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1. Slide 1: The Biodiversity Heritage Library A Cornerstone of the Encyclopedia of Life Martin R. Kalfatovic Smithsonian Institution Libraries The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
2. Slide 2: Biodiversity Heritage Library The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
3. Slide 3: Structure of the Encyclopedia of Life The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
4. Slide 4: OH H O H2N OH Serine Molecule The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
5. Slide 5: Synthesis Center Field Museum Biodiversity Heritage Informatics Library Marine Biological Laboratory Secretariat Education & Smithsonian Outreach Smithsonian/Harvard The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
6. Slide 6: Biodiversity Heritage Library • 2003, Telluride. Encyclopedia of Life meeting • February 2005. London. Library and Laboratory: the Marriage of Research, Data and Taxonomic Literature • May 2005. Washington. Ground work for the Biodiversity Heritage Library • June 2006. Washington. Organizational and Technical meeting • August 2006. New York Botanical Garden. BHL Director’s Meeting. • October 2006. St. Louis/San Francisco. Technical meetings • February 2007. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Organizational meeting The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
7. Slide 7: Biodiversity Heritage Library • American Museum of Natural History (New York) • Field Museum (Chicago) • Natural History Museum (London) • Smithsonian Institution (Washington) • Missouri Botanical Garden (St. Louis) • New York Botanical Garden (New York) • Royal Botanic Garden, Kew • Botany Libraries, Harvard University • Ernst Meyer Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University • Marine Biological Laboratory / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution James Dwight Dana Zoophytes. Atlas, 1849 The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
8. Slide 8: Taxonomic Literature • Over 250 years of systematic description of life • The cited half-life of publications in taxonomy is longer than in any other scientific discipline • The decay rate is longer than in any scientific discipline – Tom Moritz The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
9. Slide 9: Literature Repatriation 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 US & Canada Europe Mexico & C. South America America Biologia Centrali-Americana. Edited by Frederick Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin. London : Pub. for the editors by R. H. Porter, 1879-1915 The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
10. Slide 10: Digital Divide? The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
11. Slide 11: Digital Divide? Vishwas Chavan travels a lot. An informatician based at the National Chemical Laboratory in Pune, India, he collects data on what types of animal live where in India to enter into a biodiversity database … Much of the information Chavan seeks is in old, out-of-print tomes … To find them, Chavan has spent years trailing around libraries. He dreams of the day when books such as these are scanned and made available as digital files on the Internet. “Science in the Web Age: The Real Death of Print” by Andreas von Bubnoff Nature 438, 550-552 1 December 2005 Henry Walter Bates The Naturalist on the River Amazons, 1863 The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
12. Slide 12: Narrowing the Divide The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
13. Slide 13: Biodiversity Heritage Library • Core literature pre-1923: 400,000 (80 million pages) • All pre-1923: 600-750,000 (120-150 million pages) • All literature: 1.4-1.6 million (280-320 million pages) Mass. Zoological and Botanical Survey Reports on the fishes, reptiles and birds of Massachusetts, 1839 The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
14. Slide 14: Changing Priorities • Open Access for scientific literature • Encourage re-use and re-purposing of the data in multiple and diverse systems • Work with non- commercial publishers to provide access The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
15. Slide 15: Changing Priorities • BHL has had discussions with various society publishers as well as: – BioOne – JSTOR T.H. Huxley by Leslie Ward (“Spy”) The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
16. Slide 16: Digital Book Creation • Automated structure detection – vital for serials • Taxonomic Intelligence • Digital Identifiers • Scalable mass scanning Richard Owen by Leslie Ward (“Spy”) The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
17. Slide 17: BHL Structural Metadata First Ingest Bib # Barcode Sub-element 45632 390888343 45632 390888344 Internet Archive 45632 390888345 45632 390888346 45632 390888347 The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
18. Slide 18: BHL Structural Metadata Sub-Element Map Bib # Barcode Sub-element 45632 390888343 1 45632 390888343 2 Internet Archive 45632 390888343 3 45632 390888343 4 45632 390888343 5 The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
19. Slide 19: BHL Structural Metadata Page Structure Map Image Number 0001 Bib # Barcode Sub-element 45632 390888343 1 0002 0003 0004 Internet Archive XML structure map that delineates the relationships of the images created 0005 automatically The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
