we've got issues: issue tracking and workflow in the digital library
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We've Got Issues! Discovering the right tool for the job
Erin ThomasBiodiversity Heritage LibrarySmithsonian Institution [email protected]
• The Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Communications
• Software Solutions
• Librarianship and Identity
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Academy of Natural Science (Philadelphia, PA)
• American Museum of Natural History (New York, NY)
• California Academy of Science (San Francisco, CA)
• The Field Museum (Chicago, IL)• Harvard University Botany Libraries
(Cambridge, MA)• Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library of
the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Cambridge, MA)
• Marine Biological Laboratory / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Woods Hole, MA)
• Missouri Botanical Garden (St. Louis, MO)• Natural History Museum (London, UK)• The New York Botanical Garden (New
York, NY)• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Richmond,
UK)• Smithsonian Institution Libraries
(Washington, DC)
How to turn THIS into 1's and 0's...
• 501 (3) (c)• Dedicated to Universal
Access • Founder of Open Content
Alliance• Provides
o Mass Scanningo Archival Storageo Image Processingo Technology
development
Internet Archive
Mass Digitization
Pros• Rich & robust quantity of content• Access, Access, Access• Collaboration across boundaries (institutional, geographic,
interdisciplinary) • Few space limitations• Library as global place with global audience• Full text searching• Ability to link content with other collections and services • Future of information services realized (data-mining
opportunities, doors opened to new research opportunities, library is where users are)
Cons• Low cost model can compromise scanning quality• Access over preservation• Managing the details • Scope creep • Browsing can be overwhelming to users• Cataloging inconsistencies among various libraries• Access to originals can be compromised• Threat to traditional library services• Managing user expectations in the age of Google• Copyright limitations
Mass Digitization
And the problems begin…
Serials, monographs, monographic series, associated titles, title changes, duplicate scans, merging records, missing pages, blurry pages, foldouts, page insertion, gaps in serial runs, mischievous metadata, pagination, document delivery, PDF generation, copyright, permissions, sequencing, technical issues, authority lists, navigation, item level corrections, title level corrections, requests, record mismatches..on and on and on...
Photo courtesy curryegg.blogspot.com
Much ado over 40,000 Titles; 75,000 Volumes; 30,000,000 Pages...
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Is Gemini the answer?
Issue tracking software used by BHL's development staff.
New Terms for a New Purpose
For Example…
Greener Pastures?
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image courtesy www.bergoiata.org
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• RedMine• Gemini• Trac• Bugzilla• Cerebro• Issue Net
• RoundUp • Projistics• SimpleTicket• SharpForge• Debbugs• DisTract
Functional Requirements
• Custom Fields for Tagging• Advanced Report Generation• Time Tracking• Email Intergration • Hosted• Sub-Issues• Centralized Editing • Support• Budget Friendly
The Options
We Can Define Our Own Wheels!
Square-wheeled trike. Thanks to Jeff Atwood at www.codinghorror.com.
Links:http://www.slideshare.net/group/biodiversity-heritage-libraryhttps://biodivlib.wikispaces.comhttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Credit and Many Thanks to: Grace Costintino!Suzanne Pilske!
Bianca Lipscomb!Martin Kalfatovic!
Erin Thomas Biodiversity Heritage Library [email protected]
THANKS FOR LISTENING!