Access to Virtual & Physical Resources

UCD Library Leabharlann UCD

Eoin McCarney – UCD Library

Overview

• Federated search – The way forward?

• Implications for access to materials

• Bona fide users

• Access to material in storage

Moving forward:

• Competitive / Individual?

Each library develops its own solution

• Collaborative / National?

We develop shared solutions

National Federated Search? (1)

One interface which searches:

• All our library catalogues

• All our e-resources

• Presents all results in clear & consistent format

National Federated Search? (2)

Benefits:

• Standardisation

• One stop shop for Irish resources

• Reduced cost of ownership

• Promote Irish libraries

• Shared support / national expertise

National Federated Search? (3)

Challenges:

• Existing local arrangements & plans

• Complexity re access to e-resources

• One size fits all?

• Homogenisation

Access to Materials (1)

Implications of national federated search:

• Increased Visibility

• External visitors

• Access to e-resources

• Reciprocal borrowing

• Impact on ILL patterns?

Access to Materials (2)

• Review existing access schemes

• Extend ALCID scheme to include: - Reciprocal Borrowing?

• Similar model to SCONUL (SRX)

Who is a valid user?

• Registered staff, students etc

• Occasional lecturers, consultants in teaching hospitals, associated researchers, industry partners

• Local community

• Licensing implications

• CONUL to review & make reccommendations?

Access to materials in storage

• Off-site storage

• Traditional versus Online service

• Scan & deliver to desktop

• Appropriate staffing & skill levels

• CONUL sub-committee report

Questions? Thoughts?Suggestions?