ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
NADYA TERZIEVA RADOSTINA TODOROVA
Bulgarian Information Consortium
Knowledge today
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Electronic Publication. What is it about?
Technical Development
ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
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Electronic Publication. What is it about?
Technical Development
Human Behaviour
ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
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Bulgarian Cultural Tradition
Paissii of Hilendar
The Day of National Enlighteners
Cyril and Methodius
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Bulgarian Librarian Society at the end of XX centuryCharacteristics
Opportunism
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Bulgarian Librarian Society at the end of XX centuryCharacteristics
OpportunismFree-riding
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Bulgarian Librarian Society at the end of XX century Characteristics
OpportunismFree-ridingBad Informal Institutions
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Bulgarian Librarian Society at the end of XX centuryCharacteristics
OpportunismFree-ridingBad Informal InstitutionsFinancial Constraints
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Bulgarian Librarian Society at the end of XX century Results
Printed materials
Individual purchasing (donations)
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Bulgarian Librarian Cooperation – the idea
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Bulgarian Librarian Consortium - Creation
Small Legal Body Protection against opportunism
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Operational Units Solving the free-riding problem
Bulgarian Librarian Consortium - Creation
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Control and Transparency Collective actions support
Bulgarian Librarian Consortium - Creation
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Bulgarian Librarian Consortium - Development
Bulgarian Information Consortium
Strategy PracticeTactics
ProgramsServicesTechnology
MissionFundingScopeMembers
ManagementHuman ResourcesIncentives
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Bulgarian Librarian Consortium – Results and Achievements
Members Structure by type (2005)
Number
59%10%
9%
8%5% 3%3% 3%
Academic libraries 59%
Informational departments 10%
Public libraries 9%
Scientific libraries 8%
Special libraries 5%
National libraries 3%
"Chitalishte" libraries 3%
Municipal libraries 3%
2002 42003 192004 342005 40
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Bulgarian Librarian Consortium – Results and Achievements
Activities and participation (2002 – 2005)
Event Number of issue Number of participants
Technology Day 7 475
Good Librarian Practice 4 255
Training session 1 15
National meeting 5 270
Total: 17 1015
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Bulgarian Librarian Consortium – Results and Achievements
120000
130000
140000
150000
160000
2003 2004 2005
Total Number of Electronic Resources Used
Electronic resources usage (units) and costs ($)
0,29
0,3
0,31
0,32
2003 2004 2005
Costs per Unit
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION:
THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
Bulgarian Librarian Consortium – Future Plans
Programs for the next three years
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Education and Training on Electronic Resources
Introduction of Digital Services
Technical Expertise Providing and Consulting Services
Union Catalogue and Cooperative Cataloguing
Marketing
Licensing of Electronic Resources
Management of Consortia Library-information System
Additional Services in Purchasing Library Automation Software
Electronic Resources and Library Cooperation
Electronic Resources are:
Preferred
Expensive
Cost effective
Easily measured
Stimulating
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY COOPERATION: THE BULGARIAN EXPERIENCE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
NADYA TERZIEVA RADOSTINA TODOROVA