March 5, 2002Conference on Finnish libraries1 Belgian libraries in the information society : Technological challenge, managerial reply Professor Jean-Pierre Devroey Libraries Director Université Libre de Bruxelles

March 5, 2002Conference on Finnish libraries2 Technological challenge zICT : need to create dual services, based on both printed and electronic media zincreasing costs of printed journals and additional electronic fee zcomputer and network skills required zuniversities financial and human resources are shrinking Issue : keep one’s library visibility and position in the global electronic information society

March 5, 2002Conference on Finnish libraries3 Institutional parameters zFederal state zCommunities : Flemish-, French-, German-speaking zRegions : Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels

March 5, 2002Conference on Finnish libraries4 Actors

March 5, 2002Conference on Finnish libraries5 Managerial reply Focus on users needs and meet them zdevelop the front office locally zincrease library collaboration ! yFor common back office, networked services, expertise, lobbying...

March 5, 2002Conference on Finnish libraries6 Cooperation between research libraries in Belgium z« National Conference » grouping university libraries + Royal Library yBelgian union catalogues of monographs and of periodicals, inter-library loan service zR&D projects funded by the federal authorities yVirLib, BOLD, UNICAT zConsortia for licensing electronic information services, contracted separately yin the Flemish Community yin the French-speaking Community

March 5, 2002Conference on Finnish libraries7 Collaboration : Sectors of activity to be developed (1) zCollection development yCollection management at the national level yConsortia for purchase in common xnational licensing office, at the research libraries’ service for information, advice, monitoring, relations with publishers, licence negotiation; zDigitisation yMonitor digitisation projects and activities related to scientific collections and heritage ySpecify pilot projects for retrospective digitisation of scientific journals

March 5, 2002Conference on Finnish libraries8 Collaboration : Sectors of activity to be developed (2) zPreservation yPreservation techniques xexpertise, advice and services for the libraries yDe-acquisition of journal collections xcollections inventory, relevance, usage, accessibility xdetermine priorities as well as preservation, cataloguing and access conditions xpropose programmes for shared preservation of journals yElectronic archives xelectronic deposit

March 5, 2002Conference on Finnish libraries9 Collaboration : Sectors of activity to be developed (3) zCataloguing and providing access ymonitor the development of electronic collections in libraries yprovide subject gateways to electronic resources yshare electronic journals cataloguing work zElectronic publishing ye-prints and electronic theses and dissertation servers (Open Archives, ETD) ymonitor the development of new models of scholarly communication

March 5, 2002Conference on Finnish libraries10 Collaboration : Sectors of activity to be developed (4) zUsage evaluation yproduce, collect, communicate electronic resources usage statistics yusage evaluation at the national level zLobbying at the national and European levels ycopyright yVAT

March 5, 2002Conference on Finnish libraries11 Success conditions (1) zWillingness of all the partners zInclude the Royal Library, essential cohesion factor zIdentify the actors, the levels of competence and the responsibilities zMotivation : essentially economical! -> create a win-win situation for all the partners : ydefine objectives in the different sectors of activity yspecify the implementation requirements for each objective

March 5, 2002Conference on Finnish libraries12 Success conditions (2) zSet up a common organisational and decisional structure, appropriate to the complex political structure of Belgium zSet up executive bodies to prepare and implement the objectives