Librarians Utilization of the Comprehensive Online Union Catalogue of Serials from and about the Middle East: Online Access for Consolidated Information on Serials (OACIS) Area Studies Symposium University of Arizona, Tuscon July 14-16, 2006 Presentation by Simon Samoeil OACIS Project Manager, Yale University

Project Details Collaborative database project for Middle Eastern serials. Three-year project ( ); U.S. Dept. of Education Title VI grant under the “Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access” with matching funds from Yale Library.

Review of goals To create a freely available publicly accessible web site featuring a continuously updated union list of Middle Eastern serials –In all formats (including live web links) –From 20+ countries (ME as defined by LC) To lay foundations for the future, delivering widest possible information access –Expanded cooperation and participation –Document delivery/ILL –Digitization and preservation To create a Union List of Middle East Serials Interns

Atef al-Jundi, Jordan University, Amman, Jordan. April 30, July 30, 2004 Adib Khoury, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria July 30, October 29, 2004 Mohammed Ismail El-Halosy, Alexandrina Library, Alexandria, Egypt April 29, June 3, 2005 Shenoda Guirguis, Alexandrina Library, Alexandria, Egypt May 31, June 30, 2005 Randa al-Chidiac, Balamand University, Balamand, Lebanon June 29, July 29, 2005

OACIS Advisory Board Alexandrina Library, Alexandria, Egypt Cornell University Ohio State University Universitaets-und Landesbibliothek of Sachsen-Anhalt in Halle, Germany University of Pennsylvania University of Michigan University of Texas University of Washington Yale University

Universities Participating in OACIS American University of Beirut New York Public Library New York University Princeton University Stanford University Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria University of Arizona, Tucson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign American University of Cairo (future member) Harvard University Library (future member) University of Utah Jordan University, Amman, Jordan

OACIS for the Middle East Mirror Sites

Basic Search by Title

Search By Title

Libraries ’ Holdings of the Title

Brief Record

Long View

Library View

Advanced Search (1)

Advanced Search (2)

Search by Different Languages Option

Search in Arabic Language (1)

Search in Arabic Language (2) by Title

Search in Arabic Language (3) Results

Search in Arabic Language (4) Results

Search in Arabic Language (5) Results Library View

Statistics Report Language Statistics

Search Statistics

Search Statistics Detail Report for February 2005 MonthInterfaceModeChoice# FebruaryarAdvancedLimit to1 FebruaryarAdvancedTitle47 FebruaryarAdvancedPlace7 FebruaryarAdvancedSubject47 FebruaryarBasicTitle17 FebruaryarBasicPlace21 FebruaryarBasicSubject4 FebruaryenAdvancedLimit to11 FebruaryenAdvancedTitle41 FebruaryenAdvancedPlace16 FebruaryenAdvancedSubject11 FebruaryenBasicTitle1081 FebruaryenBasicPlace33 FebruaryenBasicSubject95 FebruaryfrBasicTitle4 FebruaryfrBasicPlace3 FebruaryfrBasicSubject1 This Month's total1440 Previous Month's total405 Percent Successful Searches This Month46.39

Additional Benefits of OACIS for Librarians Collection development. Librarians can evaluate the ME serials collection in their own libraries: what they have and what they don’t in comparison to other libraries Making sound acquisition decisions Knowing of certain serials are current or have ceased publication Cataloging using the “Library View Format”

Place of Publication by Selected Library Search

Place of Publication by Selected Library Result

OACIS Data Delivery Activity April 2006