Julien Van Borm University of Antwerp

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From St. Petersburg to Vladivostok Library
co-operation new style in the Russian Federation

• Julien Van BormUniversity of Antwerp
• Belgium

LIBER 34th Annual Conference 2005 Groningen
Tuesday 5 - Saturday 9 July, 2005
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Contents

• Tempus
• Library co-operation in Russia
• Co-operation no good in se
• The Copeter project
• The Discopeter project proposal
• Scientific information for the blind

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Tempus

• European Union Project Line (http//www.etf.eu.i
  nt/tempus.nsf)
• CARDS
• MEDA
• TACIS

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Tempus

• European Union Project Line
• Tempus grants
• 3 types
• JEP (max. 300.000 to 500.000 euro)
• Competition
• 2002 500 project proposals
• 140 proposals from Russia (28)

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Library co-operation in Russia

• Disintegration of the central organisational
  structure
• The Open Society Institute (Soros Foundations
  Network)
• The Library Automation Program (1998-2003)

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Library co-operation in Russia
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Library co-operation in Russia

• Disintegration of the central organisational
  structure
• The Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation)
• The Library Automation Program (1998-2003)
• The library competition projects
• 14 consortia (200 libraries from 47 regions in
  Russia)
• RUSLANet with ICLIS

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Library co-operation no good in se

• M. Line 6 principles for co-operation
• 1. A clearly defined purpose.
• 2. Explore also others means to achieve the
  objective.
• 3. Justifications of the means lies in its
  cost-effectiveness.
• 4. No co-operation if it is not to produce better
  results.
• 5. Co-operation should be looked at in a global
  context.
• 6. Avoid over-planning and top-down planning.

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Library co-operation no good in se

• M. Line 6 principles for co-operation
• E. Häkli 4 musts
• Create a common will.
• Develop common goals.
• Find out new organisational structures.
• Develop and agree on an efficient agency
  (agencies).

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Copeter

• Partners
• Russian Federation
• European Union

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Copeter

• Partners
• Russian Federation
• STU
• ETU
• FINEK
• European Union
• UA (Belgium)
• UM (the Netherlands)

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Copeter

• Partners
• Runtime
• 2 years (April 2002-April 2004)
• Funding
• 266.000 euro
• 5 objectives
• 1. Consortium building
• 2. Management
• 3. Union catalogue
• 4. Electronic document ordering
• 5. Electronic document supply

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Copeter

• Realisations
• Consortium agreement
• Library management
• Union catalogue
• ILDS
• Full text databases
• Survey among the users of the new services
• Dissemination activities

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Copeter

• Realisations
• Consortium agreement
• Library management
• Union catalogue
• Z.39.50
• Search and retrieval
• Converting on the fly USMARC-RUSMARC-USMARC
• Remote updating and deleting
• From 6 to 12 partners
• Match and merging software
• Downloading of records
• 80 for retro conversion processes
• 30-40 for acquisitions
• A prerequisite for ILDS

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Copeter

• Realisations
• Consortium agreement
• Library management
• Union catalogue
• ILDS
• Standards
• Item order of the Z39.50 protocol
• (ISO ILL standards10160 and10161)
• Ariel Software
• Obstacles
• Budget
• Paper requests
• Poor success rate

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Copeter
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Copeter

• Realisations
• Consortium agreement
• Library management
• Union catalogue
• ILDS
• Access to full text databases
• ETD
• Quality certified books and journals on the web
• EBSCO baskets of e-journals

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Copeter

• Realisations
• Consortium agreement
• Library management
• Union catalogue
• ILDS
• Access to full text databases
• Survey among the users of the new services
• Dissemination activities

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Copeter

• The sustainability issue
• Improving Russian economy.
• High profile of libraries in the Russian
  universities.
• Competent classical librarians (missing ICT
  skills).
• Good ICT support from library automation
  departments.
• Hard working though not always well managed
  libraries.

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DISCOPETER
Tempus application 2005 A dissemination project
for Copeter

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DISCOPETER

• Partners
• Copeter partners
• Arbikon (http//www.arbicon.ru/)

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DISCOPETER

• Tasks
• Information gathering in the EU
• Seminars in St-Petersburg
• Publications
• Web
• Paper

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Scientific information for the blind

• Framework
• EU Tacis Institution Building Partnership
  Programme (IBPP) - Civil Society and Local
  Initiatives.
• The idea
• To open the resources of Russian libraries to
  blind researchers.
• License implications
• ICT implications
• Organisational implications
• Financial implications