Scandinavian Information Policy and

Financing ModelsJens Thorhauge

Biblioteksstyrelsenjth@bs.dk

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”Scandinavia”, ”Information Policy”

5 countries, 8 languages, small populations, popular movements as basis for decentralized democratic model. Denmark as a typical example

Information policy: strategy based on principles securing access for everybody to published information in society

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Danish National Library Authority

National Agency, government adviser administers library acts including

development pools Responsible for National Bibliography,

DanBib, bibliotek.dk Runs Denmark’s Electronic Research

Library

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Principles in Danish Information Policy 1

Public authorities responsible that all citizens gain access to published info.

The state must provide efficient public infrastructure for information mediation. Public libraries and public research libraries form the backbone

Public authorities (the state) ensure the registration of publicly available information

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Principles in Danish Information Policy 2

The state must ensure the collection and preservation of information published in Denmark

public authorities must guarantee the users access to internationally available information

The state must ensure that information published in DK is available abroad

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Principles in Danish Information policy 3

Every citizen must be guaranteed access to sufficient training in how to exploit available information. Training in education on all levels - training of the public in public libraries.

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Organizing e-access in 2002

”DanBib” - database with all library records in DK

bibliotek.dk/library.dk: search, request, delivery, borrow, buy

from catalogue to portal: net services and full text access

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Denmark’s Electronic Research Library

Three levels of access General free access license-based access pay-per-view

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Organizing free general access

State institutions’ publications Digitisation programmes - cultural

heritage Public service policy? ”Culture-net-dk” Deff-portal

subject gateways & portals retroconversion of catalogues

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Organizing licensed access

National strategy: central handling of licenses (8000

journals) databases, dictionaries etc.

close cooperation between libraries (105 participating libraries)

e-resources also for very small institutions

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Organizing pay-per-view access

A few publishers offer ppv access to limited full text resources on

bibliotek.dk ”subscription” preferred to ppv by

publishers

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Barriers & problems

Lack of national policy for digitisation, need for growth in text mass

publishers reluctant towards e- publishing, e-books

copyright barrier for electronic exchange of documents

growth in needs for virtual as well as real resources and facilities