1. Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen Head of National Electronic Library Services (FinELib) National Electronic Library programme and the digital research and study environment http://www.lib.helsinki.fi/finelib/ UKSG 2002, Warwick 1

2. Finland as an Information Society Developing Finland as an Information Society Strategies by various ministries Education, Training and Research in the Information Society (1995-1999; 2000-2004) The Information Society Programme (1995-1999) Developing infrastructure (academic network, Funet) Infrastructure is not enough – content is required Content is not enough – easy access is required 2

3. Research Funding Emphasis on research funding The Programme of Additional Funding for Research (1997-99) Research funding 3.1% of GNP (2000) National Electronic Library project (FinELib) founded 3

4. FinELib organisation As a project launched by the Ministry of Education (1997-1999) Became permanent at the National Library in 2000 4

5. The Finnish research and study environment 5 Universities (20) Polytechnics (31) Research Institutes (approx. 30) Regional Public Libraries (21) Organisation & Financing Ministry of Education / Science Municipalities Various Ministries Ministry of Education / Culture Municipalities Infra- structure FUNET network FEIDHE authentication Virtual University FUNET network FEIDHE authentication Virtual Polytechnic FUNET network Municipal networks Library Consortia FinELib Linnea 2 FinELib Linnea 2 - polytecnic FinELib Linnea 2 (limited) FinELib Library cooperation Council of University Libraries Polytecnic library consortium Regular meetings

6. Steering mechanism NL Steering committee Consortium group Science specific groups FinELib consortium 102 organisations 6

7. The National Electronic Library Programme The aim of the programme is to improve the prerequisites for education and research by: Increasing the amount of information available in electronic form Improving the retrieval of information in the network Providing the users with an interface to heterogeneous information resources 7

8. FinELib - facts 8 BackgroundNumber of member Institutions Operational level ResourcesTurnover 102NationalE-journals Databases EUR 9.4 m Governance structure Formal agreement? Funding ?Who negotiates? Number of staff? Memorandum of Understanding Self funding Central funding Lead organization 5+1 FunctionsNumber of Contracts Who signs?Model license 31National library no

9. FinELib services Negotiations –terms and conditions –licensing fees Invoicing consortium members Support –coordinating training –arranging seminars –user support –production of promotion materials Cataloguing e-journals Development projects –portal Monitoring usage and satisfaction –collecting usage statistics –performing user surveys –performing consortium surveys 9

10. Key figures of FinELib (EUR 9.3 m, 2002) 10 Acquisitions and Use 7,500 electronic journals and 100 bibliographic databases licensed 31 licence agreements signed 1.4 m articles printed out Some 3,500 journals catalogued Usage statistics collected since 1998 Development National portal under development National multilingual web thesaurus launched Survey and guide to e-publishing produced Language technology projects financed Training and Marketing Marketing strategy under revision Promotion materials produced Seminars and conferences organized regularly User surveys run since 1998 Cooperation National - with 102 consortium members - with the Ministry of Education - with the Virtual University Nordic International (ICOLC, E-ICOLC, SPARC)

11. National impact of FinELib activities 11 ACTIVITIES IMPACT Acquisition of electronic resources Elsevier Web of Science Nature etc. Improvement of research and study conditions Increase of the competitiveness of research Improvement of the availability of e-resources nationwide Part of the Virtual University and Virtual Polytechnic services Development projects Portal Improvement of the usability of e-resources The consortium 102 members Universities, polytechnics, public libraries, 30 research institutes Common principles More cooperation nationwide Active cooperation with other consortia Increase of influence Good agreements Stronger negotiation power Feedback from users Services based on user needs

12. Libraries and the changing environment LIBRARIES changes in publishing changes in research & education Virtual University IT development user needs legislation 12

13. Elements of the Digital Library in Finland National Library Archiving of e-resources Digitisation Implementation of a new library system Identifiers, metadata Licensing Promoting cooperation University libraries Subject gateways E-publishing Development of learning environments Projects related to Virtual University 13

14. User surveys User surveys run since 1998 –294 replies (1998) –918 replies (1999) –1500 replies (2000) + statistics system –2115 replies (2001) + statistics system Web-based surveys 14

15. Who is the user? 15 WHO?1999 % 2000 % 2001 % Males Females 54 46 49 51 49 51 Age under 36 59 64 64 Students Researchers 23 61 37 48 35 52

16. Working environment? 16 WHERE?2000 % 2001 % In own study at university5255 In the library1715 In a computer class86 At home810

17. How often are e-resources used? 17 FREQUENCY1999 % 2000 % 2001 % Daily91216 Several times / week-3031 Weekly3818 A couple of times / month 182625 Less frequently 1999351511

18. Reasons why e-resources are used Information retrieval for research Follow up of recent developments Searching for answers to single questions To prepare classes To prepare learning materials For studies, for theses 18

19. How does the content meet user’s needs? 19 SATISFACTION?1999 % 2000 % 2001 % Very well151011 Well454748 Some35 34 Poorly-87 None500

20. Print or electronic versions? Willingness to cancel print versions if the corresponding e-version is available 20 20002001 YES4957 NO5143

21. FinELib — vision for the future National service Central funding for all consortium members Linked to the Virtual University Linked to the National Citizen Identification System Access to various information resources through the FinELib portal Highly used, known and appreciated service by researchers, teachers and students 21