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Breathing new life into old data: How opening your collection can spark imagination and inspire creative re-

use

Doug Holland, Library Director, Missouri Botanical GardenTrish Rose-Sandler, Data Project Coordinator, Missouri Botanical Garden

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Missouri Library Association conference, St Louis MO

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What is BHL?

• A consortium of natural history, botanical libraries and research institutions

• An open access digital repository for historic biodiversity literature

• An open data repository of taxonomic names and bibliographic information


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Member Institutions• Academy of Natural Sciences Library and

Archives• American Museum of Natural History Library • California Academy of Sciences Library• Cornell University Library • The Field Museum Library• Harvard University Botany Libraries • Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library of the

Museum of Comparative Zoology • Library of Congress • Marine Biological Laboratory / Woods Hole

Oceanographic Institution Library• Missouri Botanical Garden Library• Natural History Museum, London, Library &

Archives• The New York Botanical Garden • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library & Archives• Smithsonian Institution Libraries • United States Geological Survey Libraries


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What is Art of Life?

• Full title - The Art of Life: Data Mining and Crowdsourcing the Identification and Description of Natural History Illustrations from the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL)

• Grant given to Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis

• Funded by National Endowment for the Humanities

• Runs May 2012-April 2014


What is open content?1. Artists/Designers2. Biologists/Taxonomists/

“A piece of data or content is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it — subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and/or share-alike.”


What are some content types ripe for opening up?

Bibliographic records

Vocabularies

Content files • Literature published before 1923 (public domain)

• Primary source materials • manuscripts• photographs • maps• artifacts• audio and video recordings• oral histories• postcards• posters

• Local history – Genealogical collections


Examples of open content – bibliographic recordst/


Examples of open content – bibliographic recordst/


Examples of open content – vocabularies/


Examples of open content – vocabularies/


Examples of open content – primary resources/


Examples of open content – primary resources/


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Why is open content important to cultural heritage institutions?

“it is now the mark—and social responsibility—of world-class institutions to develop and share free cultural and educational resources.”

Initiative to building a global cultural commons for everyone to use, access and enjoy.

Getty holds “the conviction that understanding art makes the world a better place, and sharing our digital resources is the natural extension of that belief. “


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How to open your dataOne click downloads


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How to open your data

Bulk dataBHL provides metadata & content via

• Export files• OAI-PMH• APIs• OpenURL


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How to open your data Share with other portals


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How to open your data Share with other portals


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Copyright and LicensingMake public domain content available – make it clear its copyright status=public domain.

For copyrighted content if you are the copyright holder, dedicate it to the public domain or license content as openly as possible

CCOCC-BYCC-BY-SACC-BY-NC

PDDLODC-ByODC-ODbL


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Open Content and Copyright


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Examples of re-use of BHL Open Content

iTunes U


Scholarly and commercial publications

And the “price” of open content.


Artists/Graphic DesignersArtists/Graphic DesignersNonprofit fund raising

Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History


Citizen scientists/enthusiasts


http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20612661_21187249,00.html

Citizen scientists/enthusiasts


Educators/OutreachEducators


Henry Curtis-Williams@All Rights Reservedhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/67312941@N03/8504225098/in/photostream/

Artists/Graphic DesignersArtists/Graphic Designers


Artists/Graphic Designers

http://www.missmoss.co.za/2013/06/24/biodiversity-heritage-library/

http://www.missmoss.co.za/2013/06/24/biodiversity-heritage-library/




Commentary on Miss Moss blog






Public Art in Denver Light Rail StationsCreated by artist Nancy O’Neil


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Benefits to open content?• Fulfills public mission of libraries

• Promotes your collection to new audiences

• Stimulates creative reuse

• Increases discoverability

• Enables Data enrichment

• Less taxing on staff resources


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Further information about open content and libraries

• Open Bibliographic Data Guide http://obd.jisc.ac.uk/

• OpenGLAM http://openglam.org/

• LODLAM http://lodlam.net/