Hi All, Great to see you all this last week. I'm sending out December's monthly meeting noteshttps://docs.google.com/document/d/19_-TZa3HBWYr_J-E1nsuGlCl6peHI47bXKqt-K5du2M/edit?tab=t.0, recording, and the recap below: 🎦 RECORDING🎦 https://smithsonian.zoom.us/rec/share/5y4IRRwhGs6-yjyxnVERKMzVStTdOdRpdPuSB0... Passcode: $s5?ZO%6 🚀ACTIONS 🚀

* @Tiago Lubianamailto:tiagolubiana@gmail.com to add a sub-page on meta for the BHL-wiki wg. * @Dearborn, JJmailto:DearbornJJ@si.edu to add tickets for Siobhan’s engagement activities. * Everyone: Send GitHub usernames to JJ for access to the scoping group metrics page; you must be logged in to github to see the metrics page. * Everyone: Add the new BHL badge to your user pagehttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:User_BHL https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:User_BHL ❤️

✅ DECISIONS ✅

* We will curate and differentiate distinct images in Commons using the BHL page identifier as a guide. * We will prioritize SDC work on BHL sourced images over images from the IA Book Images collection. * We will handle duplicative digital objects from BHL partner collections, on a case-by-case basis.

💡FYIS 💡 New group outputs for review

* We have new Meta and Metrics Pages + !! * Check meta out: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library * Check out the metrics: https://tiago.bio.br/impact_metrics/ * Many thanks to @Tiago Lubianamailto:tiagolubiana@gmail.com for all of his hard work on these! 🫶 * BHL FAQ Rewriteshttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1h5J-hDSz7E3K9SLgTXNkr6LuPVHbWp7qmp3M2Km9QDk/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.ct0z5crpkojp <-- these will be used to update the BHL About sitehttps://about.biodiversitylibrary.org/help/faq/ * Wikimedia Commons Improvements from BHL-WIKIhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1lRhk9nRux-ybOX1Tvq9seWjLz0zBLPkyIKdlYTzZ8Rs/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.k726z1xhxn1b <-- add anything else you would like to see here; we compiled the top 3 from the last few months conversations. * Biodiversity User Group Investigationhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/13a2OW1A7i2d2YIIBWzn0MsbabJS-SOQuHJSyJZPcM2c/edit?usp=sharing <-- we will continue this conversation next time with Jake

Recent Talks

* @Siobhan Leachmanmailto:siobhan.leachman@gmail.com Presented to the New Zealand Herbarium Network on Wikidata. https://bit.ly/BotanyWikiWork * @Siobhan Leachmanmailto:siobhan.leachman@gmail.com Presented to the WOMNH group at the ‘Tell me where the women are’: WOMNH Network Launching Event on BHL women scientific illustrators. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14362323

Upcoming Events

* Call for organized sessions due 12 February 2025, abstract call will be announced in March for Living Data 2025. Learn Morehttps://www.livingdata2025.com/ * Wikimedia Commons Improvements for BHL Project. Commons Community Calls (@Andy Mabbettmailto:andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk, @Siobhan Leachmanmailto:siobhan.leachman@gmail.com, and any one else may attend to rep BHL-Wiki user needshttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1lRhk9nRux-ybOX1Tvq9seWjLz0zBLPkyIKdlYTzZ8Rs/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.k726z1xhxn1b)

November Monthly Highlights Add any monthly highlightshttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q6ZHeSJVpE-YRINeFGIueEgncr9QUC0AGuhMq5VLjs4/edit# https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q6ZHeSJVpE-YRINeFGIueEgncr9QUC0AGuhMq5VLjs4/edit#heading=h.fq54b7uh0jq0 to our rolling doc and we will distribute across communication channels:

* GLAM Newsletterhttps://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2024/Contents/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library_report (Thank you Siobhan! ⭐) * BHL WiR Monthly Updateshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/BHL/Our_outcomes/WiR/Status_updates/2024-12-05 (Thank you Tiago! ⭐)

Please feel free to forward this message on. Thanks everyone and happy holidays and see you next year! 🎄🎁 JJ

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