The State Library’s online collections accessible to clients across New South Wales

Use surveys show clients prefer: – Online, full text, accessible from place of

choice, 24/7

Other drivers– Collection Storage– NSLA Projects: collaborative collections,

delivery & open borders– Accountability / best practice– Developments in thinking & practice

Clients drive move to online resources

Shaping printed collections─ low use ─ online or other online content

─ held in another NSLA collection

Working with NSLA partners─ Agreed guidelines for retention and disposal –

last copy─ Pursue repatriation opportunities to

‘complete’ and strengthen collections– Develop Memorandum of Understanding

Progress…

Collection Development Policy

“Online resources enable the Library to move beyond the traditional physical walls. The Library acquires online resources in preference to paper where practical and, where licences permit, provides access to these free of charge to registered users of the State Library onsite and remotely.”

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Changing collection expenditure priorities

E-Resources

–264 individual databases–312,000 + e-books and 43,000 + full text journals–80% now accessible to registered clients across NSW–74 additional databases accessible from home since last year–Predictable suite of resources–Rigorous selection means few cancellations–Mix of subscriptions / ‘perpetual access’–You are welcome to link to SLNSW e-resources

– Early English Books Online– Eighteenth Century Collection Online– House of Commons Parliamentary Papers -

18th-21stC– British Newspapers (17th to 19th C)– Times Digital Archive– ProQuest Historical Newspapers– Illustrated London News Historical Archive– JSTOR– Periodicals Archive Online

Major research datasets

– Oxford Reference Online– Oxford English Dictionary Online– Cambridge Companions / Cambridge

Histories– Encyclopedia Britannica– Macquarie Dictionary / Thesaurus– World Book Online

Reference resources

– Proquest 5000– EBSCO Masterfile Premier / Academic

Search Premier– Informit– HW Wilson (and backsets)– Health & Wellness Resource Centre– Literature Resource Centre– Library PressDisplay– ANZ Ref Centre– ANZ Newstand

Current journals & newspapers

Becoming a registered client

Finding an online resource

Finding an online resource

Finding an online resource

NSLA core set of e-resources

– NSLA e-resources consortium evaluated online resources

– 20 resources selected; pricing sought

– Indicative cost of $2 million

– Funding model resolved

– First 9 products January 2012

– Rigorous evaluation process

– Marketing plan

Products in the Core List of e-resources

– Oxford Reference Online Premium– Austlit: the Australian Literature Resource– Ancestry Library Edition/ Plus– Company360 - Universe– Literature Resource Centre– Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985 – Health & Wellness Reference Centre– Encyclopaedia Britannica Online – Informit Complete package