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Libraries, distance studying, and electronic resources

a survey carried out in Central Finland

Teemu Makkonen & Antti Seppänen, Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences, Library and Information Services

Tuija Venäläinen, Jyväskylä City Library - Regional Library of Central Finland

Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library

Creating Knowledge V, 22 August 2008

Mirja Laitinen, Jyväskylä University Library, Finland

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Jyväskylä University

Core fields in research and education:– Natural sciences and mathematics– Human-centered sciences– Sport and health sciences– Teacher education

• 7 faculties

• Partner of The University Alliance Finland together with Tampere University of Technology and University of Tampere (> 2010)



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Jyväskylä University Library

Number of staff 63

Collections: books 2 million vols

Collections: print journals 10 000 titles

Collections: e-journals 15 000 titles

Collections: e-books 280 000 titles

Visits / year 700 000

Web-visits / year 600 000



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Liaison Committee of Jyväskylä Libraries

Members:– Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences Library– Jyväskylä City Library - Regional Library of Central

Finland– Jyväskylä University Library– Jyväskylä Educational Consortium Library

www.jyvaskylankirjastot.fi



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Liaison Committee of Jyväskylä Libraries

Tasks:1. to monitor and evaluate the information

service strategy in Jyväskylä

2. to organize training for Jyväskylä libraries personnel

3. to organize events and development projects in the library sector

4. to collaborate in the development of library services



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• a survey carried out in Central Finland by the Liaison Committee of Jyväskylä Libraries

• financed by the Ministry of Education• project period: December 2006 - May 2007• project admin: Jyväskylä City Library - Regional

Library of Central Finland– project coordinator: Mr. Teemu Makkonen, M.A., librarian– Steering committee

Libraries, distance studying, and electronic resources



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Aims of the Project

• How libraries and librarians can support distance studying and life-long learning?

• How the technical problems concerning the remote use of licenced materials could be solved and how the use could be more flexible?

Information literacy, regional equality, accessibility



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Students of University of Jyväskylä*

Total amount 15 280

Jyväskylä region 6 559

Elsewhere in Central Finland 1 040

Elsewhere in Finland 6 153

Total amount of students living outside Jyväskylä region

7 193

* 2006



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Students of the Open University of Jyväskylä*

Total amount 14 560

Jyväskylä region 2 040

Elsewhere in Central Finland 864

Total amount of students living outside Jyväskylä region

11 321

*2006



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Students of Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences*

Total amount 5470

Jyväskylä region 3375

Elsewhere in Finland 2095

*2006



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FinELib

• national consortium

• supports research, teaching and studying in Finland by promoting the availability of high-quality information resources and their use in society

• members: – universities, universities of applied sciences,

public libraries and many special librariesCore e-resources for research, well-being, studying and economic life



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NELLI

• national information retrieval portal for the FinELib libraries

• remote use – public libraries: only a few



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Remote use situations:

1. The student connecting to her school’s network and its e-materials at home

2. The student connecting to her school’s network and its e-materials at a public library

3. The student connecting to her public library’s network and its e-materials at home

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Remote use challenges and solutions

• encryption, firewalls / telecommunication

• licence terms

• user identification (Proxy, VPN, Ezproxy)

• Shibboleth authentication in Nelli– personified services (MyNelli) require

customer’s identification

• user’s rights (public libraries)– Nelli-Tunnis, Nelli-Etis



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How small public libraries can support distance studying?

• Number of public computers at libraries

• Results of the questionnaire in Central Finland:– interlibrary loans– research rooms– remote connections– information literacy skills– librarians’ own needs:

• familiarity of e-resources and NELLI portals• new studying processes, e-learning



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Recommendations of the Project

• licences, remote use techniques

• support network for distance studying in Central Finland– further education for librarians– student support together with libraries:

• ”remote tutors” > personal contacts with modern tools, student helpdesks

• learning materials and tools for distance students• information of the services



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One year after the Project

• Ezproxy, Shibboleth

• Extranet: Central Finland public libraries

• information skills for school teachers of Jyväskylä?

• new information skills courses at Jyväskylä University– for the 1st year students of the School of Business and

Economics and the economic students of the Open University

• LEVIKE (2004-2007)– support network for distance studying in Lapland libraries

Thank you!

More information (in Finnish): Makkonen, Teemu, Kirjastot, opiskelu ja sähköiset aineistot.

http://www.jyvaskylankirjastot.fi/etaopiskelu.pdf

Email: [email protected]

http://www.jyvaskylankirjastot.fi/etaopiskelu.pdf

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