INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN E-JOURNAL MANAGEMENT Evelinde Hutzler, University Library Regensburg Don Panzera, Library of Congress

ALA, Boston Presentation Overview The Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB) -- Electronic Journals Library -- and the Library of CongressThe Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB) -- Electronic Journals Library -- and the Library of Congress Cooperative e-journal management in the EZBCooperative e-journal management in the EZB EZB user functionalityEZB user functionality EZB and vascodaEZB and vascoda Joint projectJoint project Q&A/DiscussionQ&A/Discussion

ALA, Boston EZB is a Cooperative Library Service…. Developed and managed by the University Library Regensburg, GermanyDeveloped and managed by the University Library Regensburg, Germany Supported by German Research Foundation and Federal Ministry of Education and Research.Supported by German Research Foundation and Federal Ministry of Education and Research. 291 members: 290 European, 1 North American291 members: 290 European, 1 North American

ALA, Boston …Building Access through Collaboration Constant enlargement of the title contentConstant enlargement of the title content Cooperative collection of the e-journalsCooperative collection of the e-journals Tools for license and access information administration for each of 291 EZB member institutionsTools for license and access information administration for each of 291 EZB member institutions Integration of local requirementsIntegration of local requirements

ALA, Boston Collaboratively Maintaining the Database Collaborative maintenance of the bibliographic metadataCollaborative maintenance of the bibliographic metadata Effective updating of the URLsEffective updating of the URLs Saving of labor for each EZB member Saving of labor for each EZB member High database quality and user satisfaction High database quality and user satisfaction

ALA, Boston LC’s “Sutton Strategy” EZB Database = Research valueEZB Database = Research value –20,600 e-journals 8,000 full text at no direct cost8,000 full text at no direct cost 2,300 born digital2,300 born digital –supplementary 21,000 titles in aggregator databases

ALA, Boston Exchanging Digital for Print? LC exchange receipts in 2004 = 32% of the 1994 totalLC exchange receipts in 2004 = 32% of the 1994 total LC/ELAD’s serial exchange receipts dropped by 8000 titles – 50%+ -- between 1998 and 2004LC/ELAD’s serial exchange receipts dropped by 8000 titles – 50%+ -- between 1998 and 2004 How many have gone digital?How many have gone digital?

ALA, Boston Scholarly Communication & the EZB free e-journal database Academic publishers: 35%Academic publishers: 35% Non-profit organizations: 30%Non-profit organizations: 30% Governments: 9%Governments: 9% Commercial publishers: 12%Commercial publishers: 12% Corporations: 6%Corporations: 6% “Other”: 8%“Other”: 8%

ALA, Boston Non-Commercial Content.… EZB freely accessible e-journalsEZB freely accessible e-journals –Place of publication: Germany: 24%Germany: 24% U.S.: 23%U.S.: 23% 19 other countries: 53%19 other countries: 53% –Language English: 46%English: 46% German: 30%German: 30% Spanish: 15%Spanish: 15% 6 Other: 9%6 Other: 9%

ALA, Boston EZB Membership Has Its Rewards Free access to the EZB databaseFree access to the EZB database Persistent URLsPersistent URLs License and holdings data from the other 290 membersLicense and holdings data from the other 290 members E-journal metadata: MARC 21 bibliographic records from the Deutsche BibliothekE-journal metadata: MARC 21 bibliographic records from the Deutsche Bibliothek Contact with other German national and research librariesContact with other German national and research libraries

ALA, Boston EZB Costs Direct cost of membership: $0.Direct cost of membership: $0. Database maintenance:.25 FTEDatabase maintenance:.25 FTE Other membership responsibilities:.25 FTEOther membership responsibilities:.25 FTE

ALA, Boston E-Journal Management EZB collaborative e-journal managementEZB collaborative e-journal management EZB user functionalityEZB user functionality EZB as part of digital librariesEZB as part of digital libraries –Connection between EZB and library catalogs –EZB Linking in vascoda

