1. Estonian Libraries Network Consortium ELNET n 1996 - a non-profit non-governmental organization n Implementing, developing, administering and financing of a unitary, integrated, user-friendly information system of Estonian libraries n 1998 - OPAC (Innopac) was launched n 2000 - Digital National Archive Project

2. History of joint purchases n 1998 - ELNET task force for coordinating purchases of electronic products n 1999 - 3 libraries signed license with EBSCO n 2000 - EBSCO/ eIFL Direct n ScienceDirect 2001 n EBSCO/ eIFL Direct 2002 –country-wide license sponsored by Ministry of Education n PsycInfo 2002 n Springer Link 2002 n Synergy (Blackwell Science) 2002

3. ELNET electronic resources licensing project n 2003 – central funding for electronic resources from Ministry of Education n ELNET Project manager (0,5)

4. Electronic Resources n EBSCO (Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier) n Science Direct n Synergy n SpringerLink n Kluwer Online n IOP n APS n Cambridge University Press

5. Electronic Resources n INSPEC n PsycInfo n SciFinder Scholar n European Research Online n Oxford Reference Online n Oxford English Dictionary n Grove Music Online

6. Consortia ELNET members n Tartu University Tallinn Technical University Tallinn Technical University n Tallinn Pedagogical University n Estonian Agricultural University n Estonian Academy of Arts n Estonian Academy of Music n Estonian National Library n Estonian Depositary Library n Estonian Literary Museum n Estonian Medical Library n Tartu Public Library n Tallinn Public Library EBSCO/eIFL More than 100 libraries and institutions

7. Governance Ministry of Education Board of Library Directors Board of ELNET ELNET task force Comission for nominating research libraries (Ministry of Education) Board of University Rectors

8. Country-wide license? n State universities 73,3% n Private universities 10,4 % n Polytechnics 2,2% n National Library 6% n Research Libraries 3% n Ministries, state institutions 2,5% n Public Libraries 1% n Hospitals 1,6%

9. Country-wide license?

10. Big Deal?

11. International cooperation n eIFL n Nordic consortium