Digitization in Support of Services @ Smithsonian Libraries. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board Orientation. Washington, DC. 5 May 2014.
The Smithsonian Institution Libraries received $200,000 in funding for the Biodiversity Heritage Library in 2007. A task force was formed to oversee Biodiversity Heritage Library activities. Scanning of materials began using the Scribe scanner, with over 12,000 pages scanned from 38 volumes by September 2007. Meetings were held with various organizations to discuss the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Presentations on the library were also given at several institutions and conferences.
In the humanities and social sciences, books are still a preferred format of scholarly communication. OA books have never received as much attention in the OA debate as OA journals and articles.
However, the number of titles is growing significantly, funding
opportunities are improving and so is the infrastructure for OA
books. This session will explore what has been achieved so far and what needs to be done to further improve the sustainability, awareness and attention for OA books.
Frank Smith, JSTOR
This document provides an overview of resources for finding scientific information using Cook Library at Towson University. It introduces Laksamee Putnam as the research and instruction librarian and describes getting started resources like encyclopedias and taxonomic databases. It then discusses search tips like using keywords, Boolean operators, truncation and phrase searching. The document outlines finding books through the library catalog and articles through databases like ScienceDirect and Scopus. It also mentions interlibrary loan and government information resources before closing with information on the bibliographic management software RefWorks.
Martin Poulter from the University of Oxford discusses using Wikidata as a platform for linked open data about museum and library collections. Several collections from the Ashmolean Museum and Bodleian Libraries have been added to Wikidata, containing over 10,000 items of Islamic and Asian art, botanical artworks, special collection books, and doctoral theses. Wikidata now has data on 700 astrolabes total across multiple collections. Poulter provides links for further information and his contact details.
The Art of Life: merging the worlds of art and scienceTrish Rose-Sandler
This document summarizes the Art of Life project, which aims to enhance access to natural history illustrations in the Biodiversity Heritage Library by automatically identifying and describing them. The BHL is a digital library containing over 44 million pages from its partner institutions. The Art of Life project is developing algorithms to identify illustrations on pages and build descriptive metadata by testing techniques like analyzing picture blocks, contrast, color, and compression. A Macaw interface allows classifying pages identified by algorithms and crowdsourcing on Flickr and Wikimedia Commons can add descriptions. Over 1.5 million pages have been processed so far, identifying 300,000 pages with images. The goals are to serve scientists, artists, historians and teachers by enriching content in BHL
This document summarizes the Art of Life project, which aims to digitize and add descriptive metadata to natural history illustrations contained within the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). The BHL is a digital library containing over 78,000 titles related to biodiversity. The Art of Life project is using computer vision algorithms and crowdsourcing to identify illustrations within the texts, and develop a schema to describe them. Over 1.5 million pages have been processed so far, identifying 300,000 pages with images. The goal is to make the illustrations more discoverable and useful to scientists, artists, historians and teachers.
The Smithsonian Institution Libraries received $200,000 in funding for the Biodiversity Heritage Library in 2007. A task force was formed to oversee Biodiversity Heritage Library activities. Scanning of materials began using the Scribe scanner, with over 12,000 pages scanned from 38 volumes by September 2007. Meetings were held with various organizations to discuss the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Presentations on the library were also given at several institutions and conferences.
In the humanities and social sciences, books are still a preferred format of scholarly communication. OA books have never received as much attention in the OA debate as OA journals and articles.
However, the number of titles is growing significantly, funding
opportunities are improving and so is the infrastructure for OA
books. This session will explore what has been achieved so far and what needs to be done to further improve the sustainability, awareness and attention for OA books.
Frank Smith, JSTOR
This document provides an overview of resources for finding scientific information using Cook Library at Towson University. It introduces Laksamee Putnam as the research and instruction librarian and describes getting started resources like encyclopedias and taxonomic databases. It then discusses search tips like using keywords, Boolean operators, truncation and phrase searching. The document outlines finding books through the library catalog and articles through databases like ScienceDirect and Scopus. It also mentions interlibrary loan and government information resources before closing with information on the bibliographic management software RefWorks.
Martin Poulter from the University of Oxford discusses using Wikidata as a platform for linked open data about museum and library collections. Several collections from the Ashmolean Museum and Bodleian Libraries have been added to Wikidata, containing over 10,000 items of Islamic and Asian art, botanical artworks, special collection books, and doctoral theses. Wikidata now has data on 700 astrolabes total across multiple collections. Poulter provides links for further information and his contact details.
