[Classifieds] [classifieds] Cathy Norton to speak Thursday, Oct. 8 at Highfield Hall, in conjunction with 'Darwin to Digital'

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Rare Scientific Illustrations Inside the MBLWHOI Library and the Biodiversity Heritage Library Project: 
an Illustrated Talk with Catherine Norton 



Thursday , October 8, 7pm, Highfield hall, 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA 

$5 suggested donation 




Cathy Norton, the dynamic director of the MBLWHOI Library, will present an overview of the vast treasure trove of historic science illustrations housed in the Rare Books collection of the Library. Ms. Norton will also explain the importance of the role of the Library in preserving pioneering works of art and science for future generations. Her talk will expand your vision of what preservation means in the new digital world we live in today, describing the work being done in the Biodiversity Heritage Libraries of the World. 



In Conjuction with the exhibit, "Natural Science Illustrations: Darwin to Digital" at Highfield Hall through October 31 
Highlighting juried works by 21 members of the New England Chapter of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. Also showcasing prints from the MBLWHOI Library’s renowned collection of historical illustrations including Haeckel and Leuckart. Works from Woods Hole illustrator Julia Child's Biological Illustration students are on view in the Ter Heun room. A unique juxtaposition of contemporary artists with several significant predecessors in the field. Curator, Tamara Clark. 



Biography 

Cathy Norton is the current director of the MBLWHOI Library where, since the late eighties, she has been involved in building the network infrastructure for the laboratory and the electronic library that serves affiliates worldwide- via high- speed networks. She leads collaborative projects on building virtual libraries and taxonomic information services and is working with Sea Grant on digitizing the Woods Hole herbarium collection. In education, she has developed a paperless course in Medical Informatics that delivers the resources and lectures on-line for the students. Currently she is serving as the chair of the digitization committee for the Boston Library Consortium as well as serving on the executive committee. In 2001 she helped form a new consortium of Research Libraries and Museums (BISC) with Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, New York Botanical Gardens, American Museum of Natural History, Cold Spring Harbors Laboratory, Rockefeller University and the MBLWHOI Library. She is a member of the Biodiversity Heritage Library Consortium that has a large-scale effort in motion for the digitization of all taxonomic literature and serve as its Deputy Director and Vice Chair of the BHL Council. She also is serving on the executive committee of BIOONE and the Member’s Council of OCLC. She has hosted, lectured and organized meetings for the NERCOMP Computer Groups and the International Association for Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers. The digital library initiatives have focused her interests into modernizing the literature using taxonomic name servers and building communities of stakeholders. 

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Tamara Clark <tclark at mbl.edu> 



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