LIBRARY CONSORTIA AND INFORMATION PROVISION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: COSALC IATUL June 2003 Hannie Sander, Chairperson: COSALC Chief Director: RAU Library and Information Centre

LIBRARY CONSORTIA AND INFORMATION PROVISION AND COSALC Introduction Consortia in Africa South African regional consortia Coalition of SA Library Consortia (COSALC)

LIBRARY CONSORTIA AND INFORMATION PROVISION AND COSALC (3) Reachıng agreements wıth publıshers The Road ahead Conclusion

CONSORTIA IN AFRICA Africa consortia in context Botswana Lesotho Kenya Malawi Namibia

CONSORTIA IN AFRICA (2) Nigeria Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

GAUTENG AND ENVIRONS LIBRARY CONSORTIUM

SA REGIONAL CONSORTIA CALICO esAL FRELICO GAELIC –Vision, mission and objectives –Structure SEALS SANRIC

INTRODUCTION TO COSALC WIGLIT CHET workshops –Towards smart solutions for information usage in HE –Towards regional models 2 July 1999 NPHE March 2001 NEPAD Proposed mergers

STRATEGIC PARTNERS NEDAC National Library of SA Other national professional partners: FULSA, ITLC, LIASA SABINETOnline Ministry of Education Ministry of Arts, Culture, Science,Technology

COSALC’s vision is to enhance access to information and the sharing of resources to benefit the clients of library consortia in South Africa through national co-operation

COSALC FOCUS AND OBJECTIVES National level: promoting and supporting national co-operative initiatives Access to information Training and capacity building Communication and liaison Infrastructure and funding

PROJECTS AND SERVICES South African Site Licensing Initiative (SASLI) 1 May 2002 Co-ordinate access, administrate, train Setting priorities National audit Service level agreements Evaluation criteria

NATIONAL AND EXTENDED REGIONAL AGREEMENTS

COMPARISON OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

NATIONAL AUDIT OF DIGITAL DATABASES Needs analysis, 2000 Survey Current access Wish list Results

DIGITAL DATABASE DUPLICATION

SOUTH AFRICAN DIGITAL DATABASE WISH LIST

EBSCOHOST USAGE JUNE 2002 eIFL AND AFRICA

EBSCOHOST TOP 10 USERS IN eIFL

REACHING AGREEMENTS WITH PUBLISHERS Quality, relevance, use, price Country price: tiers Flexibility: phase in Current subscribers benefit Win-win, or no deal

COMMON DIFFICULTIES IN REACHING AGREEMENT Discrepancies:license agreements and national licensing principles Continuous price increases and surcharges for e-access Settling for best for most Decentralised collections Changes to access models and pricing models Librarian’s schizophrenia

THE ROAD AHEAD Facilitate equitable, affordable access to information Creative and innovative information access Sustainability TENET and ICT infrastructure National strategy for access to electronic information New SA Research & Development Strategy National System of Innovation Scholarly communication and publishing

THE ROAD AHEAD (2) SPARC, Open Archives Initiative Educate publishers Contact: Other consortia and stakeholders Africa library consortium? Optimising available information resources Indigenous knowledge systems Association of African Universities (AAU)

IN CONCLUSION Creative and innovative information access Affordable access for members Sharing resources library consortia clients National and international collaboration of library consortia in South Africa through national co-operation Information highway ….. www AND lll

CONTACT ADDRESSES COSALC http// COSALC Listserv Hannie Sander