6th Sell Meeting Thessaloniki, May ANKOS Bülent Karasözen

Average number of databases per member (10.76) (4.35) (5.58) (7.72) (9.15) (9.42) In 2006, 40 universities are over the average

Licensed Databases with Number of Members Participating DatabasesLicense period Members in 2005 Members in 2006 ABI Inform (ProQuest) ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) ACS (American Chemical Society) AIP (American Institute of Physics) ARL (ProQuest) ALPSP LEARNED JOURNALS COLLECTION Blackwell Synergy BMJ(British Medical Journals) Bowker GBIP Bowker Ulrich Britannica Cambridge University Press Digital Dissertation Abst & FT (ProQuest) Ebrary Ebsco-Host (ASP) Ebsco-Host (ASP + BSP ) Ebsco-Host (ASP + BS Complete) Ebsco-Host (ASE + BSP) Emerald GALE-Expanded Academic ASAP

Licensed Databases with Number of Members Participating... IOP (Institute of Physics) JSTOR MathSciNet MD Consult Nature OVID Oxford University Press Proquest Safari Sage Science Direct Science Online Serials Solutions-EJAMS(ProQuest) Serials Sol-Article Linker (ProQuest) SIAM Springer Lecture Notes Springer Link Taylor & Francis Wiley InterScience Web of Science

Classification of licensed databases E-only: ACS, IOP, Science Direct, Wiley, Print/Electronic: Emerald, Sage, Springer Fte based: American Institute of Physics, Blackwell Synergy, Cambridge University Press, Ebrary, JSTOR, MdConsult, Nature, Oxford University Press,Science Online Scaled: Association of Computing Machinery, Bowker Books in Print & Ulrich's, MathSciNet, OVID, Serials Solutions, SIAM, Springer Lecture Notes, Taylor & Francis Classified by ANKOS: EBSCOhost, IEL, ProQuest, Web of Science P. L. Erdogan, B. Karasozen, ”ANKOS and Its Dealings with Vendors”, Journal of Library Administration, Library/Vendor Relationships, Vol.44, Num. 3/4, pp , 2006

Increase of Usage of Full-Text Electronic Journals in Comparison with the Growth of Licensed Databases YearDataasesIncreaseUsageIncrease % % % % % %

Distribution of Fulltext Usage in 2004

Distribution of Fulltext Usage in 2005

Comparison fulltext usage

Comparison : Number of Institutions per database

Organizational Structure Steering Commitee, 9 members ANKOS Coordinator Database contact librarians, 24 Working groups Licensing User education User statistics Organization and Marketing Open Access and Institutional Repositories Study groups E-Books

Average cost of fulltext downloads in 2004 ScienceDirect: 0.85 $ IEL: 1.43 $ Blackwell 1.85 $ Springer 3.75 $

User Education & training ProQuest and Serial Solutions: May 2005, Istanbul, Antalya Web of Science: April 2005,Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara Emerald:June, April 2005,Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara Serial Solutions: September 2005, İstanbul Blackwell: November 2005, April,Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara ScienceDirect, Scopus, Ebsco: April 2006, Trabzon Turkish translation of user guides: ACS, BMJ, Bowker, EbscoHost, Ebrary, Emerald, IOP, OVID, Proquest, Safari, ScienceDirect, Springer, Web of Science

Questionary about the request for the licensed databases by ANKOS 60 institutions participated 644 are licensed for any database 874 requests for opening a trial 419 were not interested There is currently 15 databases under trial usage

Issues and problems: Dealing with complexity: İncreasing number of members İncreasing number of offers from publishers and vendors Variaety of databases and licenses User education Communication with members Stability of the consortium State and private universities Hospitals National Site Licesing Turkish Procurement Law, payment isssues ANKOS is acting as advising organization for the Turkish Higher Education Council since April 2006

Effect of the consortium Document delivery versus big deal Increasing collaboration among the libraries and librarians Libraries are getting more attention from the users and administrations Bundeled serials: end of serial collection development E-books: bundeled like serials: end of book collection development?

Moving away from “buying club” Staff exchange Education of the librarians Regular meetings with the library directors Internal and external evaluation of the consortium Strategic planning Open Acess, institutional repositories Print and e-book collection development ILL Electronic resource management Library automation systems Common digitization projects Support of research and teaching: Virtual learning environments