1. 6th Sell Meeting Thessaloniki, May 5-6 2006 ANKOS Bülent Karasözen

2. Average number of databases per member 2001- 129 (10.76) 2002- 235 (4.35) 2003- 402 (5.58) 2004- 564 (7.72) 2005- 723 (9.15) 2006- 801 (9.42) In 2006, 40 universities are over the average

3. Licensed Databases with Number of Members Participating DatabasesLicense period Members in 2005 Members in 2006 ABI Inform (ProQuest) 2005-20071418 ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)20061113 ACS (American Chemical Society)2004-20061823 AIP (American Institute of Physics)2004-20061822 ARL (ProQuest) 2005-200755 ALPSP LEARNED JOURNALS COLLECTION 2006-2008 9 Blackwell Synergy2005-20073744 BMJ(British Medical Journals)2006-2008 5 Bowker GBIP200678 Bowker Ulrich200657 Britannica2006 8 Cambridge University Press2004-20061921 Digital Dissertation Abst & FT (ProQuest) 2005-20071520 Ebrary20063561 Ebsco-Host (ASP)2005-200719 Ebsco-Host (ASP + BSP )2005-200766 Ebsco-Host (ASP + BS Complete)2005-200723 Ebsco-Host (ASE + BSP)2005-200733 Emerald2005-20071718 GALE-Expanded Academic ASAP2005-200766

4. Licensed Databases with Number of Members Participating... IOP (Institute of Physics)2004-200625 JSTOR2005-20071827 MathSciNet20062325 MD Consult2006 4 Nature2006 9 OVID2005-20072937 Oxford University Press2006-20083028 Proquest 50002005-200714 Safari2006 8 Sage2006 14 Science Direct2005-20076267 Science Online2006-2007 7 Serials Solutions-EJAMS(ProQuest)2005-2007714 Serials Sol-Article Linker (ProQuest)2005-2007415 SIAM200612 Springer Lecture Notes200688 Springer Link2006-20084045 Taylor & Francis20063643 Wiley InterScience2006-20084248 Web of Science2005-20075988

5. Classification of licensed databases E-only: ACS, IOP, Science Direct, Wiley, Print/Electronic: Emerald, Sage, Springer Fte based: American Institute of Physics, Blackwell Synergy, Cambridge University Press, Ebrary, JSTOR, MdConsult, Nature, Oxford University Press,Science Online Scaled: Association of Computing Machinery, Bowker Books in Print & Ulrich's, MathSciNet, OVID, Serials Solutions, SIAM, Springer Lecture Notes, Taylor & Francis Classified by ANKOS: EBSCOhost, IEL, ProQuest, Web of Science P. L. Erdogan, B. Karasozen, ”ANKOS and Its Dealings with Vendors”, Journal of Library Administration, Library/Vendor Relationships, Vol.44, Num. 3/4, pp. 69-84, 2006

6. Increase of Usage of Full-Text Electronic Journals in Comparison with the Growth of Licensed Databases YearDataasesIncreaseUsageIncrease 20022352.300.000 200340271%6.020.000167% 200456440%8.470.00041% 200580142%10.270.0021%

7. Distribution of Fulltext Usage in 2004

8. Distribution of Fulltext Usage in 2005

9. Comparison 2004-2005 fulltext usage

10. Comparison 2004-2005: Number of Institutions per database

11. Organizational Structure Steering Commitee, 9 members ANKOS Coordinator Database contact librarians, 24 Working groups Licensing User education User statistics Organization and Marketing Open Access and Institutional Repositories Study groups E-Books

12. Average cost of fulltext downloads in 2004 ScienceDirect: 0.85 $ IEL: 1.43 $ Blackwell 1.85 $ Springer 3.75 $

13. User Education & training 2005-2006 ProQuest and Serial Solutions: May 2005, Istanbul, Antalya Web of Science: April 2005,Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara Emerald:June, April 2005,Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara Serial Solutions: September 2005, İstanbul Blackwell: November 2005, April,Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara ScienceDirect, Scopus, Ebsco: April 2006, Trabzon Turkish translation of user guides: ACS, BMJ, Bowker, EbscoHost, Ebrary, Emerald, IOP, OVID, Proquest, Safari, ScienceDirect, Springer, Web of Science

14. Questionary about the request for the licensed databases by ANKOS 60 institutions participated 644 are licensed for any database 874 requests for opening a trial 419 were not interested There is currently 15 databases under trial usage

15. Issues and problems: Dealing with complexity: İncreasing number of members İncreasing number of offers from publishers and vendors Variaety of databases and licenses User education Communication with members Stability of the consortium State and private universities Hospitals National Site Licesing Turkish Procurement Law, payment isssues ANKOS is acting as advising organization for the Turkish Higher Education Council since April 2006

16. Effect of the consortium Document delivery versus big deal Increasing collaboration among the libraries and librarians Libraries are getting more attention from the users and administrations Bundeled serials: end of serial collection development E-books: bundeled like serials: end of book collection development?

17. Moving away from “buying club” Staff exchange Education of the librarians Regular meetings with the library directors Internal and external evaluation of the consortium Strategic planning Open Acess, institutional repositories Print and e-book collection development ILL Electronic resource management Library automation systems Common digitization projects Support of research and teaching: Virtual learning environments