From BHL's new chapter to new collaborations in biodiversity informatics!

BHL's @nicolekearney.bsky.social reflects on #TDWG2026 and @gbif.org #GB33 in Oslo, including our BHL symposium, workshop, and the connections that make it all possible: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/10/tdwg... 🧪 🔗 🌱 🌏

🔙Throwback to #TDWG2026, where our coordinator @cabbageleek.bsky.social presented our joint policy brief with @bmd-project.eu, @b-cubed.eu, @mambo-project.eu, GUARDEN and #Aurora on the data lag from observation to information. 📄

Read it 👉 zenodo.org/records/1993...

🌍 Last week, we attended #TDWG2026 in Oslo, the annual meeting of the Biodiversity Information Standards network.

📖 Read our latest blog for the highlights: blog.pensoft.net/2026/10/01/p...

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Francisco Pando presentó en #TDWG2026 el nuevo esquema geográfico mundial para el registro de distribuciones de (no solo) plantas. Rubén Pérez y Vicente Ruiz, del equipo de GBIF España, también participaron en el congreso de Oslo hasta su clausura

🎉 Last Friday, our CEO and founder, Prof. Lyubomir Penev, was invited to present the awards at the Pensoft Student Awards Ceremony during #TDWG2026.

Best Student Poster
Claudia Campanini - "Improving marine fieldwork documentation and metadata with Adaptable Standardised Methods Reporting (ASMR)"

Following #TDWG2026 last week, we've got another full week in #Oslo!

⭐ Monday: Meetings of the GBIF Committees
🐝 Tuesday - Thursday: The 33rd meeting of the GBIF Governing Board
🧬Friday: GBIF Science Symposium 🔗gbif.link/SciSympOslo

Thank you to our hosts @gbifnorway.bsky.social

🌍 We had a great time at #TDWG2026 in Oslo exploring "Research and Robot-ready Biodiversity Data Standards" and connecting with the global biodiversity informatics community.

📜 Had a talk or poster? Publish it free in our journal. Deadline: 9 October 2026: biss.pensoft.net/collection/6...

🌍 We had a great time at #TDWG2026 in Oslo exploring "Research and Robot-ready Biodiversity Data Standards" and connecting with the global biodiversity informatics community.

🎤 Thanks to David Bloom, Chair of @tdwg.org, for his inspiring closing remarks.

A really great opportunity to meet with colleagues at #TDWG2026 and discuss how to move forward to the standards-based systems we need for #biodiversity science @bmd-project.eu @biogeneurope.bsky.social @plazi-species.bsky.social

I really enjoyed discussions with participants after the session, lots of interest not only in trait extraction but also in data integration for #biodiversiy research - from #literature to #observations & #genomics with @plazi-species.bsky.social @bmd-project.eu @biogeneurope.bsky.social #TDWG2026

We completed our mission!

#TDWG2026 brought together the best minds in Biodiversity, Data Management, Digital Infrastructures and more

Thanks #Oslo, 🇳🇴 and thanks to University of Oslo, Natural History Museum and GBIF.no for hosting us

Next stop: #LivingData2027 at #Montreal, 🇨🇦

🔗 tdwg.link/2027

💡 We loved hearing one of our Editors-in-Chief Shelley James' talk at #TDWG2026!

📢 In their talk, James explored how we can better promote biodiversity data, standards and collections through diverse publication formats.

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🤖 We attended a fantastic talk - "Automated Data Transcription and Darwin Core Field Itemisation from Insect Specimen Labels Using Machine Learning" - by our Editor-in-Chief Torsten Dikow at #TDWG2026.

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🔬🌍 We were delighted to attend "Handling Evidence: a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective" by Dmitry Schigel at #TDWG2026. Schigel is an author and reviewer in our journal and presented how biodiversity communities can improve evidence handling by drawing inspiration from different disciplines.

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One last day at #TDWG2026 👋🇳🇴

Today, our TETTRIX partner David Fichtmüller from BO Berlin gave a talk on the topic of automatic tracking of taxonomic research, in which he also explained the connection between TETTRIX and its predecessor TETTRIs.

👉 More about this: cetaf.org/tettris-tett...

Summary of user feedback on future interfaces for @biodivlibrary.bsky.social as part of workshop run at @tdwg.org #tdwg2026 forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/bhl-worksh...

📚 We're pleased to attend the "BHL and the Planetary Knowledge Base: Structuring Biodiversity Literature for the Next Generation" talk by our Editor-in-Chief, Dr Vincent Smith, at #TDWG2026.

✨ An insightful presentation on the future of biodiversity data infrastructure!

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Last day at #TDWG2026! 🇳🇴

Learn how BMD is connected to @tdwg.org from BMD's coordinator @nielsraes.bsky.social and don't forget to check out the BMD materials at our shared dissemination booth 📚📍

See you there! 👋

🌿 It's our last day at #TDWG2026 and we've loved sharing #ORPHO, our newly launched scientific writing tool, with the biodiversity community.

✨ Thank you to everyone who tested it at our booth and joined our workshop!

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#ScientificWriting #OpenAccess

💡 We are delighted to attend the "Publishing and Communications: Promoting Biodiversity, Natural History Collections, People, Data and Data Standards" session at #TDWG2026, organised by our co-Editor-in-Chief and a long-time friend of Pensoft Publishers, Deborah Paul!

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