Bielefeld Conference 2002. Jens Thorhauge Slide 2Danish National Library Authority
”Scandinavia”, ”Information Policy”
5 countries, 8 languages, small populations, popular movements as basis for decentralized democratic model. Denmark as a typical example
Information policy: strategy based on principles securing access for everybody to published information in society
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Danish National Library Authority
National Agency, government adviser administers library acts including
development pools Responsible for National Bibliography,
DanBib, bibliotek.dk Runs Denmark’s Electronic Research
Library
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Principles in Danish Information Policy 1
Public authorities responsible that all citizens gain access to published info.
The state must provide efficient public infrastructure for information mediation. Public libraries and public research libraries form the backbone
Public authorities (the state) ensure the registration of publicly available information
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Principles in Danish Information Policy 2
The state must ensure the collection and preservation of information published in Denmark
public authorities must guarantee the users access to internationally available information
The state must ensure that information published in DK is available abroad
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Principles in Danish Information policy 3
Every citizen must be guaranteed access to sufficient training in how to exploit available information. Training in education on all levels - training of the public in public libraries.
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Organizing e-access in 2002
”DanBib” - database with all library records in DK
bibliotek.dk/library.dk: search, request, delivery, borrow, buy
from catalogue to portal: net services and full text access
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Denmark’s Electronic Research Library
Three levels of access General free access license-based access pay-per-view
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Organizing free general access
State institutions’ publications Digitisation programmes - cultural
heritage Public service policy? ”Culture-net-dk” Deff-portal
subject gateways & portals retroconversion of catalogues
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Organizing licensed access
National strategy: central handling of licenses (8000
journals) databases, dictionaries etc.
close cooperation between libraries (105 participating libraries)
e-resources also for very small institutions
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Organizing pay-per-view access
A few publishers offer ppv access to limited full text resources on
bibliotek.dk ”subscription” preferred to ppv by
publishers
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Barriers & problems
Lack of national policy for digitisation, need for growth in text mass
publishers reluctant towards e- publishing, e-books
copyright barrier for electronic exchange of documents
growth in needs for virtual as well as real resources and facilities
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