The Art of Life: merging the worlds of art and scienceTrish Rose-Sandler
This document summarizes the Art of Life project, which aims to enhance access to natural history illustrations in the Biodiversity Heritage Library by automatically identifying and describing them. The BHL is a digital library containing over 44 million pages from its partner institutions. The Art of Life project is developing algorithms to identify illustrations on pages and build descriptive metadata by testing techniques like analyzing picture blocks, contrast, color, and compression. A Macaw interface allows classifying pages identified by algorithms and crowdsourcing on Flickr and Wikimedia Commons can add descriptions. Over 1.5 million pages have been processed so far, identifying 300,000 pages with images. The goals are to serve scientists, artists, historians and teachers by enriching content in BHL
This document summarizes the Art of Life project, which aims to digitize and add descriptive metadata to natural history illustrations contained within the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). The BHL is a digital library containing over 78,000 titles related to biodiversity. The Art of Life project is using computer vision algorithms and crowdsourcing to identify illustrations within the texts, and develop a schema to describe them. Over 1.5 million pages have been processed so far, identifying 300,000 pages with images. The goal is to make the illustrations more discoverable and useful to scientists, artists, historians and teachers.
This document provides information about the library resources available at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC), including the contact information and web addresses for the three campus libraries located in Jackson County, Jefferson Davis County, and Perkinston. It outlines the online library catalog for print books, lists several electronic book and journal collections, and numerous databases covering a wide range of subject areas that are accessible through the MGCCC library website. Instructions are provided for obtaining usernames and passwords to access the electronic resources.
The document summarizes the Alexandrian Free Library, a consortium of virtual libraries in Second Life. It provides reference and exhibits services to patrons. Key challenges include identifying how patrons use the library and community needs in a virtual environment. Opportunities include presenting historical information interactively, collaborating with museums, and engaging new bibliophiles with online resources. The library aims to be user-focused and a place for learning and imagination.
Digitizing Entomology: The Biodiversity Heritage Library @ the SmithsonianMartin Kalfatovic
Digitizing Entomology: The Biodiversity Heritage Library @ the Smithsonian. Martin R. Kalfatovic. National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology Staff Meeting. Martin R. Kalfatovic. November 26, 2007. Washington, DC.
Digital Services Division & The Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
Digital Services Division & The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Science Executive Committee. Washington, DC. 12 January 2015
Easy tips to improve your information retrieval practices and evaluation of p...Emilia Pyykönen
This document provides tips for improving information retrieval practices and evaluating publications. It recommends choosing the right resource for scientific literature or other materials and provides examples like library catalogs and databases. It also suggests comparing practices with colleagues and considering factors like accessibility, journal prestige, and impact factors when deciding where to publish. Resources mentioned include library guides, Google Scholar, and the Russian Science Citation Index.
The document discusses the challenges and lessons learned from using metrics to measure the performance of Maynooth University Library. It explores issues around using both "hard" and "soft" metrics, the reasons for beginning to track metrics more closely, and what has been learned from analyzing usage data on areas like e-resources, inter-library loans, study space usage, and training programs. It also acknowledges challenges like ensuring accurate data and addressing skepticism about over-reliance on metrics.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Workflow OverviewMartin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Workflow Overview. Martin R. Kalfatovic and Suzanne C. Pilsk. BHL Australian Node Meeting: Melbourne Museum. 2 June 2010. Melbourne, Australia.
UKSG has invited three up-and-coming library professionals to provide their unique perspectives on working in the information sector today. Why did they initially become interested in their career? What do they find most exciting and most challenging about their work right now? Each of our new professionals will be asked to give a five-minute presentation about their career path, motivations and enthusiasms, and then it will be over to the audience to find out more!
Hispanic health sciences virtual library foro 2014-english-Irma Quiñones
This document discusses the development of a Hispanic Health Sciences Virtual Library (HHSVL) at the Conrado F. Asenjo Library of the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus. The main goals are to increase availability of online services, electronic resources, and promote integration of information literacy and iPad use into curricula. Key activities included digitizing videos and photos, increasing student and faculty access to resources like Scopus and e-books, and integrating iPads into the library catalog for student checkout. Workshops were also held to improve information literacy skills.
The Saurashtra University Library is a pioneer in Gujarat that has implemented many innovative technologies. It was an early adopter of the SOUL library automation software (2001), barcode systems, digitizing theses, security cameras, wireless access, and RFID card access (2014). The library provides open access to its collection, online resources, transaction services, and digital services across its main areas and sections. It has a growing collection of over 45,000 books and subscribes to many e-journals and databases. The library aims to network all affiliated college libraries through its Saurashtra Net project and complete digitization using RFID tags.
