New directions and models for resource sharing

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New directions and models for resource
sharing Roxanne Missingham,Chair,National
Resource Sharing Policy Committee
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New directions and models for resource sharing

• National Resource Sharing Working Group
• National Resource Sharing Policy Committee
• Resource sharing in Australia
• Resource sharing needs
• Proposal for a new service

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National Resource Sharing Working Group Role
To ensure that a robust, reliable and
cost-effective interlending system, built on
cooperation and agreed service standards and
policies, is in place to serve Australian
libraries and their users
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• National Resource Sharing Working Group
• Extend the current Australian Interlending Code
  through development of performance standards .
• Co-ordinate a consultative process with the
  Australian library community on these standards.
• Develop strategies to encourage Australian
  libraries to implement performance standards.

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National Resource Sharing Working Group Chair Dr
Toby Burrows, University of WA Ross Withnell,
State Library of Western Australia Christine
Cother, University of South Australia Margaret
Gauld, University of Queensland Annie Wall,
Maroochy Libraries Sharon Howells, University of
Newcastle Moyra McAllister, Blake Dawson
Waldron Mandy Bigg, National coordinator
GRATISNET, Central for Mental Health/Treatment,
Shannon Azarro, Monash University Gil Darby,
University of New South Wales Secretary Tom
Ruthven, National Library of Australia .
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National Resource Sharing Policy Committee
Tole To address broad policy issues impacting
on inter-library loan and document delivery in
Australia and to provide support, guidance and
direction for the activities of the National
Resource Sharing Working Group.
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National Resource Sharing Policy Committee Chair
Roxanne Missingham, National Library of
Australia Ross Withnell (Council of Australian
State Libraries) , State Library of Western
Australia Liz Curach (Committee of Australian
University Librarians) , University of Western
Sydney Sherrey Quinn (Australian Library and
Information Association) , Libraries Alive Pty
Ltd Dr Toby Burrows (National Resource Sharing
Working Group), University of Western Australia
Tom Ruthven, National Library of Australia
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• Need for action
• Peak Bodies meeting in 2002
• Define a service model to ensure that individuals
  can access information easily regardless of their
  location

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Resource Sharing in Australia Significant area
of library activity in Australia CAUL statistics
2001 304,834 copies and loans supplier to other
libraries 383,555 copies and loans received from
others Kinetica Document Delivery Service
2001/02 250,888 requests Increase of over 9 on
2000/01
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Resource Sharing in Australia Level of activity,
costing of 12 per copy and loan Over 10 million
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Resource sharing needs Importance to users This
library service provides people in the bush,
where I spend a fair amount of time, with an
opportunity to have the same service as city
dwellers with all the attendant appeal of
reading.  The interlibrary loan system is
fantastic and means I am better able to keep up
to date, well informed etc and am more likely to
recommend others also go to their library first.
Keep up the good work.
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Looking for books (Cantrell, 1999)

• Inter-library loans are of importance (for)
  50 of the research being conducted in English
  and Psychology in Australian universities.
• 26.2 of English researchers had no problems
  with current ill loan service.
• 1 7.8 of Psychology researchers also had no
  problems.

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Looking for books

• Most commonly reported problems were
• cost (18.1 17.8),
• Speed (10.1 19.7) and
• Need to find better means of electronic access
  to monographs and information about them (8
  14.2).

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Access to Scientific Journals in Australian
Libraries by Professor Neville Fletcher

• 48 of biologists but only 20 of physicists use
  ill at least ten times per year.
• Biologists were unhappy about the slowness of
  ill services, and want electronic delivery of
  requested articles.
• Researchers in both fields cite delays of
  several weeks in obtaining items on interlibrary
  loan.

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ALCTF Focus Groups

• Focus groups conducted at 5 Australian university
  libraries
• high dependence on electronic resources
• concerns about licensing restrictions which
  prevent walk-in users accessing electronic
  serials in universities with which they are not
  affiliated
• faster and cheaper access than standard
  interlibrary loan is essential.

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• Resource sharing needs
• Non-university scientists 0 11 readings from ILL
  (Tenopir)
• Importance of Australian collections, overlap
  information Group of 8
• 56 of monograph titles are held in only one of
  the eight libraries
• 58 of serial titles are held in only one of the
  major university research libraries

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Models for resource sharing National regulated
model Borrow direct mediated supply Borrow
direct mediated service Centralised national
model
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• A model for resource sharing
• Issues
• Accessibility for Australians
• Level of demand
• Costs of such a service
• Charging levels

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A model for resource sharing Proposal for a pilot
to establish a collaborative project in
2003 Small number of participating
libraries Involving CAL Complementing the
National Librarys Copies direct and Kinetica
Public Libraries Portal pilot Need to share
information on other projects.
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• Conclusion
• Australian libraries have resources which are
  critical for research, learning, study and
  community needs.
• A cooperative framework has been established.
• A new collaboration approach will be trialed to
  establish demand, costs and benefits
• Further reports will be made at the IFLA ILDS
  conference. In Canberra next October

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