# People and organisations BHL should talk to

**URL:** <https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/people-and-organisations-bhl-should-talk-to/197>\
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**Created:** [October 2, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/people-and-organisations-bhl-should-talk-to/197 "2026-10-02T17:30:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![rdmpage](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/rdmpage/32/8_2.png) [@rdmpage](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/rdmpage)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/people-and-organisations-bhl-should-talk-to/197/1 "2026-10-02T17:30:10Z")

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This is sort of a note to myself, but every so often I come across people or organisations that I think would be really interesting to talk to about digital libraries and the future of BHL. I thought I’d keep a list here, feel free to add other suggestions in the comments.

## Aaron Tay

Aaron Tay is on Bluesky [@aarontay.bsky.social on Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/aarontay.bsky.social) and Substack. He writes regularly about AI and digital libraries, and is forthright with his opinions (including making fun of Boolean search).

> **[Aaron Tay's Musings about Librarianship | Substack](https://aarontay.substack.com/)**
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> Aaron Tay's thoughts about academic librarianship. Click to read Aaron Tay's Musings about Librarianship, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

## Digirati

Digirati do some cool work with digital collections, and have a blog on [Medium](https://medium.com/digirati-ch). Come for the LLMs, stay for IIIF.

> **[Home — Digirati Cultural Heritage](https://digirati.com)**

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**Author:** ![Colleen\_Funkhouser](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/colleen_funkhouser/32/68_2.png) [@Colleen\_Funkhouser](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/Colleen_Funkhouser)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/people-and-organisations-bhl-should-talk-to/197/2 "2026-10-07T15:51:21Z")

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I see Aaron Tay will be one of the keynotes at VALA in November, where @bhl_nicole and Jack Eastaugh are presenting. [Read his blog? Watched a webinar? Had a colleague send you something with “Aaron Tay has written about this”? This November, hear the person behind Musings about Librarianship in person. Our fifth… | VALA Libraries Technology and the Future Inc.](https://lnkd.in/p/enQpViDK)

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**Author:** ![rdmpage](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/rdmpage/32/8_2.png) [@rdmpage](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/rdmpage)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/people-and-organisations-bhl-should-talk-to/197/3 "2026-10-07T16:14:07Z")

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Now I’m envious of @bhl_nicole and @bhlau_jack.

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**Author:** ![bhl\_nicole](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/bhl_nicole/32/17_2.png) [@bhl\_nicole](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/bhl_nicole)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/people-and-organisations-bhl-should-talk-to/197/4 "2026-10-08T04:59:25Z")

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We’ll definitely report back. Are there any particular questions you’d like us to ask?

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**Author:** ![rdmpage](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/rdmpage/32/8_2.png) [@rdmpage](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/rdmpage)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/people-and-organisations-bhl-should-talk-to/197/5 "2026-10-08T07:58:12Z")

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There’s no one specific question I would ask (I’d want a conversation not a Q&A). I think it’s more a case of what do you think of his vision of digital libraries, and what, if anything, are the implications for BHL?

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**Author:** ![rdmpage](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/rdmpage/32/8_2.png) [@rdmpage](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/rdmpage)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/people-and-organisations-bhl-should-talk-to/197/6 "2026-10-08T08:55:42Z")

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After giving this more than two seconds thought @bhl_nicole , one question might what his advice would be for a digital library like BHL that wants to maximise its discoverability and utility, given the current landscape of both open and closed search engines such as Google Scholar and OpenAlex.