AccessScience - McGraw Hill Education online referenceUCT
AccessScience is an online science database that provides full text access to over 7,100 articles and 115,000 dictionary terms across all areas of science and technology. It is updated daily and also includes biographies of scientists, weekly updates on the latest science breakthroughs and discoveries, a science dictionary, and links to related websites. Access is limited to two simultaneous users.
A Closer Look into Open Access and LIS Publishing PracticesRobyn Hall
Abstract: Drawing on data from an investigation of 126 academic, peer-reviewed journals in library and information science (LIS), this presentation will discuss ways that those working in LIS can take back control over how their work is disseminated and shared online. For this to happen, however, members of the profession need to recognize and consciously grapple with the ubiquitous capitalist system that informs so many of the services, functions, and expectations that are tied to the profession.
Updated presentation given at the University of Alberta October 10, 2018. Original slides available at https://www.slideshare.net/bibliorobyn/a-look-into-closed-access-capitalism-and-lis-publishing-practices
Ithaka S+R | Jisc | RLUK UK Survey of Academics 2012Jisc
The UK Survey of Academics 2012, conducted by Ithaka S+R, Jisc, and Research Libraries UK (RLUK), examines the attitudes and behaviours of academics at higher education institutions across the United Kingdom.
Only 20% of titles are on bookshelves and these are separated from workplaces. But if over 1.5 million scientific papers are written annually, maybe libraries of the future have to design new ways of accessing scholarly documentation. In this doctoral course we will discuss how.
The Alexandrian Free Library, a study in virtual communityJJDrinkwater
The document summarizes several virtual libraries that are part of the Alexandrian Free Library Consortium in Second Life. The libraries serve distinct virtual communities and provide reference services, exhibits, collections, and events. The libraries face challenges in meeting the needs of evolving patron use patterns and identifying community needs. Opportunities include presenting historical records interactively, combining library and museum techniques, expanding into digital content, and supporting patrons as partners.
Digitization in Support of Services @ Smithsonian Libraries (March)Martin Kalfatovic
Digitization in Support of Services @ Smithsonian Libraries. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board Orientation. Washington, DC. 3 March 2014.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Collaborating Globally, Scanning LocallyMartin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Collaborating Globally, Scanning Locally. Librarians as Digital Leaders: Collaborating on the Development and Use of Digitized Collections. American Library Association Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 28 June 2014.
Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library: Recent ActivitiesMartin Kalfatovic
Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library: Recent Activities. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Inaugural Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference. Digital Data and the North American Nodes of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan and iDigBio. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 5 June 2017.
Free and Open Access to Biodiversity Literature: An Introduction to the Biodi...Martin Kalfatovic
Free and Open Access to Biodiversity Literature: An Introduction to the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Library of Congress. 1 June 2017.
This document provides information about the library resources available at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC), including the contact information and web addresses for the three campus libraries located in Jackson County, Jefferson Davis County, and Perkinston. It outlines the online library catalog for print books, lists several electronic book and journal collections, and numerous databases covering a wide range of subject areas that are accessible through the MGCCC library website. Instructions are provided for obtaining usernames and passwords to access the electronic resources.
The document summarizes the Alexandrian Free Library, a consortium of virtual libraries in Second Life. It provides reference and exhibits services to patrons. Key challenges include identifying how patrons use the library and community needs in a virtual environment. Opportunities include presenting historical information interactively, collaborating with museums, and engaging new bibliophiles with online resources. The library aims to be user-focused and a place for learning and imagination.
Digitizing Entomology: The Biodiversity Heritage Library @ the SmithsonianMartin Kalfatovic
Digitizing Entomology: The Biodiversity Heritage Library @ the Smithsonian. Martin R. Kalfatovic. National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology Staff Meeting. Martin R. Kalfatovic. November 26, 2007. Washington, DC.
Digital Services Division & The Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
Digital Services Division & The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Science Executive Committee. Washington, DC. 12 January 2015
Easy tips to improve your information retrieval practices and evaluation of p...Emilia Pyykönen
This document provides tips for improving information retrieval practices and evaluating publications. It recommends choosing the right resource for scientific literature or other materials and provides examples like library catalogs and databases. It also suggests comparing practices with colleagues and considering factors like accessibility, journal prestige, and impact factors when deciding where to publish. Resources mentioned include library guides, Google Scholar, and the Russian Science Citation Index.
