2016 bhl program director's report
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Martin R. Kalfatovic, BHL Program DirectorRoyal Botanic Garden, Kew | 13 April 2016
2016 BHL Program Director's Report
2005 London
… 2006 in Washington …
… and 2016 back in London & growing still in many ways!
GrowthNew Members
American Museum of Natural History BHL AustraliaCornell UniversityThe Field Museum of Natural HistoryHarvard University Botany LibrariesMayr Library of the Museum of Comp. Zoology
(Harvard University)Library of CongressMissouri Botanical Garden LibraryBHL SingaporeBHL MexicoNatural History Museum, London The New York Botanical GardenRoyal Botanic Garden, KewSmithsonian LibrariesUnited States Geological Survey LibrariesUniversity of Illinois
GrowthNew Affiliates
Academy of Natural Sciences BHL AfricaChicago Botanic GardenCalifornia Academy of SciencesInternet ArchiveMBLWHOI LibraryNational Agriculture LibraryNatural History Museum, LA CountyNaturalis Biodiversity CenterSmithsonian Institution ArchivesWashington University
GrowthCollections
106,880 Titles 178,512 Volumes
48,866,284 Pages 172,188 Segments
165,303,853 Names
GrowthCollections
103,190 curated images in the BHL
Flickr group
GrowthCollections
3.2 million BHL images in the Internet Archive Flickr
Commons collection
GrowthCollections
3.2 million BHL images in the Internet Archive Flickr
Commons collection
GrowthCollections
3.2 million BHL images in the Internet Archive Flickr
Commons collection
GrowthUsers: 2010-11 vs 2015-16^ 221.67%
1,174,169 vs 365,028
GrowthPage Views: 2010-11 vs 2015-16^ 76.44%
7,673,015 vs 4,348,712
GovernanceMembers Council
GovernanceMembers Council
Thank you, Eric Chin!
GovernanceExecutive Committee
GovernanceSecretariat
GovernanceSecretariat
Program Manager
Carolyn Sheffield
Finances Internal
Communication Contract managment Tech Advisors group Grants management Workshop managment
Program Managment Certificate
Emerging Leadership Development Program
GovernanceSecretariat
Collections Manager
Bianca Crowley
Staff communications
Internet Archive liaison
Collection development
Permissions Database
quality
GovernanceSecretariat
Outreach &Communications
Manager
GraceCostantino
External communications
Public affairs and media relations
Social media management
Graphic design Outreach
material design
OperationsCommittees & Groups
Membership Committee
Staff Committee Collections
Committee Cataloging Group Discovery Tools
Working Group User Feedback
Working Group
Operations2015 Staff Meeting 42 staff 21 institutions 2 days 3 countries
Operations2015 Staff Meeting
OperationsGeographic challenges
OperationsChrono challenges
http://www.xkcd.com/1335/
OperationsTraining Workshops
NairobiSeptember 2015 3 days15 participants11 institutionsFunded by JRS Foundation
OperationsTraining Workshops
Mexico CityDecember 2015 3 days18 participants8 institutionsFunded in part by CONABIO
OperationsTraining Workshops
Washington, DC February 2016
3 days7 participants3 institutionsFunded by IMLS Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature grant
OperationsStaff Additions/Changes: EABL Team
OperationsBHL Orientation Sessions
Secretariat staff hosted three phone/Skype orientation sessions for new partners or staff
Library of CongressCalifornia Academy of Sciences
Naturalis
Technology
TechnologyPlatform Migration
System isolationRunning at SmithsonianDomain transfersSecure login
TechnologyPlatform Migration
Live @ Smithsonian?#FAIL
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyersHenry VI, Part 2 Act 4, scene 2
TechnologyStaff Changes: Tech Advisors
TechnologyCY 2016 Priorities
CORE PLATFORM 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.
TechnologyCY 2016 Priorities
PROJECT BASED 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.
Finances
FinancesCY 2015 Dues Spending (actual)
FinancesCY 2016 Dues Spending Plan
FinancesCY 2015 Partner Contributions
$US 1.31 million13.66 FTE
FinancesSecretariat & 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
Finances2006 – 2016 Grants Received
$US14.3 millionIn 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
Finances2006 – 2016 Grants Received (by year)
Finances2006 – 2016 Grants Received (by Institution)
Outreach
Outreach
Outreach
Program Director Goals
Recruit and 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
Program Director Goals
Begin planning 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
Yet another physical difficulty 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
Sometimes the light's all shinin' on meOther times I can barely seeLately it occurs to meWhat a long, strange trip it's been
“Truckin’” / (Hunter/Garcia)
Internet Archive Hero Award
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)
Questions?@UDCMRK
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