Overview and Introduction: The Biodiversity Heritage Library
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The document provides an overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), detailing its role in supporting natural science studies through extensive digital resources and a network of affiliated libraries. It highlights the library's growth from 2007 to 2014, including the digitization of millions of pages and significant user engagement statistics. Additionally, it discusses various events, collaborations, and accolades received by the BHL, showcasing its importance in the accessibility of biodiversity literature.
![BHL Europe. Final Events, Berlin, 4-6 June 2012
Smithsonian Libraries and BHL, Mae Jemison Science Reading Room. Pretoria,
South Africa. 11 June 2012 [presentation]
BHL African Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa, June 14-15 2012
BHL Staff and Technical Meeting, Cambridge, MA, 27-28, 2012
Internet Archive Leaders' Forum, San Francisco, CA, 24-25 October 2012
EOL Work Group Leaders Meeting. Cambridge, MA, 29-30 November 2012
JSTOR Plants Meeting, Panama City, Panama, 6-11 January 2013
Third Phenotype Ontology Research Coordination Network Annual Summit
meeting, Durham, NC, 25-27 February 2013
Fulbright Academy Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 15 February 2013
I Annotate: Annoto Ergo Sum, San Francisco, CA, 10-12 April 2013
BHL Africa Launch, Pretoria, South Africa, 15-18 April 2013
BHL Symposium. TDWG 2013. Florence, Italy. 29 October 2013.
Digitalización de literatura de Biodiversidad: an Overview of the
Biodiversity Heritage Library. CONABIO Teleconference. 29 August 2013.
International Relations Round Table, American Library Association Annual Meeting.
Chicago, IL, 28 June 2013.
3rd International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives.
Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco. 30 May 2013.
4th Global BHL Meeting. Fes, Morocco. 27 May 2013.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/2014-140210173308-phpapp01/85/Overview-and-Introduction-The-Biodiversity-Heritage-Library-30-320.jpg)
Overview and Introduction: The Biodiversity Heritage Library
- 1. Overview & Introduction to The Biodiversity Heritage Library Martin R. Kalfatovic | BHL Program Director | Smithsonian Libraries NAS/PLS/NL/NParks/NUS | Singapore | February 2014
- 3. The Wherefore of BHL The cultivation of natural science cannot be efficiently carried on without reference to an extensive library Charles Darwin, et al (1847)
- 4. Taxonomic Impediment Specimen collections Databases Publications Observations ‘Gray’ literature Index cards Field notebooks
- 7. Members … Washington University is #14 14 Members • American Museum of Natural History • California Academy of Sciences Library • Cornell University Library • Harvard University Botany Libraries • Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology • Library of Congress • Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library • Missouri Botanical Garden Library • Natural History Museum, London • The New York Botanical Garden • Royal Botanic Garden, Kew • Smithsonian Institution Libraries • United States Geological Survey Libraries • Washington University of St. Louis
- 8. Affiliates Affiliates Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia at Drexel University The Field Museum Library Newest Affiliate:
- 9. Secretariat and Technical Staff August 2011 Director Program Program Manager Collections Coordinator Technical Director Programmer Data Analyst
- 10. BHL Institutional Council | Woods Hole | May 2013
- 12. Biodiversity Heritage Library Global BHL Steering Committee August 2011 Chair Global Goverance Vice Chair Secretary
- 15. Problems of Mass Digitization of Library Materials
- 17. BHL Architecture: Window Seat Ed. Access APIs APIs UI UI Data Data Exports Exports Logic Name Name Finding Finding BHL DB BHL DB Data Transform Data Transform Utilities Utilities Storage Images (JP2) PDF Coordinate-based OCR XML metadata Internet Archive Internet Archive Firewall Firewall Geocoding Geocoding
- 19. Content Growth 2007-2014 42,498,407 pages 130,484 volumes 71,945 titles 4 February 201
- 20. Increase agreements with publishers of in copyright materials US Titles: 249 UK Titles: 69 TOTAL TITLES: 318 US Licensors: 92 UK Licensors: 41 TOTAL LICENSORS: 133 October 2013
- 21. Mass digitization of Smithsonian Libraries collections aligns Problems of Library Metadata with the overall Smithsonian digitization strategy and remains a center of excellence for rapid digitization at the SI
- 23. User Statistics: 2007 - 2013 Visitors: 3,628,088 Page Views: 17,604,395 New vs. Returning: 50.06% vs. 49.04% 146,798 visitors | November 2012 2007 2013
- 24. Singapore ranks 33rd in visitorship by CITIES, about the same as San Francisco 233233 Countries countries Users in
- 26. Field Notes and Transcriptions FIELD NOTES AND TRANSCRIPTION
- 27. 24+ million total views | 87K + images (Feb 14)
- 29. Facebook Total Page Likes: 6,587 Pinterest 3,764 images & 17 collections BHL Social Media October 2013 Blog Total Visits:36,208 (FY13) Twitter @ BioDivLibrary Total Followers: 3,095
- 30. BHL Europe. Final Events, Berlin, 4-6 June 2012 Smithsonian Libraries and BHL, Mae Jemison Science Reading Room. Pretoria, South Africa. 11 June 2012 [presentation] BHL African Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa, June 14-15 2012 BHL Staff and Technical Meeting, Cambridge, MA, 27-28, 2012 Internet Archive Leaders' Forum, San Francisco, CA, 24-25 October 2012 EOL Work Group Leaders Meeting. Cambridge, MA, 29-30 November 2012 JSTOR Plants Meeting, Panama City, Panama, 6-11 January 2013 Third Phenotype Ontology Research Coordination Network Annual Summit meeting, Durham, NC, 25-27 February 2013 Fulbright Academy Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 15 February 2013 I Annotate: Annoto Ergo Sum, San Francisco, CA, 10-12 April 2013 BHL Africa Launch, Pretoria, South Africa, 15-18 April 2013 BHL Symposium. TDWG 2013. Florence, Italy. 29 October 2013. Digitalización de literatura de Biodiversidad: an Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. CONABIO Teleconference. 29 August 2013. International Relations Round Table, American Library Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, 28 June 2013. 3rd International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives. Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco. 30 May 2013. 4th Global BHL Meeting. Fes, Morocco. 27 May 2013.
- 31. Awards 2013 ComputerWorld Award 2013 Council of Botanical and Horticulture Libraries 2011 Thackray Medal by the Society for the History of Natural History 2010 ALCTS award for outstanding collaboration
- 32. May I compliment you on this splendid service? The Library's invaluable for my work on seasonal “ variability of climate and vector-borne disease in T British India, 1875-1940. h a n k I really appreciatey your work. The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an excellent resource that regularly helps my o u assistant and I obtain original descriptions for plants .... I feel so privileged m be working in a day in age when such to u resources are so readily available and easy to obtain. c h f o r y What an absolutely owonderful site. u It is a treasure trove of information. r Thank you! h e
- 33. BHL Africa Launch | Pretoria | April 2013 DLF Forum 2012 Denver CO Trish Rose-Sandler, Missouri Botanical Garden Art of Life project
- 37. Looking Forward In any well-appointed Natural History Library there should be found every book and every edition of every book dealing in the remotest way with the subjects concerned. Charles Davies Sherborn Epilogue to Index Animalium, March 1922
- 38. Looking Forward In any well-appointed Natural History Library there should be found every book and every edition of every book dealing in the remotest way with the subjects concerned. Charles Davies Sherborn Epilogue to Index Animalium, March 1922
- 40. Thank you! Terima Kasih! 谢谢您 ! நனற !