1. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.20071 Libraries as publishers of open access digital documents. Polish experiences dr Marek Nahotko Institute of Information Science and Librarianship Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

2. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.20072 Problems at the end of 20 th century Dissatisfaction with research communication; Dissatisfaction with information exchange; Reasons of the dissatisfaction: –Increase of publications prices, –Copyright-related issues, –Too long time interval between research and publication. Effect: journal crisis and access crisis.

3. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.20073 The answer: digitalization of library collections First step: short-term tasks, realization services ordered by users; Second step: plan of library collection digitalization; Quick development: 2003 – 15 libraries, 2006 – 115 libraries, in that all universities (16).

4. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.20074 Reasons for collections digitalization Protect collections against destruction; Increase of collections (usually valuable) accessibility, in that own university press books and textbooks; Popularization and spreading of own university staff research by series and journals electronic editions; Participation in the overall strategies like eEurope, ePoland and others.

5. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.20075 Third step: libraries as publishers Digital libraries: documents digitalized by librarians from originals stored in traditional collections; no copyright; Repositories: digital-born documents of different kind: articles, PhD, MA, reports etc.; with copyright; Two organizational models of repositories: institutional and regional; Lack of subject repositories: next, future step?

6. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.20076 dLibra software Compiled at the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (http://dlibra.psnc.pl) ;http://dlibra.psnc.pl Used by all but few digital libraries and repositories in Poland; Developed to maintain of digital objects collections.

7. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.20077 Poznan SNC

8. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.20078 dLibra client-server configuration Server: all library functions, usually dedicated hardware, no access to end- user; Client for administrator and editor: enter new data; Client for end-user application: Web interface, access to DL objects.

9. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.20079 Client-server architecture

10. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.200710 Progress of dLibra applications

11. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.200711 dLIbra features Standards application: RSS, XML, RDF, OAI- PMH, MARC, Dublin Core; Successive object editions maintenance; Grouping objects by common features, eg. issues of the same series or journal; Objects indexed by search engines (eg. Google) – visible in Web; Common search of all dLibra DLs resources.

12. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.200712 Case study: Kujawsko-Pomorska DL Made by Consortium leaded by Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (http://kpbc.umk.pl/) ;http://kpbc.umk.pl/ One of oldest and largest DL in Poland; Three collections: –Research and teaching collection: textbooks, monographies and articles, –Cultural heritage collection: rare books, manuscripts, music notes, maps and graphics, –Regional records on Kujawy and Pomerania regions.

13. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.200713 Kujawsko-Pomorska DL

14. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.200714 Kujawsko-Pomorska DL

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18. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.200718 New digital librarians Changes in roles during the process of electronic publishing; Librarians as a participants in electronic publishing (electronic library publishing houses); Transition from old to new tools: eg. from MARC to Dublin Core; New skills are necessary, like compilation and edition of contents.

19. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.200719 Communication model of polish DLs FunctionProcess Performed by Financed by RegistrationDelivery of a digitalized text LibrariansRepository CertificationReviewResearcher - reviewer Publisher of the printed original CirculationOpen repositories LibrariansUniversity level schools, local government ArchivizationPermanent access LibrariansUniversity level schools, local government

20. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.200720 Future direction: Open Access Cooperation between university libraries and publishers to publish OA journals and series; Transition from traditional library via digital library to digital publisher; Process of making contents of scientific journals available as OA just started.

21. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.200721 Polish journals on Web

22. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.200722 Conclusions New initiative of national repository in Poland (eg. DIR based on Virtual Library of Science – http://vls.icm.edu.pl/ ); http://vls.icm.edu.pl/ Polish model: connection of digital library of old, digitalized objects with repository of a new, digital-born ones; Transition of scientific publications to a new paradigm: shift from print to electronic.

23. ELPUB 2007, Vienna 13-15.06.200723 Thank you for your attention! Email to me: nahotko@inib.uj.edu.pl