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Collaborative Solutions for Low-Use Research Material - A Model from Finland

Explore the National Collection Policy of Finland, detailing goals of self-reliance, access to global information, collaborative efforts, and library services. Discover the benefits, usage statistics, and added value of the Finnish library system.

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Collaborative Solutions for Low-Use Research Material - A Model from Finland

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  1. Collaborative solutions for low use research material – a model from Finland Fiesole Collection Development Retreat, Fiesole 20.3.2004Pentti Vattulainen

  2. National Collection Policy - 1 goal: national self-reliance elements: National Library (Fennica) subject responsibility libraries National Repository Library (-1989) acquisition: 15 shelf kilometres

  3. National Collection Policy - 2 • Access to global information • local level: profiled collections • collaborative level: NRL / FinELib • bibliographic information • collection resources • NRL for print material

  4. Services to libraries • deduplicated collections (49/82 km); 2,5 million items, growing • monographs, serials, dissertations • all languages • 15 % of combined university library collections • 1,6 % of university library budgets • 6,8 % of acquisition budgets

  5. Use • 2003: 64.000 requests • lending: public libraries • article copies: research libraries • English, Finnish • STM

  6. Added value • savings on local level • national level advantages • total costs • functionality of library system • resource sharing • regional co-operation

  7. More • Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services 28: 1 (Spring 2004), pp 39-50”National repository initiatives in Europe” • http://www.nrl.fi • http://www.ifla.org/VII/s14/sae.htm

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