National Core Set

Presentation to Public Libraries eResources Consultation Forum

31 March 2011

NSLA’s Project 7

“Collaborative Collections”

Project 7 “Collaborative Collections”

• NSLA Re-imagining Libraries Strategic Plan

• Project 7 “Collaborative Collections”

• National Core Set E-resources initiative

RE-IMAGINIING LIBRARIES WILL ENABLE US TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY IN A DIGITAL WORLD.

Project 7 “Collaborative Collections”

Lead AgenciesState Library of Queensland & State Library of New South Wales

OutcomesIncreased efficiencies and purchasing power through:

• Combined collection development; and• Further developing relationships with creators, publishers and

suppliers

Project 7 “Collaborative Collections”

Context and scope…

• identify models for collaborative collection development for both current collections (retrospective) and future acquisitions (prospective).

• focused on 3 collection formats: e-resources, serials and monographs.

• optimisation of staff subject expertise to benefit service delivery across all NSLA libraries.

National Core Set - Background

National Core Set - Background

• October 2003 - Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee on “Libraries in the online environment” (role of NLA)

• 2004-2006 – National Site Licensing Forums

• 2007 - 4th National Site Licensing Forum – 9 May 2007 and the launch of Electronic Resources Australia (ERA) which is “a consortia for Australian Libraries for collaborative purchasing of electronic resources”

• 2008 - NSLA Consortium – NSLA’s The Big Bang: Creating the new library (2001-2009) plan.

• 2010 - NSLA E-Resources Consortium

NSLA Consortium – Progress Report 2008

The objective of the NSLA is to enable all Australians to have a defined set of online quality information resources that are of national interest and relevance. By defining a core set and working towards providing access to these e-resources through the NSLA libraries will mean that all Australians can potentially have access to this information as a member of their NSLA library…

Role of NSLA e Resources Con…• NSLA E-Resources Consortium tasked with evaluating, costing and recommending a core set of e-resources for NSLA libraries.

• Four person evaluation subcommittee was formed to evaluate, cost and recommend an ideal set of unlimited remote access e-resources for the NSLA libraries.

• A core set of 20 products covering 19 different subject category/product types was recommended by the subcommittee in June 2010.

• Two phase approach recommended.

Implementation Approach

Implementation Approach

Phase 1A – Products (9 products)

Oxford Reference Online Premium (SLQ subscribes)AustLit: the Australian Literature Resource (SLQ subscribes)Ancestry Library Edition/ Plus (SLQ subscribes)Company360 – Universe (SLQ subscribes)Literature Resource Centre (SLQ subscribes)Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985 (SLQ subscribes)Health & Wellness Reference Centre (SLQ subscribes)Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (SLQ subscribes)Informit Complete package (SLQ subscribes to 5 of the 9

titles)

Implementation Approach

Phase 1B – Products (7 products)

Oxford English Dictionary (SLQ subscribes)Macquarie Dictionary & Thesaurus (no sub)MacquaireNET (no sub)Oxford Music Online (SLQ subscribes)Oxford Art Online (SLQ subscribes)Science Resource Center (no sub)SMH Archive,The Age and The Western Australian Newspaper package (no sub)

• Still being negotiated

• SLQ subscribes to all but four of these titles

Implementation Approach

Phase 2 (4 products) - yet to be completed.

1. News & Current Affairs – Current Australian and International newspapersTitles under consideration: “NewsBank” and “ANZ Newsstand”

2. Humanities & Social Sciences – LawTitles under consideration: various Thompson and LexisNexis titles

3. Multi-subject databases – InternationalTitles under consideration: “MasterFile Premier” (Ebsco) and” ProQuest 5000”

4. Science – Technology & StandardsTitles under consideration: “Standards Online Premium”

Current Status

Current StatusPricing

• Option 1 unlimited users for all products.

• Option 2 current level of access plus entry level access for new subscriptions.

Option 2 is the Consortium’s preferred option

Current Status

Next Steps

Negotiation with RMIT Publishing on a multi-year deal for Informit

Development of a marketing plan for e-resources (including key messages to public libraries)

Negotiation on pricing of the 7 products in Phase 1B to commence in January 2013

Implications

Implications

• Insignificant increase in SLQ recurrent e-resource budget – SLQ already provides remote access to most of the core set titles.

• The normal access arrangements will remain in place: Queensland residents will need to acquire an eServices card or establish a QPL account to gain remote access to the core set titles.

• Statewide access licence provisions will remain in place for Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, Health and Wellness Resource Centre and Ancestry Library Edition (onsite access only).

• Queensland residents will get access to additional titles to which SLQ may not otherwise have chosen to subscribe.

• NSLA focus on monitoring usage and “marketing” or the Core Set.

Thank you…