” The Future of Library Cooperation in Southeast Asia” by Fe Angela M. Verzosa De La Salle University

Southeast Asia collaborate have partnering schemes network to bridge the digital divide …

Southeast Asia

collaborate

have partnering schemes

network

to bridge the digital divide …

Success depends on…. exploiting collaboration and networking opportunities

exploiting collaboration and networking opportunities

Early Attempts at Collaboration International cooperation difficult to achieve because of geographical distance in Southeast Asia, what has been done conferences training seminar-workshops publication of journals/proceedings

International cooperation difficult to achieve because of geographical distance

in Southeast Asia, what has been done

conferences

training seminar-workshops

publication of journals/proceedings

Cooperative regional projects- Conference on Research Materials 1969 – Puntjak, Indonesia CONSAL 1970 - Singapore SARBICA 1971 - Manila Regional Microfilm Clearing house SEA Microfilm Newsletter, Dec 1972-1993

Conference on Research Materials

1969 – Puntjak, Indonesia

Regional Microfilm Clearing house

SEA Microfilm Newsletter, Dec 1972-1993

Cooperative regional projects- Masterlist of SEA Microforms (MSEAM) published 1978 updated 1985 36,000 entries from 44 institutions Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand 2000 - SEACAP approved digitization funded by Japan foundation accessible at http://mseam.seas.edu.sg.

Masterlist of SEA Microforms (MSEAM)

published 1978

updated 1985

36,000 entries from 44 institutions

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

2000 - SEACAP approved digitization

funded by Japan foundation

accessible at http://mseam.seas.edu.sg.

CONSAL-initiated… Bilateral/multilateral undertakings in the areas of documentation cooperative indexing bibliographic access digitalisation

Bilateral/multilateral undertakings

in the areas of

documentation

cooperative indexing

bibliographic access

digitalisation

… in the Philippines Research Mgt. & Archives Office (RMAO) Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) catalogs of centuries old documents during Spanish colonial period

Consortia in the Philippines shaped by needs and interests informal and voluntary borne from institutional linkages established for inter-lending spearheaded by professional organizations Two government- sponsored

shaped by needs and interests

informal and voluntary

borne from institutional linkages

established for inter-lending

spearheaded by professional organizations

Two government- sponsored

PAARLNET member favored library vendor to purchase titles at publishers list prices libraries, big and small open separate accounts with a with 5-10 % discount delivered door-to-door free shipping and handling costs Book Acquisition Consortium

PAARLNET member favored library vendor

to purchase titles at publishers list prices

libraries, big and small

open separate accounts with a with 5-10 % discount

delivered door-to-door

free shipping and handling costs

Proposals for new avenues at collaboration seek new avenues better alternatives INTERNET free or low cost expense becomes minimal

seek new avenues

better alternatives

INTERNET

free or low cost

expense becomes minimal

Internet: effective means of networking value and focus is full text rather than catalog of bibliographic information there is a more urgent need for content on the Internet carefully explore content as the focus of cooperative projects

value and focus is full text rather than catalog of bibliographic information

there is a more urgent need for content on the Internet

carefully explore content as the focus of cooperative projects

INTERNET as a cooperative medium - large volumes of paper do not have to be transported lost electronic materials in transit are simply re-transmitted offers immediacy, conservation, and retrievability

large volumes of paper do not have to be transported

lost electronic materials in transit are simply re-transmitted

offers immediacy, conservation, and retrievability

Joint publication of electronic journals open avenues for increasing access to archival resources academic information pertaining to Asia and other remote regions will be available on the Web scholars & researchers gain access to information extremely difficult to locate solve complex problems of document delivery service

open avenues for increasing access to archival resources

academic information pertaining to Asia and other remote regions will be available on the Web

scholars & researchers gain access to information extremely difficult to locate

solve complex problems of document delivery service

Sinupang Lasalyano on-line journal of DLSU Library on trial indexed searchable by OAI engines open journal system designed by Public Knowledge Project freely distributed support the open access publishing of scholarly resources

on-line journal

of DLSU Library

on trial

indexed

searchable by OAI engines

open journal system

designed by Public Knowledge Project

freely distributed

support the open access publishing of scholarly resources

CONSAL facilitates collaborative action members participating in this project organize the open archives on a discipline-oriented basis decide the party(ies) responsible for launching, managing, and maintaining the system

members participating in this project

organize the open archives on a discipline-oriented basis

decide the party(ies) responsible for

launching,

managing, and

maintaining the system

Digital Collaboration establish as many websites and encourage cooperation the more participants involved, the better to achieve efficiency and effectiveness IT enables archival information to be accessed anywhere anytime by anyone

establish as many websites and encourage cooperation

the more participants involved, the better to achieve efficiency and effectiveness

