bhl: disseminating content beyond the silo

Biodiversity Heritage Library: Biodiversity Heritage Library: Disseminating Content Beyond Disseminating Content Beyond

the Silothe Silo

By: Grace Costantino, Program Manager

Bianca Crowley, Collections Coordinator

58,000+ Titles 111,000+ Volumes 40 Million+ Pages 250+ Permissions 113,000+ Monthly

Visits 62,000+ Monthly

Visitors

http://biodiversitylibrary.org

Global Partners

Core BHL Member Institutions

Smithsonian Libraries:6,300+ Titles17,000+ Volumes6.8 million+ Pages

Core BHL Member Institutions

Scanning Locally, Coordinating Globally

Scanning Locally, Coordinating Globally

Vols. 7, 9, 11-21Vols. 7, 9, 11-21

Issue Tracking SoftwareVols. 6,

8, 10Vols. 6,

8, 10Vols. 1-5Vols. 1-5

Beyond the Silo: Open Data

AmblyopsisAmblyopsis

Formica sanguineaFormica sanguinea

Trifolium pratenseTrifolium pratense

On the Origin of Species

By Charles Darwin (1859)

Bibliographic data for 58,000+ TitlesScientific name data for 150 million+ Taxa

Beyond the Silo: Open Data

Bibliographic data for 58,000+ TitlesScientific name data for 150 million+ Taxa

Come and get it!Come and get it!

DearDear

Beyond the Silo: Open Data

Open Data Policy

Open Data Policy

APIsApplication

Programming Interfaces

APIsApplication

Programming Interfaces

Stable URLs

Stable URLs

OAI-PMHOpen Archive

Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting

OAI-PMHOpen Archive

Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting

Data Exports

Data Exports

Beyond the Silo: Open Data

Beyond the Silo: Social Media

@BioDivLibrary

www.facebook.com/BioDivLibrary

blog.biodiversitylibrary.org

http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/sets

pinterest.com/biodivlibrary

Beyond the Silo: Social Media

@BioDivLibrary

www.facebook.com/BioDivLibrary

http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/sets

42,000+ Visits from Social Media to BHL in 2012

Beyond the Silo: Social Media

Beyond the Silo: Social Media

63,000+ Images 3.8+ Million

Views

22,000+ Smithsonian Libraries Images!

Uncover hidden aspects of our collectionsTell the stories behind these collectionsReach new audiences

Why Social Media Matters

Biodiversity Literature is Biodiversity Literature is Seriously AmazingSeriously Amazing®®!!

Future Developments

Article level access with a new user interfaceNew algorithm for increased taxon name

discoveryPartnership growth – launching BHL Africa in

AprilNew outreach activities – iBooks and

Biodiversity Library Exhibitions (BLE)

Thank youThank youhttp://biodiversitylibrary.org

Grace Costantino, costantinog@si.edu

Bianca Crowley, crowleyb@si.edu