The National Library of Finland – providing new services for the

Information Society

CDNL-meeting, Oslo 2005Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen

Content

• The working environment• The changing role of national Library• The triangle• Conclusions

• Changes in the working environment– National

• National policies

• Competition

• The needs of libraries and end users

– International• Changes in publishing and delivery of information

• Globalisation - cooperation

• The change of the role of National Library

The changing working environment of the library

NATIONALLIBRARY

THE FINANCIERSMinistry of EducationUniversity of Helsinki

FoundationsRegional financing

PARTNERSBook industry

The IT Centre for ScienceKopiosto

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

CDNL, CENLEndeavour, ExLibris, IT-developers

Strategic partnersPublishers

NATIONAL COOPERATION

Libraries networkMemory organisations

Virtual universityVirtual polytechnic

The interest groups of National Library

The customers of National Library

NATIONALLIBRARY

END USERS-Researchers

-Students-Others

THE GENERAL PUBLIC-Visitors of exhibitions

-Visitors of cultural events-Media

PUBLISHING INDUSTRY-Publishers; Book industry

-Authors-Donors of legal deposits

LIBRARIES- University libraries-Polytechnic libraries

- Special libraries- Public libraries

The Libraries Network

• The network consists of 4 library sectors• Each sector has organised its own activities

– Council + working committee structure– Each sector has a chair person and a secretary

• 3 library consortia in the country– Linnea – library system– FinELib – national licensing and national portal– AMKIT – polytechnic libraries consortia

The changing role of National Library

• Enlarged clientele– The four library sectors

• Defined services for the libraries network– Defined by the libraries and National Library

• Change of the name of the organisation– National Library of Finland

• Legal changes– University law and act

• New steering mechanisms – Ministry of Education– National Library – libraries network

• Budgetary system – Ministry of Education– National Library

What will be changed?

• Services will be made permanent for the libraries network– Permanent staff– Possibilities to develop top quality expertise

• Development of partnership between National Library and libraries network– Development of services based on user needs

• National Library & libraries network – opinion leader in the Information Society

Developing the Digital Library – the Triangle

Needs?

IR-portal (MetaLib + SFX)

Library System(Voyager)

Digital ObjectsManagement(EnCompass)

End users

Libraries

Organisations

PRESERVATION

The triangle

• One-stop shop to information– Heterogeneous resources available through the service

• Format– Text, Music, Images, Maps etc.

• Type– Library catalogues– E-journals– A & I databases– E-books

• One single sign on– Shibboleth authentication

The value chain

ACQUISITION

Licensing

Digitization

Publishing

DELIVERY PRESERVATION

Legal depositmaterial

OA-material

LIBRARIES library network

USERS researchers teachers citizens

SOCIETY published heritage

STAKEHOLDERS Memory organisations Virtual university Virtual polytechnic

Conclusions

• The libraries network in Finland is well organised• Coordination of library issues at the Ministry of

Education has been developed– New coordinating working group

• Information technology provides new possibilities to support research, learning and human development

• Cooperation is the key success factor