library consortia and information provision in developing countries: cosalc iatul 2003 3 june 2003...
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- LIBRARY CONSORTIA AND INFORMATION PROVISION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: COSALC IATUL 2003 3 June 2003 Hannie Sander, Chairperson: COSALC Chief Director: RAU Library and Information Centre
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- LIBRARY CONSORTIA AND INFORMATION PROVISION AND COSALC Introduction Consortia in Africa South African regional consortia Coalition of SA Library Consortia (COSALC)
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- LIBRARY CONSORTIA AND INFORMATION PROVISION AND COSALC (3) Reachng agreements wth publshers The Road ahead Conclusion
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- CONSORTIA IN AFRICA Africa consortia in context Botswana Lesotho Kenya Malawi Namibia
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- CONSORTIA IN AFRICA (2) Nigeria Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
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- GAUTENG AND ENVIRONS LIBRARY CONSORTIUM
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- SA REGIONAL CONSORTIA CALICO esAL FRELICO GAELIC Vision, mission and objectives Structure SEALS SANRIC
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- INTRODUCTION TO COSALC WIGLIT CHET workshops Towards smart solutions for information usage in HE Towards regional models 2 July 1999 NPHE March 2001 NEPAD Proposed mergers
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- STRATEGIC PARTNERS NEDAC National Library of SA Other national professional partners: FULSA, ITLC, LIASA SABINETOnline Ministry of Education Ministry of Arts, Culture, Science,Technology
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- COSALCs vision is to enhance access to information and the sharing of resources to benefit the clients of library consortia in South Africa through national co-operation http://www.uovs.ac.za/lib/cosalc
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- COSALC FOCUS AND OBJECTIVES National level: promoting and supporting national co-operative initiatives Access to information Training and capacity building Communication and liaison Infrastructure and funding
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- PROJECTS AND SERVICES South African Site Licensing Initiative (SASLI) 1 May 2002 Co-ordinate access, administrate, train Setting priorities National audit Service level agreements Evaluation criteria
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- NATIONAL AND EXTENDED REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
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- COMPARISON OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
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- NATIONAL AUDIT OF DIGITAL DATABASES Needs analysis, 2000 Survey Current access Wish list Results
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- DIGITAL DATABASE DUPLICATION
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- SOUTH AFRICAN DIGITAL DATABASE WISH LIST
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- EBSCOHOST USAGE JUNE 2002 eIFL AND AFRICA
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- EBSCOHOST TOP 10 USERS IN eIFL
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- REACHING AGREEMENTS WITH PUBLISHERS Quality, relevance, use, price Country price: tiers Flexibility: phase in Current subscribers benefit Win-win, or no deal
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- COMMON DIFFICULTIES IN REACHING AGREEMENT Discrepancies:license agreements and national licensing principles Continuous price increases and surcharges for e-access Settling for best for most Decentralised collections Changes to access models and pricing models Librarians schizophrenia
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- THE ROAD AHEAD Facilitate equitable, affordable access to information Creative and innovative information access Sustainability TENET and ICT infrastructure National strategy for access to electronic information New SA Research & Development Strategy National System of Innovation Scholarly communication and publishing
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- THE ROAD AHEAD (2) SPARC, Open Archives Initiative Educate publishers Contact: Other consortia and stakeholders Africa library consortium? Optimising available information resources Indigenous knowledge systems Association of African Universities (AAU)
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- IN CONCLUSION Creative and innovative information access Affordable access for members Sharing resources library consortia clients National and international collaboration of library consortia in South Africa through national co-operation Information highway .. www AND lll
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- CONTACT ADDRESSES COSALC http//www.uovs.ac.za/library/cosalc COSALC Listserv [email protected] Hannie Sander [email protected]