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2011 EBSCO OPEN DAY EVENT 24 May 2011 Eastin Hotel

2011 EBSCO OPEN DAY EVENT 24 May 2011 Eastin Hotel. Setting our sights on a Malaysian e-journal consortium Nor Edzan Che Nasir Library University of Malaya. Consortium – association or partnership

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2011 EBSCO OPEN DAY EVENT 24 May 2011 Eastin Hotel

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  1. 2011 EBSCO OPEN DAY EVENT24 May 2011Eastin Hotel Setting our sights on a Malaysian e-journal consortium Nor EdzanCheNasir Library University of Malaya

  2. Consortium – association or partnership • E-journal consortium – collaborative acquisition of access rights to electronic databases and journals (Varaprasad & Madhusudhan, 2010) • Primary aim – achieve what members of the group cannot achieve individually

  3. TYPES • Open consortium • Closed consortium • Centrally-funded • Shared budget • Publishers’ initiative • National consortium • International consortium

  4. MALAYSIA • The National Library & academic libraries – have been sharing resources since the 1970s or even earlier • PERPUN • Sharing of ideas, experiences • Sharing of collection – ILL, DDS & library use • SIGs • Now – commercial database consortium

  5. MOLEC • Obvious differences in pricing of commercial databases offered by publishers/vendors to academic libraries • JKKPDK set up in 2000 under PERDANA (SistemPerpustakaan Digital Negara) • Main function – coordinates pricing of commercial databases • Ist meeting – 21 March 2000 in PerpustakaanTun Seri Lanang, UKM • 12 public & private university libraries

  6. Changed name to JKPDK • Changed name again in 2010 – Malaysian OnLine Resources Consortium • National Library, 20 public university libraries, 7 GLC university libraries, 7 government/non government agency libraries = 35 • Current Chair & Secretariat = UM Library • Objective of the consortium • Establishes the concept of resource sharing of commercial databases • Subscribes to commercial databases as a consortium • Scope – all commercial databases

  7. What do we do? • Identify, study, evaluate & manage negotiations for subscription to commercial databases • Identify ways & means of addressing the various Government policies & regulations with regards to subscription of non-Malaysian commercial databases • Every member has to provide a listing of all their subscribed databases & all freely available databases & e-journals on their website • Maintains • MyULIS (Malaysian Union List of Serials) • Master List of Commercial Databases • Master List of Backfiles/Archives

  8. Develop the GARIS PANDUAN PEROLEHAN SUMBER MAKLUMAT ELEKTRONIK • Source for funds from MOHE • Conduct workshops/courses/seminars – sharing of experiences & ideas • Invite publishers/vendors for product presentation • Make presentations to interested parties • Meet once every two months

  9. Why are we doing all this? • Shrinking/static budget • Increasing number of journals • Increasing cost of journals • Increasing demand from users for more resources • Research-based universities – access to more sources to support their research activities • Requirements set by publishers/vendors

  10. EXAMPLES • Africa ( all forms of consortium) • SABINET (South African Bibliographic & Information Network – 1983) • CALICO (CAPE Libraries Cooperatives - 1992) • FRELICO (Free State Libraries & Information Consortium – 1996) • GAELIC (Gauteng and Environs Library Consortium – 1996) • esAL (Eastern Seaboard Association Libraries – 1997) • SEALS (South East Academic Library System – 1996) • SANLic9South African National Library & Information Consortium – 1999) • CATNIP (cataloging Network ) • COMLIB (Communication & Library Project – 2000) • China • CALIS (China Academic Libraries & Information System – 1998) • India (e-journal consortium) • UGC/INFLIBNET (University Grants Commission/Information & Library Network) • INDEST ( Indian Digital Library in Engineering Science and Technology) • FORSA (Forum for resource Sharing in Astronomy & Astrophysics) • CSIR Consortium (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) • Japan • JANUL (Japan Association of National University Libraries) • Malawi • MALICO (Malawi Library & Information Consortium) • South Korea • KESLI (Korean Electronic Site Licence Initiative – 1999 – 355 or 487 libraries) • KERIS ( Korea Education & Research Information Service – 1999)

  11. References International Coalition of Library Consortia. 2010. ICOLC. http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/ National Knowledge Resource Consortium. 2011. NKRC. http://124.124.221.7/ Ossai, N.B. 2010. Consortia building among libraries in Africa, and the Nigerian experience. Collaborative Librarianship, 2(2) : 74-85. Ramos, M.M. and KamsiahMohd. Ali. 2005. Maximising library resources through consortial subscriptions: the case of the CGIARLIS Consortium. IAALD Quarterly Bulletin, L(1/2) : 5-9. Sreekumar, M.G. and T. Sunitha. Library capacity building through e-journal consortia: the Indian senario. http://dspace.iimk.ac.in/bitstream/2259/249/1/09-mgs-sunitha-paper+new.pdf Varaprasad, S.J.D. and S. Madhusudhan. 2010. E-journal consortium: is it a success story always? Journal of Library & Information Technology, 30(2), 92-96.

  12. THANK YOU

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