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2016 BHL Program Director's Report
The BHL Program Director's report details significant growth in membership, collections, and user engagement from 2005 to 2016, highlighting a 221.67% increase in users and substantial expansions in biodiversity literature access. It outlines key operational initiatives, including technology upgrades, training workshops, and financial support through grants totaling over $14 million. The report emphasizes ongoing efforts to improve services, engage new affiliates, and enhance metadata and discovery tools for research and taxonomy professionals.
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- 1. Martin R. Kalfatovic,BHL Program Director Royal Botanic Garden, Kew | 13 April 2016 2016 BHL Program Director's Report
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- 5. … and 2016back in London & growing still in many ways!
- 6. Growth New Members American Museumof Natural History BHL Australia Cornell University The Field Museum of Natural History Harvard University Botany Libraries Mayr Library of the Museum of Comp. Zoology (Harvard University) Library of Congress Missouri Botanical Garden Library BHL Singapore BHL Mexico Natural History Museum, London The New York Botanical Garden Royal Botanic Garden, Kew Smithsonian Libraries United States Geological Survey Libraries University of Illinois
- 7. Growth New Affiliates Academy ofNatural Sciences BHL Africa Chicago Botanic Garden California Academy of Sciences Internet Archive MBLWHOI Library National Agriculture Library Natural History Museum, LA County Naturalis Biodiversity Center Smithsonian Institution Archives Washington University
- 8. Growth Collections 106,880 Titles 178,512 Volumes 48,866,284Pages 172,188 Segments 165,303,853 Names
- 9. Growth Collections 103,190 curated images inthe BHL Flickr group
- 10. Growth Collections 3.2 million BHLimages in the Internet Archive Flickr Commons collection
- 11. Growth Collections 3.2 million BHLimages in the Internet Archive Flickr Commons collection
- 12. Growth Collections 3.2 million BHLimages in the Internet Archive Flickr Commons collection
- 13. Growth Users: 2010-11 vs2015-16^ 221.67% 1,174,169 vs 365,028
- 14. Growth Page Views: 2010-11vs 2015-16^ 76.44% 7,673,015 vs 4,348,712
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- 19. Governance Secretariat Program Manager Carolyn Sheffield Finances Internal Communication Contract managment Tech Advisorsgroup Grants management Workshop managment Program Managment Certificate Emerging Leadership Development Program
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- 21. Governance Secretariat Outreach & Communications Manager Grace Costantino External communications Public affairs andmedia relations Social media management Graphic design Outreach material design
- 22. Operations Committees & Groups Membership Committee StaffCommittee Collections Committee Cataloging Group Discovery Tools Working Group User Feedback Working Group
- 23. Operations 2015 Staff Meeting 42staff 21 institutions 2 days 3 countries
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- 27. Operations Training Workshops Nairobi September 2015 3days 15 participants 11 institutions Funded by JRS Foundation
- 28. Operations Training Workshops Mexico City December2015 3 days 18 participants 8 institutions Funded in part by CONABIO
- 29. Operations Training Workshops Washington, DC February2016 3 days 7 participants 3 institutions Funded by IMLS Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature grant
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- 31. Operations BHL Orientation Sessions Secretariatstaff hosted three phone/Skype orientation sessions for new partners or staff Library of Congress California Academy of Sciences Naturalis
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- 33. Technology Platform Migration System isolation Runningat Smithsonian Domain transfers Secure login
- 34. Technology Platform Migration Live @Smithsonian? #FAIL The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers Henry VI, Part 2 Act 4, scene 2
- 35. Technology Staff Changes: TechAdvisors
- 36. Technology CY 2016 Priorities COREPLATFORM ACTIVITIES Maintain daily operations of BHL; including completion of error resolution reports; Complete website migration to Smithsonian servers and run ongoing site stabilization work to confirm successful migration; Complete recommendation for incorporation of transcriptions into BHL; Implementing full text search in the user interface; Analyze requirements for implementing KBART (Knowledge Bases and Related Tools) metadata standard (database and software changes to align BHL metadata with KBART standard for use in external discovery tools) and develop JATS (Journal Article Tag Suite) feed for same; Incremental work to improve Macaw for all users; Modifications to feedback form, auto-email, and related systems to simplify Gemini workflow.
- 37. Technology CY 2016 Priorities PROJECTBASED WORK Support Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature (EABL) tech needs for Admin Dash and Macaw; this will also include consultation on the potential monographic de-dupper tool; Analyze requirement and workflow for integrating crowdsourced tags into BHL and impact on the user interface; Work with GBIF staff and Oak Ridge National Lab on evaluation of georeferencing of species information.
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- 39. Finances CY 2015 DuesSpending (actual)
- 40. Finances CY 2016 DuesSpending Plan
- 41. Finances CY 2015 PartnerContributions $US 1.31 million 13.66 FTE
- 42. Finances Secretariat & Technical:Smithsonian and MBG* Secretariat (Smithsonian) Salaries $360,697 Travel $15,615 Outreach $5,319 Total $381,631 Technical (MBG) Database & System Management $174,590 Total Central Activities $556,221 * Activities not covered by BHL Dues
- 43. Finances 2006 – 2016Grants Received $US14.3 million In the past 6 Months ... Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature (IMLS) New York Botanical Garden | $846,457 BHL Field Notes: Hidden Collections (CLIR) Smithsonian Libraries | $491,713 Librarians for the 21st Century (IMLS) Museum of Comparative Zoology | $443,141
- 44. Finances 2006 – 2016Grants Received (by year)
- 45. Finances 2006 – 2016Grants Received (by Institution)
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- 49. Program Director Goals Recruitand on board new Members and Affiliates Launch and stabilize BHL website at Smithsonian Incremental technical changes including full-text searching Explore collaboration with BHL Egypt on technical matters Implement User feedback management plan Ensure the success of new projects e.g. EABL, Field Book Project, and Librarians for the 21st Century
- 50. Program Director Goals Beginplanning for BHL Version 2 Improved discovery and BHL metadata Continue to expand content and generate new permissions for in copyright materials Increase the awareness about BHL and our services, especially to our primary audiences, scientists, taxonomists and librarians
- 51. Yet another physicaldifficulty is the task of assembling the library and indexes which will enable the student to work under proper conditions…. the beginner must now be prepared to spend liberally, or else must establish himself in an institution where a large library exists; if he work by himself with only a few books, he will have to confine himself to a very narrow specialty indeed. 'The Limitations of Taxonomy' by J.M. Aldrich, Science, April 22, 1927, vol. LXV, no. 1686, p.381 In Conclusion
- 52. Sometimes the light'sall shinin' on me Other times I can barely see Lately it occurs to me What a long, strange trip it's been “Truckin’” / (Hunter/Garcia)
- 53. Internet Archive HeroAward Faring thee well now. Let your life proceed by its own design. Nothing to tell now. Let the words be yours, I'm done with mine. "Cassidy" / (Weir/Barlow)
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