The Botanical Origins of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Department of Botany: National Museum of Natural History. May 26, 2009. Washington, DC.

1. The Botanical Origins of the Biodiversity Heritage Library Martin R. Kalfatovic Smithsonian Institution Libraries Martin R. Kalfatovic :: Smithsonian Libraries :: Department of Botany / NMNH :: 26 May 2009

4. American Museum of Natural History (New York)‏ Field Museum (Chicago)‏ Natural History Museum (London)‏ Smithsonian Institution Libraries (Washington) Missouri Botanical Garden (St. Louis)‏ New York Botanical Garden (New York)‏ Royal Botanic Garden, Kew Botany Libraries, Harvard University Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University Marine Biological Laboratory / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

5. Scanning Partner Internet Archive Contributor University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign BHL – Europe To be officially launched in May 2009 Discussions underway with China Additional categories of membership under consideration

6. Initial grant from the MacArthur and Sloan Foundations (as part of the Encyclopedia of Life grant)‏ Additional support from parent institutions Supplemental grants in place for specific development (e.g. Moore Foundation for Fedora) Additional grants being actively pursued by BHL and individual members

7. How much is there: Core literature pre-1923: 100 million pages (?) All pre-1923: 120-150 million pages All literature: 280-320 million pages

8. More statistics: 1.3 million catalogue records 73% are monographs (remainder are serials at title-level) 63% is English language material The next most popular language (9%) is German About 30% of material was published before 1923

13. Collections Coordinator on board in February 2009. Bianca Lipscomb, based at the Smithsonian, will coordinate material selection across the BHL and contributing partners Rough Selection

14. BHL Scanning

16. Single Scribe Machine Custom built by the Internet Archive Human operated 3,500 page per shift per day

22. The BHL Portal!

23. The BHL Portal is not a library catalog

24. Plant Names Specimens Plant Names Plant Names Specimens Descriptions Plant Names Plant Names Citations

28. The Encyclopedia of Life Serine Molecule

29. Encyclopedia of Life Species Pages Built from a variety of new and existing sources Views available for varying levels of expertise from novice to expert Legacy literature a key component of the EOL species pages

30. Thanks for sticking around! Martin R. Kalfatovic :: Smithsonian Libraries :: Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries :: 12 May 2009

31. Links BHL Portal http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Cite http://cite.biodiversitylibrary.org Internet Archive http://www.archive.org Ubio http://www.ubio.org Martin R. Kalfatovic :: Smithsonian Libraries :: Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries :: 12 May 2009