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The library as a digitorium

New modes of creation, distribution and access

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Access to resources

Web based catalogue

• 2.8 million items• 18,000 electronic

journals• 140,000 e-books• 440 electronic databases

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Access to resources

Creation of:

• Database page• E-journal page• New resources list

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Creation of resources

E-reserve

• Automatically generating online lists

• Material is copyright compliant

• 120,000 pages of digitised material

• 30,000 hits per week

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Creation of resources

Monash exams database

• 14,000 links to PDF past exams

• 1.3 million hits in 2002

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Creation of resources

Monash Lectures Online

• 33 lecture theatres• 130 subjects

per semester (5,000 hours)• 145,881 live audio streams

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Creation of resources

Virtual Librarian

• 55,000 hits per week

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Access to resources

AARLIN• Customised front end• Single search across

databases• Seamless access

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Monash University ePrint repository

• Serials pricing crisis• Permissions crisis• Restoring access to

research

Monash University electronic press

Supporting scholarly activity

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• Foster research and instruction • Use technology to publish• Promote Monash• Enable e-commerce• Build partnerships• Lead by example

E-press goals

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• Digital publications repository (Journals, conference proceedings)

• Metadata repository• Individual websites

E-press model

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• Setting up agreements• Establishing a host server• Selecting and installing software• Determining metadata standards• Resolving e-commerce model• Creating website templates

E-press tasks

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• BioMed Centralhttp://www.BioMedCentral.com

• California Digital Libraryhttp://www.escholarship.cdlib.org/

• Figarohttp://www.figaro-europe.net/

• Project Euclidhttp://projecteuclid.org/

E-press models

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• Provides links to related resources• Support chat functionality• Facilitate peer responses• Interactive• Reduce publication timeframe

E-press benefits

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• Establishing a digital and Information management strategy

• Building linked repositories of learning• Establishing standards and protocols

The future

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In Conclusion