Michigans eLibrary Today the New MEL Spring 2002

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Michigans eLibrary Todaythe New MELSpring
2002

• Becky Cawley, Statewide Databases Administrator
• Library of Michigan

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Michigans Virtual Library The Concept
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Anyone, anywhere in Michigan, at any time, can
locate and retrieve information he or she needs
or wants.
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Anyone, anywhere in Michigan, at any time, can
locate and retrieve information he or she needs
or wants.

• From the Internet
• From Commercial databases
• From e-books journals

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AccessMichigan information

• From the Internet MEL
• From commercial databases First Search,
  INFOTrac , SIRS, Electric Library, Custom
  Newspapers, AncestryPlus
• From e-books netLibrary started on April 9, 2001

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Anyone, anywhere in Michigan, at any time, can
locate and retrieve information he or she needs
or wants.

• Coming soon
• From library catalogs
• Locate
• Request
• Deliver
• From digitized local collections
• (aka ATLAS project)

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New in Spring 2001

• MEL Ebooks from netLibrary
• See http//accessmichigan.org for
• Project summary
• Lists of titles
• Presentation and Demo
• Demo planned for Michigan Health Sciences
  Conference Oct 17 2002
• For full training call Kathy Cadwallader
• 800-530-9019 x 13

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What is the MEL Ebooks Collection?

• Part of AccessMichigan
• 8,000 titles purchased
• 3,500 Public Domain titles
• Funded by Library of Michigan
• Permanent part of our growing collection

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What subjects are included?

• Almost anything!
• American History, Anatomy, Philology, Math,
  Consumer Health, Statistics, Film, Arts and
  Crafts, Zoology just to name a few

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Can we add records to our catalogs for these
titles?

• MARC records are available through MLC at .05
  per record
• To order MARC records, please call the Michigan
  Library Consortium at 1-800-530-9019
• Records will be provided from OCLC

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What are key features of MEL Ebooks?

• Ability to search the full content of all of the
  books with one search
• Ability to search key words in entire book
• Ability to include these books in library OPAC
• Read books online (no special device or reader)
• Users create individual ID/PW at the library

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NEW in Fall 2001

• AncestryPlus - GALE
• Custom Newspapers - GALE

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Ancestry Plus

• New from GALE major Genealogy resource
• Census Records
• Immigration Records
• Social Security Death Index
• 100s of other resources
• Library use only

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Custom Newspapers

• All of newspapers GALE has access to
• N.Y. Times
• Detroit News
• International Herald Tribune and more
• 120 national and international newspapers
• Years included varies by newspaper

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Change re Free Press

• AccessMichigan no longer includes access to
  Detroit Free Press
• Vendor changed to NewsBank
• Cost increased over 700
• What options do librarians have if they want to
  purchase the Free Press themselves ?
• Group purchase via MLC
• Group purchase via COOP or other
• Add to an existing contract with NewsBank

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Remote Access for Library Patrons

• Some libraries have shared passwords or create
  access using their own systems
• New option coming in late May 2002
• Patron enters drivers license number or state ID
  number
• Authorized to use all resources except library
  use only (AncestryPlus right now)
• http//mel.org will take users to the new MeL
• For netLibrary user gets to location for creating
  individual ID/PW

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AccessMichigan - Support Services

• Help Desk at MLC
• Training via MLC
• MSU ILL support
• SPAN a serials holdings list for Michigan
• Periodicals list done by Oakland schools
• http//accessmichigan.org

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Database Statistics - Retrievals

• Oct 2000 - Sept 2001
• Electric library 358,555
• Gale Group 2,287,567
• netLibrary 332,863
• First Search 2,260,632
• SIRS 218,710
• Databases Total 5,458,327
• MEL 7,254,631
• Grand Total 12,712,958

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Database Statistics - Costs

• Total cost approximately 3.6 million
• Cost per retrieval 29 cents
• Value if purchased separately
• 129 million
• 125,170 per library (avg)

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Database renewals

• All current databases available through Sept 2002
• netLibrary not a subscription
• Following subscriptions needed to be renewed for
  Oct 2002 -
• OCLCs First Search
• GALE (except Ancestry and Custom News)
• Electric Library Elementary
• SIRS Discoverer

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Database Renewals 2002-2003Basic Goals

• Continuity with plan for more extended RFP
  process for 2003-
• Core set of resources
• Consider high demand subjects
• Consider needs of all types of libraries

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Database Renewals-Process

• Review usage statistics
• Gather input from representative groups
  including
• Reference librarians
• Coops
• REMCs
• MLA, MAME, and Road Show participants

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Database renewals Results

• Renewed as is
• Sirs Discoverer Deluxe
• Electric Library
• Gale Group including
• General Reference Center Gold
• Health Reference Center- Academic
• Health and Wellness Resource Center
• Info Trac Kids Edition
• AncestryPlus

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Database Renewals OCLCs First Search

• Panorama package no longer available
• Databases must be purchased separately
• Able to subscribe to those databases which make
  up 85 of the usage in FirstSearch
• Remaining databases which make up 15 of the
  usage would cost an additional 1.7 million
• Had to choose

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Database Renewals

• For more detail on titles for Oct 2002-Sept 2003
  see
• http//accessmichigan.org/fschanges.htm
• See here also information about option for
  purchasing searches for the remaining databases
  through MLC

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Database Selection Process for 2003-

• Library feedback meetings to identify subject
  needs Apr June 2002
• Survey to prioritize subject needs
• RFP to vendors Fall 2002
• Review teams evaluate databases
• Feb 2003 RFP responses due
• Recommendation team meets with LM to review
  responses
• AccessMichigan Advisory committee meets
• Announcement re databases March 30 2003

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How can I get involved?

• Input at feedback meeting
• Return prioritized subject list
• Volunteer for review committee

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Databases --Future

• Are AccessMichigan databases here to stay?
• Will Library of Michigan keep adding new state
  funded databases ?
• What will Library of Michigan be doing about
  group purchases of other databases?

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Names, names, names

• AccessMichigan
• ATLAS
• MEL
• What are they????????

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The New MEL- this is the PRODUCT

• Michigans eLibrary (MeL) includes
• MeL Internet Best of the Internet selected by
  Michigan librarians
• MeL Electronic magazines, Ebooks, and more
  Commercial resources purchased for Michigan
  residents by the Library of Michigan
• MeL Lending Library books, music and more from
  Michigan libraries to Michigan residents
• MeL Archives digitized local resources made
  available on the web

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Michigans Virtual Library

• Product
• MeL.org
• Projects
• AccessMichigan
• ATLAS
• Etc
• Project names may change or be dropped

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Anyone, anywhere in Michigan, at any time, can
locate and retrieve information he or she needs
or wants.

• Still the same goal
• Brought to you by
• MeL - Michigans eLibrary
• Find it at http//mel.org

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Contacts

• Training and Help Desk
• Michigan Library Consortium
• Kathy Cadwallader
• 800-530-9019 x 13
• cadwallk_at_mlc.lib.mi.us

• MeL Administration
• Library of Michigan
• Jo Budler
• 517-373-5507
• jbudler_at_michigan.gov
• Becky Cawley
• 571-373-4466
• rcawley_at_michigan.gov