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Libraries, distance studying, and electronic resources
a survey carried out in Central Finland
Teemu Makkonen & Antti Seppänen, Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences, Library and Information Services
Tuija Venäläinen, Jyväskylä City Library - Regional Library of Central Finland
Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library
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Jyväskylä University
Core fields in research and education:– Natural sciences and mathematics– Human-centered sciences– Sport and health sciences– Teacher education
• 7 faculties
• Partner of The University Alliance Finland together with Tampere University of Technology and University of Tampere (> 2010)
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Jyväskylä University Library
Number of staff 63
Collections: books 2 million vols
Collections: print journals 10 000 titles
Collections: e-journals 15 000 titles
Collections: e-books 280 000 titles
Visits / year 700 000
Web-visits / year 600 000
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Liaison Committee of Jyväskylä Libraries
Members:– Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences Library– Jyväskylä City Library - Regional Library of Central
Finland– Jyväskylä University Library– Jyväskylä Educational Consortium Library
www.jyvaskylankirjastot.fi
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Liaison Committee of Jyväskylä Libraries
Tasks:1. to monitor and evaluate the information
service strategy in Jyväskylä
2. to organize training for Jyväskylä libraries personnel
3. to organize events and development projects in the library sector
4. to collaborate in the development of library services
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• a survey carried out in Central Finland by the Liaison Committee of Jyväskylä Libraries
• financed by the Ministry of Education• project period: December 2006 - May 2007• project admin: Jyväskylä City Library - Regional
Library of Central Finland– project coordinator: Mr. Teemu Makkonen, M.A., librarian– Steering committee
Libraries, distance studying, and electronic resources
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Aims of the Project
• How libraries and librarians can support distance studying and life-long learning?
• How the technical problems concerning the remote use of licenced materials could be solved and how the use could be more flexible?
Information literacy, regional equality, accessibility
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Students of University of Jyväskylä*
Total amount 15 280
Jyväskylä region 6 559
Elsewhere in Central Finland 1 040
Elsewhere in Finland 6 153
Total amount of students living outside Jyväskylä region
7 193
* 2006
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Students of the Open University of Jyväskylä*
Total amount 14 560
Jyväskylä region 2 040
Elsewhere in Central Finland 864
Total amount of students living outside Jyväskylä region
11 321
*2006
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Students of Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences*
Total amount 5470
Jyväskylä region 3375
Elsewhere in Finland 2095
*2006
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FinELib
• national consortium
• supports research, teaching and studying in Finland by promoting the availability of high-quality information resources and their use in society
• members: – universities, universities of applied sciences,
public libraries and many special librariesCore e-resources for research, well-being, studying and economic life
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NELLI
• national information retrieval portal for the FinELib libraries
• remote use – public libraries: only a few
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Remote use situations:
1. The student connecting to her school’s network and its e-materials at home
2. The student connecting to her school’s network and its e-materials at a public library
3. The student connecting to her public library’s network and its e-materials at home
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Remote use challenges and solutions
• encryption, firewalls / telecommunication
• licence terms
• user identification (Proxy, VPN, Ezproxy)
• Shibboleth authentication in Nelli– personified services (MyNelli) require
customer’s identification
• user’s rights (public libraries)– Nelli-Tunnis, Nelli-Etis
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How small public libraries can support distance studying?
• Number of public computers at libraries
• Results of the questionnaire in Central Finland:– interlibrary loans– research rooms– remote connections– information literacy skills– librarians’ own needs:
• familiarity of e-resources and NELLI portals• new studying processes, e-learning
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Recommendations of the Project
• licences, remote use techniques
• support network for distance studying in Central Finland– further education for librarians– student support together with libraries:
• ”remote tutors” > personal contacts with modern tools, student helpdesks
• learning materials and tools for distance students• information of the services
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One year after the Project
• Ezproxy, Shibboleth
• Extranet: Central Finland public libraries
• information skills for school teachers of Jyväskylä?
• new information skills courses at Jyväskylä University– for the 1st year students of the School of Business and
Economics and the economic students of the Open University
• LEVIKE (2004-2007)– support network for distance studying in Lapland libraries
Thank you!
More information (in Finnish): Makkonen, Teemu, Kirjastot, opiskelu ja sähköiset aineistot.
http://www.jyvaskylankirjastot.fi/etaopiskelu.pdf
Email: mirja.laitinen@library.jyu.fi