Jayne Williams, Assistant Vice ChancellorLibrary and Customer Information Services

March 12, 2003

A Vision for One Statewide Library

Regardless of Where People Are, GALILEO Gives Them Access to

Information

GALILEO Provides Information to Communities Throughout Georgia

Students (P-16)• Book Reports• Science Projects• Art and Music • Term Papers• Research Reports• Literary Criticism• Colleges and Graduate Schools• Industry and Corporate Information• Historical Essays• Current Events• Biographies

Faculty • Scholarly Publishing• Classroom Instruction• Conference Presentations• Curriculum Support and Development• Service Activities, such as Economic Development

Citizens of Georgia• Personal Finance• Health Databases• Lifestyle • Consumer Information• Career Advancement• Genealogy Resources• Current Events• Parenting Tips• Entertainment Information • Travel Resources• Federal and State Government

Documents• Entrepreneurship

GALILEO Maximizes the Benefits From Scarce Resources

• Collective Buying Power

• Technical Support Staff

• Business Processes Minimized

• Resources available 24 hours a day,

7 days a week

• Resource Sharing

GALILEO: Progress and Update

Overview of the phases of GALILEO

• Phase I (GALILEO)– Databases, full-text articles, electronic books

• Phase II (GALILEO Interconnected Libraries)

• Phase III (Digital Library of Georgia)

GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online

• September 21: GALILEO, Georgia’s Virtual Library, is born—150 days after the Governor and General Assembly provide funding

• Initial access available only to USG faculty members and 206,484 students

• GALILEO available to 8 million Georgia citizens• Access available from school libraries, Georgia’s

public libraries, and from home computers

1995

Now

• 35 USG Libraries

• 41 Private Academic Libraries

• 36 Technical College Libraries

• 370 Public Libraries

• 2,066 Public K-12 Sites

GALILEO’s User Communities

All Communities Have 28 Standard Databases:

“The Core”

• Over 6,000 Full-Text Journals• Encyclopedias• Dictionaries• Content includes Arts & Humanities, Business & Economics, Sciences, Government Publications

GALILEO Provides Customized Resources To Leverage

Funding and Access

• Example: AncestryPlus for All Public Libraries

• Example: Psychological Abstracts for UGA, Emory University, Georgia Southern, Berry College, etc.

• Example: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts for USG institutions

• Example: Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) for Agnes Scott College

University System’sGALILEO Resources

150 + Databases

9,000 + Periodicals in

Full-Text

26,000 + eBooks

3,000 + Selected Internet

Resources

Bainbridge College Library Collection

• 213 print journals

1994Pre-GALILEO:

• 201 print journals

Plus 9,000+ electronic journals

• 28,391 print book titles

Plus 26,000+ electronic books

2003With GALILEO:

• 23,859 print book titles

2003 Bainbridge College Journals

•201 journals cost = $13,125

•9,000 journals would cost $585,000

•GALILEO SAVES BAINBRIDGE $585,000

USG Academic Institutions34 x $585,000 =

$19,958,000

GALILEO Lottery Funded Resources:

$1,939,000

GALILEO Saves System

$18,019,000

GALILEO Usage Statistics 1995 – 2003

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Searches

Full-Text ArticlesDisplayed

Logins

Total Activities

• Is the project good for the state?

Criteria by Which to Determine a Project’s Merit:

• Is the project good for the System?

• Is the project good for the institution?

SUCCESS FACTORS

• Technology and content availability

• Leadership from large academic libraries

• Collaborative spirit of librarians

• Desire to benefit all

• Bottom-up effort

• Support from the highest levels in government

GALILEO’s New Homepage

http://www.galileo.usg.edu

GALILEO’s Kids’ Page

http://kids.galileo.usg.edu

GALILEO Support Services

• Access and Server Management

• Helpdesk

• Training

• Ask a Librarian

Publications and Outreach

GALILEO Phase II

Four Service Sites Support All USG Libraries

• Georgia Institute of Technology (1)

• Medical College of Georgia (1)

• Georgia State (20 + Universal Catalog)

• University of Georgia (13 + Georgia Department of Archives and History)

Benefits of Consolidated Approach

“Not only does this approach cost us less in hardware and software maintenance, but it frees up time to do other work since we don’t have to manage a system. There is no way that we could afford on our own the technical expertise and benefits that this approach brings. This is a great bargain.”

— Ray Calvert, Library Director, Coastal Georgia Community College

GALILEOPhase III

In Production Georgia Historic Books (ongoing) Jimmy Carter Daily Diary Georgia Historic Newspapers (ongoing) Georgia Legislative Documents (ongoing) Georgia Government Publications (updated daily) Williams Photography Collection Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 Southeastern Native American Documents Clifford "Baldy" Baldowski Editorial Cartoons Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia

Upcoming Projects Georgia HomePLACE: Vanishing Georgia Georgia HomePLACE: Marriage Georgia Historical Maps Collection New Georgia Encyclopedia Georgia Aerial Photographs

Digital LibraryofGeorgia

Cornelius C. Platter Civil War Diary, 1864 - 1865

Cornelius C. Platter Civil War Diary, 1864 - 1865

Cornelius C. Platter Civil War Diary, 1864 - 1865

“During the past two weeks we have been expecting ‘marching orders,’ more than a week since we received orders to prepare for a ‘long, arduous & successful campaign.’ Many different opinions have been expressed as to our probable destination…the most general belief is that Savannah will be the objective point—nothing definite however is known concerning the coming movement.”

“During the past two weeks we have been expecting ‘marching orders,’ more than a week since we received orders to prepare for a ‘long, arduous & successful campaign.’ Many different opinions have been expressed as to our probable destination…the most general belief is that Savannah will be the objective point—nothing definite however is known concerning the coming movement.”

Photograph Collections

Georgia Aerial Photographs

Capitol

GALILEO Has Received National Recognition for Excellence

The ComputerWorld Smithsonian Award 1997

National Information Infrastructure Education Award 1996

ComputerWorld Honors Program Laureate 2003

GALILEO’s Homepage

Basic General Resources

Learn to Use GALILEOMore Effectively

Enter Password Here

http://www.galileo.usg.edu

GIL and Digital Library

“GALILEO serves as a model for other states seeking to create statewide virtual libraries. More importantly, the University System of Georgia has placed electronic books, newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, countless research tools, and other resources into the hands of more than eight million Georgians in need of information.

That’s the power of GALILEO and the power of partnerships.”

Dr. Thomas C. MeredithChancellor, University System of Georgia

Creating a More Educated Georgia

http://www.galileo.usg.edu