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Portuguese Electronic Library National Consortium. 3rd Meeting of Southern European Libraries`Consortia (SELL) June 8, 2003 Cappadocia, Turkey. ►Scientific online Library: nowadays - Several agreements between Academic / Scientific Community and Publishers; - Journals`duplication;
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Portuguese Electronic Library National Consortium 3rd Meeting of Southern European Libraries`Consortia (SELL) June 8, 2003 Cappadocia, Turkey
►Scientific online Library: nowadays - Several agreements between Academic / Scientific Community and Publishers; - Journals`duplication; - Lack of cooperation between institutions and between libraries; - Highly priced subscriptions for individual contracts.
►Scientific online Library: a new concept • Access to the main publishers and scientific journals • More than 3000 journals and publications with full text access • Articulation with others C&T Policies: “Virtual Campus” – eUniversity (www.e-u.pt)
►Overview of the Institutions • About 80 institutions: • Public Universities • Private Universities • Public and Private Polytechnic Schools • Research Centres • Research Laboratories • Research Institutes
►Scientific online Library: Phase 1: • Global contract, envolving all the portuguese R&D and higher education institutions • September 2003 - December 2004 • Coordination/Financing: UMIC / Community Support Framework • Global contract: free digital access for all the Institutions • Establishment of the National Consortium
►Scientific online Library: Phase 2: • National consortium • 2005 – ? • Coordination: Institutions of the consortium • Financing: self-financing by the Institutions
Phase 1: Global Contract • Negotiations with the main Publishers (Kluwer, Sage, Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, Lusodoc, EBSCO); • “State of the art” what concerns to the online and paper subscriptions of the R&D and higher education institutions (questionnaire on 80 Institutions); • Benchmarking from the main international consortia (Heal-Link, PROBE, CBUC, CBUA, MADROÑO, Bugalicia, etc.); • Global contract: 2003-2004 • Integration in the RCTS / FCCN network (incluiding “Web of Knowledge”)
Phase 2: National Consortium • “Steering Group”, aiming the implementation of the National Consortium: • - Analysis of the current and future needs of the Academic and R&D community; • Gathering data and analysis of the current situation concerning the journals collections (monitoring); • Rational management of financial resources; • Definition of prerequesites to achieve a more rational development of journals`collection