Presentation: The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Smithsonian Libraries Staff Update (17 March 2010)

As lead for the Smithsonian Libraries' (SIL) participation in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), I regularly gave updates at SIL staff meetings about the progress of BHL and the contributions from SIL staff and collections. This one plays on the nickname of the Smithsonian, "the octopus on the Mall" for some of the graphics.

The presentation calls out many of the great SIL staff who had been contributing to BHL up to that point. They were an important part of why, as the presentation says at the end, BHL is "A Whale of a Success." 

• Kalfatovic, M. (2010, March 17). The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Smithsonian Libraries Staff Update. Smithsonian Libraries Town Meeting, Washington, DC. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18988433

Note: the presentation had lost some of the images over the years, these were replaced by the copy of the presentation stored on Slideshare. All my Slideshare presentations are being systematically deleted as I upload them to Zenodo. There may be more of these legacy issues in futures uploads.

Meeting: BHL Institutional Council meeting (8-9 March 2011, Washington, DC)

At this meeting (which took place 8-9 March 2011 in Washington, DC at the Smithsonian Libraries), the governing body of the BHL was termed the BHL Institutional Council. The meeting brought together leaders from most of the BHL partners at the time. At left is the 2nd BHL, designed by staff at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The current logo was introduced on 1 September 2011.

BHL Institutional Council, March 2011

Washington, DC

In my role as BHL Deputy Program Director, I regularly made presentations at the BHL governance meeting. 2011 was important for BHL planning. The "Life and Literature" conference, to be held later in the fall, was being planned. Also, with the initial funding from the MacArthur Foundation running out, plans for what would come next for BHL structure and governance were a major topic (Hibernation, Status Quo, Development and Future Growth). 

• Kalfatovic, M. (2011, March 8). Taking Measure of the Biodiversity Heritage Library: 2003 - 2010. 2011 BHL Institutional Council Meeting, Washington, DC. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18819012

In this presentation, I played on the unofficial tag line, "Extensive.Open.Global" to outline a variety of metrics of success. The tagline was also featured in a video I made the previous September:

Some photos from the meeting:

Presentation: The Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 March 2013)

On 6 March 2013, I gave a presentation to the Advisory Board of Smithsonian Libraries on the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Keeping the Advisory Board informed and engaged was an important part of my role as BHL Program Director.

• Kalfatovic, M. (2013, March 6). The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Smithsonian Libraries Board Orientation, Washington, DC. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18818926