Naturschutzes.
5 Nationalparks, 6 Biosphärenreservate und 3 Naturparks entstanden auf 4,5% der Landesfläche der DDR.“
Our article "Wikidata for botanists: benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data" is part of this new issue of @annbot.bsky.social
See: doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
Result of a great #collaboration @siobhanleachman.bsky.social @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social Heidi Meudt! #Wikidata #LOD
An article I collaborated on - "Wikidata for botanists: benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data" - is in this issue! See academic.oup.com/aob/article/... #Wikidata #Botanists #LinkedOpenData
Very excited to have this opportunity!
📸 Aus der Vogelperspektive ausgezeichnet: @tannebergerf.bsky.social ( @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social / @unigreifswald.bsky.social ) wird Ehrenmitglied der @dornitholges.bsky.social für ihr Engagement für den Seggenrohrsänger & den Moorschutz! 🥳👏 #ornithologie #moorschutz #artenvielfalt
Last night we were invited to the old town hall of Erfurt, which was mainly built between 1870 and 1875. It is an impressive building and we are thankful to the town of Erfurt for welcoming us.
During this year's conference we are celebrating the 175th anniversary of the German Ornithological Society! Today, we honored this event with a special session.
Social roosting of spectral bats (Vampyrum spectrum) inside a hollow tree, with three individuals resting closely together.
Carnivorous #bats that hug? 🦇
New study on the spectral bat reveals prey provision, grooming and even wing-wrapped greetings – complex social behaviour with big implications for #conservation! 🌎
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
📸 Marisa Tietge
#science #sciencenews
Flyer featuring Dmitry Sokoloff, Speaker & Chair at Botany 2025. On the left, a person stands outdoors in a desert-like landscape holding dry plant stems in both hands, wearing jeans and a black T-shirt with a botanical design. On the right, a green panel displays the Annals of Botany logo and text introducing Dmitry Sokoloff as a featured speaker and chair.
🎉Meet Dmitry Sokoloff, session chair & speaker at the @annbot.bsky.social sponsored symposium “Evolutionary history of the Gnetales” during Botany 2025, and researcher at Tel Aviv University. Get to know his passion for evo-devo biology 🧵
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Have a look at the @botany.one blog post 🌿 about our #Wikidata article "Wikidata for botanists: benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data"!
With @siobhanleachman.bsky.social, @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social & Heidi Meudt
The article focuses on botany-related data in #Wikidata but much of it can be translated to be used in other fields of natural history, e.g. #zoology and #palaeontology.
Have a look at this blog post about our new article "Wikidata for botanists: Benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data" with @siobhanleachman.bsky.social, @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social and Heidi Meudt: blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2025/07/14/t... #Wikidata #LOD #botany
Can't wait for Grace Exley and her research as Munby Fellow @theul.bsky.social and the Natural History Humanities initiative with us! #GLAM
This paper came about as a result of a wonderful collaboration with my colleagues including the marvellous @svmering.bsky.social as well as Carmen Ulloa, Sandy Knapp, Heather Lindon, Qianqian Gu and Sarah Vincent! It was a privilege to work with them all!
Whoohoo my new paper has just been published! The women honoured in flowering plant genera: From myth to reality. See doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... #Women #Botanists #Wikidata
Our book Race & the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820 can now be pre-ordered (publication date is in August). @brucealexb.bsky.social yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... #skystorians #colonialhistory #enlightenment #histsci
If anyone is around London on June 27th and 28th, I'm presenting at this fabulous conference at the British Library on the global histories of plants and gardens. If interested, you can get your ticket using the link below. Hope to see you there!
events.bl.uk/events/garde...
The BHL global community met in Berlin last week for our #BHLAnnualMeeting and the #BHLDay2025 public symposium. Thank you to the speakers, participants, tour guides, and our wonderful host @mfnberlin.bsky.social (🙏@ehrmn.bsky.social) for making this such a fascinating and inspiring event.
Hi Bluesky, the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest #OpenAccess digital library of biodiversity literature and archives. We're a global consortium of 660 contributors who've made 63 million pages of biodiversity knowledge freely accessible online. www.biodiversitylibrary.org
BHL Day 2025 on 9–10 April 🌍
Join us in #Berlin or online to explore how #OpenData is transforming #biodiversity research. With talks from @svmering.bsky.social on including BHL images in #Wikimedia Commons, strategies to improve accessibility and more! 🔍
🔗 Register now: s.si.edu/bhlday2025
📢Registration is open for the #BHLDay2025!
Be quick and save your seat or join us virtually on April 9
about.biodiversitylibrary.org/get-involved...
Looking forward to #BHLDay2025 at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin! Participation is possible in person and online. Interesting topics and great speakers, I am honoured to be part of it! @siobhanleachman.bsky.social @rdmpage.bsky.social @nicolekearney.bsky.social et al.
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