# Technology and Tools **URL:** https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/c/technology-and-tools/10.md [Latest](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Technology and Tools category](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/about-the-technology-and-tools-category/19)
**Author:** [@bhl\_nicole](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/bhl_nicole)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2026, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/about-the-technology-and-tools-category/19 "2026-03-20T05:38:22Z")
A place to discuss the tools and infrastructure that support BHL and how they might be improved. BHL relies on a wide range of technologies and tools, from image scanners and OCR software, to search systems and data ser… --- ## [Humanistic AI, OCR, and Hugging Face](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/humanistic-ai-ocr-and-hugging-face/152)
**Author:** [@rdmpage](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/rdmpage)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/humanistic-ai-ocr-and-hugging-face/152 "2026-06-22T11:21:57Z")
Interesting post by Maria Antoniak on OCR and hugging face. The post links to a GitHub repo by Daniel van Strien that features a way to benchmark OCR using HuggingFace: Lots going on in the OCR space! --- ## [AI Design Patterns for Information Professionals](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/ai-design-patterns-for-information-professionals/120)
**Author:** [@rdmpage](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/rdmpage)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/ai-design-patterns-for-information-professionals/120 "2026-05-22T22:12:10Z")
If you are interested in how AI can be used in digital libraries then Daniel van Strien has the book for you. AI Design Patterns for Information Professionals is free online (and a work in progress). From the introducti… --- ## [🤖 Battling Bots: How BHL Is Responding](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/battling-bots-how-bhl-is-responding/84)
**Author:** [@bhl\_nicole](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/bhl_nicole)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/battling-bots-how-bhl-is-responding/84 "2026-04-09T10:33:22Z")
Over the past year, BHL has been battling an increasingly common challenge: how to contend with large-scale automated bot traffic placing significant strain on our systems. In a new blog post, BHL Technical Coordinat… --- ## [Experiments with IIIF: finding illustrations and putting maps on the map](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/experiments-with-iiif-finding-illustrations-and-putting-maps-on-the-map/77)
**Author:** [@rdmpage](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/rdmpage)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/experiments-with-iiif-finding-illustrations-and-putting-maps-on-the-map/77 "2026-04-03T15:16:45Z")
The International Image Interoperability Framework, better known as IIIF (“triple-I-F”), is a set of standards for displaying digital images (and other formats). It is becoming quite widespread in GLAM institutions such … --- ## [SOTA OCR (state of the art optical character recognition)](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/sota-ocr-state-of-the-art-optical-character-recognition/42)
**Author:** [@rdmpage](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/rdmpage)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/sota-ocr-state-of-the-art-optical-character-recognition/42 "2026-04-02T19:39:08Z")
I’m hoping to win the prize for most acronyms in a title! This post is a placeholder for tracking the current state of the art (SOTA) in OCR. If you come across a tool that might be good for BHL, or indeed has been used,… --- ## [Persistent Identifiers (PID) Forum](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/persistent-identifiers-pid-forum/52)
**Author:** [@rdmpage](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/rdmpage)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/persistent-identifiers-pid-forum/52 "2026-03-27T23:07:03Z")
Just a note that if you are interested in persistent identifiers (PIDs) then this forum is for you: --- ## [Briana Giasullo's workflow for improving OCR of BHL handwritten texts](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/briana-giasullos-workflow-for-improving-ocr-of-bhl-handwritten-texts/40)
**Author:** [@Ambrosia10](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/Ambrosia10)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/briana-giasullos-workflow-for-improving-ocr-of-bhl-handwritten-texts/40 "2026-03-25T00:17:46Z")
A presentation I’ve been sharing frequently is one by Briana Giasullo, a Cataloging and Digital Resources Librarian from the Academy of Natural Sciences, on her solution to the issue of handwritten texts/fieldnotes in BH… --- ## [Small AI models](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/small-ai-models/38)
**Author:** [@rdmpage](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/rdmpage)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/small-ai-models/38 "2026-03-24T15:17:18Z")
The Small Models for GLAM project is doing some great work with small AI models that can run entirely in a web browser, such as small-models-for-glam/historical-illustration-detector · Hugging Face which runs through a I… --- ## [Transkribus ScanTents](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/transkribus-scantents/36)
**Author:** [@rdmpage](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/rdmpage)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/transkribus-scantents/36 "2026-03-24T15:04:53Z")
Transkribus has some very interesting tech, including portable “ScanTents” that turn your smartphone into a book scanner. These tents have been deployed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in Paris, see How the…