Outcomes of a National Consortium ICOLC, Rome Oct 12 th -14 th, 2006 Arja Tuuliniemi, Kristiina...

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Outcomes of a National Consortium ICOLC, Rome Oct 12 th -14 th , 2006 Arja Tuuliniemi, Kristiina Hormia- Poutanen

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Page 1: Outcomes of a National Consortium ICOLC, Rome Oct 12 th -14 th, 2006 Arja Tuuliniemi, Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen.

Outcomes of a National Consortium

ICOLC, RomeOct 12th -14th, 2006

Arja Tuuliniemi, Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen

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FinELib-Consortium

Publishers

Vice-chancellorscouncil

Internationalcollaboration

ResearchersStudentsProfessors

Members: Universities, polytechnics, research institutes and public libraries

100+ organisations

The National Library of Finland

FinELib service unit

Ministry of EducationFinanciers

Other interest groups

Softwaresuppliers

Improving access to information• Licensing of electronic resources• Nelli – portal services

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Methods used to analyse outcome

• Usage statistics (since 1998)

• User surveys (since 1998)

– Researchers, teachers, students

– Libraries

• Evaluation

– International evaluation of the consortium

– Evaluation of the strategy 2004-2006

• Research

– 6 Master Thesis since 2003

– International scientific papers based on FinELib data

• Trends in use in different disciplines; Bibliometrics

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Strategic goals of the consortium 2004-2006

• Improve access to information in the society

• Meet service needs of the libraries

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Outcomes – access to information

131%18,5 million8 millionSearches

220%3,2 million1 millionDownloaded articles

28%11590Reference databases

232%195006000Electronic journals

Growth %20052000Indicators

Central indicators of material provision and usage

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Outcomes – access to informationResearchers at universities

100100Total

48Bad or not at all

2638Moderate

2005 (n=466)2000 (n=459)Perceived availability

5244Good

1710Very good

Perceived availability of central material in FinELib (%)

Source: Vakkari, P. 2006. Trends in the use of digital libraries by scientists in 2000-2005: A case study of FinELib

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Outcomes – access to informationResearchers at Universities

7766Medicine (76/72)

7666Engineering (103/71)

7674Economics (69/28)

6956Natural Sciences (153/50)

4927Humanities (97/71)

20052000Discipline (n)

The proportion of those perceiving availability

at least good by discipline (%)

Source: Vakkari, P. 2006

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Importance of services provided by FinELib to the libraries

82%71%Coordination of training

(train the trainers)

91%80%Customer service

96%96%Budgetary support

98%98%National licensing

2005

Important / very important

2001

Important / very important

IMPORTANCE

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Satisfaction of the libraries on the services provided by FinELib

79%43%Coordination of training

(training the trainers)

85%75%National licensing

2005

Satisfied/very satisfied

2001

Satisfied/very satisfied

SATISFACTION

82%49%Customer service

78%39%Budgetary support

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Outcomes

• Access to information has improved

• How can we motivate students to use the services?

• FinELib service unit meets well the needs of the libraries

• Working environments are changing radically – how to meet the new needs?

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Thank you!

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