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Library Network Services

Library Network Services. Twin cities 13.5.2009 Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen National Library of Finland. National Library of Finland. Service Centre for libraries. Cultural heritage. Infrastructure Services - national licensing national portal standards library system services

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Library Network Services

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  1. Library Network Services Twin cities 13.5.2009 Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen National Library of Finland

  2. National Library of Finland Service Centre for libraries Cultural heritage • Infrastructure • Services • - national licensing • national portal • standards • library system services • evaluation of services Collecting Describing Preserving University Library National collection Science collection - Social sciences, humanities

  3. The Library Network • The network consists of 4 library sectors • Universities, polytechnics, special libraries and public libraries • 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

  4. National Library – service centre for libraries since 2006 • University law and act ( 2006) • New name – National Library of Finland • Enlarged clientele (4 sectors) • Defined services for the libraries network • Budgetary system • Central funding ca EUR 5.2 million

  5. Service centre for libraries • Access to high quality information • National licensing – FinELib • National databases (national bibliography, other databases) • Development of the digital working environment • Library system development - Voyager • Portal Development – MetaLib, SFX • Digital Object management system development- DSpace; (DigiTool) • New system under development for • discovery and delivery of digital content • digital preservation • Impact assessment • Quantitative- library statistics • Qualitative - surveys

  6. National Library – services for public libraries • Cooperation • Helsinki City Library and NL • All library sectors & NL • National training events • Surveys • National surveys (2008, 2010) • Evaluation of services • Evaluation of impact of library services • Cooperation with researches in planning the formula • Evaluation of national services provided by NL (2006, 2008, 2010)

  7. National Library – services for public libraries • Licensing • A proposal - Information package for the citizen • Emphasis on Finnish content • Several new contracts in 2008 • Remote access to be included into the contracts • Usage +55% ( 2008-2009)

  8. National Library – services for public libraries • Access to national databases • Union catalogues, other databases, institutional repositories • MARC21 • ONIX • Ontologies • National portal – Nelli • Remote access • User authentication • Virtual union catalogue

  9. Work division National Library Libraries IT Centre for Science • tailoring of the services • knowledge of the local needs • development of services • coordination • statistics • maintenance of hardware • acquisition of hardware

  10. Indicators 2008

  11. Development of the digital working environment – new national initiatives • National Digital Library project coordinated by the Ministry of Education. Memory organisations 2008-2011 • Access • Digital preservation • Research infrastructure survey • Structural development of the libraries network • University and polytechnic network • Public library network • A project to support HE libraries 3/2008-6/2009

  12. National Digital Library End users Search search Europeana + otherexternalsystems metadata metadata Public interface National Long term preservation Retrieval of objects metadata Dissemination Information Package, DIP Retrieval of objects Submission Information Package, SIP (object + metadata) metadata Back end systems restricteddata unrestricteddata Library, archive and museum systems + other systems

  13. Research infrastructure survey • 24 /181 were chosen to the list of existing infrastructures • The Finnish Electronic library (FinELib) • The collections of National Library • 20/116 were listed to the roadmap • IT Architecture for Memory Institutions • http://www.tsv.fi/tik/kansallisen_tason_tutkimusinfrastruktuurit_tiivistelma_englanti.pdf

  14. Structural development of the libraries network- vision 2020 • Digitalization of the working environment is the driving force of change • Maintenance and development of the digital infrastructure will be centralized • Work division between stakeholders becomes essential • Changes in the network • Bigger units • Merges of different types of libraries

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