A Vision for One Statewide Library

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A Vision for One Statewide Library
Jayne Williams, Assistant Vice Chancellor Library
and Customer Information Services March 12, 2003
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Regardless of Where People Are, GALILEO Gives
Them Access to Information
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GALILEO Provides Information to Communities
Throughout Georgia

• Students (P-16)
• Book Reports
• Science Projects
• Art and Music
• Term Papers
• Research Reports
• Literary Criticism
• Colleges and Graduate Schools
• Industry and Corporate Information
• Historical Essays
• Current Events
• Biographies
• Faculty
• Scholarly Publishing
• Classroom Instruction

• Citizens of Georgia
• Personal Finance
• Health Databases
• Lifestyle
• Consumer Information
• Career Advancement
• Genealogy Resources
• Current Events
• Parenting Tips
• Entertainment Information
• Travel Resources
• Federal and State Government Documents
• Entrepreneurship

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GALILEO Maximizes the Benefits From Scarce
Resources

• Collective Buying Power
• Technical Support Staff
• Business Processes Minimized
• Resources available 24 hours a day,
• 7 days a week
• Resource Sharing

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GALILEO Progress and Update

• Overview of the phases of GALILEO
• Phase I (GALILEO)
• Databases, full-text articles, electronic books
• Phase II (GALILEO Interconnected Libraries)
• Phase III (Digital Library of Georgia)

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GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online
1995

• September 21 GALILEO, Georgias Virtual
  Library, is born150 days after the Governor and
  General Assembly provide funding
• Initial access available only to USG faculty
  members and 206,484 students
• GALILEO available to 8 million Georgia citizens
• Access available from school libraries, Georgias
  public libraries, and from home computers

Now
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GALILEOs User Communities

• 35 USG Libraries
• 41 Private Academic Libraries
• 36 Technical College Libraries
• 370 Public Libraries
• 2,066 Public K-12 Sites

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All Communities Have 28 Standard Databases
The Core

• Over 6,000 Full-Text Journals
• Encyclopedias
• Dictionaries
• Content includes Arts Humanities,
• Business Economics, Sciences,
• Government Publications

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GALILEO Provides Customized Resources To Leverage
Funding and Access

• Example AncestryPlus for All Public Libraries
• Example Psychological Abstracts for UGA, Emory
  
• University, Georgia Southern, Berry College,
  etc.
• Example Cambridge Scientific Abstracts for USG
  
• institutions
• Example Répertoire International de
  Littérature
• Musicale (RILM) for Agnes Scott College

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University SystemsGALILEO Resources
9,000 Periodicals in Full-Text
150 Databases
3,000 Selected Internet Resources
26,000 eBooks
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Bainbridge College Library Collection
1994 Pre-GALILEO
2003 With GALILEO

• 201 print journals
• Plus 9,000 electronic
  journals
• 28,391 print book titles
• Plus 26,000 electronic books

• 213 print journals

• 23,859 print book
• titles

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2003 Bainbridge College Journals

• 201 journals cost 13,125
• 9,000 journals would cost 585,000
• GALILEO SAVES BAINBRIDGE 585,000

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USG Academic Institutions
34 x 585,000 19,958,000
GALILEO Lottery Funded Resources 1,939,000
GALILEO Saves System 18,019,000
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GALILEO Usage Statistics 1995 2003
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Criteria by Which to Determine a Projects Merit

• Is the project good for the state?

• Is the project good for the System?

• Is the project good for the institution?

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SUCCESS FACTORS

• Technology and content availability
• Leadership from large academic libraries
• Collaborative spirit of librarians
• Desire to benefit all
• Bottom-up effort
• Support from the highest levels in government

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GALILEOs New Homepage
http//www.galileo.usg.edu
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GALILEOs Kids Page

• http//kids.galileo.usg.edu

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GALILEO Support Services

• Access and Server Management
• Helpdesk
• Training
• Ask a Librarian

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Publications and Outreach
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GALILEO Phase II
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Four Service Sites Support All USG Libraries

• Georgia Institute of Technology (1)
• Medical College of Georgia (1)
• Georgia State (20 Universal Catalog)
• University of Georgia (13 Georgia Department of
  Archives and History)

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Benefits of Consolidated Approach

• Not only does this approach cost us less in
  hardware and software maintenance, but it frees
  up time to do other work since we dont have to
  manage a system. There is no way that we could
  afford on our own the technical expertise and
  benefits that this approach brings. This is a
  great bargain.
• Ray Calvert, Library Director, Coastal Georgia
  Community College

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GALILEOPhase III

• In Production
• Georgia Historic Books (ongoing)
• Jimmy Carter Daily Diary
• Georgia Historic Newspapers (ongoing)
• Georgia Legislative Documents (ongoing)
• Georgia Government Publications (updated daily)
• Williams Photography Collection
• Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868
• Southeastern Native American Documents
• Clifford "Baldy" Baldowski Editorial Cartoons
• Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia
• Upcoming Projects
• Georgia HomePLACE Vanishing Georgia
• Georgia HomePLACE Marriage
• Georgia Historical Maps Collection
• New Georgia Encyclopedia
• Georgia Aerial Photographs

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Cornelius C. Platter Civil War Diary, 1864 -
1865
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Cornelius C. Platter Civil War Diary, 1864 -
1865
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Cornelius C. Platter Civil War Diary, 1864 -
1865
During the past two weeks we have been expecting
marching orders, more than a week since we
received orders to prepare for a long, arduous
successful campaign. Many different opinions
have been expressed as to our probable
destinationthe most general belief is that
Savannah will be the objective pointnothing
definite however is known concerning the coming
movement.
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Photograph Collections
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Georgia Aerial Photographs
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GALILEO Has Received National Recognition for
Excellence
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GALILEOs Homepage
GIL and Digital Library
Learn to Use GALILEO More Effectively
Basic General Resources
Enter Password Here
http//www.galileo.usg.edu
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GALILEO serves as a model for other states
seeking to create statewide virtual libraries.
More importantly, the University System of
Georgia has placed electronic books, newspaper
and magazine articles, photographs, countless
research tools, and other resources into the
hands of more than eight million Georgians in
need of information.Thats the power of GALILEO
and the power of partnerships.Dr. Thomas C.
MeredithChancellor, University System of Georgia
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Creating a More Educated Georgia
http//www.galileo.usg.edu