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AIBS Council May 15, 2007 Tom GarnettSmithsonian Institution Libraries
Open Access to Biodiversity Literature
The Biodiversity Heritage Librarywww.biodiversitylibrary.org
by Tom Garnett and Martin KalfatovicSmithsonian Institution Libraries
AIBS Council May 15, 2007 Tom GarnettSmithsonian Institution Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage Library• American Museum of Natural History (New York, NY)• 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)
AIBS Council May 15, 2007 Tom GarnettSmithsonian Institution Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage LibraryThe 10 partner libraries collectively hold a substantial part of the world’s published knowledge on biological diversity. Yet, this wealth of knowledge is available only to those few who can gain direct access to these collections. This body of biodiversity knowledge is thus effectively withheld from wide use for a broad range of applications, including research, education, taxonomic study, biodiversity conservation, protected area management, disease control, and maintenance of diverse ecosystems services. Much of this published literature is rare or has limited global distribution and is available in only a few select libraries.
Insecta. Diptera. Volume I (1886-1901)
AIBS Council May 15, 2007 Tom GarnettSmithsonian Institution Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage LibraryCurrent Collaborators
Internet ArchiveOCLCOpen Content AllianceICZN
AIBS Council May 15, 2007 Tom GarnettSmithsonian Institution Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage Library
AIBS Council May 15, 2007 Tom GarnettSmithsonian Institution Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Reptilia and Batrachia. (1885-1902) by Albert C.L.G. Günther
Mandates:Open Access: all content can be reused, repurposed, reformatted, sliced, diced, scraped, harvested, integrated.
AIBS Council May 15, 2007 Tom GarnettSmithsonian Institution Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Reptilia and Batrachia. (1885-1902) by Albert C.L.G. Günther
Mandates:Opt in Copyright Model: The BHL will actively work with professional societies and associations to integrate their publications into the BHL in a way that serves the societies’ missions and goals
AIBS Council May 15, 2007 Tom GarnettSmithsonian Institution Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage LibraryInternet ArchiveSet up scanning centers in London, New York, Washington, Boston, etc.High-quality, non-destructiveScanning.Image files and text derived from OCR.
AIBS Council May 15, 2007 Tom GarnettSmithsonian Institution Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Jacob Christian SchäfferElementa entomologica . . . 1766.
BHL PortalIngest image and OCR files from scanning centersBibliographic metadata from the member libraries;Create page level Globally Unique Identifiers (GUIDs) for linking to other taxonomic serviceswww.biodiversitylibrary.org
AIBS Council May 15, 2007 Tom GarnettSmithsonian Institution Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage LibraryClasses of texts
Public Domain – pre-1923Non-profit society journalsPost-1923 monographs
some with copyright renewalssome without copyright renewals
Commercial journals
AIBS Council May 15, 2007 Tom GarnettSmithsonian Institution Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage LibraryBHL Seeks Permissions
BHL will digitize learned society backfiles and mount them through the BHL Portal at no cost.
Will provide a set of files to the learned society for reuse as they see fit.
Will index the issues using Taxonomic Intelligence increasing their usability.
AIBS Council May 15, 2007 Tom GarnettSmithsonian Institution Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage LibraryBenefits
Use of the articles will increase as evidenced by citation upsurge.
Long-term management of the digital assets is provided by the BHL at no cost so it’s
“SEP.”Content will be integrated into EOL project
through TI nomenclatural linking.
AIBS Council May 15, 2007 Tom GarnettSmithsonian Institution Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage LibraryBHL is seeking working relationships
withAmerican Institute of Biological SciencesBioOneJstoreScholarly Publishing and Academic Resources
Coalition (SPARC)CITESEERSynthesys (Synthesis of Systematic Resources)EDIT (European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy)
AIBS Council May 15, 2007 Tom GarnettSmithsonian Institution Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage LibraryHow to Approach Society Journals?
One-by-one?A small conference with editors/directors?Focus on specific sub-disciplines?Suggestions?Questions?
AIBS Council May 15, 2007 Tom GarnettSmithsonian Institution Libraries
Biodiversity Heritage LibraryContact Information
Tom Garnett, Acting Project Director, Biodiversity Heritage Library
BHL Portalwww.biodiversitylibrary.org
