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Library Consortia and Electronic Resources in Slovakia. Maria Kollarova e-ICOLC 22.10.2003. Country overview – 5,38 mil. inhabitants (Oct 2002) 48,845 sq.km.
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Library Consortia and Electronic Resources in Slovakia Maria Kollarova e-ICOLC 22.10.2003
Country overview – 5,38 mil. inhabitants (Oct 2002) 48,845 sq.km
Libraries in Slovakia (data 2002) • 24 academic libraries – 626 incl college • 8 research libraries– 5 universal, 3 special. -national library, academy of sciences, CVTI SR • 2,690 public libraries– 36 regional, 303 w/professional staff, 2218 w/nonprofessional • 377 special libraries– medical, technical, agricultural, museums, prison, military, Parliamentary and other • 5,996 school libraries – primary and secondary
Libraries in Slovakia (data 2002) • Professional staff 532 in public1,733 in academic 865 in research495 in special • Collections – 38,3 mil. (incl. 18,6 mil. in public libraries) • Registered users – 976,893 • 8,4 mil visitors
Libraries in Slovakia (cont.) • Information technology in libraries: • 4 library information systems • 260 servers • 3056 PCs • 663 PIAP in libraries
Internet penetration in Accession and Candidate States, June 2002
Electronic Information for Libraries • Project eIFL Direct – start in 2000 • Tender – EBSCO Publishing • 125 slovak libraries registered • Online, CD/DVD access (infrastructure problems)
Electronic resources • National license: • 1. EBSCO Publishing / eIFL • 2. American Physical Society / eIFL • 3. Web of Science • EI Engineering Village 2 • ScienceDirect - Elsevier • SpringerLink
Library consortium • Slovak National Library – Ministry of Culture Slovak Republic • Building Consortium- a non-profit organization: • KIS 3G – Uniform Library Integrated system of the Third Generation • Electronic Information for Libraries • Digitisation
Thank you for your kind attention! Maria Kollarova kollarova@snk.sk