The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Program Director's Report: September 2012. Martin R. Kalfatovic. BHL Staff and Technical Meeting. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, MA. 27 September 2012.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Since we last met in November 2011Martin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Since we last met in November 2011. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 3rd Global BHL Meeting.
Museum für Naturkunde. Berlin, Germany. 7 June 02012.
Smithsonian Libraries & The Biodiversity Heritage Library: 2003 - 2012. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Libraries Town Hall. National Zoo, Washington, DC. 19 September 2012.
WebJunction is an online community where library staff meet to share ideas, solve problems, take online courses - and have fun! If you have not looked at the offerings at Web Junction lately, it's time to take a look. WebJunction provides resources and training specifically for rural and small libraries covering advocacy, funding, outreach and technology. Attend this session to learn what your colleagues across the country are doing to bring library services to their rural and small communities.
Presented by Christa Burns as the NEBASE Hour on November 7, 2007.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: EOL Team Report: November 2012Martin Kalfatovic
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An Anatomy of a Mass Scanning Project: The Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
An Anatomy of a Mass Scanning Project: The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. The Medical Heritage Library Meeting. Rochester, MN. 28 April 2010
Research in context. OCLC Research and environmental trends. Lorcan Dempseylisld
Delivered at the OCLC Symposium at the Americas Regional Councils meeting at ALA, January 2015.
Reviews several major research themes - shared space and shared print, digital information behaviors, and the evolution of the scholarly record - in terms of general environmental trends. Highlights work done by OCLC Research.
This is the first part of a two part presentation. The second part was given by my colleague Chrystie Hill.
The document summarizes the development and impact of the Open Research Archive (ORA) USARB institutional repository at Alecu Russo State University. It discusses how the repository was created in 2012 using DSpace software and has since evolved. ORA USARB now contains over 2,900 items across 10 communities and sees over 200,000 page views annually. The repository promotes open access to research produced at the university and increases the visibility and impact of faculty work.
Evaluating the Performance of National Library, Kolkata in the Light of NKC’s...Kingsukdas
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The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Since we last met in November 2011Martin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Since we last met in November 2011. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 3rd Global BHL Meeting.
Museum für Naturkunde. Berlin, Germany. 7 June 02012.
Smithsonian Libraries & The Biodiversity Heritage Library: 2003 - 2012. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Libraries Town Hall. National Zoo, Washington, DC. 19 September 2012.
WebJunction is an online community where library staff meet to share ideas, solve problems, take online courses - and have fun! If you have not looked at the offerings at Web Junction lately, it's time to take a look. WebJunction provides resources and training specifically for rural and small libraries covering advocacy, funding, outreach and technology. Attend this session to learn what your colleagues across the country are doing to bring library services to their rural and small communities.
Presented by Christa Burns as the NEBASE Hour on November 7, 2007.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: EOL Team Report: November 2012Martin Kalfatovic
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a digital library focused on biodiversity literature. As of November 2012, the BHL contained over 39 million pages from over 109,000 items and 57,000 titles. In the past year over 14,000 new items were added. The BHL sees over 100,000 visitors per month and has had over 3.6 million total visitors since 2007. Going forward, the BHL aims to increase agreements with publishers of in-copyright materials, explore risk management of materials from 1923-1961, and experiment with taxonomic markup of illustrations. Governance and funding structures were also discussed to support continued growth and participation of the BHL globally.
An Anatomy of a Mass Scanning Project: The Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
An Anatomy of a Mass Scanning Project: The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. The Medical Heritage Library Meeting. Rochester, MN. 28 April 2010
Research in context. OCLC Research and environmental trends. Lorcan Dempseylisld
Delivered at the OCLC Symposium at the Americas Regional Councils meeting at ALA, January 2015.
Reviews several major research themes - shared space and shared print, digital information behaviors, and the evolution of the scholarly record - in terms of general environmental trends. Highlights work done by OCLC Research.
This is the first part of a two part presentation. The second part was given by my colleague Chrystie Hill.
The document summarizes the development and impact of the Open Research Archive (ORA) USARB institutional repository at Alecu Russo State University. It discusses how the repository was created in 2012 using DSpace software and has since evolved. ORA USARB now contains over 2,900 items across 10 communities and sees over 200,000 page views annually. The repository promotes open access to research produced at the university and increases the visibility and impact of faculty work.
Evaluating the Performance of National Library, Kolkata in the Light of NKC’s...Kingsukdas
In this paper we have tried to find out the relationship between NKC and National Library, Kolkata and to define the present condition of National library, Kolkata keeping in view the recommendation of NKC.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: an Open Global Resource of Literature for ...William Ulate
As part of the scientific method and peer review followed by scientists and particularly taxonomists, it is essential to be able to access the specimens and original publications used to describe a new species and published in books and journals for more than three centuries ago.
