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?