Biodiversity Heritage Library: A Collaborative Approach to Curating the

World’s Legacy Biodiversity Literature

By: Grace Costantino, Program Manager Bianca Crowley, Collections Coordinator

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  58,000+ Titles   112,000+ Volumes   40 Million+ Pages   250+ Permissions   113,000+ Monthly

Visits   62,000+ Monthly

Visitors

http://biodiversitylibrary.org

Global BHL Partners

Core BHL Members

Scanning locally, Coordinating globally

Issue Tracking Software

Vols.  6,  8,  10   Vols.  

1-­‐5  

Vols.  7,  9,  11-­‐21  

Scanning locally, Coordinating globally

Administrative Dashboard

Post-digitization Curation Work!ow

Users  may  find/have:  

•  Metadata  errors  (for  page  descripBons,  bibliographic  data)  

•  Quality  Assurance  errors  (blurred  or  missing  pages)  

•  Missing  volumes  of  a  series  •  Technical  bugs  •  Reference  quesBons  

Post-digitization Curation Work!ow

Error  in  BHL   User  describes  error  in  BHL  webform  

Error  submi"ed  to  issue  tracking  

system  

Moderators  assign  issue  to  appropriate  librarian(s)  

Follow  up  via  AdministraBve  Dashboard  

Is  it  a  scanning  request?  

Follow  up  via  Scanning  Workflow  

ConsorBum  librarians  

document  progress  in  issue  tracking  

system  

Follow  up  with  users  when  possible  

No  

Yes  

Curation: a Patient Practice

USERS  CLICK  ON  REPORT  ERROR  BUTTON  TO  SEND  FEEDBACK    

BHL  FEEDBACK  WEBFORM  FEEDS  ERRORS  &  SCANNING  REQUESTS  DIRECTLY  INTO  ISSUE  TRACKING  SYSTEM    

OVERVIEW  OF  ISSUE  TRACKING  SYSTEM  

FEEDBACK  FROM  USER  AS  AN  INDIVIDUAL  ISSUE  IN  THE  SYSTEM  

GREAT  EXAMPLE  OF  A  LONG  AND  COMPLEX  ISSUE  PART  1  

GREAT  EXAMPLE  OF  A  LONG  AND  COMPLEX  ISSUE  PART  2  

BHL  ADMINISTRATIVE  DASHBOARD  ALLOWS  ACCESS  TO  BACKEND  DATABASE  

TITLE  INFORMATION  EDITING  MODULE  

ITEM  OR  VOLUME  INFORMATION  EDITING  MODULE  

PAGINATION  INFORMATION  EDITING  MODULE  

EXAMPLE  OF  BOOK  WITH  COMPLETE  PAGINATION  INFORMATION  

FROM  OUR  PAGINATION  EDITING  MODULE  WE  CAN  SEND  IMAGES  DIRECTLY  TO  OUR  FLICKR  PHOTOSTREAM  

EXAMPLE  IMAGE  IN  OUR  FLICKR  PHOTOSTREAM  

EXAMPLE  OF  AN  ENCYCLOPEDIA  OF  LIFE  SPECIES  PAGE  

Curation: a Patient Practice that Pays Off!

•  Face  it,  your  digital  library  is  just  another  website    

•  CuraBon  is  about  leverage  •  Get  your  content  out  there  •  Trust  your  users  •  Use  the  right  tools  for  the  job  •  It  takes  a  village  

Lessons Learned

http://biodiversitylibrary.org Grace Costantino, costantinog@si.edu Bianca Crowley, crowleyb@si.edu