The Inside TrackGetting the most out of BHL in your library

Rebecca MorinUser Services LibrarianCalifornia Academy of Sciences Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History March 7, 2011

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http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org

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What is BHL?

Is it…

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Animal? Vegetable? Mineral?

A Good Question!

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Technology!

Libraries!

Science!

Technology!

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Courtesy Dvortygirl

Science!

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Libraries!

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Global Reach / Global Impact

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Global Users

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How Do You Use It?

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Searching

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Easier to use + more indexed fields = better results

Browsing

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BHL Name Search

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Name Search URL

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Downloading

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Reading

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Reading

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eReading

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eReading

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ePubs & eReaders

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.ePub .MobiInternet Archive

ePubs & eReaders

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Kobo iBooksKindle App

High-Quality Images

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Why Should I Use BHL?

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Spare the books....

Why Should I Use BHL?

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…Spoil the user.

Easy, Convenient, Time-Saving

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Quick Communication

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Reference Without Borders

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http://research.calacademy.org

Reference Without Borders

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Reference Without Borders

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Interdisciplinary Research

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My book 1 copy1 user

BHL book 1 copy

boundless users

Citizen Science

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H. Vannoy Davis © California Academy of Sciences

Outreach (or, Get ‘em in the Door)

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Personally…

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Feedback & Requests

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User Care & Feeding

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Are You Done?

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Not half-baked!

A work in progress!

The Sandbox

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Perpetual Beta is…?

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Unfinished

Imperfect

Unready

Perpetual Beta is…?

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Flexible Adaptable Extensible

Citebank

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Connecting Content

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A Ready Partnership

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Connecting Content

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Linking Field Notes & Specimens

“Connecting Content” will help us gather information from here…

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&

Linking Field Notes & Specimens & Literature

…And connect it to literature in BHL

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@BioDivLibraryhttp://twitter.com/BioDivLibrary

Outreach

What are we up to?Friend!

Follow!

Watch!

Share!

Like!

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Questions?

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Thank You!

Special Thanks to:

Martin Kalfatovic & Tom GarnettThe BHL Staff Group

Bianca CrowleyErin Thomas

Grace Costantino

rmorin@calcademy.org Twitter: @tiny_librarian