For the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge: The Smithsonian's Research Online (SRO), Supporting Smithsonian Institution’s Plan to Provide Increased Public Access to Federally Funded Publications and Digital Research Materials. Martin R. Kalfatovic. CNI Spring 2015 Meeting. Seattle, 13 April 2015.

1. Martin R. Kalfatovic | CNI Spring Meeting | 13 April 2015
For the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge
Smithsonian's Research Online (SRO)

2. To found in Washington an
Institution ...

3. under the name of the Smithsonian ...

4. An establishment for the increase and
diffusion of knowledge ...

5. The Plan of Organization
"The Act of Congress, establishing
the Institution, directs as part of
the plan of organization, the
formation of a Library, a Museum,
and a Gallery of Art, together with
provisions for the physical
research and popular lectures …"
Contributions to Knowledge, p. iv (1848)
Joseph Henry, 1st
Secretary

6. The Plan of Organization
"the increase of knowledge by the
addition of new truths to the
existing stock; the other, the
diffusion of knowledge thus
increased ... No restriction is made
in favor of any kind of knowledge,
and hence each branch is entitled
to and should receive a share of
the attention.
Contributions to Knowledge, p. iii (1848)
Joseph Henry, 1st
Secretary

7. The Plan of Organization
"To carry out the plan ...a library
will be required, consisting, 1st, of
a complete collection of the
transactions and proceedings of all
the learned societies of the world;
2d, of the more important current
periodical publications, and other
works necessary in preparing the
periodical reports."
Contributions to Knowledge, p. vii (1848)C.C. Jewett, 1st
Librarian

8. 20 U.S. Code § 41 - Incorporation of institution
The President, the Vice President, the
Chief Justice, and the heads of executive
departments are constituted an
establishment by the name of the
Smithsonian Institution for the increase and
diffusion of knowledge among men, and by
that name shall be known and have
perpetual succession with the powers,
limitations, and restrictions hereinafter
contained, and no other.
“A Trust instrument
of the U.S. People”

9. Museums (15/19) and The National Zoo
African American History & Culture Museum
African Art Museum
Air and Space Museum
Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
American Art Museum
American History Museum
American Indian Museum
Anacostia Community Museum
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Freer Gallery of Art
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
National Zoo
Natural History Museum
Portrait Gallery

10. Research Institutes (9)
Archives of American Art
Astrophysical Observatory
Conservation Biology Institute
Environmental Research
Center
Marine Station at Fort Pierce
Museum Conservation Institute
Smithsonian Archives
Smithsonian Libraries
Tropical Research Institute

11. Research Institutes (16)
Arctic Studies Center
Carrie Bow Marine Field Station
Center for Education &
Museum Studies
Center For Earth & Planetary Studies
Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage
Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)
ForestGeo
Institute for Biodiversity Genomics
Lemelson Center for the Study of
Invention and Innovation
MarineGEO
Smithsonian Research Online
+ more

12. Increasing and Diffusing Knowledge

13. Early Smithsonian diffusion ...
Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge
Bulletin of the Bureau of American
Ethnology
Bulletin of the United States National
Museum
Contributions from the United States
National Herbarium
Proceedings of the United States
National Museum
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
Annual report of the Board of Regents of
the Smithsonian Institution

14. Smithsonian Contributions Series
Smithsonian Annals of Flight
Smithsonian Contributions to
Anthropology
Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics
Smithsonian Contributions to Botany
Smithsonian Contributions to History and
Technology
Smithsonian Contributions to Museum
Conservation
Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology
Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth
Sciences
Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine
Sciences
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Smithsonian Folklife Studies
Smithsonian Studies in Air and Space

15. Smithsonian Research Online (SRO)
A set of services to the research
community both within and outside
the Smithsonian Institution.
Managed by the Smithsonian
Libraries, the program assists in
capturing the research output of
Smithsonian scholars and making
it available to Institutional
management as well as scientists
and historians world-wide.
Lincoln's Hat

16. SRO = Bibliography + Repository
Items in Research Bibliography: 73,371
Items in Digital Repostory: 19,341
Einstein's Pipe

17. Science
52,093 (71%)
History/Art/Culture
7,035 (9.5%)
US National Museum
14,243 (19%)
SRO Bibliography

18. History/Art/Culture/Science: CY 2014
Anacostia Community Museum: 3
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage: 23
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum: 11
Freer and Sackler Galleries: 9
Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 4
Museum Conservation Institute: 49
National Air & Space Museum 160
National Museum of African American History and Culture: 3
National Museum of African Art: 4
National Museum of American History: 20
National Museum of Natural History: 743
National Museum of the American Indian: 16
National Portrait Gallery: 1
National Postal Museum: 36
National Zoological Park: 153
Smithsonian American Art Museum: 18
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory: 560
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center: 81
Smithsonian Institution Archives: 3
Smithsonian Libraries: 29
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: 408

19. Science/Science/Science: CY 2014
Anacostia Community Museum: 3
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage: 23
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum: 11
Freer and Sackler Galleries: 9
Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 4
Museum Conservation Institute: 49
National Air & Space Museum 160
National Museum of African American History and Culture: 3
National Museum of African Art: 4
National Museum of American History: 20
National Museum of Natural History: 743
National Museum of the American Indian: 16
National Portrait Gallery: 1
National Postal Museum: 36
National Zoological Park: 153
Smithsonian American Art Museum: 18
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory: 560
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center: 81
Smithsonian Institution Archives: 3
Smithsonian Libraries: 29
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: 408

22. SRO Content Acquisition

23. SRO Data Reuse

24. Reporting for Administrators

25. SRO Usage

26. SRO Usage

27. Research Altmetrics
Provides additional
usage data
Shows non-traditional
impact of research
Includes data and knowledge bases references,
article views, downloads, or mentions in social
media and news media

28. Research Altmetrics

29. Research Altmetrics

30. Research Altmetrics

32. Smithsonian Response to OSTP Mandate
Pan-Institution group led by the Office of the
Deputy Undersecretary for Collections and
Interdisciplinary Support (DUSCIS)

Smithsonian Library

Smithsonian Archives

Office of General Counsel

Smithsonian Inst. Scholarly Press

Office of the Chief Information Officer

Curatorial and Research units

33. Berlin Declaration signatory (2011)
Open access applied to non-science
research

34. But what about Data?

35. The Problem
•
We must capture research information as it is
created and make it “durable” and “trusted”
•
Capturing the intellectual model to provide a
context for the research content is necessary
•
Content should be able to be re-used and re-
purposed
•
Researchers must describe their own data
from their point of view
•
We must manage data as a continuum not as
part of the applications

36. SIDora Solution
•
Researchers will have a workspace, not an
archive, curators will make sense of it later
•
Primary goal is to enhance research
capabilities, leaving trusted data as a legacy
•
Maintain complete control of the content for
as long as appropriate
•
Software tools will be integrated with the
repository
•
Appropriate levels of security that do not get
in the way of research

39. Continue to work with
initiatives like
CHORUS and
SHARES
Launch rights
granting
management
softwar)
Next steps ...

40. Smithsonian Profiles

41. Next steps ...Smithsonian Profiles

42. Next steps ...Smithsonian Profiles

43. The worth and importance of the Institution
is not to be estimated by what it
accumulates within the walls of its building,
but by what it sends forth to the world.
Joseph Henry

44. Thank you! @UDCMRK

45. Special thanks to
Alvin Hutchinson, SRO Manager
Richard Naples, SRO Drastician
And all staff who make SRO a success