1. Developing specialised information services within an integrated library service: examples in botany and forestry Roger Mills Plant Sciences Library, OULS May 2004

4. Old but not past it Botany 1621Botany 1621 Agriculture 1870Agriculture 1870 Forestry 1905Forestry 1905 Imperial Forestry Institute 1924Imperial Forestry Institute 1924 Present ‘Worthington’ building 1950Present ‘Worthington’ building 1950 Plant Sciences 1985Plant Sciences 1985 OULS 2000OULS 2000

5. The List Library

7. Then Council General Board of the Faculties Plant Sciences Library Herbaria Botanic Garden Libraries Board Central & Faculty Libraries Other depts Congregation

8. Now Council Life & Environmental Sciences Div Plant Sciences Herbaria Other Depts Admin Services & University Collections OULS (Libraries) Plant Sciences Library 40+ other libraries Botanic Garden OUCS (Computing) Museums Other Divisions Congregation

15. Schizophrenia 50% of our users are not members of the University Known and act as international resource But not funded as such Well, roughly University users from 20+ departments

16. Plant Sciences Library General Plant Biology Undergrad degree in Biological Sciences Taxonomy Sherard Collection Sibthorpian Library Forestry Oxford Forest Information Service In partnership with CAB International All languages c. 200,000 items, c. 2000 current serials, plus 4000 dead c. one third microfilmed

17. In Partnership With CAB International since 1938 Entire forestry collection abstracted CABI deposits forestry material Oxford runs document delivery service for CABI

18. Neighbours Zoology, Ornithology MSc in Biology (Integrative Bioscience) Geography, Environmental Change Institute MScs in: Biodiversity, Conservation & Management Nature, Society and Environmental Policy Environmental Geomorphology Environmental Change and Management Water Science, Policy and Management University Museum of Natural History Earth Sciences

19. Location, Location, Location Plant Sciences Library Remains in Department Alongside Herbaria Owns books in Herbaria Rare Books room part of Herbaria suite Not responsible to Dept Sibthorpian Prof statutory responsibility for Sibthorpian Library 1 mile from Botanic Garden No proper book transport system

20. Do we really need a library? Move to fully electronic desktop delivery As soon as possible Extra funds or diverted funds? And the old stuff? Trees grow slowly So – we need both So – we have to fight

21. Head above the parapet Raise visibility Demonstrate external interest Report on visits Forge alliances and sign MoU’s Get involved in projects Arrange exhibits, talks, user education Spin

22. Publicise affiliations British Falconer's ClubBritish Falconer's Club British Falconer's ClubBritish Falconer's Club British Falconer's Club British Ornithologist's Union

23. Projects BIOME GFIS NEFIS TNW

24. Digitisation Flora Graeca in the 21 st Century External consultant: Prof H.W. Lack Oxford Digital Library for Forestry in association with: Commonwealth Forestry Association CAB International FAO OFI

25. Consultancy British Council World Bank

26. Collaboration The GFIS Task Force on slippery ground

27. Exhibitions Oxford’s Botanical Treasures and the Shirley Sherwood Collection Ashmolean Museum Oxford 2 May – 11 Sept 2005

28. Services Oxford Forest Information Service Centralised services: Digital imaging service Document Delivery / Inter-library loans service Organised centrally – marketed locally Subject enquiries – handled on-site

29. Celebrations 100 years of Forestry in Oxford 1905 - 2005

30. User Education Curriculum sessions Bytes for Biologists

32. OFIS History Think forest information – think IUFRO!

33. How it all started International Association of Forest Research Institutes founded 1893 (renamed International Union of Forest Research Organizations 1929) Article 2 of 1929 Statutes: …to work…for the unification of terminology…to provide for the creation of an international forest bibliography…

34. History – 1903-1908 4 th meeting 1903 (Vienna): ‘compilation of general forest bibliography’ first on agenda By 5 th meeting 1906 (Stuttgart): International Committee on Forest Bibliography formed Bibliographical system should be that of Melvil Dewey A permanent secretariat of forest bibliography should be established Swiss Federal Institute of Forest Research authorised as secretariat 1908

