Digital Programs & Initiatives. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board New Member Orientation. 28 February 2019.

1. Martin R. Kalfatovic
Associate Director | Smithsonian Libraries | 28 February 2019
Digital Programs & Initiatives

2. Any sufficiently advanced
technology is indistinguishable
from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke

6. A Strategic Network Preservation
Exhibitions
Publications
Space
Feedback
Training
Fellows
Research Cycle
Collections
Amplifying
Research
Digitization
BHL
Smithsonian
Libraries
Collaboration
Expanding Reach
Wikimedia
OCLC
Resource Sharing
Social Media
Public Relations
Internships
Education
National Programs
Smithsonian
Global Cooperation

7. A Strategic Network
Exhibitions
Publications
Research Cycle
Collections
Amplifying
Research
Digitization
BHL
Smithsonian
Libraries
Collaboration
Expanding Reach
Wikimedia
Social Media
Public Relations
Internships
Education
National Programs
Smithsonian
Global Cooperation

8. Collections,
Digitization &
Discovery

9. “It was resolved to make special
collections of books; particularly to
procure such as are not in the country,
and also, in order to render more
available those which are now in our
libraries, to prepare, as far as practicable,
a general catalogue of all the books
they contain.”
— Joseph Henry (1851)

10. Our Collections Are Vital
2,123,628
2,100,147
2,009,106
2,166,450
FY 2014
FY 2015
FY 2016
FY 2017
General Use: 1,560,938
Special Collections: 90,584
Media Non-Book: 29,040
American Trade Lit: 467,871
Electronic: 18,017

11. Digitization
Stefaan Hurts,
Imaging Specialist

12. Strategic Collections Digitization
Roy V. Wright & George Mitchell, Locomotive dictionary,
4th ed. New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company
[c1916]
George M. Kober, History and development of the
housing movement in the city of Washington,
Washington, D.C.: Washington Sanitary Improvement
Company (1907)

15. A Discovery Service
Find at library.si.edu/research
141,837 Searches
in Fiscal Year 2017

16. Amplifying
Research at the
Smithsonian and
Around the World

17. “The key to unlock the door to the
storehouse of knowledge is the
scientist and the historian, but the
light illuminating the room is
the library.”
— S. Dillon Ripley (1966)

18. Research Information Management
SIL manages over 87,000 Smithsonian-authored
scholarly publications & datasets through
Smithsonian Research Online (SRO), is
launching an expertise-locator platform called
Smithsonian Profiles, and collaborates on a
movement towards institution-wide Research
Data Management

19. Integration in Smithsonian’s Dashboard
Find SRO in the Research section of si.edu/dashboard

20. Biodiversity Heritage Library
20Members
As of February 2019
22Affiliates
80+ WORLDWIDE PARTNERS
56+Million Digitized Pages

21. Collaborations:
The Smithsonian &
The World

22. “Scholars, writers, historians, and
professionals in various disciplines
work with the museum's collections
and extensive reference library to
create an unrivaled center of
learning in the history and
development of air and space
exploration.”
— S. Dillon Ripley (1966)

23. Within the Smithsonian
The
Preparedness
and Response in
Collections
Emergencies
(PRICE)
Smithsonian
Provenance
Research
Initiative
Digital
Programs
Advisory
Council
Smithsonian
Institution
Council of
Education
Directors
Collections
Information
Management
Committee
Smithsonian
Institution
Archives &
Special
Collections
Council
SIL
Smithsonian
Collections
Advisory
Committee

24. Across the Nation
Art Libraries
Society of
North America
Program for
Cooperative
Cataloging
OCLC
Research
Library
Partnership
Development
Officers of
Research &
Academic
Libraries
Digital
Public Library
of America Association
of Research
Libraries
SIL
Metro NY
Consortium
for History
of Science,
Technology
and Medicine
FEDLINK
Council of
Botanical
Horticulture
Libraries
Coalition for
Network
Information
Digital
Library
Federation
American
Library
Association

25. Around the Globe
Academic
Library
Advancement
and
Development
Network
Global
Philatelic
Library
The
Biodiversity
Heritage
Library
The
International
Federation of
Library
Associations
and Institutions
International
Council for
Scientific and
Technical
Information
SIL
Global SI

26. Expanding Our
Reach, Educating, &
Revenue Generating

27. “The worth and importance of the
Institution is not to be estimated by
what it accumulates within the walls of
its building, but by what it sends
forth to the world.”
— Joseph Henry (1853)

28. Staying Social
Over 200K fans on Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram & Tumblr

29. Working with Smithsonian Enterprises

30. Wikimedia
Diane Shaw,
Special Collections Librarian

32. Growing K-12 Outreach
Sara Cardello,
Education Specialist

33. Internships
Torre Barnes,
Kathryn Turner Diversity
and Technology intern

34. Diversity &
Inclusion

35. Diversity & Inclusion in Access
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Creating a New Future for Library
Collections (January 2017). ALCTS 2017 Midwinter Symposium
• Equitable Access to Collections
• Diversity and Visibility in Collection
Development and Management
• The Power of the Catalog: Inclusion
and Advocacy in Cataloging

36. Diversity & Inclusion in Access

37. Conclusion
Cheap Complex
Devices

38. “The capability of the Libraries to capitalize on the new
technologies affecting library service continues to be
strengthened by the involvement of its staff in substantive
activities of the library world in which the technologies are
developing.... The Libraries' year may thus be characterized as
one of continued offerings of service at a higher level of
output, of improving performance capability through an
upgrading of automation effort, and of analysis of future
directions for a modern museum research library enterprise.”
— Russell Shank (1968)

39. Vannevar Bush (1890-1974)
Smithsonian Regent, 1943-1955

40. Vannevar Bush (1890-1974)
Smithsonian Regent, 1943-1955
The world has arrived at
an age of cheap
complex devices of
great reliability; and
something is bound to
come of it.
Vannevar Bush, in “As We May Think” (1945)

41. Equally Complex Devices

42. “The capability of the Libraries to capitalize on the new
technologies affecting library service continues to be
strengthened by the involvement of its staff in substantive
activities of the library world in which the technologies are
developing.... The Libraries' year may thus be characterized as
one of continued offerings of service at a higher level of output, of
improving performance capability through an upgrading of
automation effort, and of analysis of future directions for a
modern museum research library enterprise.”
— Russell Shank (1968)

43. A Strategic Network Preservation
Exhibitions
Publications
Space
Feedback
Training
Fellows
Research Cycle
Collections
Amplifying
Research
Digitization
BHL
Smithsonian
Libraries
Collaboration
Expanding Reach
Wikimedia
OCLC
Resource Sharing
Social Media
Public Relations
Internships
Education
National Programs
Smithsonian
Global Cooperation

44. Thank you!
Questions?