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
Feb 15, 2016
2011 EBSCO OPEN DAY EVENT24 May 2011Eastin Hotel
Setting our sights on a Malaysian e-journal consortium
Nor Edzan Che NasirLibrary
University of Malaya
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
TYPESOpen consortiumClosed consortiumCentrally-fundedShared budgetPublishers’ initiativeNational consortiumInternational consortium
MALAYSIA
The National Library & academic libraries – have been sharing resources since the 1970s or even earlier
PERPUN Sharing of ideas, experiencesSharing of collection – ILL, DDS & library useSIGs
Now – commercial database consortium
MOLECObvious differences in pricing of commercial databases
offered by publishers/vendors to academic libraries
JKK PDK set up in 2000 under PERDANA (Sistem Perpustakaan Digital Negara)
Main function – coordinates pricing of commercial databases
Ist meeting – 21 March 2000 in Perpustakaan Tun Seri Lanang, UKM
12 public & private university libraries
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
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
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
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
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) SANLic 9South 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)
ReferencesInternational 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 Kamsiah Mohd. 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.
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