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Toni Janik
MDMLG April 22, 2004
Why Medical Digital Libraries?24 hour access to collectionAbility to access library from home,
office, patient bedside - not just within the walls of the library
Less space requiredEasier to searchMost current edition always available Growing amount of medical information
and need to provide the best available
& this
Becomes….. this
HowReview of current issues, products and
trends using Medline Publisher and Vendor web sites and
conference displays Professional library journals Web search using a variety of search
engines including Google, Metacrawler, and Altavista.
Vendor trials of a variety of digital products
Medical Digital Hospital Libraries
Botsford
Ottawa
Allen & Betty Taylor Library - UWO
Issues
Accessibility & Connectivity – IP, passwords, firewalls…
Collection DevelopmentLicensing Managing Complexity Multi-sited Organizations, Partnerships
& Consortiums
Accessibility Connectivity – IP, passwords,
firewalls…User Group - Who….
Physicians Nurses Allied Health Care Staff Administration Students from local colleges, universities? Medical students from UWO? Patients, family members General public? ...
Collection DevelopmentPolicy
All digital or combination of print and digital ?Where to begin?
Journal subscriptions that include an online edition
Journals indexed in Medline or CINAHL Fulltext journals bundled with databases
currently subscribed to. ie. EbscoMed Fulltext books that are on the “Brandon and
Hill recommended list for small libraries”. Consortium packages that are affordable and
meet our collection and users needs. (MHSLA, MLC, SOHLIN)
Collection Development cont’d Inclusion of trial packages of books and
journals for feedback from user groupSelection of full text packages that
reflect information needs of health care team
Increased database selections that include all/selected fulltext i.e.. Quicklaw, IPAB, E-Psyche ...
BudgetDigital collections are often priced higher
than their paper counter parts.Per year costs for digital compared to
per edition costs for paperTypical journal costs rise 18-23 % per
year and library budgets are fixed or decreasing
Ongoing technical hardware and software costs to maintain access
Increased or decreased Interlibrary Loan costs due to growing digital collections?
LicensingLack of Standardization
Same product - different deals ?
Often changes during the license period
Publisher, third party vendor, direct Not all e-products are available through
vendors only directly from publisher sites.
Licensing Cont’dCost – per employee, annual patient
admissions, concurrent user, per computer station
Who does the negotiating? Librarian Computer services (IS) department Hospital lawyers
Managing ComplexityThe Complexity
of Systems of Resources of Users
Users Archive availability ILL’s not always allowed by publisher
SystemsCD-ROM Intranet vs. Internet Servers
Hospital server Library server Vendor server Publisher server
Platform changes, migration, ...
ResourcesChanging url’sAuthenticationPublisher / vendor changes
Devine EbscoWho offers what your users want?
Is what you want available digitallyBundles Embargoes
UsersDefine who are your library’s usersWhat are the information needs of the
various user groups Information Sources Access Points Technological Expertise
What percentage of the collection’s budget will be allocated to each group
Multi-sited Organizations, Partnerships & Consortiums
Benefits Preferred pricing ILL within group Cooperative training Resident “experts” Users become
familiar with common interface
Disadvantages Everyone gets the same
package Common renewal date Tied to each other’s
budgets Must all choose IP or
password access Concurrency is for all ~
not by institution
Our Collection E - Books
Harrison’s Internal Medicine Statref! (MHSLA) LWW OvidE - Journals New England Journal of Medicine and others
through publisher sites AtoZ Proquest Nursing and Medical OVID Journals Science Direct JAMA (through EbscoMed)
Access Points to E-ProductsBookmarksEbscoMed fulltext links from databasesPublisher site for individual titlesDirected study web siteProquest site for Medical/NursingScience DirectOvid LWW siteAtoZOPAC – EOSi E-GLASHDGH Library intranet site
Where to go next...Create a intranet site for all our digital
products – under constructionCreate library forms on our web site for
our patrons to use for Reference and Interlibrary Loan
Ongoing trials for e-products for our health sciences collection
Suggestions, Comments … Will the digital library
of tomorrow meet your information needs?