1. BICTEL/e : a multi-institutional repository project in French- speaking Belgium Charles-Henri Nyns Université catholique de Louvain

2. Fondation universitaire, 20/10/02 Ch.-H. Nyns, UCL 2 Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Communauté française de Belgique, a.s.b.l. (BICfB) Created in 2000 on behalf of the Conference of Rectors Funded by the Communauté française and the universities Mission : « stimulate the collaboration especially as regarding the common acquisition of electronic resources and the development and adoption of common tools »

3. Fondation universitaire, 20/10/02 Ch.-H. Nyns, UCL 3 BICfB : common acquisitions Pros –More resources (bibliographies, electronic journals) –Better prices –Enhanced access –Better licenses Cons –Consolidation of market power –No way back ? –Big players evict smaller ones (inelastic market)

4. Fondation universitaire, 20/10/02 Ch.-H. Nyns, UCL 4 BICTEL/e : a multi institutional repository project ETD Server 1Server 1 OAI University A e-prints ETD OAI University B e-prints Server 2Server 3 Harvester CfB Belgian Harvester ? Subject based service

5. Fondation universitaire, 20/10/02 Ch.-H. Nyns, UCL 5 EPrints vs ETD ? EPrints and ETD ! Pros NDLTD and OAI compatible Respect of specificities –sort by Department –identification of jury members –confidentiality issues Cons 2 systems Lack of subject classification with ETD

6. Fondation universitaire, 20/10/02 Ch.-H. Nyns, UCL 6 Theses : a special kind of publications Specifities –Mostly hardly distributed –Original subjects –Studies that go deep into a subject –Time intensive –More than peer- reviewed Why hardly distributed ? –To specialised –Not written to be read –Risk for publishers –Traditional publication needs rewriting and adaptation

7. Fondation universitaire, 20/10/02 Ch.-H. Nyns, UCL 7 How to promote institutional repositories ? Start with interested people Show that it works, that it ’s used Double posting enhances visibility Better solution for archiving and security issues Lots of publishers accept archives Talk to the people

8. Fondation universitaire, 20/10/02 Ch.-H. Nyns, UCL 8

9. Fondation universitaire, 20/10/02 Ch.-H. Nyns, UCL 9 Contact BICTEL/e project (prototype)