Managing of e-resources within

the COSEC consortium

Srečko Bončina

National and University Library, Slovenia

Bratislava, 13. November 2012

Consortium of Slovenian Electronic

Collections

Member of

eIFL.net

ICOLC International Coalition of

Library Consortium

COSEC

Bončina, NUK

Uniting the Slovenian libraries purchasing

power with other libraries around the world

in order to provide their users with

information sources of high quality and to

achieve value for money.

COSEC VISION

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United members purchasing power

Collections sharing

Electronic content licensing

Electronic content

loading/presentation

Trainings

Promotion

COSEC CORE FUNCTIONS

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Cooperation with eIFL Direct began in 1999;

Formally established in 2003 on July 29 as a

Slovenian national consortium;

Founders were:

National and University library;

Slovenian universities;

Central Technological Library;

Jozef Stefan Institute;

Association of Slovene Librarians;

Association of Public Libraries.

BRIEF HISTORY

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The National Library

Academic Libraries

Public Libraries

Special Libraries

Public Research Institutes

In total, more than 150 libraries!

MEMBERS

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Budget for e-resources

Mainly directly from libraries

Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and

Sport

Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS),

Budget for managing costs:

National and University Library

Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and

Sport

BUDGET

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BUDGET SHARES

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How does COSEC support the research

community?

Usage of e-resources increases from year to

year

Price per article decreases

More and more Slovenian journals are

included in internationall databases

COSEC and research community

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ACQUISITIONS via COSEC

American Anthropological

Association

American Physical Society

Encyclopedia Britannica

EBSCOHost

EMERALD

GALE

GVIN

IUS-Software

Keesing's Worldwide

Library Pressdisplay

Naxos Digital Services

OECD

OVID

Oxford University Press

ProQuest

SAGE

Serials Solutions

Tax-Fin-Lex

… and more

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PROVIDERS

ACQUISITIONS via COSEC

Academic Search Complete

Academic Search Premier

APS Journals

Business Source Premier

Communication & Mass

Media Complete

Emerald Fulltext

Encyclopedia Britannica

ERIC

FRANCIS

GreenFile

Grove Art Online (Oxford)

Grove Music Online (Oxford)

GV IN

Health Source - Consumer

Edition

Health Source:

Nursing/Academic Edition

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DATABASES

ACQUISITIONS via COSEC

IUS-INFO

KLG online

Library, Information

Science & Technology

Abstract (LISTA)

Library Press Display

LISA

Literature Resource Center

MasterFILE Premier

MEDLINE

MLA International

Bibliography

Naxos Music Library

Naxos Music Library Jazz

Naxos Video Library

Newspaper Source

Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford Journals Online

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DATABASES

ACQUISITIONS via COSEC

Oxford Reference

Oxford Scholarship Online

PsycArticles

PsycBooks

PsycINFO

PsycIndex Plus(Lit. & AV)

PsycTESTS

Regional Business News

RILM

SAGE Journals Online

ScienceDirect

SocIndex with Full Text

Sociological Abstracts

Swetscan

Ulrich's Periodicals

Directory

Web of Science

… and many more.

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DATABASES

WHICH RESOURCE ?

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Avoid user`s difficulties in determining appropriate

resource

and confusion due to excessive number of many

resources and interfaces;

To simplify searching process for user and librarians;

Make available all resources at one starting point

(catalog, institution repository, databases etc.)

Bring information in all formats

Need a Google like solution

Library services integration

Provide experience of discovering

WHY DISCOVERY TOOL?

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Users familiarity with EBSCOHost interface

Advanced features

Subscription to numerous databases via EBSCO

Successful cooperation with EBSCO since 1999

Beta partner from beginning of 2010

Prompt assistance and support

Reliable partner

EDS indexing much more contents than any

other provider Bončina, NUK

REASONS FOR CHOOSING EDS

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LIBRARY CONTENT INTEGRATION

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LIBRARY SERVICES INTEGRATION

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ACCESS OPTIONS

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DOWNLOAD TO PC OR LAPTOP

DOWNLOAD TO TABLET

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READING ON TABLET

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Posters

Leaflets

User Guides

Trainings

Presentations

PROMOTION

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POSTERS

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LEAFLEATS

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LEAFLEATS

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Thank you very much for your attention!

srecko.boncina@nuk.uni-lj.si

Bončina, NUK