CBHL Website

CBHL homepage is now located at http://www.cbhl.net.

The purpose of the website is both for CBHL communication to its members and to promote CBHL and its member organizations and libraries to others. The site fills both functions through its public pages.

Please send comments and updates to CBHL Webmaster, Céline Arseneault.

Internal communications for CBHL members are accomplished through an additional set of pages accessible by password only. Passwords have been distributed to all members; send queries to the secretary.

First version - Webmaster (1996-1997)

Bernadette G. Callery
Then at New York Botanical Garden,
now at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Second version - Webmaster (November 1997 - March 2002)

Charlotte Tancin
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Hosted by the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

New version, Development, Design & Programming
(March 2002-November 2004)

Céline Arseneault
(with the assistance of:) Anne Hakier
Montréal Botanical Garden
Hosted by the Montreal Botanical Garden

Current updated version, Development, Design & Programming
(December 2004-   )

Céline Arseneault
Montréal Botanical Garden
Hosted by Nidhog.com
Scripts (forms) by the Montreal Botanical Garden

Photo & illustrations

Homepage: Helleborus orientalis; copyright Montreal Botanical Garden Slide Library

Broken illustration: Ipomaea Rubro-coerulea
vol. 2, no. 52; in: Maund, B. and J. S. Henslow.
The botanist; containing accurately coloured figures of tender and hardy ornamental plants; with descriptions, scientific and popular; intended to convey both moral and intellectual gratification. Conducted by B. Maund, F. L. S. assisted by the Rev. J. S. Henslow ... London, R. Groombridge; New York, Jackson; [etc., etc., 1838-1846.]
Image courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation;

Common name: Morning Glory
Graphics courtesy of Montreal Botanical Garden

Herbal Book: Equisetum longius and Equistetum minus,
pp. 322-323, in: Fuchs, Leonhard. De historia stirpium commentarii insignes ... Basel, Isingrin, 1542.
Image courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.

Graphics courtesy of Montreal Botanical Garden

Other illustrations in the Resources section: See mentioned credits and acknowledgements when included

New version online

Official opening: June 21, 2002
Regular updates
Copyright Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries, Inc. 2002

Technical Data

This website has been developped using WebExpert 3.5/5.0
(French version of AceHTML 5Pro)
HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" with Latin iso-8859-1 incl. accentuated characters
Graphics optimized and altered through Photoshop 6.0 or 7.0
Optimized for Internet Explorer 5.5 (preferred) & Netscape 4.75
Screen 800 x 600 (basic)
Javascript and External Cascading Style Sheets enabled
Php forms in the Annual Literature Section
Fonts used for titles: Book Antiqua, sans serif (alternate:Bookman Old Style); for text: Arial, sans serif