Biodiversity Heritage Library&
JSTOR Plant Science
Chris FreelandTechnical Director, Biodiversity Heritage Library
Director, Center for Biodiversity Informatics,Missouri Botanical Garden
Stats: To Date
• 45,000 journals & monographs– 8,821 in 2010
• 87,000 volumes– 15,552 in 2010
• 32 million pages– 5.6 million in 2010
Usage: 2010
• 837,000 visits• 422,000 unique visitors• 4.2 millions pageviews
Recent Developments
• Scanning request form
Click on “Feedback”at top of BHL siteor visithttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/Feedback.aspx
Recent Developments
• New user interface for names index
Coming soon
• Enhancements to home page– More focus on search
• Special collections– Charles Darwin’s personal library
• Scholarly annotations– Annotations in Darwin’s hand &
academic interpretation, crosslinking
Outreach via social media
• No budget for print media, so like JSTOR go with “free” channels
http://biodiversitylibrary.blogspot.com
http://www.flickr.com/groups/bhl/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2413693109
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Biodiversity-Heritage-Library/63547246565
http://twitter.com/BioDivLibrary#BHLib
Global BHL
Global data sharing requiresa social infrastructure
Benefits of Global BHL partnerships
• Redundancy & resilience– Data & App Mirroring
• Unique content
• New tools & services
• Opportunities for collaborations– IMPACT, ViBRANT, OpenUp! in EU
Data Sharing: BHL & JSTOR
CiteBank: http://citebank.org
• New search index to BHL content
• Platform for journals/publishers/societies in need of tools to store & share their content
• Access to “crowdsourced” articles from BHL scans
BHL + Citebank
• Content & tools for scholarly crowdsourcing– Users can get content they need, do
minor work, share results with community
• More content for integration with other platforms– JSTOR Plant Science, EOL, Atlas of Living
Australia – Mendeley, Zotero, RefWorks
DOIs
• BHL member of CrossRef through Smithsonian
• Will start assigning DOIs to BHL monographs– Easy, non-controversial
• Then move on to articles / other publication types– CrossRef rules make full assignment
challenging for crowdsourced articles
Wishlist: 2011 & beyond
• OCR Correction– Big problem with no easy solution
• More Content– Partnerships, CiteBank
• More Outreach– Conferences, marketing, Facebook & social
media
• Sustainability planning & funding– Committed to no fees for users
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @chrisfreeland
Blog / info: chrisfreeland.com
Flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/chrisfreeland/
Thank You!
Chris FreelandDirector, Center for Biodiversity Informatics
Missouri Botanical Garden