Presentation to the Middle East Studies Association

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OACIS for the Middle East (Online Access to
Consolidated Information on Serials)

• Presentation to the Middle East Studies
  Association
• and the Middle East Librarians Association
• November 2003
• Simon Samoeil, OACIS Project Manager
• Yale University

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OACIS Partners

• Cornell University
• Ohio State University
• Universitaets-und Landesbibliothek of
  Sachsen-Anhalt in Halle, Germany
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Michigan
• University of Texas
• University of Washington
• Yale University

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Home Page - http//www.library.yale.edu/oacis/
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Project progress and targets over three years

• Year One
• - A prototype database to be in place, with
  selected records from the participating U.S.
  libraries. 
• - A prototype Web-interaction interface for
  record display will be mocked up and tested. 
• - Feedback of the participating/partner
  libraries will be sought at several points prior
  to the completion of a prototype. 
• - The first Middle East intern will have worked
  on the project, both by learning about its design
  and contributing to its development from a Middle
  Eastern perspective. 

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Project progress and targets over three years

• Mid-Year Two
• - All existing compatible records for the
  partner U.S. libraries will have been loaded.
• -Begin loading records from overseas
  participants with compatible standard formats. 
• - Open the Web site for outside viewers as a
  work in progress.
• - Seek feedback from a wider group of users,
  through online modes such as e-mail and
  electronic surveys.

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Project progress and targets over three years

• End of Year Two
• - Complete the Web-interaction entry form. 
  Libraries with records already loaded can edit.
• - Load records of additional U.S. libraries and
  the German partner.
• - Load titles from Middle Eastern partners.
• - Train second intern who will begin developing
  a plan for incorporating his/her librarys serial
  titles into OACIS. 
• - Travel to Germany to exchange systems skills
  and work on the project with the Halle staff
  during Year Two. 
• - Start planning for the document delivery pilot
  project.

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Project progress and targets over three years

• Year Three
• - Continue loading additional participant
  libraries' records.
• - Begin work on importing and including
  descriptive information in vernacular scripts
  using Unicode as the encoding medium.
• - Implement the proposed European site.
• - Add holdings of additional overseas libraries,
  in part as recommended by our key partners
  abroad. 
• - Travel to the Middle East to help establish a
  World Wide Web server and mount OACIS at the
  selection location. The third Middle East intern
  will be instrumental in this task. 
• - Implement our pilot document delivery project.

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Potential Middle Eastern Partners

• University of Jordan, Jordan
• American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon
• Balamand University, Lebanon
• Tishreen University, Syria
• Assad National Library in Syria
• The American University in Cairo
• Arab Institute for Human Rights in Tunisia