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The National Library of Finland – providing new services for the
Information Society
CDNL-meeting, Oslo 2005Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen
Content
• The working environment• The changing role of national Library• The triangle• Conclusions
• Changes in the working environment– National
• National policies
• Competition
• The needs of libraries and end users
– International• Changes in publishing and delivery of information
• Globalisation - cooperation
• The change of the role of National Library
The changing working environment of the library
NATIONALLIBRARY
THE FINANCIERSMinistry of EducationUniversity of Helsinki
FoundationsRegional financing
PARTNERSBook industry
The IT Centre for ScienceKopiosto
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
CDNL, CENLEndeavour, ExLibris, IT-developers
Strategic partnersPublishers
NATIONAL COOPERATION
Libraries networkMemory organisations
Virtual universityVirtual polytechnic
The interest groups of National Library
The customers of National Library
NATIONALLIBRARY
END USERS-Researchers
-Students-Others
THE GENERAL PUBLIC-Visitors of exhibitions
-Visitors of cultural events-Media
PUBLISHING INDUSTRY-Publishers; Book industry
-Authors-Donors of legal deposits
LIBRARIES- University libraries-Polytechnic libraries
- Special libraries- Public libraries
The Libraries Network
• The network consists of 4 library sectors• Each sector has organised its own activities
– Council + working committee structure– Each sector has a chair person and a secretary
• 3 library consortia in the country– Linnea – library system– FinELib – national licensing and national portal– AMKIT – polytechnic libraries consortia
The changing role of National Library
• Enlarged clientele– The four library sectors
• Defined services for the libraries network– Defined by the libraries and National Library
• Change of the name of the organisation– National Library of Finland
• Legal changes– University law and act
• New steering mechanisms – Ministry of Education– National Library – libraries network
• Budgetary system – Ministry of Education– National Library
What will be changed?
• Services will be made permanent for the libraries network– Permanent staff– Possibilities to develop top quality expertise
• Development of partnership between National Library and libraries network– Development of services based on user needs
• National Library & libraries network – opinion leader in the Information Society
Developing the Digital Library – the Triangle
Needs?
IR-portal (MetaLib + SFX)
Library System(Voyager)
Digital ObjectsManagement(EnCompass)
End users
Libraries
Organisations
PRESERVATION
The triangle
• One-stop shop to information– Heterogeneous resources available through the service
• Format– Text, Music, Images, Maps etc.
• Type– Library catalogues– E-journals– A & I databases– E-books
• One single sign on– Shibboleth authentication
The value chain
ACQUISITION
Licensing
Digitization
Publishing
DELIVERY PRESERVATION
Legal depositmaterial
OA-material
LIBRARIES library network
USERS researchers teachers citizens
SOCIETY published heritage
STAKEHOLDERS Memory organisations Virtual university Virtual polytechnic
Conclusions
• The libraries network in Finland is well organised• Coordination of library issues at the Ministry of
Education has been developed– New coordinating working group
• Information technology provides new possibilities to support research, learning and human development
• Cooperation is the key success factor