Presentations & Posters for 2019-2025

Presentations & Posters for 2015-2025

2026

• Kalfatovic, M. (2026, February 23). Technology, Community & Consortium: Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18753889
• Kalfatovic, M. (2026, February 19). Technology, Community & Consortium: Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica u Zagrebu. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18698222
• Kalfatovic, M. (2026). IIIF as an Enabling Tool in Data Curation. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18669252

2025

• Kalfatovic, M. (2025, October 8). Technology, Community & Consortium: Tallinna Ülikool. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17295394.
• Kalfatovic, M. (2025, October 8). Technology, Community & Consortium: Rahvusraamatukogu. Zenodo. National Library of Estonia. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17295338.
• Kalfatovic, M. (2025, October 8). Technology, Community & Consortium. National Library of Finland. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17294858.
• Kalfatovic, M. (2025, July 18). Technology, Community & Consortium. Digital Humanities Conference 2025 (DH2025), Lisbon, Portugal. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16274772.

2024

• Forthcoming

2023

• Safeguarding Access to 500 Years of Biodiversity Data: Sustainability planning for the Biodiversity Heritage Library.  2023 TDWG Conference. Hobert. October 2023 [virtual]
• International Cooperation on Strategic Projects and Initiatives During a Time of Global Instability.  IFLA World Library and Information Congress. North American Meeting. 22 August 2023 [virtual]
• "Tools without Data are Useless” or Data Born in Literature: 2023 BHL Program Director's Report. BHL Annual Meeting: Paris. 18 April 2023

2022

• How to Apply for a Government Position in the Humanities: Insights from a Hiring Manage. Dumbarton Oaks. Professional Development Series. 17 November 2022
• Building Resiliency in Digital Library Networks: The Biodiversity Heritage Library. 11th Shanghai International Library Forum. Paper Only. September 2022.
• Program Director’s Report. BHL Annual Meeting: Edinburgh. 6 June 2022 
• So, You Want to be a Librarian (or an Archivist) at the Smithsonian...: Insights from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. With Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty. 1 June 2022.  [virtual]
• Analyzing Biodiversity Literature at Scale. Libraries as Laboratories. Internet Archive. 27 April 2022 [virtual]
• Biodiversity Literature in Support of Citizen Science. WeDigBio. The Role of Libraries in Understanding the Earth’s Biota. 8 April 2022  [virtual]
• How to Apply for a Government Position in the Humanities: Insights from a Hiring Manage. Dumbarton Oaks. Professional Development Series. 28 January 2022 [virtual]

2021

• The Vast Library of Life: An Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. SLA Staff Meeting. Virtual. 13 July 2021.
• The Vast Library of Life: An Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. SLA Advisory Board Meeting. Virtual. 16 June 2021.
• SLA Get a Job
• Biheli quīndecim : BHL@15: An Update for CBHL. CBHL 2021 Meeting. Virtual. 6 May 2021.
• Biheli quīndecim : BHL@15: 2021 BHL Program Director's Report. BHL Annual Meeting. Virtual. 13 April 2021.
• Information about Libraries. With Barbara Ferry and Polly Khater. SLA Staff Meeting. Virtual. 3 February 2021.

2020

• The Biodiversity Heritage Library Response to the Global COVID-19 Pandemic. With Constance Rinaldo, Jane Smith, David Iggulden, and Colleen Funkhouser. TDWG 2020. Virtual. 20 October 2020.
• Building a Library Organization for Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities During Times of Transformation and Disruption. 10th Shanghai International Library Forum. 
Paper Only. October 2020.
• A Global Open Access Resource: An Introduction to the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Dumbarton Oaks Plant Humanities Seminar. Virtual. 30 June 2020.
• Telework Opportunities Discussion. All SLA Staff Meeting. 19 May 2020.
• Eyes on the Prize, Reboot the Mission. All DPI Staff Meeting. Virtual. 12 May 2020.
• 2019 BHL: The Year of the Old Normal. 2020 BHL Annual Meeting. Virtual 1 May 2020.

2019

• BHL and Specimen Collection Data: The needle in the Festuca stack. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Biodiversity_Next. Leiden. 23 October 2019. 
• The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Unveiling a World of Knowledge About Life on Earth. Martin R. Kalfatovic, Grace Costantino, and Constance A. Rinaldo. TPDL 2019. Oslo, Norway. 9 September 2019. [poster | abstract]
• Biodiversity Heritage Library as a Data Repository as well as a Literature Repository: Help us to Identify how to Better Surface Content. Martin R. Kalfatovic and Constance A. Rinaldo. 3rd Annual Digital Data Conference. Yale University. New Haven, CT. 11 June 2019. [poster]
• BHL and Specimen Collection Data: The Needle in the Festuca Stack. Martin R. Kalfatovic. SPNHC 2019. Chicago, IL. 28 May 2019. [poster | abstract]
• Managing Scholarly Research Output: The Smithsonian Institution Experience. Martin R. Kalfatovic, Alvin Hutchinson, Richard Naples, and Suzanne Pilsk. Smithsonian-The National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) Meeting. Washington, DC, 16 May 2019. 
• Seeing a Butterfly & Knowing What It Is: BHL: Past > Present > Future. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 2019 BHL Annual Meeting. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 30 April 2019.
• Managing Scholarly Research Output: The Smithsonian Institution Experience. Martin R. Kalfatovic, Alvin Hutchinson, Richard Naples, and Suzanne Pilsk. CNI Spring Meeting. St. Louis, MO. 8 April 2019.
• BHL & The Catalogue of Life. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Catalogue of Life Plus Symposium. Champaign, IL. 21 March 2019.
• Digital Programs & Initiatives. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board New Member Orientation. 28 February 2019.

