Michigan’s eLibrary Today the “New MEL” Spring 2002 Becky Cawley, Statewide Databases Administrator Library of Michigan

Michigan’s Virtual Library The Concept

“Anyone, anywhere in Michigan, at any time, can locate and retrieve information he or she needs or wants.”

–From the Internet –From Commercial databases –From e-books & journals

From the Internet = MEL From commercial databases = First Search, INFOTrac, SIRS, Electric Library, Custom Newspapers, AncestryPlus From e-books = netLibrary started on April 9, 2001 AccessMichigan information

“Anyone, anywhere in Michigan, at any time, can locate and retrieve information he or she needs or wants.” Coming soon –From library catalogs Locate Request Deliver –From digitized local collections –(aka ATLAS project)

New in Spring 2001 MEL Ebooks from netLibrary See forhttp://accessmichigan.org –Project summary –Lists of titles –Presentation and Demo Demo planned for Michigan Health Sciences Conference Oct For full training call Kathy Cadwallader x 13

What is the MEL Ebooks Collection? Part of AccessMichigan 8,000 titles purchased 3,500 + Public Domain titles Funded by Library of Michigan Permanent part of our growing collection

What subjects are included? Almost anything! American History, Anatomy, Philology, Math, Consumer Health, Statistics, Film, Arts and Crafts, Zoology… just to name a few

Can we add records to our catalogs for these titles? MARC records are available through MLC at $.05 per record To order MARC records, please call the Michigan Library Consortium at Records will be provided from OCLC

What are key features of MEL Ebooks? Ability to search the full content of all of the books with one search Ability to search key words in entire book Ability to include these books in library OPAC “Read” books online (no special device or reader) Users create individual ID/PW at the library

NEW in Fall 2001 AncestryPlus - GALE Custom Newspapers - GALE

Ancestry Plus New from GALE – major Genealogy resource –Census Records –Immigration Records –Social Security Death Index –100’s of other resources –Library use only

Custom Newspapers All of newspapers GALE has access to: N.Y. Times Detroit News International Herald Tribune and more… 120 national and international newspapers Years included varies by newspaper

Change re Free Press AccessMichigan no longer includes access to Detroit Free Press –Vendor changed to NewsBank –Cost increased over 700% What options do librarians have if they want to purchase the Free Press themselves ? –Group purchase via MLC –Group purchase via COOP or other –Add to an existing contract with NewsBank

Remote Access for Library Patrons Some libraries have shared passwords or create access using their own systems New option coming in late May 2002 Patron enters driver’s license number or state ID number –Authorized to use all resources except library use only (AncestryPlus right now) – will take users to the “new” MeLhttp://mel.org For netLibrary user gets to location for creating individual ID/PW

AccessMichigan - Support Services Help Desk at MLC Training via MLC MSU ILL support SPAN: a serials holdings list for Michigan Periodicals list done by Oakland schools

Database Statistics - Retrievals Oct Sept 2001 –Electric library 358,555 –Gale Group2,287,567 –netLibrary 332,863 –First Search2,260,632 –SIRS 218,710 –Databases Total5,458,327 MEL7,254,631 Grand Total12,712,958

Database Statistics - Costs Total cost = approximately $3.6 million Cost per retrieval = 29 cents Value if purchased separately = $129 million $125,170 per library (avg)

Database renewals All current databases available through Sept 2002 netLibrary not a subscription Following subscriptions needed to be renewed for Oct –OCLC’s First Search –GALE (except Ancestry and Custom News) –Electric Library Elementary –SIRS Discoverer

Database Renewals Basic Goals Continuity with plan for more extended RFP process for Core set of resources –Consider high demand subjects –Consider needs of all types of libraries

Database Renewals-Process Review usage statistics Gather input from representative groups including: –Reference librarians –Coops –REMCs –MLA, MAME, and Road Show participants

Database renewals – Results Renewed as is –Sirs Discoverer Deluxe –Electric Library –Gale Group including: General Reference Center Gold Health Reference Center- Academic Health and Wellness Resource Center Info Trac Kids Edition AncestryPlus

Database Renewals – OCLC’s First Search “Panorama” package no longer available Databases must be purchased separately Able to subscribe to those databases which make up 85% of the usage in FirstSearch Remaining databases which make up 15% of the usage would cost an additional $1.7 million Had to choose………

Database Renewals For more detail on titles for Oct 2002-Sept 2003 see See here also information about option for purchasing searches for the remaining databases through MLC

Database Selection Process for Library “feedback meetings” to identify subject needs Apr – June 2002 Survey to prioritize subject needs RFP to vendors – Fall 2002 Review teams evaluate databases Feb 2003 RFP responses due Recommendation team meets with LM to review responses AccessMichigan Advisory committee meets Announcement re databases – March

How can I get involved? Input at feedback meeting Return prioritized subject list Volunteer for review committee

Databases --Future Are AccessMichigan databases here to stay? Will Library of Michigan keep adding new state funded databases ? What will Library of Michigan be doing about group purchases of other databases?

Names, names, names AccessMichigan ATLAS MEL What are they????????

The “New” MEL- this is the PRODUCT Michigan’s eLibrary (MeL) includes –MeL Internet: Best of the Internet selected by Michigan librarians –MeL Electronic magazines, Ebooks, and more: Commercial resources purchased for Michigan residents by the Library of Michigan –MeL Lending Library : books, music and more from Michigan libraries to Michigan residents –MeL Archives: digitized local resources made available on the web

Michigan’s Virtual Library Product = –MeL.org Projects = –AccessMichigan –ATLAS –Etc –Project names may change or be dropped

“Anyone, anywhere in Michigan, at any time, can locate and retrieve information he or she needs or wants.” Still the same goal Brought to you by –MeL - Michigan’s eLibrary –Find it at

Contacts MeL Administration Library of Michigan –Jo Budler – –Becky Cawley – Training and Help Desk –Michigan Library Consortium –Kathy Cadwallader – x 13