Legacy Gift – About BHL

Thank you for considering a legacy gift to the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

By including BHL in your will, you can make a lasting contribution to open biodiversity knowledge and help ensure this global resource remains available for generations to come.

How to make your gift

Donations to BHL are processed through the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), which serves as BHL’s fiscal sponsor. This means gifts should be made to CLIR for the benefit of the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Your bequest should be made to:: Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
For the benefit of:: Biodiversity Heritage Library

CLIR information

Legal name:: Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
Tax status:: 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Federal Tax ID / EIN:: 52-1576808
Address:: 1800 Diagonal Rd, Ste. 600, Alexandria, VA 22314-2840, United States

CLIR can provide information to help you or your adviser document your intended gift.

For more information about including BHL in your estate planning, please contact CLIR at [email protected].

Thank you for helping safeguard open access to biodiversity knowledge for future generations.

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Empowering Global Research

BHL supports research across the globe and in a variety of disciplines. Explore more BHL user testimonials.

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Having access to this literature through BHL is a treasure. Being able to show the students the original publications...speaks volumes.

Dr. Tracey Hunter-Doniger

College of Charleston

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BHL is a wonderful resource. I use a lot of old and obscure resources in my line of work, and BHL makes getting access to these sources a lot easier.

Dr. Paul D. Brinkman

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

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As a free, mobile archive for natural history literature, BHL is ideal for 21st century research, which can happen on the field, in a museum, or at a coffee shop, as long as there’s internet connectivity.

Dr. Nicholas Pyenson

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an amazing resource for visual artists! Any artist interested in learning about natural history and science would consider these rare resources invaluable.

Emily Williams, MFA

Troy University

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BHL is doing a wonderful service for researchers like me, who work with limited resources in developing countries like India. BHL has had a big, positive impact on my research.

Dr. Varad B. Giri

National Centre for Biological Sciences

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BHL is an incredible resource. It provides access to material that is otherwise hard to get and enables me to undertake detailed searches of these sources.

Dr. Karen Sayer

Leeds Trinity University