Libraries, distance studying, and electronic resources a survey carried out in Central Finland Teemu Makkonen & Antti Seppänen, Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences, Library and Information Services Tuija Venäläinen, Jyväskylä City Library - Regional Library of Central Finland Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 2 Jyväskylä University Core fields in research and education: –Natural sciences and mathematics –Human-centered sciences –Sport and health sciences –Teacher education 7 faculties Partner of The University Alliance Finland together with Tampere University of Technology and University of Tampere (> 2010)

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 3 Jyväskylä University Library Number of staff63 Collections: books2 million vols Collections: print journals titles Collections: e-journals titles Collections: e-books titles Visits / year Web-visits / year

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 4 Liaison Committee of Jyväskylä Libraries Members: –Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences Library –Jyväskylä City Library - Regional Library of Central Finland –Jyväskylä University Library –Jyväskylä Educational Consortium Library

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 5 Liaison Committee of Jyväskylä Libraries Tasks: 1.to monitor and evaluate the information service strategy in Jyväskylä 2.to organize training for Jyväskylä libraries personnel 3.to organize events and development projects in the library sector 4.to collaborate in the development of library services

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 6 a survey carried out in Central Finland by the Liaison Committee of Jyväskylä Libraries financed by the Ministry of Education project period: December May 2007 project admin: Jyväskylä City Library - Regional Library of Central Finland –project coordinator: Mr. Teemu Makkonen, M.A., librarian –Steering committee Libraries, distance studying, and electronic resources

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 7 Aims of the Project How libraries and librarians can support distance studying and life-long learning? How the technical problems concerning the remote use of licenced materials could be solved and how the use could be more flexible? Information literacy, regional equality, accessibility

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 8 Students of University of Jyväskylä* Total amount Jyväskylä region Elsewhere in Central Finland Elsewhere in Finland Total amount of students living outside Jyväskylä region * 2006

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 9 Students of the Open University of Jyväskylä* Total amount Jyväskylä region Elsewhere in Central Finland 864 Total amount of students living outside Jyväskylä region *2006

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 10 Students of Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences* Total amount5470 Jyväskylä region3375 Elsewhere in Finland 2095 *2006

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 11 FinELib national consortium supports research, teaching and studying in Finland by promoting the availability of high-quality information resources and their use in society members: –universities, universities of applied sciences, public libraries and many special libraries Core e-resources for research, well-being, studying and economic life

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 12 NELLI national information retrieval portal for the FinELib libraries remote use –public libraries: only a few

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 13 Remote use situations: 1. The student connecting to her school’s network and its e-materials at home 2. The student connecting to her school’s network and its e-materials at a public library 3. The student connecting to her public library’s network and its e-materials at home

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 14 Remote use challenges and solutions encryption, firewalls / telecommunication licence terms user identification (Proxy, VPN, Ezproxy) Shibboleth authentication in Nelli –personified services (MyNelli) require customer’s identification user’s rights (public libraries) –Nelli-Tunnis, Nelli-Etis

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 15 How small public libraries can support distance studying? Number of public computers at libraries Results of the questionnaire in Central Finland: –interlibrary loans –research rooms –remote connections –information literacy skills –librarians’ own needs: familiarity of e-resources and NELLI portals new studying processes, e-learning

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 16 Recommendations of the Project licences, remote use techniques support network for distance studying in Central Finland –further education for librarians –student support together with libraries: ”remote tutors” > personal contacts with modern tools, student helpdesks learning materials and tools for distance students information of the services

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008 Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland 17 One year after the Project Ezproxy, Shibboleth Extranet: Central Finland public libraries information skills for school teachers of Jyväskylä? new information skills courses at Jyväskylä University –for the 1st year students of the School of Business and Economics and the economic students of the Open University LEVIKE ( ) –support network for distance studying in Lapland libraries

Thank you! More information (in Finnish): Makkonen, Teemu, Kirjastot, opiskelu ja sähköiset aineistot