Academica A NEW LEVEL OF QUALITY IN INTERLIBRARY LOAN SYSTEMS Katarzyna Ślaska, National Library of Poland LIBER 2015, London, June 2015
Digital libraries vs. Interlibrary loans 2
3 Library ILL request form National LibraryPrinted copyLibrary Traditional interlibrary loan system
Interlibrary loan system for electronic publications 4 Electronic publication NL digital repository ACADEMICA Terminal in library User
What is ACADEMICA ? 5 Interlibrary loan system for digital publications Reservation system for books, journals and articles Free and legal source of knowledge Platform for cooperation between libraries Project open to all libraries
What is ACADEMICA not? 6 The next digital library Free service for downloading books and articles Paid repository of private companies / consortia Lending library for printed publications
Legal issues The legal basis for sharing digital resources lies in the public fair use provisions contained in Art. 28 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act of 1994: Libraries, archives and schools may: 1) provide free of charge copies of works in the scope of their statutory tasks 2) prepare or order the preparation of copies publishedof works to supplement, preserve or protect their own collections 3) give access to digital publications for research or cognitive purposes on computer terminals located within these units. 7 lies in the
Restrictions on sharing publications under copyright Restrictions on sharing publications – one copy / one terminal / one user at the same time Anti-downloading and copying protection system Secure registration and login Full administrative control over the loan system 8
Functionalities 9 Simplicity and intuitiveness Full-text searching Reserving for a choosen day and time Checking accessibility in the nearest libraries Access to publications, including publications under copyright (as of ) Academica increases daily by publications
What do we have in ACADEMICA? 10 Digitised publications from the National Library collections Electronic legal deposit (books and journals) All types of library collections All areas of knowledge Planned digitisation of contemporary popular scientific publications and literature
Three interfaces Public interface Terminal interface Librarian’s interface
Public interface Metadata of all publications Reservation system for publications under copyright Access to digital objects from public domaine Access to publications with non-excluisive licenses 12
Search results 13
Full-text searching
Reservation 15
Search for libraries 16
Terminal interface Terminal – computer in the library dedicated solely to operating the Academica system Access to all electronic resources of the National Library Easy adminitration of users and reservations 17
Full access to publication 18
Librarian’s infterface 19 All modifications of library opening hours Registration of new users Managing users and reservations Availabilty of terminals preview
Administration of Academica 20
Joining the ACADEMICA system Filling out the declaration of consent Getting to know the rules of the Academica system Preparing at least one computer as an Academica terminal Installing software on the computer / computers 21
Advantages of ACADEMICA 22 Simplyfiying the interlibrary loan system Lowering the costs of interlibrary loans Increasing the number of libraries using interlibrary loans Significant increase in the educational offering for all types of users Easy-to-use services
Katarzyna Ślaska Biblioteka Narodowa