1. The Virtual Polytechnic Library ELAG 2001 - Prague Martin Svoboda State Technical Library, Prague M.Svoboda@stk.cz

2. Martin Svoboda: Virtual Polytechnic Library ELAG 2001 – Integrating Heterogeneous Resources Prague, 6.6.2001 2 Contents  Background  “wasteful poverty”  INVIK STK  concept  technology  Grant programme “Information resources”  VPK - Virtual Polytechnic Library  objectives & goals  technology  Future - INVIK STM

3. Martin Svoboda: Virtual Polytechnic Library ELAG 2001 – Integrating Heterogeneous Resources Prague, 6.6.2001 3 Wasteful Poverty Legal deposit processed electronically Retrospective conversions in progress Union Catalogue starting Electronic document delivery Digitisation & Microfilming for preservation co-ordinated  Legal deposit bibliographic records too late to be useful  Electronic documents: are they part of "national heritage" ???  No agreement on collection profiles: no co-ordinated acquisition Conference on Library Automation, Warsaw, October 16 - 18, 1997 Though poor, we still waste our means

4. Martin Svoboda: Virtual Polytechnic Library ELAG 2001 – Integrating Heterogeneous Resources Prague, 6.6.2001 4 INVIK background  PARADIGM SHIFT  CLASSICAL environment  centred around INSTITUTION  closed  static  CYBERSPACE environment  centred around USER NEEDS  open  dynamic

5. Martin Svoboda: Virtual Polytechnic Library ELAG 2001 – Integrating Heterogeneous Resources Prague, 6.6.2001 5 INVIK Concept  Provide USER with uniform access to a union of sources & services  Integrate sources & services on one interactive communication channel in a medial environment of WWW  Use the most powerful services available anywhere on the Net efficiently

6. Martin Svoboda: Virtual Polytechnic Library ELAG 2001 – Integrating Heterogeneous Resources Prague, 6.6.2001 6 INVIK EDD: Phase I - Contract Library User public web-site create user’s private web page give user-ID & password  snail-mail snail-mail  cash, invoice [credit card] download the contract, print & read it sign & mail it back deposit some amount http

7. Martin Svoboda: Virtual Polytechnic Library ELAG 2001 – Integrating Heterogeneous Resources Prague, 6.6.2001 7 INVIK EDD: Phase II - Work cycle http, e-mail, snail-mail, phone download & print it, destroy e-copy Library User post a requestfind the document http s scan it, put it on the user‘s private page deduct fee

8. Martin Svoboda: Virtual Polytechnic Library ELAG 2001 – Integrating Heterogeneous Resources Prague, 6.6.2001 8 INVIK – growth of services

9. Martin Svoboda: Virtual Polytechnic Library ELAG 2001 – Integrating Heterogeneous Resources Prague, 6.6.2001 9 R&D Information Resources Programme  Consortial licenses for e-documents  Ca $3M per year  Many consortia with overlapping memebership  Nation-wide: eIFL (EBSCO), Proquest, Springer, …  Academic & research: WoS, Elsevier, ACS, AP*, Wiley*, …

10. Martin Svoboda: Virtual Polytechnic Library ELAG 2001 – Integrating Heterogeneous Resources Prague, 6.6.2001 10 VPK - Virtual Polytechnic Library  Objectives  virtual unification of collections & services of participating libraries – based on both printed & electronic documents  dramatic improvement of services to their patrons  as a side-effect “informed” acquisition made possible  Goals  legal purity  one catalogue – both traditional and electronic resources  joint “tuning” of partner library acquisition profiles

11. Martin Svoboda: Virtual Polytechnic Library ELAG 2001 – Integrating Heterogeneous Resources Prague, 6.6.2001 11 VPK - Work cycle http download & print it, destroy e-copy Library* Service Centre User post a request find the document http s scan it, pass it to SC UC SUP find a supplier, pass the request http XML http XML put it on the user‘s private page deduct fee PP

12. Martin Svoboda: Virtual Polytechnic Library ELAG 2001 – Integrating Heterogeneous Resources Prague, 6.6.2001 12 development -> STM portal  Licensed journals to Union Catalogue  Metalib – database of resources & user access rights (joint project with NatLib & CUni)  licensed resources, OPACs, free resources  VPK & MEDVIK EDD  dynamic linking through SFX  Tertiary db for administrative and statistical data – feedback to R&D IR Programme

13. Martin Svoboda: Virtual Polytechnic Library ELAG 2001 – Integrating Heterogeneous Resources Prague, 6.6.2001 13 Contradiction of „stability“ „…if we want everything to remain as it is, everything has to change“ Tomasso di Lampedusa: The Leopard