The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. International Relations Round Table, American Library Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, 28 June 2013.

1. The Biodiversity Heritage Library
Martin R. Kalfatovic &
Nancy E. Gwinn
Smithsonian Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage Library
International Relations Round Table | ALA
28 June 02013 | Chicago, IL
BioDivLibrary@Twitter.com

2. Good morning
‫الخير‬ ‫صباح‬
Bon Jour
¡Buenos días!
Bom dia
Habari ya asubuhi
Goeie môre

3. 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

4. Specimen collections
Databases
Publications
Observations
‘Gray’‫‏‬literature
Index cards
Field notebooks
Taxonomic Impediment

5. Technology Library Science
Biodiversity Heritage Library

6. 15‫‏‬institutions‫…‏‬Formed‫‏‬in‫6002‏‬
15 Members
•Academy of Natural Sciences Library
and Archives
•American Museum of Natural History
Library
•California Academy of Sciences Library
•Cornell University Library
•The Field Museum Library
•Harvard University Botany Libraries
•Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of
Comparative Zoology
•Library of Congress
•Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution Library
•Missouri Botanical Garden Library
•Natural History Museum, London, Library
& Archives
•The New York Botanical Garden
•Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, Library &
Archives
•Smithsonian Institution Libraries
•United States Geological Survey
Libraries

8. Secretariat
Technical
Member operations
BHL Expenditures

9. 2012 BHL Member In-kind Staff FTE & Costs (incomplete)
14.193 FTE from the 14 member institutions
$1,239,300 staff and other costs
(does not include Secretariat or Technical staff)

10. 2012 BHL Central Support
7.055 FTE 4.43 FTE
Technical
2.625 FTE
Secretariat
Staff
$316,053
Other
$ 78,477
Total
$394,531
Staff
$472,529
Other
$ 22,615
Total
$495,144

11. 40,882,939 pages
114,336 items
60,200 titles
15 June 2013
Content Growth
2007-2013

12. I am thrilled with what I have been able to find
re: archaic mammary embryology some of
which I had been hoping to find at the National
Library of Medicine, and to get it through your
program was a huge advantage. Last night I
believe I requested and received 11 PDFs, all
of which are essential to a review paper* I am
completing.
Olav T. Oftedal PhD
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
*‫“‏‬Evo-Devo‫‏‬of‫‏‬the‫‏‬Mammary‫‏‬Gland”‫‏‬by‫‏‬Oftedal,‫‏‬et‫‏‬al.
Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia (May 2013)

13. 233 countriesUsers in 233 Countries

14. User Statistics: 2007 - 2012
Visitors: 3,628,088
Page Views: 17,604,395
New vs. Returning: 48.88% vs. 50.12%
2007
2012112,584 visitors | March 2012

15. TheMachineIsUs/ingUs
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16. 3.8 million total views | 63,000 images (13 Feb 13)

18. Facebook
Total Page Likes: 4,384
Twitter @ BioDivLibrary
Total Followers: 2,369
Pinterest
2,373 images & 16 collections
Blog
Total Visits: 9,096
(2Q13)
BHL Social Media
February 2013

19. Scanning Locally, Collaborating Globally
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
Recent Awards
> ComputerWorld Laureate 2013
> Council on Botanical and Horticulture Libraries Charles Robert
Long Award for Extraordinary Merit, 2013

20. Trish Rose-Sandler, Missouri Botanical GardenDLF Forum 2012 Denver CO Art of Life project

24. BHL Africa Launch | Pretoria | April 2013

26. Global BHL Steering Committee
August 2011 Vice Chair SecretaryChair

27. 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

28. Discussion Topics
Funding
Organization
Technical
Sustainability
Content
Staffing

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What an absolutely wonderful site.
It is a treasure trove of information.
Thank you!
May I compliment you on this splendid service? The
Library's invaluable for my work on seasonal
variability of climate and vector-borne disease in
British India, 1875-1940.
I really appreciate your work. The Biodiversity Heritage
Library is an excellent resource that regularly helps my
assistant and I obtain original descriptions for plants .... I
feel so privileged to be working in a day in age when such
resources are so readily available and easy to obtain.

30. Thank You!
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