1. 8th Sell Meeting University of Trieste, May 30-31 2008 ANKOS Ertuğrul Çimen Gültekin Gürdal

2. Turkish Higher Education Institutions in 2008

3. Higher Education Institutions & ANKOS 2008 90 25

4. ANKOS Members (2001-2008)

5. Licensed Databases (2001-2008)

6. Licensed Databases with Number of Members Participating (2001-2008)

7. Cancellations & New Participations (2008) Cancellations (2007 - 2008) # of members New Participations (2008) # of members BMJ6Els. e-Books25 Ovid43LION1 Ebsco56HeinOnline8 Taylor&Francis50SourceOECD15 Euromonitor’s5 Springer e-Books25 Total155Total79

8. Database NameLicense Period BMJ Clinical Evidence 2007-2010 BMJ Online Journals 2007-2010 CAB 2006-2008 Ebscohost 2008-2010 Engineering Village 2 2006-2008 IEEE 2006-2008 JCR 2007-2009 OVID-LWW 2008-2010 ScienceDirect 2007-2009 Taylor & Francis 2008-2010 Web of Science 2006-2008 National Site License Databases (ULABIM – EKUAL Project)

9. The Turkish Academic Network and Information Centre (ULAKBIM) was founded as a R&D Facility Institute of TÜBİTAK(*) in 1996. ULAKBIM’s main objectives have been set as operating a high speed computer network enabling interaction within the institutional elements of the national innovation system, and providing information technology support and information services to help scientific production. ULAKBIM aims at providing technological facilities such as computer networks, information technology support, and information and document delivery services, to meet the information requirements of universities and research institutions, and to increase the efficiency and productivity of their end users. ULAKBIM consists of National Academic Network (ULAKNET) Unit, which undertakes the task of formation and operation of research and education network infrastructure in Turkey, and Cahit Arf Information Center, which provides information and document supply services nationwide. ULAKBIM consists of National Academic Network Unit, which undertakes the task of formation of academic network infrastructure in Turkey, and Cahit Arf Information Center, which provides information and document supply services nationwide. About ULAKBIM

10. Average number of databases per member 2001- 129 (10.76) 2002- 235 (4.35) 2003- 402 (5.58) 2004- 564 (7.72) 2005- 723 (9.15) 2006- 801 (9.42) 2007- 909 (10.1)

11. Fulltext Usage in 2007

12. Total Search- Bibliographic1.947.528 Total Viewing & Saving - eBooks4.541.587 Total Fulltext Saving - Journals 7.906.906 Statistics Unavailable Grove Music Online0 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography0 Oxford Reference Online0 Total 14.396.021 General Usage of the Databases - 2007

13. Trials- 2007 Heinonline* OECD* Euromonitor* Westlaw EIU LION* Datamonitor Swisslex Project Muse * New Licensed Datatbases in 2008

14. ANKOS Organisation Steering Committee, 6 Members Izmir Institute of Technology (Izmir), Abant Izzet Baysal University (Bolu) Middle East Technical University (Ankara), Hacettepe University (Ankara) TOBB University of economics & Technology (Ankara), Suleyman Demirel University (Isparta) Database contact librarians, 25 Working Groups, 4 Licensing Promotion & Organisation User Statistics Negotiating Group on Databases Study Group Collaboration

15. Organisations & Meetings 2007 Library Directors Meeting, March 3, 2007, METU, Ankara 7th Annual Meeting, May 31 – June 2, 2007, KTU, Trabzon Library Directors Meeting, September 16 – 17, AIBU, Bolu ANKOS Workshop, November 9 – 10, Fame Hotel, Antalya

16. Future Plans New Organisational Structure & Legality Online ILL activities between ANKOS members Strategic Planning Staff Exchange Programs More International Activities Increasing in variety of the databases National & International Meetings Training Workshops for Database Liasions Turkish Translation of the Factsheets about Databases

17. Thank You... http://www.ankos.gen.tr ecimen@khas.edu.tr baskan@ankos.gen.tr