The document discusses the challenges and lessons learned from using metrics to measure the performance of Maynooth University Library. It explores issues around using both "hard" and "soft" metrics, the reasons for beginning to track metrics more closely, and what has been learned from analyzing usage data on areas like e-resources, inter-library loans, study space usage, and training programs. It also acknowledges challenges like ensuring accurate data and addressing skepticism about over-reliance on metrics.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Workflow OverviewMartin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Workflow Overview. Martin R. Kalfatovic and Suzanne C. Pilsk. BHL Australian Node Meeting: Melbourne Museum. 2 June 2010. Melbourne, Australia.
UKSG has invited three up-and-coming library professionals to provide their unique perspectives on working in the information sector today. Why did they initially become interested in their career? What do they find most exciting and most challenging about their work right now? Each of our new professionals will be asked to give a five-minute presentation about their career path, motivations and enthusiasms, and then it will be over to the audience to find out more!
Hispanic health sciences virtual library foro 2014-english-Irma Quiñones
This document discusses the development of a Hispanic Health Sciences Virtual Library (HHSVL) at the Conrado F. Asenjo Library of the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus. The main goals are to increase availability of online services, electronic resources, and promote integration of information literacy and iPad use into curricula. Key activities included digitizing videos and photos, increasing student and faculty access to resources like Scopus and e-books, and integrating iPads into the library catalog for student checkout. Workshops were also held to improve information literacy skills.
The Saurashtra University Library is a pioneer in Gujarat that has implemented many innovative technologies. It was an early adopter of the SOUL library automation software (2001), barcode systems, digitizing theses, security cameras, wireless access, and RFID card access (2014). The library provides open access to its collection, online resources, transaction services, and digital services across its main areas and sections. It has a growing collection of over 45,000 books and subscribes to many e-journals and databases. The library aims to network all affiliated college libraries through its Saurashtra Net project and complete digitization using RFID tags.
AccessScience - McGraw Hill Education online referenceUCT
AccessScience is an online science database that provides full text access to over 7,100 articles and 115,000 dictionary terms across all areas of science and technology. It is updated daily and also includes biographies of scientists, weekly updates on the latest science breakthroughs and discoveries, a science dictionary, and links to related websites. Access is limited to two simultaneous users.
A Closer Look into Open Access and LIS Publishing PracticesRobyn Hall
Abstract: Drawing on data from an investigation of 126 academic, peer-reviewed journals in library and information science (LIS), this presentation will discuss ways that those working in LIS can take back control over how their work is disseminated and shared online. For this to happen, however, members of the profession need to recognize and consciously grapple with the ubiquitous capitalist system that informs so many of the services, functions, and expectations that are tied to the profession.
Updated presentation given at the University of Alberta October 10, 2018. Original slides available at https://www.slideshare.net/bibliorobyn/a-look-into-closed-access-capitalism-and-lis-publishing-practices
Ithaka S+R | Jisc | RLUK UK Survey of Academics 2012Jisc
The UK Survey of Academics 2012, conducted by Ithaka S+R, Jisc, and Research Libraries UK (RLUK), examines the attitudes and behaviours of academics at higher education institutions across the United Kingdom.
Only 20% of titles are on bookshelves and these are separated from workplaces. But if over 1.5 million scientific papers are written annually, maybe libraries of the future have to design new ways of accessing scholarly documentation. In this doctoral course we will discuss how.
The Alexandrian Free Library, a study in virtual communityJJDrinkwater
The document summarizes several virtual libraries that are part of the Alexandrian Free Library Consortium in Second Life. The libraries serve distinct virtual communities and provide reference services, exhibits, collections, and events. The libraries face challenges in meeting the needs of evolving patron use patterns and identifying community needs. Opportunities include presenting historical records interactively, combining library and museum techniques, expanding into digital content, and supporting patrons as partners.
Digitization in Support of Services @ Smithsonian Libraries (March)Martin Kalfatovic
Digitization in Support of Services @ Smithsonian Libraries. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board Orientation. Washington, DC. 3 March 2014.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Collaborating Globally, Scanning LocallyMartin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Collaborating Globally, Scanning Locally. Librarians as Digital Leaders: Collaborating on the Development and Use of Digitized Collections. American Library Association Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 28 June 2014.
Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library: Recent ActivitiesMartin Kalfatovic
Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library: Recent Activities. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Inaugural Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference. Digital Data and the North American Nodes of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan and iDigBio. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 5 June 2017.
Free and Open Access to Biodiversity Literature: An Introduction to the Biodi...Martin Kalfatovic
Free and Open Access to Biodiversity Literature: An Introduction to the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Library of Congress. 1 June 2017.
The document summarizes the history and development of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). It discusses how BHL was founded based on the natural history collections of partner institutions. It grew to include over 53 million pages from over 128,000 titles through collaborations. BHL provides open access to these resources through its website and partnerships. It continues to expand its collection and engage users around the world through outreach and mobile accessibility.
