the inside track: getting the most out of bhl in your library

The Inside TrackGetting the most out of BHL in your library

Rebecca MorinUser Services LibrarianCalifornia Academy of Sciences Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History March 7, 2011

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http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org

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What is BHL?

Is it…

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Animal? Vegetable? Mineral?

A Good Question!

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Technology!

Libraries!

Science!

Technology!

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Courtesy Dvortygirl

Science!

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Libraries!

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Global Reach / Global Impact

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Global Users

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How Do You Use It?

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Searching

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Easier to use + more indexed fields = better results

Browsing

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BHL Name Search

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Name Search URL

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Downloading

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Reading

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Reading

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eReading

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eReading

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ePubs & eReaders

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.ePub .MobiInternet Archive

ePubs & eReaders

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Kobo iBooksKindle App

High-Quality Images

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Why Should I Use BHL?

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Spare the books....

Why Should I Use BHL?

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…Spoil the user.

Easy, Convenient, Time-Saving

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Quick Communication

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Reference Without Borders

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http://research.calacademy.org

Reference Without Borders

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Reference Without Borders

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Interdisciplinary Research

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My book 1 copy1 user

BHL book 1 copy

boundless users

Citizen Science

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H. Vannoy Davis © California Academy of Sciences

Outreach (or, Get ‘em in the Door)

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Personally…

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Feedback & Requests

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User Care & Feeding

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Are You Done?

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Not half-baked!

A work in progress!

The Sandbox

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Perpetual Beta is…?

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Unfinished

Imperfect

Unready

Perpetual Beta is…?

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Flexible Adaptable Extensible

Citebank

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Connecting Content

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A Ready Partnership

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Connecting Content

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Linking Field Notes & Specimens

“Connecting Content” will help us gather information from here…

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&

Linking Field Notes & Specimens & Literature

…And connect it to literature in BHL

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@BioDivLibraryhttp://twitter.com/BioDivLibrary

Outreach

What are we up to?Friend!

Follow!

Watch!

Share!

Like!

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Questions?

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Thank You!

Special Thanks to:

Martin Kalfatovic & Tom GarnettThe BHL Staff Group

Bianca CrowleyErin Thomas

Grace Costantino

rmorin@calcademy.org Twitter: @tiny_librarian