20. Slide 20: Taxonomic Intelligence The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
21. Slide 21: Taxonomic Intelligence • 9.4 million name strings in NameBank • Uses sophisticated algorithm (TaxonGrab) to locate likely name strings in OCR text • Iterative processing of BHL texts will both increase the number of name strings in NameBank and increase the accuracy of name string recognition Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon Histoire naturelle : générale et particulière (Oiseaux), 1799-1808 The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
22. Slide 22: Digital Identifiers • Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) • Handles • Life Science Identifiers (LSID) • URIs • Etc. Telespiza palmeri Avifauna of Laysan, 1893-1900 The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
23. Slide 23: Digital Identifiers • Factors: – Cost per identifier – Community acceptance – Scalability • BHL is working with TDWG and others to come up with the best scheme(s) Moho bishopi Aviafauna of Laysan, 1893-1900 The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
24. Slide 24: Scalable Mass Scanning The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
25. Slide 25: The Internet Archive • 501(c)(3) organization • Dedicated to “Universal Access to Human Knowledge” • Founder of the Open Content Alliance • Provides: – Mass scanning – Archival storage of files – Image processing – Technology development The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
26. Slide 26: Internet Archive Scribe Scanner • Single Scribe Machine – Human operated – 200 volumes per shift per week – ~ 70,000 pages from a single machine per week – Cost: $100,000 / year The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
27. Slide 27: Internet Archive Scribe: Boston • Cooperative facility with the Boston Library Consortium (19 New England Libraries) • BHL Members MBL/WHOI and Harvard Libraries will use the facility • Status: In production The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
28. Slide 28: Internet Archive Scribe: Boston The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
29. Slide 29: Internet Archive Scribe: London • Single Scribe in place • Projected 5 unit pod to be located at The Natural History Museum • Status: In production The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
30. Slide 30: Internet Archive Scribe: London The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
31. Slide 31: Internet Archive Scribe: Washington • Single unit arrived May 5 • Funded by Smithsonian Libraries • Projected 5 unit BHL pod in National Museum of Natural History • Projected 10-15 unit pod shared by Smithsonian/BHL and regional Washington libraries • Status: Being installed right now! The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
32. Slide 32: Internet Archive Scribe: Washington The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
33. Slide 33: Internet Archive Scribe: Washington The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
34. Slide 34: Internet Archive Scribe: Washington The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
35. Slide 35: Internet Archive Scribe: New York • Current BHL plans focus on sharing a 10 unit pod located at the New York Public Library • American Museum of Natural History and New York Botanical Garden will use this facility • Status: in planning Carl von Linné (1707 - 1778) The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
36. Slide 36: Internet Archive Scribe: Illinois • Two machines funded by State of Illinois • UIUC scanning Fieldiana (all series) • Arrangement coordinated by Michael Godow and Bryan Heidorn (UIUC/GSLIS) • No cost to The Field or BHL • Status: In production The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
37. Slide 37: Internet Archive Scribe: Illinois The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
38. Slide 38: Internet Archive Scribe: Illinois The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
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42. Slide 42: BHL Portal • Library catalog-like interface to BHL literature • Enhanced structural analysis to provide volume/issue/article page access to the literature • Iterative development based on feedback from user community • Provide access to two key audiences: – Humans – Machines The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
43. Slide 43: www.biodiversitylibrary.org The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
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52. Slide 52: BHL Literature Online 1,258,653 pages 627,360 pages via BHL Portal Institution Titles Volumes Pages American Museum of Natural History 3 310 225,000 Field Museum 1 37 5,550 Harvard University Botany Libraries 7 108 10,163 Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 0 0 0 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 0 0 0 Missouri Botanical Garden 183 1,262 624,478 Natural History Museum, London 52 136 35,774 New York Botanical Garden 13 17 7,823 Smithsonian Institution Libraries 41 1,338 349,865 Totals for all institutions 300 3,208 1,258,653 The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
53. Slide 53: Biodiversity Heritage Library The Field Museum of Natural History Martin R. Kalfatovic 8 May 2007 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
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