Expanding Access for the Local and Global Increasing Access & Empowering Glob...Martin Kalfatovic
Expanding Access for the Local and Global Increasing Access & Empowering Global Biodiversity Research through the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 2018 Ohio Natural History Conference. Cleveland Museum of Natural History. 24 February 2018.
Digital & Discovery @ Smithsonian Libraries 2013. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board Meeting. Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia. 21 May 2013.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library & Botany: Empowering Discovery through Free...Martin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library & Botany: Empowering Discovery through Free Access to Biodiversity Knowledge. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Botany 2018. Rochester, MN. 24 July 2018.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. International Relations Round Table, American Library Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, 28 June 2013.
Botany and the BHL: A Botanical Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
Botany and the BHL: A Botanical Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. kalfatovic. Botany Department Seminar. National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC. 15 September 2016.
The Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL) is a distributed network of 20 libraries that serves researchers, scholars, curators and the general public. SIL has over 1.5 million volumes, 4,522 print journal subscriptions, and 3,000 electronic journals. It provides resources and research assistance to support the work of the Smithsonian. SIL faces challenges of rising costs for print journals and increasing demand for electronic resources.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Origin | Growth | PartnershipsMartin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Origin | Growth | Partnerships. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Biodiversity Heritage Library Organization and Planning Meeting. Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa. 14 June 2012. . Washington, DC. 24 May 2012.
Biodiversity Heritage Library - an overview for the Australian MuseumNicole Kearney
This presentation was delivered to the Australian Museum (Sydney Australia) on 17 October 2016. It provides an overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) and its efforts to make the world's biodiversity literature accessible & discoverable (with particular emphasis on scientific artwork, field diaries and taxonomic descriptions).
Free and Open Access to Biodiversity Literature: An Introduction to the Biodi...Carolyn Sheffield
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a global consortium that provides open access to over 51 million pages of biodiversity literature and archives. It aims to make this historical literature openly accessible online to support biodiversity research. BHL has 18 member institutions and works with over 60 worldwide partners. It receives funding from various sources including grants and member contributions. BHL content is used by millions and helps researchers study biodiversity and life on Earth.
The document discusses the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), a digital library project working to digitize literature about biodiversity. It provides details about the founding and history of BHL, the institutions involved in scanning literature, the scanning process, challenges around selecting materials to scan and avoiding duplication, and examples of how BHL has helped researchers find historical literature.
Managing Scholarly Research Output The Smithsonian Institution Experience: An...Martin Kalfatovic
Managing Scholarly Research Output The Smithsonian Institution Experience: An Introduction to Smithsonian Research Online. Martin R. Kalfatovic with Alvin Hutchinson and Richard Naples. Mpala Research Centre and Wildlife Foundation, Laikipia County, Kenya. 22 May 2017.
Free & Open Access to Biodiversity Literature: An Introduction to the Biodive...Martin Kalfatovic
This document provides an introduction and overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), a global consortium that provides free and open access to digitized biodiversity literature. The summary is:
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is a global consortium that provides free online access to over 52 million digitized pages of biodiversity literature. It has members from research institutions around the world and aims to make biodiversity literature openly accessible to support research. The document outlines BHL's history, collections, partnerships, and future plans to expand open access to biodiversity knowledge on a global scale.
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This document discusses the growth of ebooks and the future of books in a digital format. Some key points include:
- There are over 10 million ebook titles currently available in the United States from various sources.
- Ebooks are significantly cheaper than their physical print counterparts, with ebooks costing around $6.66 on average compared to $100-180 for hardcover books.
- Ebooks offer advantages over print such as availability in multiple formats, integration of rich media, social connectivity features, and quicker publication timelines.
- The future of books is pointed towards more interactive digital formats that incorporate gamification and pricing models that are fair to both consumers and publishers.
BHL and Specimen Collection Data: The needle in the Festuca stackMartin Kalfatovic
BHL and Specimen Collection Data: The needle in the Festuca stack
Biodiversity_Next | 23 October 2019 | Leiden
Martin R. Kalfatovic. BHL Program Director | Biodiversity Heritage Library. ORCID: 0000-0002-4563-4627. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.37787
Managing Scholarly Research Output: The Smithsonian Institution ExperienceMartin Kalfatovic
Managing Scholarly Research Output: The Smithsonian Institution Experience. Martin R. Kalfatovic, Alvin Hutchinson, Richard Naples, and Suzanne Pilsk. Smithsonian-The National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI). Washington, DC, 16 May 2019.
