Transcript Issues in Electronic Delivery of Articles

Issues in Electronic
Delivery of Articles
Jean L. Cooper
University of Virginia
Requirements for Web Delivery
Web server & memory for storage of
documents
 Digital scanner/copier (b/w & color)
 Central e-mail account for borrowing
library
 Possibly Adobe Acrobat software

Identifying & finding journals
available in full-text

Are electronic journals identified in
online catalog or other resource?

What impact does this have on the
workload?

How do you make it easy for your
employees to find the electronic
materials?
Technical issues

Format of the file
(.TIF or .PDF or ?)

Delivery by email or web server?

Length of time the file will remain
on server (copyright and space
issues)
Copyright & licensing issues

Does the license agreement allow
article to be loaned?

Are there restrictions on
permission to loan?

How do you determine licensing
status in day to day use?
How other libraries feel about
receiving Web delivery
YES


Government
agencies, large
private businesses,
small colleges and
universities, some
public libraries
Temporary Ariel
problems
NO

Some public
libraries, small
businesses

Large universities,
research
institutions
Deliveries of Articles to Other
Libraries
FY2004
Electronic
Deliveries 14,010
Print
Deliveries
FY2005
14,879
1,129
576
Total
Article
15,139
Deliveries
15,455
Ariel and Web Deliveries to
Other Libraries
14000
13,051
13,715
12000
10000
8000
Ariel Deliveries
Web Deliveries
6000
4000
959
1,164
2000
0
FY2004
FY2005
Lending via Web Delivery to
Virginia & Other Libraries FY2005
120
100
80
To Virginia
All Others
60
40
20
0
Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May