Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library presented to the Smithsonian Congress of Scholars

1. Biodiversity Heritage Library:
Disseminating Content Beyond the Silo
By: Grace Costantino, Program Manager
Bianca Crowley, Collections
Coordinator

2. http://biodiversitylibrary.org
 58,000+ Titles
 111,000+ Volumes
 40 Million+ Pages
 250+ Permissions
 113,000+ Monthly
Visits
 62,000+ Monthly
Visitors

3. Global Partners

4. Core BHL Member Institutions

5. Core BHL Member Institutions
Smithsonian Libraries:
6,300+ Titles
17,000+ Volumes
6.8 million+ Pages

6. Scanning Locally, Coordinating Globally

7. Scanning Locally, Coordinating Globally
Issue Tracking
Vols. 6,
Vols. 6,
8, 10
8, 10
Software
Vols
Vols
. .1-5
1-5
Vols. 7,
Vols. 7,
9, 11-21
9, 11-21

8. Beyond the Silo: Open Data
Trifolium pratense
Trifolium pratense Amblyopsis
Amblyopsis
On the Origin of
Species
By Charles Darwin
(1859) Formica sanguinea
Formica sanguinea
Bibliographic data for 58,000+ Titles
Scientific name data for 150 million+ Taxa

9. Beyond the Silo: Open Data
Dear
Come and get it!
Bibliographic data for 58,000+ Titles
Scientific name data for 150 million+ Taxa

10. Beyond the Silo: Open Data
Open Data
Open Data Stable
Stable Data
Data
Policy
Policy URLs
URLs Exports
Exports
OAI-PMH
OAI-PMH
APIs
APIs Open Archive
Open Archive
Application
Application Initiative ––
Initiative
Programming
Programming Protocol for
Protocol for
Interfaces
Interfaces Metadata
Metadata
Harvesting
Harvesting

11. Beyond the Silo: Open Data

13. Beyond the Silo: Social Media
@BioDivLibrary blog.biodiversitylibrary.org
www.facebook.com
/BioDivLibrary pinterest.com/biodivlibrary
http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/sets

14. Beyond the Silo: Social Media
 42,000+ Visits from Social
@BioDivLibrary
Media to BHL in 2012
www.facebook.com
/BioDivLibrary
http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/sets

15. Beyond the Silo: Social Media

16. Beyond the Silo: Social Media
 63,000+ Images
 3.8+ Million Views
 22,000+ Smithsonian
Libraries Images!

17. Why Social Media Matters
Uncover hidden aspects of our collections
Tell the stories behind these collections
Reach new audiences
Biodiversity Literature is
Seriously Amazing ! ®

18. Future Developments
Article level access with a new user interface
New algorithm for increased taxon name discovery
Partnership growth – launching BHL Africa in April
New outreach activities – iBooks and Biodiversity
Library Exhibitions (BLE)

19. Thank you
http://biodiversitylibrary.org
Grace Costantino, costantinog@si.edu
Bianca Crowley, crowleyb@si.edu