35. 1908-1922 Subscriptions taken Card catalogue and ‘quarterly magazine’ planned Past literature from 1750 to be published in book form All stopped by First World War Discussions resumed 1922

36. 1922-1933 Forest Bibliography: an International Decimal Classification on the basis of Melvil Dewey’s system published in German 1933, translated into French and English 1936 (‘Flury System’) Prepared by Dr Philipp Flury (Birmensdorf) (secretary of the Bibliograpical Committee) Chaired by Prof RS Troup (Oxford)

37. 1934-1939 Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford began card index and ‘magazine’ Current Monthly Record of Forestry Literature 1934 under Troup’s direction [metadata and indexing in support of networks] Imperial Agricultural Bureaux invited to found Forestry Bureau (IFB) at Oxford with IUFRO’s support 1938 (CFB from 1948) Forestry Abstracts first published 1939

38. 1939-1953 Second World War ended plans for international secretariat. Clearing house role adopted by CFB/Oxford Classification developed by CFB under F.C. Ford- Robertson Bib. Cttee. revived as Joint FAO/IUFRO Committee on Forest Bibliography 1949 (= IUFRO Section 01) Revised new classification and after ‘prolonged and earnest deliberations’ finalised Oxford System of Decimal Classification for Forestry, adopted by IUFRO and FAO 1953 and published by CAB

39. 1953-1995 > 2005 Joint Committee embarks on publication of multi- lingual terminology 1972 IUFRO restructured: Joint Committee becomes S6.03, Information systems and terminology 1995 renamed Information services and knowledge organisation with sub-groups 01 Libraries and Information Services 02 Trends in forest terminology 03 Forest Decimal Classification 04 Latin American systems network Next review: Brisbane 2005

40. In brief Words, numbers, people, stuff

41. words SilvaVoc 1995: Clearinghouse for multilingual forestry terminology http://iufro.boku.ac.at/iufro/silvavoc/ http://iufro.boku.ac.at/iufro/silvavoc/ International Bibliography of Dictionaries, Glossaries and Terminological Publications in Forestry and Related Sciences Collaborative development of a multilingual forestry thesaurus Harmonizing forest-related definitions for use by various stakeholders

42. numbers International work on Dewey for subject gateways Revival of ODC/FDC as GFDC Advantage of numbers: logical arrangement not dependent on language

43. people GFIS is a network of networks Deliver information faster Who’s there to help? Compilation of international directory Supporting information services in Europe: FORELISE

44. Stuff : finding it It’s on the web But where? Subject gateways extend ‘bibliographic control’ to web-based resources BIOME AgriFor gateway

45. Stuff : getting it So I know it exists, how do I get it? Non-digital libraries and archives Electronic journals Digital Libraries In future, how will we trace and communicate knowledge?

46. Talk to me European Botanical and Horticultural Libraries founded 1994 Now 59 institutions in 22 countries Associated with CBHL in N America Joint symposium approved at International Botanical Congress, Vienna 2005 Similar group for Forestry - FORELISE

47. Pictures

52. John Sibthorp (1758-1796) Third Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford Journeyed to Greece and Turkey With artist Ferdinand Bauer

53. Flora Graeca Sibthorp and Bauer Plant specimens (living and dried), notebooks, drawings, water colours (colour key), topographical drawings, fauna Most expensive flora ever published Now being digitised After being meticulously studied by Walter Lack

55. Papaver pilosum Sm.

56. Specimens

57. Establishing the Type Index Kewensis/IPNI

58. Digital detail

59. Scene of the crime

60. A fishy story

61. Drawings

67. Seeing the wood for the trees Identification Testing Properties

71. It all hangs together If we all hang together Otherwise we will all hang together…

72. All we need is…

73. And…When I’m 64?