Smithsonian Libraries & The Biodiversity Heritage Library: 2003 - 2012. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Libraries Town Hall. National Zoo, Washington, DC. 19 September 2012.

1. Smithsonian Libraries &
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: 2003 - 2012
Martin R. Kalfatovic | Smithsonian Libraries Town Hall | 19 September 2012
National Zoo | Washington, DC

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) of the Treasury [Lord John
Darwin, C. R. et al. 1847. Copy of Memorial to
the First Lord
Russell], respecting the Management of the
British Museum. Parliamentary Papers,
Accounts and Papers 1847, paper number
(268), volume XXXIV.253 (13 April): 1-3.
[Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online]

3. Smithsonian Libraries & BHL Pre-history
US Exploring Expedition, 2003

4. Smithsonian Libraries & BHL Pre-history
Biologia Centrali-American, 2004

5. Smithsonian Libraries & BHL: 2006

8. New BHL Governance Structure
Executive Committee
- Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary
- Project Director, Deputy Project Director
- Technical Director
Steering Committee
- Contribute funds to the Secretariat
- 10 institutions (subset of the Institutional Council)
Institutional Council
- Interested institutions who sign participation agreement
- 14 institutions

9. BHL Founding Director
Tom Garnett retires, March 2012

10. Executive Committee
August 2011 Chair
Vice Chair
Secretary

11. Secretariat and Technical Staff
August 2011 Director
Program Technical Director
Program Manager Programmer
Collections Coordinator Data Analyst

12. Dedicated & Funded Staff
August 2011
Stefaan Hurts
Imaging Specialist
JJ Ford
BHL Librarian
Erin Thomas
BHL Librarian
Gilbert Borrego
Library Technician

13. “Merely” Dedicated Staff
Administration Natural & Physical
August 2011
Nancy Gwinn Sciences
Mary Augusta Thomas Gil Taylor
Polly Khater Robin Everly
Metadata
Book Conservation
Suzanne Pilsk Vanessa Smith
Bess Missell Katie Wagner
Diane Shaw
Julia Blakely (contract)
Digitization
Special Collections David Holbert
Leslie Overstreet Conrad Ziyad
Daria Wingreen-Mason
Information Technology Finances
Keri Thompson And all Kathy Hill
Ninette Dean
Joel Richard
Erin Rushing SIL staff! Dave Opkins
Sharon Glenn-Burroughs

14. Scanning Operations: NMNH
Equipment
 Internet Archive
Scribe
Staff
Daniel Euperat
Internet Archive

15. Scanning Operations: PennSIL
Equipment
 Phase I
 BC 100
Staff
David Holbert
Imaging Specialist
Stefaan Hurts
Imaging Specialist

16. Scanning Operations: FedScan
Equipment
 12 Internet Archive
Scribes
 1 large van
 Many book carts
 Whole lotta shrink
wrap

17. Scanning Operations: Macaw

18. SIL Funding
Atherton Seidell Endowment
$1.7 million / over 5 years
Increase to Federal appropriations
$150K / year ($200K FY 12)
Internal “pool” funds
$100,000 / over past 3 years

19. In Kind Contributions: CY 2011
SIL Direct Staff Contributions
 5.3 FTE
Administration
 $408,164 Metadata
Collections support
Database/Systems
Conservation
Other Costs Scanning Preparation
Direct Scanning
 $242,948 Quality control
Funding Received (internal, grants, etc.)
 $537,607

20. BHL Member Participation Staff FTE
16.22 FTE from the 14
member institutions
(does not include Secretariat or Technical staff)

21. In-kind Participation Contributions
Staff $980K
Other $470K
Scanning $923K
Internal Grants $422K
External Grants $505K

22. 39,513,872 pages
107,808 items
56,718 titles
September 2012

23. SIL Scanning Statistics
2004-2012/Sep
6,058 Titles 2012
15,979 Items
6,418,882 Pages
21,156,338 Names found
2004

24. User Statistics: 2007 - 2012
Visitors: 3,628,088
Page Views: 17,604,395
New vs. Returning: 48.88% vs. 50.12%
112,584 visitors | March 2012
2012
2007

25. 233 countries

26. 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
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Library is an excellent resource that regularly helps my
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assistant and I obtain original descriptions for plants .... I
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31. June 2012
Over 30 librarians,
scientists, informaticians
gathered in Cape Town,
South Africa to start the
formation of the BHL
Africa node

32. Facebook
Total Post Views: 245,095
Audience Growth (Total new people who like our page): 338
Audience Engagement (Total post interactions): 1,620
Total Monthly active Users by End of Q1, FY12: 1,273
Total Page Likes: 1,871
Blog
Total Visits: 4,868
Unique Visitors: 3,540
Twitter @ BioDivLibrary
Total Followers: 1,951

34. 2,567,169 total views (September 2012)

38. More Outreach

39. BHL & EOL Booth
American Library Association Meeting
Dallas, TX, January 2012

40. Related Projects: TL-2

41. Related Projects: Field Notes

42. 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

44. Thanks