Seeing a Butterfly & Knowing What It Is: BHL: Past > Present > FutureMartin Kalfatovic
Seeing a Butterfly & Knowing What It Is: BHL: Past > Present > Future. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 2019 BHL Annual Meeting. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 30 April 2019.
Managing Scholarly Research Output: The Smithsonian Institution ExperienceMartin Kalfatovic
Managing Scholarly Research Output: The Smithsonian Institution Experience. Martin R. Kalfatovic, Alvin Hutchinson, Richard Naples, and Suzanne Pilsk. CNI Spring Meeting. St. Louis, MO. 8 April 2019.
Discoverable, Accessible, Reusable, and Transparent (DART): Scholarly Communi...Martin Kalfatovic
Discoverable, Accessible, Reusable, and Transparent (DART): Scholarly Communications and the Research Museum. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Global Summit of Research Museums. Berlin. 5 November 2018.
Cultural Heritage and the Technology of Culture: Finding the Nature of Illumi...Martin Kalfatovic
Cultural Heritage and the Technology of Culture: Finding the Nature of Illumination in Libraries and Museums. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 9th Shanghai International Library Forum. Shanghai, China. 19 October 2018.
Smithsonian Libraries: Digital Programs and Initiatives DivisionMartin Kalfatovic
This document outlines the organization of the Smithsonian Libraries' Digital Programs and Initiatives Division. It details the various departments within the division including Digital Library and Digitization, Metadata, Biodiversity Heritage Library, Outreach and Education, Scholarly Communications, and Web Services. It provides an overview of the roles and current projects of each department as they work to advance the Smithsonian's strategic goal of reaching 1 billion people annually through a digital first strategy.
The Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG): Opportunities for Collaboratio...Martin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG), also known as the Taxonomic Databases Working Group, is a non-profit scientific and educational association that is affiliated with the International Union of Biological Sciences. TDWG was formed to establish international collaboration among biological database projects and related services. Promoting the wider and more effective dissemination of information about the World's heritage of biological organisms for the benefit of the world at large, TDWG focuses on the development of standards for the exchange of biological/biodiversity data. TDWG promotes the use of standards through the most appropriate and effective means and acts as a forum for discussion through holding meetings and through publications, especially the recently launched open access journal, Biodiversity Information Standards and Science. This presentation will focus on areas of possible collaboration by the larger networked information community around bioinformatic standards, areas where TDWG collaborates with other biodiversity organizations such as the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
A Vast Library of Life: The Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
A Vast Library of Life: The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Aim, Scope & Challenges of Research Museums: An Exchange between the Smithsonian Institution & Leibniz Association. Washington, DC. 30 October 2017.
Smithsonian Libraries in Service of Scholarly Communications: An Introduction...Martin Kalfatovic
Smithsonian Libraries in Service of Scholarly Communications: An Introduction to Smithsonian Research Online & Other Resources. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Aim, Scope & Challenges of Research Museums: An Exchange between the Smithsonian Institution & Leibniz Association. Washington, DC. 30 October 2017.
Digital Programs & Initiatives @ Smithsonian Libraries: Scholarly Communicati...Martin Kalfatovic
Digital Programs & Initiatives @ Smithsonian Libraries: Scholarly Communications | Digital Library | Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Presentation for the National Library of Medicine Staff. Smithsonian Libraries. Washington, DC. 9 June 2017
“The Gift of Time”: Impact through Open: The Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
“The Gift of Time”: Impact through Open: The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Bracing for Impact: Digitizing Collections to Change Lives. 2017 Smithsonian Digitization Fair. Washington. 19 October 2017.
How Did We Get Here from There? The Origin Story of The Biodiversity Heritage...Martin Kalfatovic
How Did We Get Here from There? The Origin Story of The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 2017 Library Leaders Forum. Internet Archive. San Francisco. 13 October 2017.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Empowering Discovery through Free Access to Biodiversity Knowledge | Martin R. Kalfatovic, XIX IBC 2017. Shenzhen, China. 25 July 2017
Managing Scholarly Research Output The Smithsonian Institution Experience: An...Martin Kalfatovic
Managing Scholarly Research Output The Smithsonian Institution Experience: An Introduction to Smithsonian Research Online. Martin R. Kalfatovic with Alvin Hutchinson and Richard Naples. American Reference Center, U.S. Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya. 19 May 2017.
[OReilly Superstream] Occupy the Space: A grassroots guide to engineering (an...Jason Yip
The typical problem in product engineering is not bad strategy, so much as “no strategy”. This leads to confusion, lack of motivation, and incoherent action. The next time you look for a strategy and find an empty space, instead of waiting for it to be filled, I will show you how to fill it in yourself. If you’re wrong, it forces a correction. If you’re right, it helps create focus. I’ll share how I’ve approached this in the past, both what works and lessons for what didn’t work so well.
