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Outcomes of a National Consortium
ICOLC, RomeOct 12th -14th, 2006
Arja Tuuliniemi, Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen
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
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
Strategic goals of the consortium 2004-2006
• Improve access to information in the society
• Meet service needs of the libraries
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
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
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
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
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
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?
Thank you!