MANAGEMENT OF E-RESOURCES IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSORTIA MOVEMENT IN KENYA

OUTLINE ► INTRODUCTION ► UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN KENYA ► BACKGROUND TO FORMATION OF KLISC ► MEMBERSHIP TO KLISC ► INASP AND PERI OVERVIEW

OUTLINE (CONT.) THE SURVEY RESULTS OF THE SURVEY CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION Setting of the Paper ► Complexity, variety of e-resources ► Cost implications ► Limited budgets ► ICT Challenges ► Management challenges

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN KENYA 7 Public Universities (public funds) 18 Private Universities ( funds from parent institutions and fees) Total student population (90,000)

FORMATION OF KLISC (Consortium) SCANUL-ECS in 2002 Decreasing budgets Pressure from PERI Initiative Collective Subscription

RATIONALE FOR KLISC Need to share costs and resources Avoid duplication and overlap Consolidate capacity development An opportunity to network

OVERVIEW TO INASP & PERI International Network for Availability of Scientific Publication (INASP) Program for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI) Charity Organization From 2000 to assist developing countries :- Access, disseminate, evaluate and utilize e- resources? Capacity building

OTHER E-RESOURCES INITIATIVES HINARI ( Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiatives) – WHO efforts AGORA (Access to Global online Research in Agriculture) – FAO efforts

THE SURVEY AIMS/OBJECTIVE Challenges and way forward METHODOLOGY Sample: - Public and Private Universities - Electronic questionnaire and telephone - Data Analysis

RESULTS OF THE SURVEY Accessibility and Usage ► E-Resources and ICT facilities ► Marketing and Publicity ► Budgets and Costs ► Capacity building ► Staffing and Management of e- resources

Accessibility &Usage/E-resources & ICT Facilities Types &Formats-journals, full-text, e-books, citation databases, AV materials Print Versions with or without online Availability of computers (Av ) Computer Labs Internet Connectivity (full internet, controlled access where #s are large)

Accessibility & Usage (Continued ) User Education / Information Literacy User Education to New Users Examinable Information Literacy Modules Problems of yahooing and googling (complexity of e-resources

Budgets & Costs ► Public Universities- US$24,000 each ► Private Universities-US$5,000 each ► Research Institutions- US$ 2,400 each ► Total Paid by consortium in 2006 $186,000 ► Journals accessible 15,000 journal titles ► Estimated cost if one went alone ► $700,000

Budgets & Costs (Continued) Concerns being raised Price increases at short notices Need for more members to join Consortium

Capacity Building Consortium handles specialized training Confusion caused by ICT Departments taking up training Management of e-resources in Computer Labs away from the libraries.

Marketing & Publicity Strategies used ► s, User Guides, Newsletters/Bulletins, Notices/Alerts ► User Education/Information Literacy

Staffing & Management of e-resources Staffing Structures Reorganize existing departments New establishments Re-train staff Consortium training initiatives

IMPACT OF KLISC ON MANAGEMENT OF E-RESOURCES Coordination hiccups Long decision making chains Uniform digitization of libraries Cooperative network across the borders

Conclusion & Recommendations More Challenges ► Funding (Cooperation with faculty and University Admin. ► Automate Library Services (LMS &ERMS) ► Accessibility and Password (Need to have labs managed from the libraries ► Reduced complexity from the publishers ► Open Access (Library Portals (BioMed and NeLH models

ICT Infrastructure ► Bandwidth problems ► Power outages ► Increased # of computers ► Computer labs

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