2018

• Discoverable, Accessible, Reusable, and Transparent (DART): Scholarly Communications and the Research Museum. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Global Summit of Research Museums. Berlin. 5 November 2018.
• Cultural Heritage and the Technology of Culture: Finding the Nature of Illumination in Libraries and Museums. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 9th Shanghai International Library Forum. Shanghai, China. 19 October 2018.
• Smithsonian Libraries: Digital Programs and Initiatives Division. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Libraries Research Services Meeting. Washington, DC. 20 September 2018.
• The Biodiversity Heritage Library & Botany: Empowering Discovery through Free Access to Biodiversity Knowledge. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Botany 2018. Rochester, MN. 24 July 2018.
• Natura non facit saltus: But Humans Do, The Need for Taxonomic Annotation. Martin R. Kalfatovic. I Annotate 2018. San Francisco, CA. 7 June 2018.
• 2018 BHL Program Director’s Report: Secretariat & Technical Update. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 2018 BHL Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA. 14 March 2018.
• Reaching a Billion: The Smithsonian Digital Platform Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board. Washington, DC. 6 March 2018.
• Expanding Access for the Local and Global Increasing Access & Empowering Global Biodiversity Research through the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 2018 Ohio Natural History Conference. Cleveland Museum of Natural History. 24 February 2018. 

2017

• The Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG): Opportunities for Collaboration and Participation. Martin R. Kalfatovic with contributions from Wouter Addink, James A Macklin, and Dimitris Koureas. CNI Fall 2017 Membership Meeting. Washington, DC. 12 December 2017. See also the Open Science Framework copy.
• A Vast Library of Life: The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Aim, Scope & Challenges of Research Museums: An Exchange between the Smithsonian Institution & Leibniz Association. Washington, DC. 30 October 2017.
• Smithsonian Libraries in Service of Scholarly Communications: An Introduction to Smithsonian Research Online & Other Resources. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Aim, Scope & Challenges of Research Museums: An Exchange between the Smithsonian Institution & Leibniz Association. Washington, DC. 30 October 2017.
• “The Gift of Time”: Impact through Open: The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Bracing for Impact: Digitizing Collections to Change Lives. 2017 Smithsonian Digitization Fair. Washington. 19 October 2017.
• How Did We Get Here from There? The Origin Story of The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 2017 Library Leaders Forum. Internet Archive. San Francisco. 13 October 2017.
• How Did BHL Get to Big Data? Martin R. Kalfatovic. TDWG 2017. Ottawa, Canada. 3 October 2017.
• The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Empowering Discovery through Free Access to Biodiversity Knowledge. Martin R. Kalfatovic. XIX International Botanical Congress. Shenzhen, China. 25 July 2017.
• Digital Programs & Initiatives @ Smithsonian Libraries: Scholarly Communications | Digital Library | Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Presentation for the National Library of Medicine Staff. Smithsonian Libraries. Washington, DC. 29 June 2017
• Free & Open Access to Biodiversity Literature: An Introduction to the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Presentation for Natural and Physical Sciences Library Staff. Smithsonian Libraries. Washington, DC. 14 June 2017.
• Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library: Recent Activities. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Inaugural Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference. Digital Data and the North American Nodes of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan and iDigBio. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 5 June 2017.
• Free and Open Access to Biodiversity Literature: An Introduction to the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Library of Congress. 1 June 2017.
• Managing Scholarly Research Output The Smithsonian Institution Experience: An Introduction to Smithsonian Research Online. Martin R. Kalfatovic with Alvin Hutchinson and Richard Naples. Mpala Research Centre and Wildlife Foundation, Laikipia County, Kenya. 22 May 2017
• Managing Scholarly Research Output The Smithsonian Institution Experience: An Introduction to Smithsonian Research Online. Martin R. Kalfatovic with Alvin Hutchinson and Richard Naples. American Reference Center, U.S. Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya. 19 May 2017.
• The Biodiversity Heritage Library Empowering Discovery through Free Access to Biodiversity Knowledge. Martin R. Kalfatovic (presenter). XXI Congress of the Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical Africa (AETFAT). Nairobi, Kenya. 18 May 2017.
• The Story of Engagement: Outreach Strategies at the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Grace Costantino and Martin R. Kalfatovic (presenter). XXI Congress of the Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical Africa (AETFAT). Nairobi, Kenya. 18 May 2017.
• A Vast Library of Life: The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic and Grace Costantino. National Library Board, Singapore. 17 March 2017.
  Understanding life on our planet is now more important than ever. The millions of species that we share our Earth with, how they live, their relationships to other species and the environment, and how our mutual life on our planet is more critical than ever. The scientific data collected for hundreds of years is now freely available from Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). Singapore is a key partner in this global endeavor anchoring the BHL's data from Southeast Asia. Martin R. Kalfatovic and Grace Constantino from the Biodiversity Heritage Library will discuss the importance of over 300 years of scientific publications about our fellow inhabitants of Planet Earth and how the Biodiversity Heritage Library, a free, global, and open collection of the most important research about life on earth, provides citizens of the world with access to the most authoritative literature available. 
• BHL Program Director's Report. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 2017 BHL Members' Meeting. National Library Board. Singapore. 17 March 2017.
• Empowering Global Research in Biodiversity: The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. BHL Open Day Symposium. Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore. 15 March 2017.
• Free & Open Access to Biodiversity Literature: An Introduction to the Biodiversity Heritage Library. NDSR Workshop. Smithsonian Libraries. 2 February 2017.
• Increasing Access, Promoting Progress: Empowering Global Research through the BHL. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Expanding Access to Biodiversity Workshop. Atlanta History Center. Atlanta, GA. 24 January 2017.

