MANAGING AN ONLINE ELECTRONIC RESOURCES CONSORTIUM LIBRARY INNOVATION TALK 2014 UNITAR INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY 26 August 2014 Edzan, N.N. UM Library OUTLINE      Consortium Why a consortium MOLEC MOLEC – what we do Future plans CONSORTIUM  Library consortium/consortia – has been around since the 1960s  Now – library consortium/consortia centers around electronic information sources  Defining consortium  A collectivity of any group of libraries towards a common goal ~ Prakash, 2005.  Two or more institutions or organisations that have formally agreed to cooperate or consolidate certain functions to achieve mutual objectives ~ Moorthy, 2009.  The collaborative acquisition of access rights to electronic databases and journals ~ Varaprasad and Madhusudhan, 2010. CONSORTIUM  Primary aim of a consortium – achieve as a group what a member cannot achieve individually  Involves homogenous institutions with a common focus and can be local, regional, functional or subject based  Types - Open consortium, Closed consortium, Centrally-funded, Shared budget, Publishers’ initiative, National consortium, International consortium  Management of a consortium – the presence of a committee that links consortium members to vendors/ publishers and deals with financial and legal aspects CONSORTIUM  Involving academic libraries + electronic content licensing + participating consortia in ICOLC  Australia – CAUL (Council of Australian University Libraries)  India – UGCINFONETDLC - UGCINFONET Digital Library Consortium  Japan – JUSTICE - Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia for EResources  Korea – KESLI - Korean Electronic Site License Initiative  New Zealand – EPIC - Electronic Purchasing In Collaboration  Taiwan – CONCERT - CONsortium on Core Electronic Resources in Taiwan WHY A CONSORTIUM?  Shrinking/static budget  Increasing number of journals  Increasing cost of journals  Increasing demand from users for more resources  Research-based universities – access to more sources to support their research activities  Requirements set by publishers/vendors MOLEC  Differences in pricing of commercial databases offered by publishers / vendors to academic libraries  JKK PDK in 2000 under PERDANA (Sistem Perpustakaan Digital Negara)  Main function – coordinates pricing of commercial databases  Ist meeting – 21 March 2000 in Perpustakaan Tun Seri Lanang, UKM with 12 public & private university libraries MOLEC  Changed name to JKPDK & changed name again in 2010 – Malaysian OnLine Electronic Resources Consortium or MOLEC  MOLEC – Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia, 20 public university libraries, 7 GLC university libraries, 7 government/non government agency libraries = 34 with the UM Library as Chair & Secretariat  Objective of consortium  Establishes the concept of resource sharing of commercial databases  Subscribes to commercial databases as a consortium What we do  Conduct workshops/courses/seminars – sharing of experiences & ideas  Invite publishers/vendors for product presentation  Make presentations to interested parties  Meet once every four months or when necessary INVITATION      MOLEC will be having a meeting 4 September 2014 Level 4.Chancellery, University of Malaya 9 am If you want to attend, please e-mail sutarmi@um.edu.my What we do  Identify ways & means of addressing the various Government policies & regulations with regards to subscription of non-Malaysian commercial databases  Every member has to provide a listing of all their subscribed databases & all freely available databases & e-journals on their website  Maintains  MyULIS (Malaysian Union List of Serials)  Master List of Commercial Databases  Master List of Backfiles/Archives What we do  Develop the GARIS PANDUAN PEROLEHAN SUMBER MAKLUMAT ELEKTRONIK  Identify, study, evaluate & manage negotiations for subscription to commercial databases  Member of ICOLC = platform to share information and experiences and get assistance  Our website - Library.oum.edu.my/molec What we do  Obtained funding from MOHE for subscription to online databases and one time purchase of electronic book        2010 to 2012 : ProQuest Dissertation & Thesis Fulltext Bernama Library & Infolink Service (BLIS) Scopus EBSCO Academic Source Premier and Business Source Complete IEEE NetLibrary Ebooks 2015 to 2016 : will be applying Future Plans  Formation of a national consortium with government funding for country wide access to electronic resources  Increase membership especially from private higher education institutions to strengthen the consortium  Collective negotiations with publishers to curb spiralling price increases  Explore other existing electronic resources consortia to benchmark for best practices  Develop new consortial models incorporating new pricing models and licensing practices REFERENCES  Francis, A.T. 2005. Library consortia model for country wide access of electronic journals and databases. International Conference on Multilingual Computing and Information Management in Networked Digital Environment, 2-4 February 2005.  International Coalition of Library Consortia. 2010. ICOLC. http://www.icolc.net  Moorthy, A.L. 2009. DRDO e-journals consortium. Journal of Library & Information Technology, 29(5), 18-23.  Ossai, N.B. 2010. Consortia building among libraries in Africa, and the Nigerian experience. Collaborative Librarianship, 2(2) : 74-85.  Parkash, A. J. 2005. Role of e-journals consortium in 21st century. 3rd Convention Planner, 10-11 November 2005.  Varaprasad, S.J.D. and S. Madhusudhan. 2010. E-journal consortium: is it a success story always? Journal of Library & Information Technology, 30(2), 92-96. Thank you edzan@um.edu.my