Lund University Libraries Head Office Electronic Library Information Navigator (ELIN@) The one-stop-shop to digital library resources eIFL Annual General

Lund University LibrariesHead Office Electronic Library Information

Navigator (ELIN@)

The one-stop-shop to digital library resources

eIFL Annual General Assembly

Poznan

September 10th-11th 2004

Lars Björnshauge, Lund University Libraries

September 2004 eIFL Annual General Assembly

Lars Björnshauge

Things to consider for libraries and consortia

Arnold Hirshon yesterday:How can we do something else

with electronic resourcesHow can you increase the value

of your consortiaHow can we promote the usage of

licensed resources


Lars Björnshauge

Additional issues especially relevant to eIFL consortia

How can we easily provide an overview of available (electronic) resources

When connectivity is an important issue It must be easy for users to quickly find

what they are searching forAvailable information resources must be

visibleWe must provide tools that reduces

dependence on connectivity (bandwidth etc.)


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Other issues also relevant to eIFL consortia

Imagine:That users only have to learn to

know one service to be able to access electronic resources

That – when you have shortage of library staff – you only have to train users in one service


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More than licensing content and providing access

Organizing resourcesFederated searchIntegrate Open Access

resourcesEasy to use =

time saving reduce costsreduce network traffic


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More than just journals!!

It is not only about journalsFreely accessible documents

from Open Archives (e-print, pre-print, post-print – institutional repositories)

DatabasesWeb-resources – subject

gateways


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Integration of OA-material in Library & Information Services

The problem: conventional toll-access material

flows seamlessly into library services

supported by publishers, subscriptionsagents, aggregators etc.

how to expose Open Access material to users??


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The bundling strategy from the publishers point of view

In terms of access and usage bundling means:

1. One database2. One single point of access –

limited to the content of one publisher (i.e. Kluwer, Springer, Wiley, Elsevier etc.)

3. Visibility for low usage (low quality?) journals


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An integration strategy from the library point of view

Integration means:1. One database 2. One single point of access –

independent of publishers3. Visibility for smaller, not-for-profit

publishersAnd4. Visibility for Institutional Repositories

and Open Access journals and other freely available quality resources


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A solution: The Electronic Library Information Navigator -

ELIN@ - The one-stop-shop integrating

Subscription based (toll-access) journals,

open access journalsinstitutional repositoriesdatabasesscholarly web resources (subject

gateways)


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ELIN@ELIN@ what is it?

Advantages for end users and library staff

ELIN@ who are using it?ELIN@

User interfaceAdministrative tool

Why you should choose ELIN@


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ELIN@A user-friendly search interface

created by librariansOne interface for all contentCross search documents from

multiple sources – free or licensed Subject classificationDocument delivery services for

documents not available in full text My ELIN@ with personal ToC alerts

and SDI´sExport references to EndNote and

Reference Manager


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ELIN@

A product neutral presentation of resources19 000 000 records in one user interface

Publishers + Open Archives + Open

Access Journals Integration to local user database for

autentification etc.Personalized servicesAdvanced administration tools for

customization


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ELIN@Lund what is it?

Administrative tools Subscription

administration functionalities

Easy to add and remove titles

Overview of titles Import and export files Statistics Easy overview of usage You control your holding

information

Customization Change layout Add logo and link Change information

Content in ELIN@ + 11.000 journal titles + 19 million articles


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ELIN@ who are using it?

Currently 12 academic institutions are using ELIN@ ELIN@Gent University of Gent, Belgium ELIN@Blekinge Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden ELIN@Dalarna Dalarna University, Sweden ELIN@Kalmar Kalmar University, Sweden ELIN@Kristianstad Kristianstad University, Sweden ELIN@Mälardalen Mälardalen University, Sweden ELIN@Malmö Malmö University, Sweden ELIN@Örebro Örebro University, Sweden ELIN@Skövde University of Skövde, Sweden ELIN@Växjö Växjö University, Sweden ELIN@VGregion Västra Götalandregion, Sweden ELIN@Lund Lund University, Sweden


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International DevelopmentDevelopment of onsite ELIN@ in cooperation

with International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) for institutions

Facilitating easy use of digital information resources in low-bandwidth environments

In operation at Law Faculties in 4 universities in Vietnam

Installations underway in:PakistanUgandaRwanda


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Implementation in Vietnam, Rwanda, Uganda and Pakistan


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ELIN@ for low-connectivity countries

What we will do for INASP:Develop an onsite version of ELIN@Metadata are hosted locallyRequests for full-text download are

collected and downloaded in low-traffic hours

User and/or library is alerted when the document is transferred

Training of librarians is proveded as well


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Languages

SwedishEnglishVietnameseFrench (soon)Easy to implement other

languages in the interface


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Why ELIN@ could be usefull for eIFL-menbers

Choose a commercial service – or – Choose a service developed and operated

by a university library We are Independent We are on your side! We are committed to changes in the

scholarly publishing system We are promoting open access, (DOAJ) We are credible, we keep our promises


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More!!

One simple pricing modelall services included – unlimited number of resources

(journals, databases etc.)no extra costs for linking up additional

information resourcesno extra costs for personalisation

(TOC-alerts or SDI´s)no hardware investments


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So – to go back to the beginning of this

presentation:You can do something else

with electronic resourcesYou can increase the value of

your consortiaYou can promote the usage of

licensed resources and Open Access resources


Lars Björnshauge

More!

You can provide an overview of available (electronic) resources

When connectivity is an important issueYou can provide tools for users to quickly

find what they are searching forYou can make information resources visibleYou can provide tools that reduces

dependence on connectivity (bandwidth etc.)


Lars Björnshauge

And finally

Imagine:Users only have to learn to know

one service to be able to access electronic resources

When you have shortage of library staff – you will only have to train users in one service


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We work for librariesWe work internationallyWe work for changes in

scholarly communication

We would very much like to work with eIFL consortia to

provide easy access to resources and make the

most of your investments


Lars Björnshauge

More informationAbout the ELIN@ service:

pluto.lub.lu.se/about/one.htmlArticles about ELIN@:

The Charleston Advisor, Volume 5, Number 4, April 2004: http://www.charlestonco.com/features.cfm?id=155&type=fr

Serials: Volume 16, Number 3 / November 01, 2003 pages 313-317 : http://pluto.lub.lu.se/about/Electronic_Information_Resources_final.pdf

Lars Björnshauge: [email protected]


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Live presentation

ELIN@Lund:

http://elin.lub.lu.se

Documents

Lund University Libraries Head Office Electronic Library Information Navigator (ELIN@) The one-stop-shop to digital library resources eIFL Annual General