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Iceland - country report Thora Gylfadottir National and University Library of Iceland hvar@hvar.is - http://www.hvar

Iceland - country report Thora Gylfadottir National and University Library of Iceland hvar@hvar.is - http://www.hvar.is/. Nationwide access in Iceland. All computers in Iceland, using an Icelandic ISP have access Start in 1999 – Encyclopædia Britannica In 2003 there is access to:

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Iceland - country report Thora Gylfadottir National and University Library of Iceland hvar@hvar.is - http://www.hvar

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  1. Iceland - country report Thora Gylfadottir National and University Library of Iceland hvar@hvar.is - http://www.hvar.is/

  2. Nationwide access in Iceland • All computers in Iceland, using an Icelandic ISP have access • Start in 1999 – Encyclopædia Britannica • In 2003 there is access to: • 3 databases providers – 31 database • 3 reference works • 8,000 e-journals

  3. Organisation • Nationwide access is housed at the National and University Library of Iceland • Service contract signed with the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Dec 2002

  4. Finance • € 230,000 a year 2003-2006 The year 2003 • Government funding – 25% • Libraries – 70% • Companies – 5% • Difficult to involve private companies to participate in the nationwide access

  5. What Iceland is working with - except from licensing • Advertising campaign • Reorganisation of the web hvar?is • Web tool for the e-journals • Working on a new divisionmodel for the e-journals for the year 2004

  6. Future - important topics • Keep the present subscriptions for Iceland in nationwide access • Add new bases to the nationwide access • Stabilize the financial foundation of the nationwide access • Integration with the nationwide library system Aleph 500 • SFX • MetaLib

  7. How the users can access the products • Through every computer in Iceland • Through the web hvar?is • Through the webs of various Icelandic libraries • Directly from the databases´ websites • Motto of the nationwide access • Wherever you are ... • Whenever you want ...

  8. Right now • New organization chart at the National and University Library of Iceland • New project manager for the nation wide-access • Sveinn Ólafsson, M.Sc. • The first Icelandic database in the nationwide access • Database of the biggest Icelandic newspaper – Morgunblaðið

  9. Thank your for your attention! Questions?

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