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Biodiversity Heritage Library: A Collaborative Approach to Curating the
World’s Legacy Biodiversity Literature
By: Grace Costantino, Program Manager Bianca Crowley, Collections Coordinator
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58,000+ Titles 112,000+ Volumes 40 Million+ Pages 250+ Permissions 113,000+ Monthly
Visits 62,000+ Monthly
Visitors
http://biodiversitylibrary.org
Global BHL Partners
Core BHL Members
Scanning locally, Coordinating globally
Issue Tracking Software
Vols. 6, 8, 10 Vols.
1-‐5
Vols. 7, 9, 11-‐21
Scanning locally, Coordinating globally
Administrative Dashboard
Post-digitization Curation Work!ow
Users may find/have:
• Metadata errors (for page descripBons, bibliographic data)
• Quality Assurance errors (blurred or missing pages)
• Missing volumes of a series • Technical bugs • Reference quesBons
Post-digitization Curation Work!ow
Error in BHL User describes error in BHL webform
Error submi"ed to issue tracking
system
Moderators assign issue to appropriate librarian(s)
Follow up via AdministraBve Dashboard
Is it a scanning request?
Follow up via Scanning Workflow
ConsorBum librarians
document progress in issue tracking
system
Follow up with users when possible
No
Yes
Curation: a Patient Practice
USERS CLICK ON REPORT ERROR BUTTON TO SEND FEEDBACK
BHL FEEDBACK WEBFORM FEEDS ERRORS & SCANNING REQUESTS DIRECTLY INTO ISSUE TRACKING SYSTEM
OVERVIEW OF ISSUE TRACKING SYSTEM
FEEDBACK FROM USER AS AN INDIVIDUAL ISSUE IN THE SYSTEM
GREAT EXAMPLE OF A LONG AND COMPLEX ISSUE PART 1
GREAT EXAMPLE OF A LONG AND COMPLEX ISSUE PART 2
BHL ADMINISTRATIVE DASHBOARD ALLOWS ACCESS TO BACKEND DATABASE
TITLE INFORMATION EDITING MODULE
ITEM OR VOLUME INFORMATION EDITING MODULE
PAGINATION INFORMATION EDITING MODULE
EXAMPLE OF BOOK WITH COMPLETE PAGINATION INFORMATION
FROM OUR PAGINATION EDITING MODULE WE CAN SEND IMAGES DIRECTLY TO OUR FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM
EXAMPLE IMAGE IN OUR FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM
EXAMPLE OF AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SPECIES PAGE
Curation: a Patient Practice that Pays Off!
• Face it, your digital library is just another website
• CuraBon is about leverage • Get your content out there • Trust your users • Use the right tools for the job • It takes a village
Lessons Learned
http://biodiversitylibrary.org Grace Costantino, [email protected] Bianca Crowley, [email protected]