eICOLC Lithuanian Libraries on the Way to EU: Library Cooperation and E-resources By Ausra Vaskeviciene, eIFL.net Coordinator in Lithuania, Head of the Department of Electronic Information Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania

eICOLC Outline ► Country information ► Library statistics & cooperation ► Lithuanian Research Library Consortium (LMBA): membership, staff, budget for e- resources, subscription to databases, services for members, activities, etc. ► Main LMBA problems

eICOLC *Area: 65.3 thous. km 2 *Population: 3,5 million *Unemployment rate: 9,7% *Inflation: 1.6% *Change of GDP 8.2% Lithuania: Main Indicators

eICOLC Lithuania: Computerization ► Computers’ market growth in 2002 – 33% ► IT services’ growth in 2002 – 60% ► Computers at home: cities - 29,7%, villages 6,6%. (2003 I st quarter) ► Implementation of the Information Society policies in Lithuania Source: INFOBAL,

eICOLC Usage of Internet (%, age 15 – 74)

eICOLC Libraries Statistics (year 2002) ► No. of libraries, total – 3571 (1 national, 15 academic, 65 public, etc.) ► Computerized workplaces – 2942 ► Funding for acquisition – 12,5 million Lt (or 3.62 mill. Euro) ► Funding for computerization – 2,7 mill. Lt (or 782,6 thou. Euro) Source: “Lietuvos bibliotekos 2002 metais”. By Antanas Senkus. – “Tarp knygu”, 2003 No. 6, p Euro = 3.45 Lt

eICOLC Library Cooperation ► No. of libraries’ organizations (NGO) – 7 ► Lithuanian Research Library Consortium (LMBA)  Established on 4 th of December, 2001  Legal body from 2 nd of April 2002  Members - 29 libraries and institutions (October, 2003), [23 in 2001].  National Library, Special Libraries, Academic Libraries, County Public Libraries, Science Academy Library, Research Institutes

eICOLC LMBA Management and Staff ► The bodies of the Consortium are the General Meeting of the members, a collegial management body - the Board. No subject groups. ► Board of the Consortium appoints and releases the Head of Administration and the Accountant ► Volunteers:  President of the LMBA  Head of the Administration ► Emloyed:  0,5 Accountant

eICOLC Budget for E-resources for 2003 ► Libraries’ budget for acquisition ► Ministry of Culture – Lt (11,6 thou. Euro) ► Ministry of Education and Science – Lt (145 thou. Euro, including ISI WoS) ► Support from the British Council Lithuania 1 Euro = 3.45 Lt

eICOLC E-resources ► LMBA works only on foreign contracts ► No cooperation in subscribing to Lithuanian e- resources ► Aggregators: EBSCO Publishing (Proquest, GALE are coming) ► Electronic journals: Springer LINK, Science Direct (CUP is coming) ► Reference databases: Oxford Reference Online ► Works of reference: ISI Web of Science

eICOLC Participation in the eIFL.net Projects ► eIFL Direct:  EBSCO Publishing (29 libraries) ► eIFL Science & Technology:  Cambridge Journal Online (8 libraries)  ProQuest (15 libraries)

eICOLC Other Databases, Subscribed via LMBA ► Oxford Reference Online (4 libraries) ► Science Direct (9 libraries) ► Springer LINK (11 libraries) Other databases, subscribed via the Ministry of Education and Science ► ISI Web of Science (2 libraries)

eICOLC Services for Members, Activities ► Lobbying ► The workshops for librarians:  Searching the Databases: Train the Trainer  Metadata  Copyright and Libraries ► Consulting librarians and end users

eICOLC Services for Members, Activities ► Promotion and publishing:  the Web Site of LMBA  EBSCO Publishing and Springer LINK user guide (a book in Lithuanian)  brief EBSCO Publishing user guide (leaflet in Lithuanian)  leaflets about LMBA and eIFL.net (in Lithuanian and English)  articles in Lithuanian professional press, reports at conferences, etc.

eICOLC Existing Pricing Models for a Consortium ► There is no fixed model for pricing ► It depends on funding from Ministries or other supporters ► Examples:  EBSCO Publishing - 50% ministries, 50% libraries (according to the size)  Science Direct – in inverse ratio to print subscription  ProQuest – 75% ministry, depends on no. of users + deep discount for academic libraries  CUP - 40% British Council, 60% libraries (the same price for all)

eICOLC International co-operation

eICOLC Main LMBA problems ► Belonging to different ministries:  Ministry of Culture  Ministry of Education and Science  Other ministries (Justice, Health Care, Agriculture) ► Funding for databases subscription ► Finding the best pricing models for a consortium ► Poor knowledge of English, low qualification of librarians (with few exceptions)

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