VALUATION OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

for theUNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA

Ivan Kanič, National and University Library

SLOVENIA

SLOVAKIA

SLAVONIA

SLOVENIA 1945 - 1991 - ONE OF 6 REPUBLICS 1991 - INDEPENDENT STATE POPULATION 2 mio AREA 20.256 km2

CAPITAL Ljubljana (300.000 inhabitants) LANGUAGE SLOVENIAN ETHNIC COMPOSITION 89% Slovenes 3 UNIVERSITIES Ljubljana, Maribor, Koper

CONTEXT

2 MILLION INHABITANTS3 UNIVERSITIES

1975 1919 2003

LIBRARY INFORMATION SYSTEMCOOPERATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM

AND SERVICESCOBISS

CONSTITUANTS(STATISTICAL DATA 2002, NUK)

NATIONAL LIBRARY 1 LEGAL DEPOSIT

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES 3 LEGAL DEPOSIT (2)

ACADEMIC LIBRARIES 54 SERVICE POINTS 80

SPECIAL LIBRARIES 125

PUBLIC LIBRARIES 60 SERVICE POINTS

248 LEGAL DEPOSIT (10)

SCHOOL LIBRARIES 659

SERVICE POINTS 1.050

NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC UTILITYLIBRARY STATISTICS

LEGAL BASIS

LIBRARY ACT– 1961– 1982– 2001

LEGAL DEPOSIT ACT COPYRIGHT ACT (1996) ACT ON ASSOCIATIONS

LEGAL BASIS (2)

“ENVIRONMENTAL” ACTS– PUBLIC SECTOR– CULTURE– EDUCATION– RESEARCH– HIGHER EDUCATION / UNIVERSITIES– CULTURAL HERITAGE– ARCHIVES

HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL LINKAGE

CENTRAL LIBRARIES– MEDICINE– TECHNICAL SCIENCES– NATURAL SCIENCES– ECONOMICS– SOCIAL SCIENCES– HUMANITIES

“PARENT LIBRARIES”ADVISORY SERVICES

GUIDANCE

STATISTICS

LOCAL FUNCTIONS

NATIONAL LIBRARY R&D DEPARTMENT REGIONAL LIBRARIES

UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA

ESTABLISHED 1919 56.000 STUDENTS 1.700 FULL-TIME TEACHING STAFF 600 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 20 FACULTIES 3 ART ACADEMIES 3 UNIVERSITY COLLEGES 130 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES 110 POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA LIBRARIES

(STATISTICAL DATA 2002, NUK)

2 UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES 40 ACADEMIC LIBRARIES COLLECTIONS 2.940.530 NEW ACQUISITIONS 76.401 CURRENT PERIODICALS 10.428 CIRCULATION 1.975.917 STAFF 317 / 240

EQUIPMENT(STATISTICAL DATA 2002, NUK)

USER WORKSTATIONS– STAND ALONE PC 25– NETWORKED PC 288– TERMINAL 89

EQUIPMENT(STATISTICAL DATA 2002, NUK)

PURPOSE & USE– OPAC 723– INTERNET 593– TEXT EDITING 486– E-MAIL 571– E-SOURCES 608– OTHER 93

ELECTRONIC COLLECTIONSINDIVIDUAL PURCHASE

(STATISTICAL DATA 2002, NUK)

E-JOURNALS 4.710 REMOTE ACCESS (OTHER) 1.172

– E-BOOKS 393

– FULL-TEXT DATABASES 576

– DATABASES 203 LOCAL ACCESS

CURRENT PERIODICALS (PRINT) 10.428

CONSORTIUM

COSEC ESTABLISHED 2003

ELECTRONIC COLLECTIONS CONSORTIAL PURCHASE

(STATISTICAL DATA 2003, COSEC)

Web of Science & Science Indicators ProQuest OCLC FirstSearch ECO eIFL Direct Science Direct Engineering Village 2

American Physical Society Emerald Fulltext Springer LINK Kluwer CINAHL

IUS Info GV-In

CD-ROM SERVERS

NEGOTIATIONS IN PROGRESS

USAGE STATISTICS

Web of Science 350.705 ProQuest 58.888 OCLC FirstSearch ECO 15.317

(STATISTICAL DATA 2003, IZUM)

Emerald Fulltext 5656

SURVEY 2003(by Karmen Štular Sotošek, NUK)

ELECTRONIC SOURCES UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA (71% RESPONSE)

UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR (100% RESPONSE)

INDIVIDUAL PURCHASE SMALLER CONSORTIA

LOCAL ACCESS (CD-ROM, DVD) 8 REMOTE (WEB) ACCESS 14

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES REFERENCE WORKS / COLLECTIONS NO E-BOOKS

NO DUPLICATIONS (=> CONSORTIUM) SMALL DIVERSITY

HUMBLE PLANS 24

(SOME TITLES ALREADY AVAILABLE)

FINANCIAL BURDEN

NATIONAL & INTER-UNIVERSITY LICENCES – DIRECT PAYMENT BY MINISTRIES– FIGURES NOT PUBLIC

INDIVIDUAL PURCHASE & SMALL CONSORTIA– UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA 341.000 EUR– UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR 173.000 EUR

CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES STATISTICAL DATA

– RESPONSE RATE– METHODOLOGY– DEFINITIONS– “COUNTING”

BASIC ATTITUDE– OWNERSHIP / ACCESS– LIBRARIANS– USERS

PAPER AND/OR ELECTRONIC

LOW USAGE– WHY?– EQUIPMENT– SPACE & FACILITIES– PROMOTION– TRAINING– INFLUENCE OF THE “FREE INTERNET”– ORGANIZATION OF ACCESS– “HIDDEN” SOURCES– REAL VALUE FOR USERS– DO USERS HAVE NEEDS?

PERIODICALS vs. MONOGRAPHS REFERENCE vs. “REAL” FULL-TEXT EVALUATION

– EXISTING SOURCES– POTENTIAL SOURCES– USERS’ NEEDS

ACQUISITIONS POLICY E-COLLECTIONS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT MISSION STATEMENT

IMPACT ON PARTICULAR DEPARTMENTS– ACQUISITION– SERIALS / PERIODICALS– CATALOGUING– ILL– REFERENCE & INFORMATION– COMPUTERS & MAINTENANCE

PARTNERSHIP LIBRARY-VENDOR LICENSING & NEGOTIATING

ADDING VALUE– SELECTION– EVALUATION– DESCRIPTION– ORGANIZATION– NAVIGATION– LABELLING– LEARNING SYSTEMS

– HELPING TO ACCESS

TRADITIONALADDED VALUE TO INFORMATION

WEIGHT– RELEVANCE– TIMELINESS– PRESENTATION– MEDIUM– MESSENGER

TRUTH– ACCURACY– VALIDITY– COMPREHENSIVENESS– DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE

GUIDANCE– PROBLEM AWARENESS– DIAGNOSIS– OPTIONS– SOLUTION– PREDICTIVENESS

SCARCITY– ORIGINALITY– CREATIVITY– SOURCE PRESENTATION

ACCESIBILITY– KNOWLEDGE OF LOCATION– EASE OF ACCESS– EASE OF USE– UNDERSTANDABILITY– SELECTIVITY

MYTHS AND REALITIES E-journals will provide better access to articles Academics and researchers read journals at

their office desk Readers want electronic journals E-journals are quick and convenient to access Readers know, and care, who publishes a

journal

Readers want “page integrity” E-journals will bypass libraries and make

them redundant E-journals will save libraries money Storage and dissemination of e-journals is

inexpensive or free E-journals will save paper Only recent issues of journals are required All scholarly journals will be electronic in a

few years