Carla Pomager, (703) 681-7205

carla.pomager@cfsc.army.mil

ARMY LIBRARY INSTITUTEJune 5, 2001

Library Acquisitions Program

Reference/Research Purchases FY00

• $1,477,033.41 spent on books and electronic services

• Seven new databases/full text services for 67 libraries that responded to the tear sheets

• Reference Books• Military List• Commanders Reading List

Reference/Research Purchases FY01

• $700,000.00 in budget for libraries• $2,962,000 Unfinanced Requirements for

Online• FirstSearch is covered until about April 02• Tear sheets will be sent in June/July for

reference books and online services• Year end Funds possible• Possible use of year end funds could be

subscription programs for books, books on tape or books on CD

First Search Mar -01

• Us Army, Test & Exper Command TRU 271 10.95 58 • Fort Lewis Libr Syst AVW 264 10.66 19 • Us Army, Ft Monroe Post Libr TRM 229 9.25 61 • Youngsan Libr V9P 189 7.63 113 • Us Army Library, Patch V9J 101 4.08 40 • Rucker Ctr Libr TTR 91 3.68 32 • Walter Reed Army Med Ctr WRB 80 3.23 74 • Fort Drum, Post Libr AVD 77 3.11 14 • Fort Hamilton Post Libr, Morale Supp TSK 75 3.03 0 • Us Army, Yuma Proving Ground Post Libr UJH 56 2.26 0 • Pioneer Libr V9M 52 2.10 25 • Us Army Library, Hohenfels V9B 52 2.10 2 • Us Army Librrary, Bad Kreuznach V9G 51 2.06 15 • Fort Wainwright Post Libr V91 47 1.90 0 • Shape Commun Libr V9H 43 1.74 27 • Fort Gordon, Woodworth Libr TTJ 42 1.70 40 • Fort Huachuca, Libr Div APF 42 1.70 0 • Afcent Libr F8L 39 1.58 1 • Fort Mcpherson Libr APP 26 1.05 6 • Fort Campbell, Post Libr APK 25 1.01 4 • Mannheim Commun Libr V9I 22 0.89 14 • Us Army Library, Schweinfurt V9D 19 0.77 28 • Camp Walker Libr V9N 17 0.69 2 • Us Army, Commun & Family Supp Libr CFA 16 0.65 0 • Wiesbaden Airbase Libr V9L 16 0.65 2 • Us Army, Tradoc, Ft Jackson TRJ 15 0.61 0 • Us Army Library, Leighton V9E 14 0.57 6 • Us Army, Commander, ZAMA V93 13 0.53 0 • Menwith Hill Sta Libr 3B4 9 0.36 2 • Us Army, Tradoc, Ft Benning Post Libr TRG 9 0.36 22 • Fort Riley Post Libr PFR 6 0.24 0 • Us Army, Armor Ctr & Ft Knox Gen Libr TTK 6 0.24 0 • Ansbach Commun Libr B9L 5 0.20 0 • Fort Richardson, Post Libr V90 3 0.12 0 • Us Army Library, Grafenwoehr V98 3 0.12 0 • Us Army, Wsmr - Post Libr APY 2 0.08 0 • Eagle Base Camp 6Q0 1 0.04 0 • Us Army Library, Vilseck V99 1 0.04 0 • • Total 2476 637 •  

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Trials• Received some good evaluations – but all

librarians were able to check out the trials• Ebsco sent stats for May

– Clinical Reference Systems – 11– Ethnic NewsWatch - 9– Health Source – 11– MagillOnLiterature – 5– USP DI Advice for the Patient – 11– World History - 16

• Do you want database trials?

Electronic Books Test

• $120,000.00 to test electronic books

• Still looking for volunteer libraries – Staff technologically adept– Staff interested in new technologies– Library users demanding the newest

technologies– Library infrastructure acceptable

Library Participating in E-book Test

• Fort Campbell• Fort Hood• Fort Lewis • Fort McPherson• Fort Stewart• Redstone Arsenal• Sgt Yano Reference Center, Hawaii• Wiesbaden • Wurzburg • Fort Belvoir

Electronic Books

• Can be read only on Computers – NetLibrary

• Can be read only on specific E-books reading devices

• Can be read on handheld computers such as the Palm Organizer.

DITSCAP

• Army's established drop-dead date for having all local area networks and systems attached to the Installation campus area network (CAN) certified and accredited is 31 Jan 02.

• CFSC Contract with Getronics Government Solutions has expired.

• I have sample templates for:– Library Security Policy– ILS Security Awareness Training and Education Plan– Contingency Plan– Library Inventory Data Form

Challenges

• Computer workstations connected to the network and used by family members to access the Internet

• Integrated Library Systems on the network and accessed by family members to access the catalog

Public Access Computers

• Plan to take public computer workstations off the NIPRNET

• Work to get a commercial Internet Service Provider (ISP) for the public computer workstations before Jan 02

Integrated Library Systems

• Interim Approval to Operate for Army Integrated Library Systems (IATO) Extended to November 2001

• Recommend ILS Servers be in the DMZ

– http://www.doim.army.mil/DOIMdoctemplate.cfm?doimdataid=61

Internet Filters

• The Army will field Internet filtering software on the NIPRNET by June 1, 2001

• The software can block workers from surfing undesirable Websites completely or just at certain times.

• What does the Army deem undesirable?– Gambling, pornography, personal shopping sites