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e-Periodicals Servicee-Periodicals ServiceGateway to Information

http://intranet.unesco.org/periodic/http://intranet.unesco.org/periodic/

Case study:

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Background1995: The Library section decides to acquire an electronic management system that also allows of serials processing

1996: The new system, Techlib, is implemented Kardex management of periodical is progressively

abandoned

 1997: Internet explosion Everyday more and more periodicals and magazines are

available online

Creation the Periodicals website

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Criteria for choosing titles:

Cover the  Organization’s fields of activity, and

Published by the Organization/UN Agencies, or

Well-known and respected by their peers, and

Provide timely information, relevant to the implementation of the Organization’s programmes

All or most of the content has to be accessible Updated regularly

.

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../…

1999: The crisis

270+ subscriptions are cancelled!

The Periodicals website has to evolve so as to offer a viable alternative

2000: Restructuring of the publishing industry. Free, single-title websites disappear:

e-Services that sell access packages to thousands of titles control the market

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Why? Budgetary constraints Irregularity of paper versions Missing issues / gaps To better exploit our stacks

To bring visibility to our collectionsTo bring visibility to our collections

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How?

Periodicals Checklist

Two websites

Outward lookingExternal e-Services

Holdings-orientedPromotion of Collection

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I. Checklist Website

A database searchable by Title Subject Language Record number (for

circulation lists, etc.)

Promotes our collections by putting it on every desktop

Cult* africaTimes edu*

Russian

107023

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It also offers Information about

availability of titles

Display (Reading Room only)

Circulation of paper versions

Holdings

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e-Applications

Request for circulation

Consultation/ Modification of personal lists

Request for articles

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II. Periodicals WebsiteA gateway to electronic services offering

up-to-date Information from around the world

RSS service providing hourly updated headline news

Access to electronic versions of paper subscribed periodicals

Institutional access to some of the most important providers of e-content around

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+ Paper subscriptions+ Paper subscriptions

World BankWorld Banke-Library e-Library **

EBSCOEBSCO

IngentaIngenta

OECD OECD ** ElsevierElsevierScienceDirectScienceDirect **

ProQuest ProQuest **

** Services provided through the UN Consortium

Services provided through the UN Consortium

e-Content Providers

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III Advantages of e-Services

Adding a greater number of titles to our collections

Periodicals content are indexed searchable

Enliven our stacks: requests for articles are precise Fetching issues is both faster and more accurate.

Periodicals collections is brought to life!Periodicals collections is brought to life!

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Comments/ Questions/ Contacts

Access to: World Bank e-Library ProQuest ScienceDirect and OECD

[email protected]

[email protected] Link to Periodicals website/Project assistance

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Thank you!

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What access? IP-Configured

Simplified management One account for the whole «Campus» Identifying source of problems is straightforward

No constraints to the user

Customization of institutional gateway…

Possibility of «branding»

Institutional Institutional gatewaygatewayon ProQuest with ProQuest with

personalizedpersonalized search page and search page and internal linksinternal links

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ID + Password

When IP is not possible: An «off-Campus» solution

Constraints on usersto remember login

Difficult to manage, to identify and solve problems

What access?