0. A Portal for the Future
Warren Holder Electronic Information Resources Co-ordinator
Information Technology Services
November 19, 2003

1. CONCERT (CONsortium on Core Electronic Resources in Taiwan).
“ There Is Something About
Electronic Resources”

2. Electronic Journal Services
Background
Evolution of Services
Systems
Collections
Users
Use and Impact of Electronic Journals
Ontario Scholars Portal

3. Use of electronic journals The University of Toronto
Largest university in Canada — 55,000 students
St. George campus + 2 suburban campuses
University of Toronto Library
Largest library in Canada — Ranks in top 5 in ARL
Central Library college, faculty & department libraries
13,000,000 volumes (books & microforms) 30,000 current print serials

4. Background – U of T Libraries
Largest library in Canada
9,000,000 books & microforms
60,000 current serials
Central Libraries + 40 College & Faculty Libraries
In top 5 in ARL ranking

5. Electronic Resources at the U of T
Licensed Public Total
Journals 13,931 1,870 15,801
Books 7, ,312
Newspapers 2, ,545
Indexes
Reference ——— ——— ———
Total 24,311 2,056 26,367
(As of September 12, 2002)

6. Electronic Holdings Increase in holdings in past year Newspapers 2%
Indexes & Abstracts 7%
Journals 14%
Reference Sources 29%
Books 1,917%

7. Evolution of E-journal Services
Local Systems
1996 OCLC SiteSearch
1997 ScienceServer
2002 ENCOMPASS

8. Evolution of E-journal Services
Local Collections
1996 Elsevier (pilot study)
1997 Elsevier (full collection)
1998 Academic Press
1999 Kluwer
2001 Wiley + Springer
2002 Harcourt + ACS Metadata

9. Number of Local E-journals

10. Evolution of E-journal Services
Users Served
1997 University of Toronto
University of New Brunswick
Ontario universities
University of British Columbia Hospitals
Ontario university
Ontario universities

11. Size of User Community

12. Use and Impact of E-journals
Number of Downloads
Location of Use
Time of Use
Faculty Comments
User Values
Impact on Collections

13. Articles Downloaded – U of T

14. Articles Downloaded – U of T

15. Use ScienceServer – All Users

16. Use of E-journals – Downloads

17. Location of Use
2000/2001

18. Time of Day
25% of use
Closed
Open

19. Impact on Users Comments from Faculty
I have found the use of electronic journals is now an indispensable part of my work. I used this extensively in preparing my recent grant applications.
Comments from Faculty
I am going to be brief and to the point: the online journal service is GREAT!!! To date, I haven’t been all that excited about the library services on this campus; however, this has really changed my opinion.
The value of electronic journals must be measured by more than just the content —
the public relations value is inestimable
The addition of access to full text journal articles via your web site is terrific; the most positive step in handling of library materials since computerized catalogs.

20. User Values Top Five Items Valued by Users
The Library’s print collections
are the most valued resources
Top Five Items Valued by Users
Graduate
Faculty
User Group
Undergraduate
Books & other items in the stacks
Journals (current & bound)
Electronic Journals
Catalogue of library resources - UTCat
Internet & account support
Public computer workstations
Item
Electronic indexes, abstracts & other resources
Study space: closed carrels
Collections 4 1 2
All users place a high value electronic resources
Electronic journals are the Faculty’s 3rd
most highly valued resource 5 3
Study space is very highly valued by graduate students

21. Impact on Collections

22. Ontario Scholars Portal
Grew out of a proposal for An Information Infrastructure for an Ontario Digital Library
Based on systems and services of the University of Toronto Library

23. Ontario Scholars Portal
Funding
Content
Canadian National Site Licensing Program
Ontario University Libraries
Infrastructure
Ontario Information Infrastructure
Staff
Ontario Council of University Libraries

24. Goals
ensure rapid and reliable response time for information services and resources
provide for the long term, secure archiving of resources to ensure continued availability
create a network of intellectual resources by linking ideas, materials, documents and resources
provide an environment that fosters additional innovation in response to the needs of the users

25. Anticipated Impact Desktop access to electronic resources
Higher productivity for students, faculty and researchers
Equal and reliable access in the Ontario university system
Development of new forms of information delivery, dissemination and communication
Allow Ontario universities to become globally competitive suppliers of advanced teaching and research information resources

26. Key Outcome Creation of a provincial gateway to electronic resources
A portal that provides a common mode of access to information resources for all faculty and students throughout Ontario

27. Components Ontario Scholars Portal Content Service/Support
Infrastructure

28. Content Journals Indexes & abstracts Books Other 18 publishers
4,000 titles (75% on the Scholars Portal server)
Indexes & abstracts
80,000,000 citations (50% on the Scholars Portal server)
Books
6,000 titles
Other
1,600,000 pages of full-text

29. Infrastructure Resource Sharing Scholarly Information Hardware
2 web servers
2 application servers
1 terminal server
Software
Fretwell-Downing VDX
Scholarly Information
Hardware
4 SUN 6800s
Data Storage (4TB)
Archival storage
Software
ScienceServer
ENCompass
Web of Knowledge
Operated by the University of Toronto Library on behalf of the Ontario Council of University Libraries

30. Services Scholarly Information Resource Sharing
Access to CNSLP & OCUL licensed content
Current awareness services
Personalized services
User support
Resource Sharing
Support for interlibrary loan & document delivery

31. Integration of Resources
The aim of the Ontario Scholars Portal:
Never leave the user at a dead-end
Any citation should have a link to:
An electronic article
Local paper holdings
Document request form
Wiley
Academic
Elsevier
Kluwer
Ovid
Springer
IOP
Catchword
Highwire
NRC
Ingenta
JSTOR
Blackwell’s
IAC
SWETS
ACM
Links to articles

32. Integration of Resources
Into research
“my.alerts” current awareness services
Into the curriculum
“my.library” personalized workspace
Into the library’s services
Electronic resources database

33. Benefit to the Scholar Convenient access to electronic resources
Greater range of electronic resources
Equal access in all Ontario universities

34. Benefit to OCUL Libraries
Access to electronic resources with low per institution costs for
Hardware
System management & operation
Integration of electronic resources
Control over hardware resources
Secure archiving of content

35. Questions

36. Key URLs University of Toronto University of Toronto Libraries
University of Toronto Libraries

37. Contact Information
Warren Holder
Electronic Information Resources Co-ordinator
Information Technology Services
University of Toronto Library
130 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A5 CANADA
Phone: (416)
Fax: (416)