Vincent S. Smith Simon D. Rycroft, Ben Scott & Dave Roberts Scratchpads redefining publication getting biodiversity online

European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy 27 Leading Taxonomic Institutions - Europe, North America and Russia - 5-year, EU funded, 11.5 million - Network in taxonomy & biodiversity research Capacity Building - Integrating infrastructures & goals - Labs without walls - Training & outreach activities NHM Providing Leadership - Developing Web infrastructure - Providing depth of knowledge & content - Integration beyond EDIT

What is a Scratchpad? Your data 1 Published & reviewed on your site 3 Uploaded & tagged 2 Small pieces, loosely joined

What is a Scratchpad? Your data 1 Published & reviewed on your site 3 Uploaded & tagged 2 FastIntuitiveFit for use Small pieces, loosely joined

What can Scratchpads do? Import, manage, search & browse: DNA & Phylogenies Specimens Literature Images

What can Scratchpads do? Integration & connectivity within & between sites DNA & Phylogenies Specimens Literature Images Taxonomy

What can Scratchpads do? Instantly build a site & curate the Web Google scholar, Yahoo! Images, BHL, NCBI sequences, GBIF maps (species page templates to integrate user data with quality information on the wider Web) Panels

What can Scratchpads do? Instantly build a site & curate the Web Google scholar, Yahoo! Images, BHL, NCBI sequences, GBIF maps (species page templates to integrate user data with quality information on the wider Web) Panels

Scratchpad applications 4th Edition Howard & Moore, Birds of the world (fact checking, data compilation, 2010, funding) A multipurpose, flexible technology eBooks

Scratchpad applications European Mosquito Bulletin (ISSN ), Phasmid Studies (ISSN ) (submission, review, & dissemination of articles) A multipurpose, flexible technology eJournals

Scratchpad applications Image galleries A multipurpose, flexible technology Nanno fossils, Cockroaches, Stick insects, Flatworms, Grasses, Lichens & many more… (rapid upload, annotation, & display of images)

ZOOTAXA A rapid international journal for animal taxonomists ISSN (Print Edition) & ISSN (Online Edition) Scratchpad applications A multipurpose, flexible technology GBIF, Zootaxa, Threatened Plants of the World (Kew), BarCoVer (DNA Barcoding) & more (space for data collection, services, discussion, & organization) Societies & Organizations

Scratchpad usage Content & contributors in the first year 102,000 pages, 237 contributors Jan

Scratchpad usage Content & contributors in the first year 112,000 pages, 504 contributors Feb

Scratchpad usage Content & contributors in the first year Pages: - Growth of 10% in Feb Across 57 sites (up from 53 in Jan. 08) - In detail: Definitions (47%) References (19%) Associations (10%) DNA sequences (7%) Images (3.5%) Maps (3.3%) Specimens (2.4%) Others (7.8%) 112,000 pages, 504 contributors Feb

Scratchpad usage Content & contributors in the first year Contributors: - Growth of 112% in Feb. 08 (half via ZooTaxa) - Contributors in more than 30 countries - In detail: Europe (55%) Unknown (29%) North America (9%) Asia (3%) Australasia (2.5%) South America (2%) Russia (0.8%) Middle East (0.4%) [Jan. 08] 112,000 pages, 504 contributors Feb

Scratchpad visitors Tracking visitors across sites Jan Feb

Scratchpad visitors Popular content: what visitors are looking at The long tail of taxonomy Visitors want less of more, i.e. everyone wants something different

Scratchpad visitors Visitor statistics

Scratchpad management Scalable & sustainable technology Virtual machine, open-source software, self-archiving, backed-up, multi-site configuration (easy to move & upgrade, secure & reliable, citable, screencasts, low admin., low marginal costs) Hardware, software & user support

Scratchpad prospects Future development work Functionality (more data types) - Ecological Interactions - Conservation actions (IUCN Red list) - Improved phylogeny management Integration (more interaction) - Encyclopedia of Life (Workbench) - More Panels (CBoL, IUCN, Plazi/ZooTaxa) - New gateway & mirror core Potential (long-term directions) - Grant income generation (>10m in new grants) - Bibliometrics / Webometrics - Use beyond biodiversity science

Thanks… Simon RycroftBen ScottDave Roberts

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Impact (Web equivalent to journal impact factor & personal H-index) Scratchpad bibliometrics Metrics of output and use 112,000 pages 504 contributors ContentUsage

Scratchpad visitors Keywords: how visitors find the sites

Scratchpad management Scalable & sustainable technology Online signup form, terms-of-use, auto. site creation, taskguide, screen-casts, sandbox (easy to get, legal, fast to create, intuitive to use, audio-video assistance, test-drive features) Signup & user support