Northern Engraving | Nameplate Manufacturing Process - 2024Northern Engraving
Manufacturing custom quality metal nameplates and badges involves several standard operations. Processes include sheet prep, lithography, screening, coating, punch press and inspection. All decoration is completed in the flat sheet with adhesive and tooling operations following. The possibilities for creating unique durable nameplates are endless. How will you create your brand identity? We can help!
Conversational agents, or chatbots, are increasingly used to access all sorts of services using natural language. While open-domain chatbots - like ChatGPT - can converse on any topic, task-oriented chatbots - the focus of this paper - are designed for specific tasks, like booking a flight, obtaining customer support, or setting an appointment. Like any other software, task-oriented chatbots need to be properly tested, usually by defining and executing test scenarios (i.e., sequences of user-chatbot interactions). However, there is currently a lack of methods to quantify the completeness and strength of such test scenarios, which can lead to low-quality tests, and hence to buggy chatbots.
To fill this gap, we propose adapting mutation testing (MuT) for task-oriented chatbots. To this end, we introduce a set of mutation operators that emulate faults in chatbot designs, an architecture that enables MuT on chatbots built using heterogeneous technologies, and a practical realisation as an Eclipse plugin. Moreover, we evaluate the applicability, effectiveness and efficiency of our approach on open-source chatbots, with promising results.
Generating privacy-protected synthetic data using Secludy and MilvusZilliz
During this demo, the founders of Secludy will demonstrate how their system utilizes Milvus to store and manipulate embeddings for generating privacy-protected synthetic data. Their approach not only maintains the confidentiality of the original data but also enhances the utility and scalability of LLMs under privacy constraints. Attendees, including machine learning engineers, data scientists, and data managers, will witness first-hand how Secludy's integration with Milvus empowers organizations to harness the power of LLMs securely and efficiently.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/how-axelera-ai-uses-digital-compute-in-memory-to-deliver-fast-and-energy-efficient-computer-vision-a-presentation-from-axelera-ai/
Bram Verhoef, Head of Machine Learning at Axelera AI, presents the “How Axelera AI Uses Digital Compute-in-memory to Deliver Fast and Energy-efficient Computer Vision” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
As artificial intelligence inference transitions from cloud environments to edge locations, computer vision applications achieve heightened responsiveness, reliability and privacy. This migration, however, introduces the challenge of operating within the stringent confines of resource constraints typical at the edge, including small form factors, low energy budgets and diminished memory and computational capacities. Axelera AI addresses these challenges through an innovative approach of performing digital computations within memory itself. This technique facilitates the realization of high-performance, energy-efficient and cost-effective computer vision capabilities at the thin and thick edge, extending the frontier of what is achievable with current technologies.
In this presentation, Verhoef unveils his company’s pioneering chip technology and demonstrates its capacity to deliver exceptional frames-per-second performance across a range of standard computer vision networks typical of applications in security, surveillance and the industrial sector. This shows that advanced computer vision can be accessible and efficient, even at the very edge of our technological ecosystem.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
Connector Corner: Seamlessly power UiPath Apps, GenAI with prebuilt connectorsDianaGray10
Join us to learn how UiPath Apps can directly and easily interact with prebuilt connectors via Integration Service--including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Open GenAI, and more.
The best part is you can achieve this without building a custom workflow! Say goodbye to the hassle of using separate automations to call APIs. By seamlessly integrating within App Studio, you can now easily streamline your workflow, while gaining direct access to our Connector Catalog of popular applications.
We’ll discuss and demo the benefits of UiPath Apps and connectors including:
Creating a compelling user experience for any software, without the limitations of APIs.
Accelerating the app creation process, saving time and effort
Enjoying high-performance CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations, for
seamless data management.
Speakers:
Russell Alfeche, Technology Leader, RPA at qBotic and UiPath MVP
Charlie Greenberg, host
Fueling AI with Great Data with Airbyte WebinarZilliz
This talk will focus on how to collect data from a variety of sources, leveraging this data for RAG and other GenAI use cases, and finally charting your course to productionalization.
How information systems are built or acquired puts information, which is what they should be about, in a secondary place. Our language adapted accordingly, and we no longer talk about information systems but applications. Applications evolved in a way to break data into diverse fragments, tightly coupled with applications and expensive to integrate. The result is technical debt, which is re-paid by taking even bigger "loans", resulting in an ever-increasing technical debt. Software engineering and procurement practices work in sync with market forces to maintain this trend. This talk demonstrates how natural this situation is. The question is: can something be done to reverse the trend?
