1. Consortia and Web:Access to E-Journals, International Databases and In-house Information Services Poornima Narayana Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore

2. Library Consortia What for? Union Lists/ Shared Online Catalogue Shared library system ex: Automation Software Electronic content licensing êAccess to International databases êAccess to electronic journals Electronic content loading Digital library initiatives

3. Physical storage facilities ex: A common place to store back volumes Arranging meetings/seminars/training programs Creation of electronic database Collection sharing / Inter Library Loan / Document Delivery Contd...

4. Participants Oriented Purpose Oriented Clients Oriented Consortia Models

5. Participants Model Geographical location linked ex: BSLG Libraries in the same discipline ex: Aerospace libraries group From the same parent organisations ex: CSIR, IITs Libraries of Academic organisations ex: Inflibnet

6. Purpose Oriented Models A group of libraries for accessing electronic journals A group of libraries to avoid duplication collection A group of libraries for joint training workshops for library staff

7. Client Oriented Models Clients according to their age ex: Children, Senior citizens etc. Clients according to their interest ex: Sports, Cooking Clients according to their educational background ex: Technical, Professional

8. CoMSAC: Consortium for Materials Science and Aerospace Collection CoMSAC Partners Service Providers CoMSAC Databases CoMSAC Pricing Links to Full Text Journals CoMSAC Problems (An initiative taken by ICAST, NAL)

9. CoMSAC Partners NAL - Bangalore NML - Jamshedpur NPL - Delhi RRL - Bhopal IIT - Delhi ADE - Bangalore GTRE - Bangalore ADR&DE - Agra NMRL - Thane Microwave Tube R & D Centre - Bangalore (Those who have given consent in principle)

10. Service Providers: CSA/IDS Access to more than 70 databases Coverage: Life sciences, Environment and Acoustic sciences, Computer science, Material science, Engineering, Aerospace, Social sciences and Humanities. Quick and Advanced search facilities Output: Print, Download, e-mail Usage reporting Document Delivery

11. CoMSAC Databases 1. METADEX 1966+ 2. Advanced Polymers Abstracts1986+ 3. Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramic Abstracts1975+ 4. Corrosion Abstracts1980+ 5. Composite Industry Abstracts1986+ 6. Copper Data center Database1965+ 7. Engineered Materials Abstracts1986+ 8. Materials Business File1985+ 9. Mechanical Engineering Abstracts1981+ 10. Aluminum Industry Abstracts1972+ 11. WELDASEARCH1967+

12. CoMSAC Pricing (Based on 2000 pricing in Dollars) Consortium With Aerospace Without Aerospace Members DatabaseDatabase List Price16,90010,000 Consortium Price4-512,6757,500 6-711,8307,000 8-1010,1406,000 11+ 8,4505,000

13. Links to Full Text Journal More than 5500 E-Journals held by following Document Suppliers OCLC CatchWord EBSCO Online HighWire Press IDEAL (Academic Press) Information Quest (RoweCom) Kluwer Online LINK (Springer) ScienceDirect SwetsnetNavigator

14. CoMSAC Problems New concept in the country Heterogeneous group Perpetual Access Discontinuation of memberships Copy Right Issues

23. Consortia for CSIR LICs: Suggestions 1. All CSIR LICs Access to E-Journals by publishers like Elsevier covering larger interest Acquiring standards and Specifications on shared basis ASTM, ANSI … Acquiring Technical Reports on shared basis 2. A Group of CSIR LICs Engineering Access to International databases Acquiring E-Journals by specific publishers Standards and Specifications Advanced series, etc

24. What ICAST, NAL can offer for CSIR Consortia Initiative Host Union Catalogue of Serials Host Union Catalogue of Books and other documents of Engineering LIC’s Training CSIR LIC manpower for adopting IT for services

29. Library Websites - Why? Facilitate and promote library use Basic information about library and its services On-line access to local sources Gateway to networked information sources Integrate Push-based services