IT enables archival information to be accessed anywhere anytime by anyone

Philippine eLib Project govt-sponsored collaborative project Involving core collections from TNL, DOST, DA, and UP Library System aims to make Philippine materials available in digital format (24M images) to provide cooperative acquisition and sharing of expensive online databases to house data center at TNL, with data recovery site at UP Diliman uses open source/standard tools, which can be replicated

govt-sponsored collaborative project

Involving core collections from TNL, DOST, DA, and UP Library System

aims to make Philippine materials available in digital format (24M images)

to provide cooperative acquisition and sharing of expensive online databases

to house data center at TNL, with data recovery site at UP Diliman

uses open source/standard tools, which can be replicated

National Archives - Philippines started digitization project in 1998 13 million ++ historic documents not accessible in the world wide web How many more such digital projects are ongoing but are not accessible in the web?

started digitization project in 1998

13 million ++ historic documents

not accessible in the world wide web

How many more such digital projects are ongoing but are not accessible in the web?

National Archives - Japan spearheaded by Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR) provides image data of official documents of relationship between Japan and its Asian neighbors offers "anyone, anytime, anywhere" access free of charge

spearheaded by Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR)

provides image data of official documents of relationship between Japan and its Asian neighbors

offers "anyone, anytime, anywhere" access

free of charge

National Archives - Japan Asian historical records are from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until end of WWII in 1945 download and print it out easily 6.5 M images scanned 2 M images every year will be added documents were microfilmed/ converted into digital format

Asian historical records are from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until end of WWII in 1945

download and print it out easily

6.5 M images scanned

2 M images every year will be added

documents were microfilmed/ converted into digital format

results in a single point of access to digitized materials on evacuation and internment of thousands of Japanese Americans during WWII Curatorial and digital collaboration was made possible through California Digital Library’s Online Archive of California a big contribution to academic research. Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive

results in a single point of access to digitized materials

on evacuation and internment of thousands of Japanese Americans during WWII

Curatorial and digital collaboration was made possible through California Digital Library’s Online Archive of California

a big contribution to academic research.

Collaboration - attractive alternative for poorer nations better endowed countries extend assistance by providing required funds needed technical expertise and training, technology infrastructure or network mechanism

attractive alternative for poorer nations

better endowed countries extend assistance by providing

required funds

needed technical expertise and training,

technology infrastructure or network mechanism

Collaboration - CONSAL can initiate launching of a REGIONALnetwork of institutional repositories, matching institutions with common interests, needs, and requirements.

CONSAL can initiate

launching of a REGIONALnetwork of institutional repositories,

matching institutions with common

interests,

needs, and

requirements.

Barriers to Cooperation geography lack of funding and commitment episodic communication among cooperating partners proper level of benefit flexible, adaptive consortial arrangements copyright issues reluctance of major repositories to participate

geography

lack of funding and commitment

episodic communication among cooperating partners

proper level of benefit

flexible, adaptive consortial arrangements

copyright issues

reluctance of major repositories to participate

Barriers to Cooperation others: rivalry and competition mistrust and jealousy politics and personalities different institutional priorities indifferent institutional administrators unequal development and parochialism skepticism fear of loss reluctance to take risks pervasive lack of tradition of cooperation

others:

rivalry and competition

mistrust and jealousy

politics and personalities

different institutional priorities

indifferent institutional administrators

unequal development and parochialism

skepticism

fear of loss

reluctance to take risks

pervasive lack of tradition of cooperation

Solution- require permission to the digital contents focus on works free from copyright Copyright Concerns - one of the more serious barriers

Solution-

require permission to the digital contents

focus on works free from copyright

one of the more serious barriers

leading the way... CONSAL

leading the way...

Good day to all!