1. UAE Library Consortium eFADA إفادة Dr. Abdulla Alhefeiti Director, Masdar Institute Library

2. What is eFADA? eFADA is a consortium of libraries under the umbrella of Ankabut, with a goal : to develop a union catalog with delivery of physical objects among institutions a repository for archiving and disseminating faculty and research output consortium purchasing for e-resources.

3. Member Institutions - eFADA Pilot

4. Why Centralizing ? 1.Maximize resources available to all 2.Maximize purchasing power for e-resources 3.Minimize redundant ordering 4.Minimize purchasing of duplicative material that could be shared instead 5.Minimize maintenance activity locally 6.Shared technical expertise 7.Shared repositories and intellectual output of the nation

5. Proposed Consortium Org. Chart Consortium Director Consortium Director Board Committee Technical WG Finance WG Training WG Operation WG IT Catalog System Librarian Budgeting Help-Desk Training Transport Procurement

6. UAE Library Consortium eFADA إفادة Resources Sharing Document Delivery Collaborative Repositories Interlibrary lending Union catalog authority file Collective negotiating for e- resources Technology development Interoperabl e Library System IT support/Help Desk Marketing and advocacy Training and professional development We don’t start from scratch Governing Board Library Manager Policies Procedures System Librarian Fund Finance Services Efforts

7. eFADA Website

8. Survey on Library Budget May/2012 Only 10 Institutions answered to the Survey -50%

9. Helped Ayaadi “Etisalat Fund for Social Responsibility” to negotiate eBooks and obtained excellent price (4 times less) Some Results

10. National Repositories With National Research Foundation, Ankabut proposed the creation of national repositories for different contents and usage as: 1.Learning Objects (OCW membership) 2.Research activities, Dissertations 3.National online courses 4.Curricula 5.Collaborative Data 6.Computing Research Repository 7.Institutional Repositories

11. Thank You