The Global BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library) is a cooperative network of autonomous organizations and institutions that operate programs and projects to support the goal of making biodiversity literature available to all through open access. Currently, the European Commission, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Museum Victoria as part of the Atlas of Living Australia, SciELO Brazil, and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt have all created regional BHL nodes. These projects are working together to share content, protocols, services, and digital preservation practices to support research, policy and conservation through appropriate repatriation of scientific information.
In recent years, several biodiversity informatics initiatives have been promoted in Africa by different donors. One of them, the JRS Foundation, supported in November 2011, that ten African librarians, biologists, computer scientists, publishers and students were brought together in Chicago, USA during the Life and Literature Conference, to decide on African needs and objectives related to Biodiversity Literature Digitization.
A follow-up organizational meeting will take place in June 2012, to collaborate on the development of a BHL node for Africa, an open global resource of literature for African biodiversity scientists. Among the topics to be covered are the sharing of previous experiences organizing a BHL Node following on the successful model developed in Australia and Brazil, the appropriate metadata delivery infrastructure, how to coordinate the scanning and synchronize the repositories of titles that are important for biodiversity scientists in Africa, including gray literature and publications produced within the continent.
Report on the Biodiversity Heritage Library for the 5th Global BHL Meeting.Martin Kalfatovic
Report on the Biodiversity Heritage Library for the 5th Global BHL Meeting. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 5th Global BHL Meeting. Lorne, Australia. 1 February 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.
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.
2017 BHL Program Director's Report: 11 Years of Growth and SustainabilityMartin Kalfatovic
2017 BHL Program Director's Report: 11 Years of Growth and Sustainability. Martin R. Kalfatovic. BHL Annual Meeting. BHL Members' Business Meeting. National Library Board of Singapore. 17 March 2017.
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An Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. University of Pretoria Visitor Presentation. Smithsonian Libraries. 20 September 2013.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a digital library of over 50 million pages of literature from natural history and biodiversity. It is a collaboration of 12 major natural history and botanical libraries. BHL provides open access to its literature and has over 800,000 annual visitors from over 200 countries seeking information on systematics, taxonomy, and nomenclature. Users access BHL directly as well as through links from sites like Encyclopedia of Life, Wikipedia, and search engines. BHL is working to connect its literature to field notes, specimens, and other research to provide more integrated access to biodiversity information.
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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.
African Digital Libraries in Global Content: The Biodiversity Heritage Librar...Martin Kalfatovic
African Digital Libraries in Global Content: The Biodiversity Heritage Library Model. Martin R. Kalfatovic & Anne-Lise Fourie, ICADLA-4. Accra, Ghana, 28 May 2015
The document is a presentation about free digital resources available from the Library of Congress for educators. It highlights new features on the Library of Congress website including global search, object displays, professional development resources, a blog, and new collections. It encourages educators to explore the many free primary sources and digital materials that can be used to engage students and help develop critical thinking skills.
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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.
This document discusses the growth of ebooks and the future of books in a digital format. Some key points include:
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- 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.
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The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Program Director's Report: September 2012
1. The Biodiversity Heritage Library
Program Director's Report: September 2012
Martin R. Kalfatovic | BHL Staff and Technical Meeting
27 September 2012 | Museum of Comparative Zoology | Cambridge, MA
2. The Wherefore of BHL
The cultivation of
natural science cannot
be efficiently carried
on without reference
to an extensive library
Charles Darwin, et al
(1847)
9. New BHL Governance Structure
Executive Committee
- Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary
- Program Director (ex officio)
- Technical Director (ex officio)
Steering Committee
- Direct monetary support of BHL central activities
- 10 institutions (subset of the Institutional Council)
Institutional Council
- Interested institutions who sign participation agreement
- 14 institutions
10. Secretariat and Technical Staff
August 2011 Director
Program Technical Director
Program Manager Programmer
Collections Coordinator Data Analyst
17. Internet Archive FedScan Contract
Locations
Washington, DC
Boston
San Francisco
New Jersey
Fort Wayne, IN
London
Urbana-Champaign
Others
19. Items Added: Past 12 Months
Cornell ingest | Dec 2011
14,458
Average: 1,204 / month
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Visitors: 3,628,088
Page Views: 17,604,395
New vs. Returning: 48.88% vs. 50.12%
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31. June 2012
Over 30 librarians,
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South Africa to start the
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Africa node; funded by
JRS Foundation
32. Anne-Lise Fourie Ashah Owano
Assistant Director Resource Centre Manager
SANBI Libraries National Museums of Kenya
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41. Looking Forward
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