The Biodiversity Heritage LibraryOne Year Update: 2011 - 2012

Encyclopedia of Life Content Summit17-20 January 02012 | Smithsonian Tropical Research InstituteMartin R. Kalfatovic | Smithsonian Libraries

New Logo!August 2011

Current Content (as of 13 January 2012) > 53,243 titles > 101,516 volumes > 37,657,622 pages

Usage Stats : January 2011 – January 2012 5.1 million views 5.1 million page views 43.85% Bounce rate 43.77% new users

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BHL Governance & StaffingExecutive Committee - Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary - Project Director, Deputy Project Director - Technical Director

Steering Committee - Contribute funds to the Secretariat - 9 institutional members (Smithsonian, MOBOT, NMH,

Kew, NYBG, Cal Academy, MBL/WHOI, Harvard/MCZ, Harvard Botany)

Institutional Council - Interested institutions who sign participation agreement

Non-Technical Pan-BHL Staff - Program Manager, Global Coordinator, Collections Librarian

New &Improved

13. Cornell University Library Ingest 1+ million pages January 2012

14. United States Geological Survey Library

- Target to ingest content May 2012

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Darwin's Library LaunchMay 2011

February2012

Life and Literature Conference and associated meetings. Chicago, IllinoisNovember 2011

$3,500 + in four months

Increased emphasis on outreach

“Endless thanks to @BioDivLibrary ... your archives are helpingme a lot with my book and master thesis!!!”

> 390,000 views in 10 months

> 30,000+ images

“Thank you much for your help. It is so useful as I am right now working on the fishes of Ganges. Moreover it is so great that the library provides classic literature on fishes and it was a dream to me [when] I started my taxonomy ten years back. It is marvellous [what] you did for us which are badly in need of old literature. Thanks a lot.”“Thank you much for your help. It is so useful as I am right now working on the fishes of Ganges. Moreover it is so great that the library provides classic literature on fishes and it was a dream to me [when] I started my taxonomy ten years back. It is marvellous [what] you did for us which are badly in need of old literature. Thanks a lot.”

“I’d like to take the opportunity to let you know how much the Biodiversity Heritage Library initiative is highly appreciated among people like me who try to learn from those who delivered valuable information in the past. Your website is a real treasure! Congratulations.”

“I wanted to comment on what a great resource thislibrary is. I was so happy to discover an archived issueof a journal that I wouldn’t otherwise have been able to

access easily. Your service made it simple and stress-free.Thank you.”

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