The National Library Network services-Developing Digital Library services in

Finland

Merges-Cooperation-Digital Libraries: Challenges of theAcademic libraries in Finland and Russia

18.6.2010Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen

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

Changes in the working environment –perspective on digital services

• User needs– Access, new types of content, integration of services

• E-content– E-books, digitised content, data

• New technologies– Web 2.0/3.0, mobile devices, semantic web

• Standardisation– New identifiers, long term preservation, metadata

• Legal issues– Copyright, legal deposit, P-P solutions for digitisation

• Economic crisis

New developments in Finland

• Development of National Digital Library• Structural development of university and polytechnic

network and their libraries• Development of information systems to support research

and research evaluation• Development of the service and system architecture of

libraries

HE libraries and national service providers inFinland

HE institutions and libraries• tailoring of the services to local needs

CSC – ITcenter forscience

National library RepositoryLibrary

• Maintenance of servers• Consultation

• Funet• supercomputing• consultation - datasets

• Shared services for libraries• library system , UC, portal• long term preservation• national licensing• statistics, surveys

• Development and coordination

• National store/depot• ILL

HE libraries and national service providers inFinland in the future

HE institutions and libraries• integration into processes• tailoring of the services to local needs, IL services

CSC – ITcenter forscience

National Library(Repository Library)

• National hardware andcomputing infrastructure

• Maintenance of servers• Partner in FinnDL

• Development of new library services architecture,coordination & maintenance of shared services

• New generation storage, development of shared nationalcollection (efficient logistics & ILL)

• Impact assessment

Services for the Finnish Libraries

FinELib National LicensingAll library sectors

Nationwide Information Retrieval PortalUniversity, polytechnic and public libraries

Supply of Library Systems Services and DatabasesAll library sectors

Institutional RepositoriesPolytechnic, research and university libraries

Services for the Finnish Libraries - indicators

• Customer surveys – the satisfaction of libraries with theservices provided by the National Library

• (2006), 2008, 2010• Services are very important to libraries

• ranking 3,35 / 3,44 out of 4• Action plan made after each survey to improve critical

services• Satisfaction (scale 1-4; 4 very satisfied)

• 2008 2,88• 2010 2,99

National licensing, FinELib- National researchinfrastructure

Consortium Over 100 organisationsAll universities, polytechnics and public libraries, ca 40research institutes

Content 30 000 e-journals300 000 e-booksReference books, databases, citation managementtools etc.

60 contractsUsage 2009 16,3 mill article downloads

New development Integration with research evaluation

Library Management Systems Services –LMS and National Union Catalogue

Customers All universitiesAll polytechnicsResearch institutes

Server One server hosted by IT Center for Science(Library systems + national portal software)

Coordination and Support Coordination and guidance by NL

New development Service and system architecture

Indicators 2009

Indicator University Polytechnic Public libraryArticle downloads(FinELib2008-2009)

+ 40% + 163% + 79%

FinELib share of e-aqcuisitions

81% 58% Information notavailable

Efficiency of cataloguing(copy cataloguing ofnew material)

80% 63% Information notavailable

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Digital Libraries Initiative of theEuropean Union

• The digital libraries initiative is part of the Commission’s i2010strategy for the digital economy

• It focuses on two areas: cultural heritage and scientificinformation:

– 2006: Council Conclusions on the Digitisation and Online Accessibility of CulturalMaterial, and Digital Preservation

– 2007: Council Conclusions on scientific information in the digital age: access,dissemination and preservation

– 2008: Council Conclusions of 20 November 2008 on the European digital libraryEUROPEANA

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National Digital Library of Finland2008 2011

National Digital Library means:

• a common user interface for the information resources of libraries,archives and museums (in operation in 2011)

• digitisation of the most essential cultural heritage materials oflibraries, archives and museums

• development of a long-term preservation solution for electroniccultural heritage materials (a detailed plan in 2010)

• increasing competence

• National Digital Library will work as an aggregator for the EuropeanDigital Library Europeana.