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ANKOS Anatolian University Libraries Consortium. Bülent KARASÖZEN Middle East Technical University 4th International Annual ANKOS Meeting Koç University, Istanbul 13-14 June 2004. Organizational Structure. Steering Commitee, 9 members Coordinator Database contact librarians, 22
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ANKOSAnatolian University Libraries Consortium Bülent KARASÖZENMiddle East Technical University 4th International Annual ANKOS Meeting Koç University, Istanbul 13-14 June 2004
Organizational Structure • Steering Commitee, 9 members • Coordinator • Database contact librarians, 22 • Working groups • Licensing • User education • User statistics
Increase in Usage of Full-Text Electronic Journals in Comparison with Growth in Number of Licensed Databases • # of licensed databases in 2002: 239 • # of licensed databases in 2003: 418 • Growth rate: +75% • # of full text downloads in 2002: 2,300,000 • # of full text downloads in 2003: 6,020,238 • Usage increase: +270%
Distrubition of Members Participating in ANKOS Contracts for 2003,2004
Number of Publications of Turkish Universities & Resesarch Institutions in 2003
Distribution of Turkish University Students and Faculty by Discipline
ScienceDirect full text downloads in Turkey versus selected European countries-2002/03
Open Access • SPARC membership since 2002 • Support of Open Access and Open Archives • ANKOS as representative of SELL countries(Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece and Turkey) in the European SPARC Steering Committee since 2004
User education, training • Kluwer, March 7, Ankara • IEL, March 25, Izmir • ISI Web of Science, March 26, Izmir • Proquest, May 6-7, Mersin • ScienceDirect, May 4-7, Ankara, Erzurum, Izmir, Istanbul • Ebsco, May 14, Istanbul • ISI Web of Science, May 20, Cyprus • ISI, IEL, June 15, Koç University
Current and future issues • Turkish procurement law, payment problems • Unbalanced print subscriptions and insufficient budget of libraries • Differences in usage • Determining the needs of institutions • Awareness about consortial deals • Communication with members • ANKOS as virtual library