MATERIALS

The Biodiversity Literature Repository (BLR) has been growing from a community on Zenodo to a service dedicated to liberating and making open access, FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) data hidden in the hundreds of millions of pages of scholarly publications.

It is built on top of Zenodo, a digital repository hosted at CERN, which provides a sustainable and robust infrastructure for long-tail research data, which can consist of small datasets that otherwise would be lost.

Key features of the Biodiversity Literature Repository include:

1. Open Access: BLR typically provides open access to its content, making it freely available to researchers, students, and the public.

2. Digital Archiving: It digitizes and archives biodiversity literature, which may include historical texts, recent studies, and other relevant documents.

3. Data Extraction and Annotation: BLR often involves extracting data from texts (like species names, locations, etc.) and annotating them for easier search and analysis.

4. Integration with Global Databases: The repository may be integrated with global biodiversity databases and networks, enhancing its utility for large-scale research and data analysis.

5. Support for Research and Conservation: By providing access to a wealth of information, BLR supports biodiversity research, conservation planning, and policy-making.

Researchers and others interested in biodiversity can use the BLR to search for specific topics, access historical and contemporary literature, and utilize the data for various analyses and studies. The repository is an important resource for advancing our understanding of biodiversity and aiding in its conservation.