using collaborative projects to improve access, availability and services
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Using collaborative projects to improve access, availability and services. Dr. Hazel Woodward University Librarian & Director of Cranfield University Press. Partnerships, Consortia & 21 st Century Library Services, 23 rd IATUL Conference, Kansas City, USA, 2-6 June, 2002. LOCATION. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Using collaborative projects to improve access, availability and services
Dr. Hazel WoodwardUniversity Librarian & Director of Cranfield
University Press
Partnerships, Consortia & 21st Century Library Services,
23rd IATUL Conference, Kansas City, USA, 2-6 June, 2002
LOCATION
ACTIVITIES
Scope and Scale
SilsoeSilsoe CranfieldCranfield ShrivenhamShrivenham
Bioscience & technology Agriculture,
engineering & food technology
Water & environmental management
Land use & the environment
Aerospace
Engineering
Industrial & manufacturing science
Management
10% 65%
Electronics & electro-optics
Mechanical, materials & civil engineering
Computing and IT
Applied mathematics
Defence management
25%
EURILIA –EURopean Initiative on Libraries and Information in Aerospace
Three year project 1995-1997 Funded by EC Action Programme for Libraries Project partners:
– Cranfield University (UK)– University of Limerick (Ireland)– Technical University of Delft [TUD] (Netherlands)– Digital Equipment Corporation (Netherlands)– Sup’Aero (France)– Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial (Spain)
Aims of EURILIA
To develop a new pan-European service to extend access to, and availability of, major aerospace collections via participating library OPACs
To develop a multi-site, multi-country document retrieval and delivery system, with a standard user-interface and including facilities for image browsing
Main results of EURILIA
Z39.50 access to the OPACS of all participating libraries Access to the full image of over 200 of Cranfield’s
aerospace theses Internet links to relevant elements of the ESA/NASA
aerospace thesaurus Development of software to manage a multi-site, multi-
country document delivery system Analysis of different document delivery pricing systems to
minimise cost and maximise benefit Pre- and post-EURILIA user studies to determine user
perception and commercial viability
AIM-UK Aerospace Information Management
An investigation into the effectiveness of information management processes with the UK aerospace industry
1996-98 Funded by the (UK) Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI) and supported by the Society of British Aerospace Companies
Based on interviews with over 400 senior managers and aerospace engineers and scientists engaged in aerospace research and development
AIM-UK findings (1)
Nearly half of senior managers regard their information systems as ineffective
Existing IT infrastructure were inadequate, desktop access is far from universal, and seamless user-friendly access to internal and external information resources is required
Security issues are inhibiting access
AIM-UK findings (2)
Ineffective project close-down procedures and an over dependence on the knowledge in people’s hands constrains the exploitation of knowledge assets and information
There is a huge amount of scientific and technological information generated by the sector which is difficult to retrieve and considerable caution is exercised by companies in releasing information to external bodies
AIM-UK – Key Recommendations:
production of a comprehensive directory of aerospace information resources
development of a current awareness service establishment of a database or network of
interconnected databases to facilitate remote access to key collections
the development of an aerospace and defence subject gateway to quality information resources on the Internet
the development of a research skills training course
AIM-EU Project started 2001
The Resource Discovery Network (RDN)
Funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
Free Internet service dedicated to providing effective access to high quality Internet resources for the learning teaching and research community
Data provided by five hubs– BIOME – Health & Life Sciences– EEVL – Engineering, Mathematics & Computing– Humbul – Humanities– PSIgate – Physical Sciences– SOSIG – Social Sciences, Business & Law
MAGiC – Managing Access to Grey Literature Collections
Aims & objectives
To enhance awareness, access and use of key collections of technical reports (grey literature) for the benefit of UK engineers and UK plc.
– Collection development and management– Improving the visibility of key collections– Enhancing access via electronic storage and document
supply
Cranfield University (lead partner) British Library Document Supply Centre DSTL (formerly DERA) Loughborough University, Dept of Information Science The Public Records Office SIRSI Limited
MAGiC Partners
Assessment of the use and value of engineering grey literature
– literature review– online use/value questionnaire
Mapping & collection management– Mapping collections
preliminary reports holdings questionnaire preliminary reports producers questionnaire
– Collection analysis methodology quantitative indicators qualitative indicators use of electronic discussion forums
MAGiC - Progress to date
National Reports Catalogue (NRC)
– Options for the NRC: Z39.50academic libraries, BL & PROlibraries in government and industrydoes nothing for collection rationalisationconcerns over unresolved technical and
performance issues associated with distributed searching
MAGiC - Progress to date
National Reports Catalogue
– Options for the NRC: local database & metadata harvesting
Open Archives Initiativefacilitate collection rationalisationconsistent resource descriptionsmetadata without constraints of MARCInteroperability via Z39.50 and OAI-compliance
MAGiC - Progress to date
Full text archive– Digitisation
Options ARC Reports & Memoranda
– Investigate document supply options– Widening coverage/expanded detail
NACA reports AIM-EU
MAGiC - Progress to date
METReS(http://magic-reports.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/)
The MAGiC demonstrator service
Enhanced online access to bibliographic information, and increasingly full text electronic resources, across institutions
Increased visibility and awareness of collections (particularly grey literature)
Enhanced access to printed materials via partner initiated document delivery services
Increased understanding of collection management and collection analysis methodology
Benefits and outcomes of collaborative projects
Benefits and outcomes - continued
Skills improvement in partner institutions leading to improvements in local services
Better understanding of user needs leading to development of user friendly interfaces and content aggregation
Raising the profile of partner institutions – locally, nationally, internationally
Marketing, public relations, branding of services
Thank you for your attention
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