The Biodiversity Heritage Library: One Year Update: 2011 - 2012. Global EOL Content Summit Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Barro Colorado Island, Panama. 17 January 2012.

1. The Biodiversity Heritage Library
One Year Update: 2011 - 2012
Encyclopedia of Life Content Summit
17-20 January 02012 | Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Martin R. Kalfatovic | Smithsonian Libraries

2. New Logo!
August 2011

3. Current Content (as of 13 January 2012)
 > 53,243 titles
 > 101,516 volumes
 > 37,657,622 pages

4. Usage Stats : January 2011 – January 2012
 5.1 million views
 5.1 million page views
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 43.85% Bounce rate
 43.77% new users

5. BHL Governance & Staffing
Executive Committee
- Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary
- Project Director, Deputy Project Director
- Technical Director
Steering Committee
- Contribute funds to the Secretariat
- 9 institutional members (Smithsonian, MOBOT, NMH,
Kew, NYBG, Cal Academy, MBL/WHOI, Harvard/MCZ,
Harvard Botany)
Institutional Council
- Interested institutions who sign participation agreement
Non-Technical Pan-BHL Staff
- Program Manager, Global Coordinator, Collections Librarian

6. 13. Cornell University Library
Ingest 1+ million pages January 2012
14. United States
Geological Survey
New & Library
Improved - Target to ingest
content May 2012

7. Remember this slide?
Hmmmm

8. Darwin's Library Launch
May 2011
February
2012

9. Life and Literature
Conference and
associated meetings.
Chicago, Illinois
November 2011

10. $3,500 + in four
months

11. Increased emphasis on outreach

12. “Endless thanks to
@BioDivLibrary ... your
archives are helping
me a lot with my book
and master thesis!!!”

13. > 390,000 views in 10
months
> 30,000+ images

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know how much the Biodiversity Heritage
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15. Thanks!
Thanks!