Survivor: Georgia Libraries Edition

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SurvivorGeorgia Libraries Edition

• GOLD/GALILEO Users Group Annual Meeting
• August 1, 2003

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The Honorable Tribe of Sounds Like a Tree or the
Fresh Scent of a Household Cleaner

• PINES
• Julie Walker
• David Singleton

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The Honorable Tribe of Sounds Like the
Breathing Organ of a Fish But Is Not Spelled
that Way

• GIL
• Merryll Penson
• Bob Trotter
• Phil Williams

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Surviving in the Information Wilderness

• Many resources for Georgia citizens

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For 100 points When was the first statewide
library network formed in Georgia?

• A. 1995
• B. 1989
• C. 1969
• D. 1991

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• Answer
• Georgia Library Network (GLIN) was formed in 1969.

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Blazing the Wilderness GLIN and GOLD

• Georgia Library Network (GLIN) began in 1969 as a
  manual interlibrary lending service
• GLIN produced a union list of serials for Georgia
• GLIN became Georgia Online Database (GOLD) in 1988

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Blazing the Wilderness GLIN and GOLD

• Current holdings for GOLD libraries Over 17
  million
• Interlibrary Lending through OCLC
• More than 188,000 loans in FY02
• Almost 200,000 serial holdings from Georgia
  libraries are in WorldCat
• Training
• Serials Union Listing

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For 200 points Which of the following user
communities is NOT part of GALILEO?

• A. Public academic libraries
• B. Special libraries
• C. K-12 school libraries
• D. Public libraries
• E. Private academic libraries
• F. Technical college libraries

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• Answer
• None of the above. ALL of the above user
  communities are part of GALILEO.

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Exploring a Brave New World of Electronic
Information
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• Award winning virtual library
• Unique collaboration among educational
  communities and agencies
• Access to all Georgia citizens
• Rural or Urban
• Rich or Poor
• Young or Old

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• Wide Range of Resources
• Over 5000 full-text journals
• Over 17,000 e-books
• Over 56 million searches since 1995

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For 300 points How many items are included in
the GIL database?

• A. 6 million
• B. 34 million
• C. 11 million
• D. 3.4 million

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• Answer
• Over 11 million items, from 35 USG institutions,
  are included in GIL.

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Building on a Firm Foundation
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GIL pictures here if you want to include them
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• 35 USG institutions and the Division of Archives
  and History
• 10,278,824 Bibliographic Records
• 7,905,680 Authority Records
• 11,693,916 Item Records
• 243,295 Patron Records

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• Universal Borrowing
• Universal Catalog

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For 400 points How many Georgia residents have
PINES library cards?

• A. 1.1 million
• B. 594,000
• C. 876,527
• D. 650,000

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• Answer
• There are now more than 1 million patrons in the
  PINES database. 1 in 8 Georgia residents
  currently has a PINES library card.

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Building a Statewide Database
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• 44 of 58 public library systems participating
• 248 facilities and bookmobiles
• Union database (bibliographic and patron)
• 7.7 million items
• 1.8 million bibliographic records
• 3,862,553 Georgians served directly by PINES

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PINES

• Over 1.1 million PINES library cards in use
• Patrons can use the library card at any PINES
  library, or request delivery of materials to
  their local library.
• PINES-wide circulation projected at 14.8 million
  for 2003
• 130,000 intra-PINES Loans for FY2003

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For 500 points What are PINES and GIL doing to
further statewide resource sharing?

• A. Working with vendors (Endeavor and SIRSI) on
  NCIP to allow exchange information between
  automation systems
• B. Inclusion of non-PINES libraries in
  statewide broadcast searching
• C. Working with GALILEO on cross-database/catalog
  searching
• D. Continuous updating of both systems to take
  advantage of new technologies

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• Answer
• PINES and GIL are working together in all of the
  above ways to further resource sharing statewide.

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Question What is NCIP?

• A. National College Internet Project
• B. NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol
• C. North Carolina Institutional Program
• D. Nutritional Caramel Investigation Project

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• Answer
• NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol

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NCIP

• NISONational Information Standards Organization
• NCIP allows interchange of circulation and other
  data between automated systems

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All-Georgia Catalog

• Using z39.50 to cross-search available web
  catalogs of Georgia libraries
• Currently includes GIL libraries, PINES
  libraries, and any other library catalogs that
  have given permission to include
• Libraries can be added to the search if they will
  send permission to Phil Williams

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For 1,000 points Why is GOLD still relevant in
an age of statewide databases?

• A. Links to over 200,000 serial holdings for
  many GALILEO results that are not full text
• B. Joins together all communities for sharing of
  collections through ILL
• C. Provides training opportunities throughout
  the state
• D. Contributes to OCLC worldwide bibliographic
  database

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• GOLD is still relevant for all of the above
  reasons, and more!

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Bonus Question

• Name a statewide library project that does not
  have an acronym.

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• I cant think of one, either!

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And the winners are
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• GIL and PINES
• (with acknowledgements to our wonderful
  trail-blazing ancestors, GOLD and GALILEO)

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And even more importantly, the real winners are

• The citizens of the State of Georgia!

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• Contacts
• PINES
• Julie Walker jwalker_at_state.lib.ga.us
• David Singleton dsingleton_at_state.lib.ga.us
• GIL
• Merryll Penson merryll.penson_at_usg.edu
• Bob Trotter rwt_at_mail.libs.uga.edu
• Phil Williams phil.williams_at_usg.edu

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Explore the Information Wilderness for Yourself!

• GOLD www.georgialibraries.org/lib/gold.html
• GALILEO www.galileo.usg.edu
• PINES pines.gsu.edu
• GIL gil.usg.edu

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• Questions?