# \#bhl-community

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## [Introduce yourself to the BHL community](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/introduce-yourself-to-the-bhl-community/26)

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**Author:** [@bhl\_nicole](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/bhl_nicole)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/introduce-yourself-to-the-bhl-community/26 "2026-07-27T19:28:21Z")

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Welcome to the BHL Community Forum! If you’re new here, feel free to introduce yourself. We’d love to get to know the people who make up the global BHL community. You might like to share: where you’re based your inst…

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## [New BHL at 20 post: Collaboration and Dedication](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/new-bhl-at-20-post-collaboration-and-dedication/156)

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**Author:** [@bhl\_nicole](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/bhl_nicole)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/new-bhl-at-20-post-collaboration-and-dedication/156 "2026-07-01T13:35:12Z")

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The latest post in our bhlat20 anniversary series is now live. In Collaboration and Dedication: Digitizing Legacy Publications of the Asiatic Society, our fabulous BHL Digital Collections Manager Bianca Crowley (@bhlbia…

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## [And then there were two - whatever happened to the global BHL consortium?](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/and-then-there-were-two-whatever-happened-to-the-global-bhl-consortium/100)

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**Author:** [@rdmpage](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/u/rdmpage)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/and-then-there-were-two-whatever-happened-to-the-global-bhl-consortium/100 "2026-04-25T14:39:49Z")

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Given that BHL is turning 20, and there is a lot of thought being given to BHL’s future, I thought it might be useful consider what BHL has looked like in the past. At one point BHL envisaged a global network of regional…