Skybuffer SAM4U tool for SAP license adoptionTatiana Kojar
Manage and optimize your license adoption and consumption with SAM4U, an SAP free customer software asset management tool.
SAM4U, an SAP complimentary software asset management tool for customers, delivers a detailed and well-structured overview of license inventory and usage with a user-friendly interface. We offer a hosted, cost-effective, and performance-optimized SAM4U setup in the Skybuffer Cloud environment. You retain ownership of the system and data, while we manage the ABAP 7.58 infrastructure, ensuring fixed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and exceptional services through the SAP Fiori interface.
Essentials of Automations: Exploring Attributes & Automation ParametersSafe Software
Building automations in FME Flow can save time, money, and help businesses scale by eliminating data silos and providing data to stakeholders in real-time. One essential component to orchestrating complex automations is the use of attributes & automation parameters (both formerly known as “keys”). In fact, it’s unlikely you’ll ever build an Automation without using these components, but what exactly are they?
Attributes & automation parameters enable the automation author to pass data values from one automation component to the next. During this webinar, our FME Flow Specialists will cover leveraging the three types of these output attributes & parameters in FME Flow: Event, Custom, and Automation. As a bonus, they’ll also be making use of the Split-Merge Block functionality.
You’ll leave this webinar with a better understanding of how to maximize the potential of automations by making use of attributes & automation parameters, with the ultimate goal of setting your enterprise integration workflows up on autopilot.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/temporal-event-neural-networks-a-more-efficient-alternative-to-the-transformer-a-presentation-from-brainchip/
Chris Jones, Director of Product Management at BrainChip , presents the “Temporal Event Neural Networks: A More Efficient Alternative to the Transformer” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
The expansion of AI services necessitates enhanced computational capabilities on edge devices. Temporal Event Neural Networks (TENNs), developed by BrainChip, represent a novel and highly efficient state-space network. TENNs demonstrate exceptional proficiency in handling multi-dimensional streaming data, facilitating advancements in object detection, action recognition, speech enhancement and language model/sequence generation. Through the utilization of polynomial-based continuous convolutions, TENNs streamline models, expedite training processes and significantly diminish memory requirements, achieving notable reductions of up to 50x in parameters and 5,000x in energy consumption compared to prevailing methodologies like transformers.
Integration with BrainChip’s Akida neuromorphic hardware IP further enhances TENNs’ capabilities, enabling the realization of highly capable, portable and passively cooled edge devices. This presentation delves into the technical innovations underlying TENNs, presents real-world benchmarks, and elucidates how this cutting-edge approach is positioned to revolutionize edge AI across diverse applications.
Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
This slide deck presents DLHT, a concurrent in-memory hashtable. Despite efforts to optimize hashtables, that go as far as sacrificing core functionality, state-of-the-art designs still incur multiple memory accesses per request and block request processing in three cases. First, most hashtables block while waiting for data to be retrieved from memory. Second, open-addressing designs, which represent the current state-of-the-art, either cannot free index slots on deletes or must block all requests to do so. Third, index resizes block every request until all objects are copied to the new index. Defying folklore wisdom, DLHT forgoes open-addressing and adopts a fully-featured and memory-aware closed-addressing design based on bounded cache-line-chaining. This design offers lock-free index operations and deletes that free slots instantly, (2) completes most requests with a single memory access, (3) utilizes software prefetching to hide memory latencies, and (4) employs a novel non-blocking and parallel resizing. In a commodity server and a memory-resident workload, DLHT surpasses 1.6B requests per second and provides 3.5x (12x) the throughput of the state-of-the-art closed-addressing (open-addressing) resizable hashtable on Gets (Deletes).
Programming Foundation Models with DSPy - Meetup SlidesZilliz
Prompting language models is hard, while programming language models is easy. In this talk, I will discuss the state-of-the-art framework DSPy for programming foundation models with its powerful optimizers and runtime constraint system.
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift.pdfTosin Akinosho
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
7. The cultivation of
natural science cannot
be efficiently carried
on without reference
to an extensive library
Charles Darwin, et al
(1847)
The Wherefore of BHL
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the overall Smithsonian digitization strategy and remains a
center of excellence for rapid digitization at the Smithsonian
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• Technical development
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2013 ComputerWorld Award
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collaboration
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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
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Over 5,000 items
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Dibner Heralds of Science
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Rare materials from the Cooper-Hewitt NDM Library
AnthroNotes
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Institution is not to
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within the walls of its
building, but by what
it sends forth to the
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