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Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL):A Global Resource for Open Access
Scientific Literature
Chris FreelandDirector, Center for Biodiversity Informatics,
Missouri Botanical Garden
Technical Director, Biodiversity Heritage Library
@chrisfreeland
#bhlib
http://biodiversitylibrary.org
@BioDivLibrary
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Biodiversity Heritage Library…
• is an international consortium of the world’s leading natural history libraries.
• scans, stores & serves books, journals & other materials from partners’ holdings.
• works with publishers and other rights-holders to obtain permission for digitizing & aggregating in-copyright materials.
• makes its data available for free via open access principles: http://biodiversitylibrary.org
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http://biodiversitylibrary.org
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BHL Stats
• > 34.5 million pages• > 92,000 volumes– Avg 1.25” spine width– 1.8mi / 2.9km of shelving…and growing daily
Usage • ~ 4 million page views a year• 400,000 unique visitors a year
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Biodiversity Heritage Library: A Global Partnership
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http://bhl.ala.org.au/
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http://bhl.ala.org.au/
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Global BHL Meeting
22-24 Sep 2010, Woods Hole
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Preservation of digital resources
Need heterogeneity & diversity to ensure long-term, sustained access. Accomplish this by managing digital resources:
• Across multiple geographic locations• Under multiple administrations• With different technologies
Want a meadow… …not a monoculture.
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San Francisco
Woods Hole
London
Alexandria
Beijing
Global BHL Replication & ServingReplicated Data Center Portal Application
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IBC18: Electronic publication• Right on! • So…now what?• Whose challenge is it to solve?– Libraries?– Publishers?– Individuals?
• BHL doesn’t have all the answers, but collectively we have:– Experience & guidance to share– Systems & infrastructure – Global partnerships
All of us, together
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Life & Literature Conference
14-15 Nov 2011, Chicago, USA• Bringing together librarians, biologists, computer
scientists, publishers, students, and other stakeholders to set the agenda for biodiversity literature digitizing and its networked environment for the next five years.
– Active plenary– Poster session– Code challenge
Registration & more info:http://www.lifeandliterature.org
@life_lit
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Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL):A Global Resource for Open Access
Scientific Literature
Chris FreelandDirector, Center for Biodiversity Informatics,
Missouri Botanical Garden
Technical Director, Biodiversity Heritage Library
@chrisfreeland
#bhlib
http://biodiversitylibrary.org
@BioDivLibrary
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