MANAGING AN ONLINE ELECTRONIC RESOURCES CONSORTIUM LIBRARY INNOVATION TALK 2014 UNITAR INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY 26 August 2014 Edzan, N.N. UM Library.

MANAGING AN ONLINE ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

CONSORTIUMLIBRARY INNOVATION TALK 2014

UNITAR INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY 26 August 2014

Edzan, N.N.UM Library

Consortium Why a consortium MOLEC MOLEC – what we do Future plans

OUTLINE

Library consortium/consortia – has been around since the 1960s

Now – library consortium/consortia centers around electronic information sources

Defining consortium A collectivity of any group of libraries towards a common goal ~

Prakash, 2005. Two or more institutions or organisations that have formally

agreed to cooperate or consolidate certain functions to achieve mutual objectives ~ Moorthy, 2009.

The collaborative acquisition of access rights to electronic databases and journals ~ Varaprasad and Madhusudhan, 2010.

CONSORTIUM

Primary aim of a consortium – achieve as a group what a member cannot achieve individually

Involves homogenous institutions with a common focus and can be local, regional, functional or subject based

Types - Open consortium, Closed consortium, Centrally-funded, Shared budget, Publishers’ initiative, National consortium, International consortium

Management of a consortium – the presence of a committee that links consortium members to vendors/ publishers and deals with financial and legal aspects

CONSORTIUM

Involving academic libraries + electronic content licensing + participating consortia in ICOLC

Australia – CAUL (Council of Australian University Libraries) India – UGCINFONETDLC - UGCINFONET Digital Library Consortium Japan – JUSTICE - Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia for

E-Resources Korea – KESLI - Korean Electronic Site License Initiative New Zealand – EPIC - Electronic Purchasing In Collaboration Taiwan – CONCERT - CONsortium on Core Electronic Resources in

Taiwan

CONSORTIUM

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

WHY A CONSORTIUM?

Differences in pricing of commercial databases offered by publishers / vendors to academic libraries

JKK PDK 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 with 12 public & private university libraries

MOLEC

Changed name to JKPDK & changed name again in 2010 – Malaysian OnLine Electronic Resources Consortium or MOLEC

MOLEC – Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia, 20 public university libraries, 7 GLC university libraries, 7 government/non government agency libraries = 34 with the UM Library as Chair & Secretariat

Objective of consortium Establishes the concept of resource sharing of commercial

databases Subscribes to commercial databases as a consortium

MOLEC

Conduct workshops/courses/seminars – sharing of experiences & ideas

Invite publishers/vendors for product presentation

Make presentations to interested parties

Meet once every four months or when necessary

What we do

MOLEC will be having a meeting 4 September 2014 Level 4.Chancellery, University of Malaya 9 am If you want to attend, please e-mail

[email protected]

INVITATION

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

What we do

Develop the GARIS PANDUAN PEROLEHAN SUMBER MAKLUMAT ELEKTRONIK

Identify, study, evaluate & manage negotiations for subscription to commercial databases

Member of ICOLC = platform to share information and experiences and get assistance

Our website - Library.oum.edu.my/molec

What we do

Obtained funding from MOHE for subscription to online databases and one time purchase of electronic book

2010 to 2012 : ProQuest Dissertation & Thesis Fulltext Bernama Library & Infolink Service (BLIS) Scopus EBSCO Academic Source Premier and Business Source

Complete IEEE NetLibrary Ebooks 2015 to 2016 : will be applying

What we do

Formation of a national consortium with government funding for country wide access to electronic resources

Increase membership especially from private higher education institutions to strengthen the consortium

Collective negotiations with publishers to curb spiralling price increases

Explore other existing electronic resources consortia to benchmark for best practices

Develop new consortial models incorporating new pricing models and licensing practices

Future Plans

Francis, A.T. 2005. Library consortia model for country wide access of electronic journals and databases. International Conference on Multilingual Computing and Information Management in Networked Digital Environment, 2-4 February 2005.

International Coalition of Library Consortia. 2010. ICOLC. http://www.icolc.net

Moorthy, A.L. 2009. DRDO e-journals consortium. Journal of Library & Information Technology, 29(5), 18-23.

Ossai, N.B. 2010. Consortia building among libraries in Africa, and the Nigerian experience. Collaborative Librarianship, 2(2) : 74-85.

Parkash, A. J. 2005. Role of e-journals consortium in 21st century. 3rd Convention Planner, 10-11 November 2005.

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.

REFERENCES

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