1. The National Library of Finland FinSMUG Jukka Pennanen The National Library of Finland

2. MetaLib/SFX in Finland 3 library sectors using MetaLib/SFX: university, polytechnic and public libraries 64 portals –20 university libraries (19 live 2006) –29 polytechnic libraries (18 live 2006 ) –15 public libraries (5 live 2006) –(No special libraries 2006) All libraries share 1 MetaLib/SFX server Portal sofware administrated by Nelli office Hardware and OS maintainded Center for Scientific Computing (CSC)

3. The National Library of Finland FinSMUG Annual seminars since 2005: –FinSMUG OULU 2005 –FinSMUG KUOPIO 2006 –Next FinSMUG in Tampere (2007) –Local speakers from libraries, system vendors and the National Library

4. The National Library of Finland FinSMUG We have also had Verde and Primo presentations and an exposing presentation “Google Scholar versus Metasearch systems”. All these by Tamar Sadeh. Last spring we had a case study in Amsterdam University Library by Marco Streefkerk.

5. The National Library of Finland How does FinSMUG work Working group consists of members in university, polytechnics, public libraries and the National Library and it changes yearly (~5 members) FinSMUGs in context with “Triangle seminar” i.e. library systems (LINNEA/Voyager), digital objects management system (DORIA/Encompass) and library portals (NELLI/MetaLib/SFX) Focus on subjects that libraries find useful and topical

6. The National Library of Finland FinSMUG in Kuopio 2006

7. The National Library of Finland What has been discussed Usability issues; few surveys have been made in Finland Statistics in MetaLib and SFX (in both seminars) MetaIndex, usability and utilization SFX e-journal categories and how they correspond to domestic needs and local categorization Proxy Shibboleth authentication

8. The National Library of Finland FinSMUG in Kuopio 2006, Marco Streefkerk speaking

9. The National Library of Finland Practical solutions Using ILL form in SFX Customizing MetaLib interface RefWorks and MetaLib Briefing in configurations Shibboleth authorization and EXProxy as IP- proxy (remote usage for web-based licensed databases) Case: MetaLib/SFX briefing to students in Kuopio and Helsinki University Libraries Several MetaLib/SFX implementation cases in different libraries in Finland

10. The National Library of Finland Meetings with project managers About four a year Representatives of each library sector meet at Helsinki university (some joined via video conference) Reporting on progress of portals Updating techical information Sharing experiences

11. The National Library of Finland Ad hoc groups Translation Categories Virtual collections End-user training material

12. The National Library of Finland