ALA, Boston EZB user functions EZB offers: Stuctured access to scholarly e-journalsStuctured access to scholarly e-journals Freely available e-journals together with licensed ones under a standardized user interfaceFreely available e-journals together with licensed ones under a standardized user interface Browsing in subject and alphabetical listsBrowsing in subject and alphabetical lists Search functionsSearch functions User information about accessUser information about access

ALA, Boston Browsing by subject lists 41 subjects

ALA, Boston Biological e-journals

ALA, Boston Direct link to the homepage Direct link to the journal homepage

ALA, Boston Access Information access information

ALA, Boston License / Access Information Green: free e-journal the full texts are freely available Yellow: licensed for the library full texts can be accessed by the institutional users Red: without a subscription full text access is not possible Yellow/Red: The institution has no continuous subscription on this journal. Therefore, only some of the published volumes are accessible as full texts. Access information in the EZB is shown by a traffic light symbol

ALA, Boston Readme links Readme links provide detailed access and user information

ALA, Boston EZB search functions

ALA, Boston EZB web pages for each member Local access information for each EZB member EZB / University Library RegensburgEZB / Library of Congress

ALA, Boston EZB as part of digital libraries Link between the EZB and library catalogsLink between the EZB and library catalogs Connection between EZB and digital libraries, e.g. vascodaConnection between EZB and digital libraries, e.g. vascoda

ALA, Boston Linking to library catalogs From the catalog entry via persistent URL to the EZB to the journal homepage

ALA, Boston EZB and vascoda vascoda: interdisciplinary internet portal for scholarly information in Germany ( interdisciplinary internet portal for scholarly information in Germany ( vascoda is the nucleus of the German Digital Libraryvascoda is the nucleus of the German Digital Library Partners of vascodaPartners of vascoda –More than 40 rsearch libraries, technical information centers and other information institutions –EZB is a partner of vascoda

ALA, Boston Connecting vascoda and EZB From the search in vascoda digital libraries

ALA, Boston EZB linking in vascoda to the result list in vascoda

ALA, Boston EZB linking in vascoda From the result list in vascoda via EZB Link

ALA, Boston EZB Linking to the EZB License information for the article Link to the article full text

ALA, Boston EZB Article Linking From EZB to the article full text

ALA, Boston EZB Linking via Open URL EZB connects bibliographic references to full texts in e-journalsEZB connects bibliographic references to full texts in e-journals EZB informs users about the accessibility of the articleEZB informs users about the accessibility of the article EZB links to the full texts in e-journals on various levelsEZB links to the full texts in e-journals on various levels –Deep article linking for e-journals –Linking to issues, volumes or to the journal home page –Linking to free and licensed full texts

ALA, Boston International Electronic Exchange (IEX) Pilot Project Purpose: Share the burden of obtaining, maintaining, preserving, and providing ongoing access to information products of research valuePurpose: Share the burden of obtaining, maintaining, preserving, and providing ongoing access to information products of research value –Reduce processing costs –Provide more timely access Scope: Government e-journalsScope: Government e-journals

ALA, Boston IEX Participants Library of CongressLibrary of Congress U.S. Government Printing OfficeU.S. Government Printing Office (NLM)(NLM) (NAL)(NAL) Die Deutsche BibliothekDie Deutsche Bibliothek State Library in BerlinState Library in Berlin EZBEZB (Bavarian State Library)(Bavarian State Library)

ALA, Boston IEX Pilot Project Objectives:Objectives: –Exchange access to content –Exchange intellectual property rights to enable downloading and maintenance –Exchange pertinent metadata –Develop (more) interoperable IT systems –Cooperative reference service

ALA, Boston Why Germany? EZB partnershipEZB partnership Interest on the part of the national librariesInterest on the part of the national libraries Develop a business model that will work for other national librariesDevelop a business model that will work for other national libraries

ALA, Boston Thank you for your attention ! Contact / LCContact / LC –Don Panzera Library of Congress Contact / EZBContact / EZB –Dr. Evelinde Hutzler University Library Regensburg URL of EZB: