The document discusses the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and their efforts to provide digital access to special collections. It details the various library locations, collections, staff sizes, and traditional and emerging services. The libraries aim to collaborate across boundaries, enhance discovery of information, connect with users, build expertise, and enable their mission through new technologies and standards like linked open data.
1. Smithsonian Institution Libraries Providing Digital Access to Special Collections LSC 747 Special Collections Suzanne C. Pilsk~ Martin R. Kalfatovic ~ Smithsonian Institution Libraries ~ 2011
33. Smithsonian Institution Missouri Botanical Garden Kew Gardens American Museum of Natural History, NYC New York Botanical Garden Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology California Academy of Science Philadelphia Academy of Science Field Museum, Chicago Natural History Museum, London Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Harvard University Botany Library
51. Index Animalium / Charles Davies Sherborn Compiled between 1890 –1933, Index of every living or extinct animal discovered between 1758 and 1850. “ Google of the Natural History Museum” – Karolyn Shindler The Telegraph , 25 July 2011
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58. Taxonomic Literature 2 nd Edition Taxonomic Literature: A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types (second edition) 15 volumes guide to the literature of systematic botany published between 1753 and 1940 Organized by author ~ Citation for the author’s surname Numbered entries of the author’s publications ~ Suggested short-title & abbreviation of short-title for use in taxonomic publications TL2 is a standard by which author’s names and titles should be abbreviated
63. Title: Are hotdogs food? Author: Pilsk, Suzanne Place of Pub: Nashville, TN LCSH: Cookbooks Name Authority Record: 65680842 Heading: Pilsk, Suzanne Place of Birth: 65680842 Bib record: 9876 City: Nashville State: Tennessee 5555 5555 Geo Location: 5555 Nashville, TN 9876 Is authored by 65680842 9876 Published in 5555 65680842 was born in 5555 Triple Stores:
64. Title: Are hotdogs food? Author: Place of Pub: LCSH: Cookbooks Name Authority Record: 65680842 Heading: Pilsk, Suzanne Place of Birth: 65680842 Bib record: 9876 City: Nashville State: Tennessee 5555 5555 Geo Location: 5555 9876 Is authored by 65680842 9876 Published in 5555 65680842 was born in 5555 Triple Stores:
77. Digital Public Library of America Question to Robert Darnton (director of Harvard University’s library system): Will you have librarians? Answer: We need librarians who can handle this tremendous jumble of information that is in cyberspace. ~ Q&A “ A bookshelf the size of the world: Inside the vision for the largest library in history” http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/07/24/a_bookshelf_the_size_of_the_world/
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82. Smithsonian Institution Libraries “Metadata Mixing & Matching For Discovery” Suzanne C. Pilsk ~ Martin R. Kalfatovic Smithsonian Institution Libraries [email_address] [email_address]
Editor's Notes
IA and TL 2 Indexes to literature – a strength of libraries Opportunities to provide links to sources. Index Animalium Description and examples of species citation to bibliography to BHL pg Taxonomic Lit – new project. Strength is the names of botanist. Can this link to things like VIAF? Open Linked Data
Book by book, Journal by journal, Page by page – Looking for species and indexing what he found.
IA is an Index Sherborn put the species first then the Genus, but what is being said is Full Citation example: Titian Ramsey Peale “authored” the marine mammal species of dolphin “albiumans Delphinus” naming it for the first time in volume 8 of Charles Wilkes multivolume publication of the United States Exploring Expedition.
Every taxonomist, without exception, who attempts to identify a work whose title may be less than precise, determine the date that a given work was published or determine the authorship of a work (and hence the authorship of a name) must consult TL-2 it allows for standard citations of authors, titles, and dates of publication (important for sharing information via computer files); and since it is a guide it saves librarians time in locating which major institutions hold copies of the work in question and researchers time in answering questions regarding the nature of important works held by a select few libraries.
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