New York Botanical Garden: Updates from The Archives: Improving Digital Access to Archival Collections. “As this summer’s Archival Systems Intern for the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, I worked on several projects to improve digital access to archival collections. Under the supervision of Digital Systems Librarian Althea Meer (and alongside long-time Mertz Library volunteer Ellen Murphy), I […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/01/updates-from-the-archives-improving-digital-access-to-archival-collections-new-york-botanical-garden/

New York Botanical Garden: Diving into the Data Behind The Welikia Map Explorer. “On Earth Day, the Urban Conservation team at the New York Botanical Garden launched the newly redesigned Welikia Map Explorer, a historical ecology mapping tool that reveals what the landscape, plants, animals, and people might have been like on your block in New York City, 400 years ago.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/05/new-york-botanical-garden-diving-into-the-data-behind-the-welikia-map-explorer/