Building on Linnaeus: 260 Years of Taxonomic Annotation

Presentation at the 2013 I Annotate meeting in San Francisco. The document discusses the Biodiversity Heritage Library and its extensive taxonomic resources, referencing key historical figures like Charles Darwin and Carl Linnaeus. It highlights the importance of specimen collections, databases, and publications in advancing natural science, as well as the challenges posed by taxonomic classification. Additionally, it provides statistics on the library's growth and contributions between 2007 and 2013.