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GegnirA National Library System
June 2003
Sigrún Hauksdóttir
Consortium of Icelandic Libraries
Overview
•One National library system
•Selecting a library system
•Ownership and management
•Implementation
•System´s architecture
One National library system
• Two obsolete union catalogs:
• Gegnir
•National and University Library and most of the other universities
•National bibliography and various union catalogs
• Fengur
•Reykjavík City Library
•Hospitals and 90 other libraries in the public and sector
Mission
To select a library system for all Icelandic libraries, including university-, public-, school and research libraries. The guideline is to connect all Icelandic libraries so their databases will appear uniformed or as one database from the user’s point of view.
Goals and Objectives
• To increase proficiency in administration and management of the libraries
• To select the most cost effective library system that fulfills the requirements for the system
• To eliminate multiplications of tasks within the libraries both regarding to cataloging and patron information
• To grant all Icelanders access to individual library collections or all collections of Icelandic libraries as unity
Union Catalogs
• Catalog that everyone catalogs into and the libraries retrieve relevant records
• Libraries and systems are connected by the Z39.50 protocol
• Library catalogs are merged together and cleaned up afterwards, not real time
• One union catalog, one library catalog
Scenario
• The union catalogs, Gegnir and Fengur, contain 2/3 of the library usage
• Other systems are:
oMikroMarc
oMetrabók
oBókver
oEmbla
Demographics
Population 286.000
Libraries 350
Universities 8
Students in universities 9.000
Elementary schools 192
Students in elementary schools 43.000
Secondary Schools 43
Students in secondary schools 20.000
RFT and selection
•Promoting the idea
•Preparing the RFT
•Tender process
•Selection
•Comparing
•Library visits
•Vendor demostrations
•Focal groups
Ownership and management
•Homeless staff
•Limited company
•Landskerfi bókasafna hf.
•Ownership
•State
•Municipalities
Implementation
• Libraries converted into the system by system.
• The Libertas system first
• Endless conversion problems
Libraries by system type
1.Libertas 11
2.Dobis /Libis 90
3.No converion / new begining
4.MikroMarc 30
5.Metrabók 80
6.Alice or Embla 30
7.Other libraries 100
ADMs are divided by:
•Type of library
•University libraries
•Research libraries
•Geographical areas
•Public libraries
•Elementary school libraries
ADMsPublic libraries in greater Reykjavik
area
Elementary schools in greater Reykjavik
area
Secondary schools in greater Reykjavik
area
Western part of Iceland and the Vestfjords
Northern part of Iceland
Eastern part of Iceland
Reykjanes and southern part of
Iceland
Various special libraries
The National and University library
Govermental libraries
Library of University of
Education
Other university libraries
The company
•Landskerfi bókasafna
•Consortium of Icelandic Libraries
•Web: www.landskerfi.is
•There is every kind of information you possible need for the conversion, in icelandic of course
•Conversion docs in english are at www.landskerfi.is/vinnugogn.php
Staff
•Árni Sigurjónsson•[email protected]
•Dögg Hringsdóttir•[email protected]
•Harpa Rós Jónsdóttir•[email protected]
•Sigrún Hauksdóttir•[email protected]
•Hildur Gunnlaugsdóttir (temporary)•[email protected]
Phone numbers
•Main + 354 514 5050
•Sigrún + 354 514 5053Mobil + 354 896 4623
•Fax + 354 514 5055
•Service number +354 821 8200
•Anza + 354 522 5000
Anza
•The servers / computer part of the operation is outsourced to a firm called ANZA
•Web: www.anza.is
•Mail: [email protected]
•Phone: +354 522 5000
•Contact: Stefán Hreinsson
Setup
•Two installations
•Two servers for each setup
•IP-addresses
•Operating environment•213.167.155.250
•213.167.155.248
•Test environment•213.167.155.251
•213.167.155.249
Future plans
•Complete to connect all Icelandic libraries into one library system
•Integrate new technology to enrich the usage and access of electronic material
