The Digital Library & Social Media at Smithsonian Libraries Martin R. Kalfatovic Smithsonian Libraries Smithsonian Libraries :: Advisory Board Orientation :: 22 February 2012
May 16, 2015
The Digital Library & Social Mediaat Smithsonian Libraries
Martin R. KalfatovicSmithsonian Libraries
Smithsonian Libraries :: Advisory Board Orientation :: 22 February 2012
Digitization
Social Media
Digital Library / Website
Digitization
What is digitization? Metadata Three dimensional objects Two dimensional objects Time-based media
Audio recordings Video recordings
Anything discoverable in a networked environment
SIL Imaging Center
Digitizing Vendors
Internet Archive
The Biodiversity Heritage Library102,568 volumes | 37.9 million pages
Consortium of 14 US & UK libraries fostering open access to biodiversity literature. Formed in 2006; funding through MacArthur Foundation, 2007. Secretariat at Smithsonian Libraries and technical development at the Missouri Botanical Garden
“I’d like to take the opportunity to let you know how much the Biodiversity Heritage Library initiative is highly appreciated among people like me who try to learn from those who delivered valuable information in the past. Your website is a real treasure! Congratulations.”
“I wanted to comment on what a great resource thislibrary is. I was so happy to discover an archived issueof a journal that I wouldn’t otherwise have been able to
access easily. Your service made it simple and stress-free.Thank you.”
Smithsonian LibrariesFY2010 Unit Digitization Statistics Report
Smithsonian LibrariesFY2010 Unit Digitization Statistics Report
- Books are hard, but books are easy- Special formats (photographs, audio tapes, etc.) provide different challenges and opportunities
Challenges & Opportunities
MobileEpublications
New Delivery Methods
Digital Library / Website
SIL Websites: 2010
3.17 million visitor sessions54 million hits
TL2: Linked Open Data
Botanists PagesTriple Stores of
Name relationship to BooksName relationship to Standard Abbreviation
Book Pages Triple Stores of
Book relationship to NameBook relationship to TL2 NumberingBook relationship to Standard Abbreviation
SILTL-3
Phase 1 of website overhaul : “Brochureware” (this is what it sounds like)
Migrate “Galaxy of Knowledge” and Branch page content to Drupal 7
Phase 2 of website overhaul : Digital Library & Everything Else
Social Media
Social Media
Keeping track of our Social MediaPlatform Resource Post Frqncy Archive Mo. Stats Limitations
Blog Responsibility: BHL Program Mngr w/ others writing posts as needed
2x per week Blog(ger) is its own archive
Google Analytics
Facebook •Quizzes by BHL Program Mngr•Posts by BHL Lib Tech•Monitoring Program Mngr + Lib Tech
2x per day FB wall is its own archive
FB Insights Insights only provided back to 89 days
Twitter •Posts written by BHL Program Mngr•Monitoring, RTing, replying, etc. by BHL Collections Coord.
~4x per day Momento & Hootsuite
Retweet Rank & Hootsuite
Hootsuite cannot retro archive; Momento is iphone only
Flickr •Images uploaded by BHL Lib Tech•All other activities, stats, etc. by BHL Collections Coord.
~1 item/book per day
Momento Flickr recent activity & stats
Only 28 day history of image views
Resources: 3 ppl, ea. @ approx. 1/3 time FTEMonthly Stats Doc: http://bit.ly/yxQwtQMomento File Ex: http://bit.ly/A8zkjg
Social Media R.O.I. Return on InvestmentReturn on Intellect
Existing Customers New Customers
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I don't know how we found this site but it was a life saver. My daughter had to do a report on Elvis Presley and most of the sites that we went to were a little overwhelming. We came to this site and got a ton of information on Elvis. So I just wanted to
say thanks and keep up the good work. I have you bookmarked.
SIL Blog Reader, 2010
The worth and importance of the Institution are 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, 1853