2016

• The Biodiversity Heritage Library 10 Years and More! Martin R. Kalfatovic. TDWG 2016. Centro de Transferencia Tecnológica y Educación Continua (CTEC) San Carlos, Santa Clara, Costa Rica. 7 December 2016.
• Increasing Access, Promoting Progress: Empowering Global Research through the BHL. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Group of 12 Meeting. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Paris, 2 December 2016.
• Botany and the BHL: A Botanical Overview of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Botany Department Seminar. National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC. 15 September 2016.
• Smithsonian Libraries: Unveiling a Gem. Martin R. Kalfatovic. University of Pretoria, M.IT Tour. Smithsonian Libraries. Washington, DC. 15 September 2016.
• Enabling Progress in Global Biodiversity Research: The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic and Constance Rinaldo. Shanghai International Library Forum 2016. Shanghai, China. 8 July 2016.
• Digitization Basics for Libraries, Archives, and Museums. Martin R. Kalfatovic. SEI 2016, Chapel Hill, NC, 8 June 2016.
• 2016 BHL Program Director's Report. Martin R. Kalfatovic. BHL Open Partners' Meeting, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. London, 13 April 2016.
• The Biodiversity Heritage Library. 10+1 and Beyond: Looking Forward. Martin R. Kalfatovic. BHL Day 2016, Natural History Museum. London, 12 April 2016.

2015

• The Smithsonian Institution: Diffusing Knowledge in Partnership with the DPLA. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Digital Programs Advisory Committee, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 10 December 2015.
• BHL México Workshop: An Overview of the BHL. Martin R. Kalfatovic. CONABIO, México City, Mexico. 2 December 2015
• Us and Them | Me and You | from swerve of shore to bend of bay: Take Down the Fences … Here Comes the Crowd. Martin R. Kalfatovic. IMLS Focus: Inspiration and Innovation in Libraries and museums 2015. New Orleans. 16 November 2015
• Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 2015 BHL Staff Meeting. Washington, DC. 12 November 2015
• BHL: Assessing & Building Capacity for Global Access to Biodiversity Literature. Martin R. Kalfatovic. TDWG 2015. Nairobi, Kenya. 30 September 2015
• BHL Africa Workshop: An Overview of the BHL. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Nairobi National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya. 22 September 2015
• Smithsonian Libraries: Unveiling a Gem. Martin R. Kalfatovic. University of Pretoria Visit. Smithsonian Libraries, Washington, DC, 17 September 2015.
• Herding the fuzzy bits: What do you do after crowdsourcing? Martin R. Kalfatovic, Grace Costantino, Suzanne C. Pilsk, Jacqueline Chapman. ALA Annual Meeting. San Francisco, 27 June 2015
• The Nature of Illumination: Cultural Heritage and the Technology of Culture. Martin R. Kalfatovic.Cultural Heritage Information Management Forum. The Catholic University of America. Washington, DC. 5 June 2015
• African Digital Libraries in Global Content: The Biodiversity Heritage Library Model. Martin R. Kalfatovic & Anne-Lise Fourie, ICADLA-4. Accra, Ghana, 28 May 2015
• Building a Vast Library of Life: The Biodiversity Heritage Library Looks to the Future. Nancy E. Gwinn & Martin R. Kalfatovic. CNI Spring 2015 Meeting. Seattle, 13 April 2015.
• 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.
• The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Exploring the Four Elements Meeting @ The Morgan Library & Museum. New York, 8 April 2015.
• Looking Forward: The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Catalogue of Life Mini-Symposium. Vlaams Instituut Voor De Zee / Flanders Marine Institute. Oostende, Belgium. 2 April 2015
• Looking Forward: The Biodiversity Heritage Library: 2015-2016. Martin R. Kalfatovic. BHL Annual Meeting, BHL Day. The Field Museum. Chicago, IL. 17 March 2015.
• Digital Services Division & The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Science Executive Committee. Washington, DC. 12 January 2015