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Smithsonian Libraries & The Biodiversity Heritage Library: 2004 - 2012
BHL Institutional Council Meeting15 March 02012 | Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard UniversityMartin R. Kalfatovic | Smithsonian Libraries
Smithsonian Libraries & BHL Pre-historyUS Exploring Expedition, 2003
Smithsonian Libraries & BHL Pre-historyBiologia Centrali-American, 2004
Smithsonian Libraries & BHL: 2006
Scanning Operations: Statistics
2004-2012/Feb
5,603 Titles14,599 Items5,851,496 Pages19,623,943 Names found
Smithsonian Libraries: “Orange Bag”~25,000 pages not yet in BHL
Institutional Funding Atherton Seidell Endowment
$1.7 million / over 5 years Increase to Federal appropriations
$125,000 / year ($200,000 FY 2012) Internal “pool” funds
$100,000 / over 2 years
Dedicated & Funded StaffAugust 2011
Bianca CrowleyCollections Coordinator
Grace CostantinoProgram Manager
Erin ThomasBHL Librarian
Gilbert BorregoLibrary Technician
August 2011
Stefaan HurtsImaging Specialist
Dedicated & Funded Staff
“Merely” Dedicated StaffAugust 2011AdministrationNancy GwinnMarcia Adams (ret.)Martin Kalfatovic
MetadataSuzanne PilskBess MissellDiane ShawHarriet GrayJulia Blakely (contract)
Special CollectionsLeslie OverstreetDaria Wingreen-Mason
Information TechnologyKeri ThompsonJoel RichardErin Rushing
Natural & Physical SciencesGil Taylor
Robin EverlyCourtney Shaw (ret.)
Book ConservationVanessa Smith
Katie WagnerEliza Gilligan (former)
DigitizationDavid HolbertConrad Ziyad
Stef Hurts
FinancesKathy Hill
Laudine Creighton (ret.)Claudia Edge
Sharon Glenn-Burroughs
SIL BHL TaskforceAugust 2011AdministrationNancy GwinnMarcia Adams (ret.)Martin Kalfatovic
MetadataSuzanne PilskBess MissellDiane ShawHarriet GrayJulia Blakely (contract)
Special CollectionsLeslie OverstreetDaria Wingreen-Mason
Information TechnologyKeri ThompsonJoel RichardErin Rushing
Natural & Physical SciencesGil Taylor
Robin EverlyCourtney Shaw (ret.)
Book ConservationVanessa Smith
Katie WagnerEliza Gilligan (former)
DigitizationDavid HolbertConrad Ziyad
Stef Hurts
FinancesKathy Hill
Laudine Creighton (ret.)Claudia Edge
Sharon Glenn-Burroughs
In Kind Contributions: CY 2011Direct Staff Contributions 5.3 FTE $408,164
Other Costs (equipment, shipping, travel, etc.) $242,948
Funding Received (internal, grants, etc.) $537,607
Scanning Operations: PennSILEquipment
Phase I BC 100
StaffDavid HolbertImaging Specialist
Stefaan HurtsImaging Specialist
Scanning Operations: NMNHEquipment
Internet Archive Scribe
StaffDaniel EuperatInternet Archive
Scanning Operations: FedScanEquipment
12 Internet Archive Scribes
1 large van
Many book carts
Whole lotta shrink wrap
Scanning Operations: Macaw
Supplemental Projects: Index Animalium
Supplemental Projects: TL-2
Supplemental Projects: Field Notes
Looking Forward
In any well-appointed Natural History Library there should be found every book and every edition of every book dealing in the remotest way with the subjects concerned. One never knows wherein one edition differs from or supplements the other and unless these are on the same table at the same time it is not possible to collate them properly. Moreover for accurate work it is necessary for the student to verify every reference he may find; it is not enough to copy from a previous author; he must verify each reference itself from the original.
Charles Davies Sherborn, Epilogue to Index Animalium, March 1922
The cultivation of natural science cannot be efficiently carried on without reference to an extensive library
Charles Darwin, et al (1847)Darwin, C. R. et al. 1847. Copy of Memorial to the First Lord of the Treasury [Lord John Russell], respecting the Management of the British Museum. Parliamentary Papers, Accounts and Papers 1847, paper number (268), volume XXXIV.253 (13 April): 1-3. [Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online]
Looking Forward
Supplemental ProjectsThanks!