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eLib: UK National Electronic Libraries Programme

eLib: UK National Electronic Libraries Programme. Peter Stubley University of Sheffield Library. In t he beginning: Follett. Follett Report: Joint Funding Councils’ Libraries Review Group, 1993: ICT research and development programme £15 million over 3 years

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eLib: UK National Electronic Libraries Programme

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  1. eLib: UK National Electronic Libraries Programme Peter Stubley University of Sheffield Library

  2. In the beginning: Follett • Follett Report: Joint Funding Councils’ Libraries Review Group, 1993: • ICT research and development programme • £15 million over 3 years • FIGIT: Follett Implementation Group on Information Technology • + buildings programme (£30m?); special collections & archives (£50M?); Arts & Humanities Data Service (£1.5M)

  3. eLib phases 1 & 2 • Electronic publishing (17 projects) • Access to network resources (10 projects) • Document delivery (5 projects) • Training and awareness (7 projects) • Digitisation (5 projects) • Supporting studies (3 projects) • Customised publishing(12 projects)

  4. eLib phase 3 • Hybrid libraries (5 projects) • Large scale resource discovery (4 Clumps projects) • Digital preservation (1 project) • Development of phase 1 & 2 projects into services (18 projects) plus two new projects: HERON, EPRESS

  5. eLib is not all • Other initiatives supported by the Funding Councils in UKHE, e.g.: • Information Strategies • COPAC: CURL OPAC • DNER: Distributed National Electronic Resource • NESLI: National Electronic Site Licence Initiative • SuperJANET

  6. Management of eLib • JISC: Joint Information Systems Committee

  7. Management of eLib • JISC: Joint Information Systems Committee • CEI: Committee on Electronic Information

  8. Management of eLib • JISC: Joint Information Systems Committee • CEI: Committee on Electronic Information • eLib Programme Office

  9. Management of projects • Tavistock Institute (1997): ‘The management of projects was generally under-estimated and many have been caught by surprise by the difficulties of engendering a whole team approach.’

  10. Management of projects • Recruitment is responsibility of individual projects • Project management training provided by eLib • Project plans to be approved, including milestones, deliverables, risk assessment • Reporting structure: Annual Reports a condition

  11. Other electronic library programmes • US Digital Libraries Initiative • 2 phases + ‘International Digital Libraries’

  12. Other electronic library programmes • US Digital Libraries Initiative • 2 phases + ‘International Digital Libraries’ • EU Telematics for Libraries • Third and Fourth Framework Programmes • FPV: User friendly information society

  13. By contrast: ‘the eLib Programme characterised itself right from the start as “development” rather than research’ ‘the emphasis has been very much on “action research” and the Programme has encouraged projects to experiment with a variety of approaches whilst accepting that these meet with varying degrees of success’

  14. Impact of eLib • ‘Enriched baseline’ • large existing investment in ICT in UKHE • long-standing discussions in the community • existing national services e.g. BIDS ISI

  15. ‘Enriched baseline’ • Michalko: Only 2% of the world is online: 85% in N. America and Europe. What we’re talking about here is important to us but largely irrelevant to the overwhelming majority of the world.

  16. ‘Enriched baseline’ • Michalko: Only 2% of the world is online: 85% in N. America and Europe. ...The average US consumer spends enough on communications and information technology – that is, books, cable television, home video, recorded music, newspapers, magazines and online and internet access services – to support someone in the bottom 20% of the world income distribution for eight months out of a year.

  17. Impact of eLib (II) • Reactions: ‘As a practitioner I do feel a little removed from the eLib projects, however I do feel that the projects have helped greatly in effecting cultural change.’ ‘…the explosion of information, publicity, etc. about eLib and the sheer number of people involved, even if peripherally, has been one of the most important elements…’

  18. Impact of eLib (III) • Evaluation and dissemination: • Evaluation strategy from Tavistock Institute • eLib dissemination via: press releases, programme packs, website, mailing lists, concertation days, workshops, conferences

  19. Integration is the key Independent Applications/ Unified presentation Unified service/ Flexible presentation Independent Applications

  20. Aug 2000: eLib will be dead, long live: • DNER: Distributed National Electronic Resource • RDNC: Resource Discovery Network Centre • Middleware • Joint NSF/JISC International Digital Libraries • RSLP: Research Support Libraries Programme

  21. In summary • ‘Nothing in this programme represents the last word … but it represents several more steps forward, sideways and backwards in our understanding of these issues’ • ‘We arrive at the future day by day…’ Chris Rusbridge

  22. The acronymic legacy Agora CINE CAIN Malibu CAIRNS JILT EEVL SOSIG MIDRIB EDDIS OMNI RIDING CEDARS SEREN ERIMS FIDDO LAMDA Phoenix

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