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A research study into international library
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• Aims of library statistics
• Project LibEcon
• LibEcon and the "Scientific and Technical
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• Belgian responsables and Belgian statistics
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Why have library statistics?
Comparabilitv
• Stakeholders want/need them
• Library managers
-ln most detail
-For benchmarking: over ti me; against
comparable organisations
• People paying the bills
• Researchers/the media
• Eurostat
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• Without external comparability, statistics
are only good for internai use
• External comparability requires
- Standardisation
- Publication
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LlbEcon project
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EU Contracts for almost 15 years
FP5-IST till June 2004
Successor to LibEcon2000
Coordinator:
lnstitute of Public Finance (UK)
• Website - www.libecon.org
National within a sector
National across sectors
International
Sorne data sets are sector specifie
Standardisation includes grossing up
[interpolation]
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• Builds on the previous work of DGXIII, ISO 2789
[International standard on library statlstics], ISO 11620
[Library Performance lndicators) and of IFLA and
UNESCO.
• lmproves the quality of Implementation of standardised
methods in the collection and publication of data relaling
to libraries in Europe
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• Through adding value to the data [by making Il ·userfriendly1 and by disseminalion provides a tool to facllltale
a more European approach to llbrary policy and
international benchmarking.
• Provides an advocacy lool for people wlshlng to reform or
gain increased resources for libraries.
• Supports development of ISO 2789
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Target Audiences
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• Producers of staUstical data.
• Provides conlinuity of data in the field of llbrary
economies.
This is a scattered group which can gain a lot from belng
exposed to European best practice and using the
opportunlty ta benchmark on the best and improve
standardisation and ralse standards.
• Extends the cave rage of the database ta new
countrles of lnterest ta European stakeholders.
• Will examine the feasibility of extending the
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• Groups interested in advocating library development
• Professionals, managers, pollcy makers, funders,
suppllers and researchers interested in the library area.
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What's New ...
What is available now in LibEcon?
Statistical and benchmarking data covering:
• Ali kinds of libraries
• Ali Member States EU, Accession Countries plus
lceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland
• Results to be summarised and communicated to
stakeholders.
• Even data from USA, Mexico, Turkey, Korea,
Canada, Japan, ..... .
• Feaslbllity study on archives and museums will be
produced.
• Data up to 2000
• Strategie Advisory Committee.
• Checked and standardised
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Website Development
Website Development
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• Six main areas:
• More countries.
• More facilities for user defined ratios and
tables.
• Site server search facility
• Survey;
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Database;
Newsletters;
Sources;
Contacts;
• Links
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Online Database Results
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The Scientific and Technicallnformation
Service
• Automatically generales
"statistical maps".
• A separate govemment agency within the Federal Office
for Sclenliflc, Technlcal and Cultural Affairs (OSTC)
• The mission of the STIS is:
- lo provide scientific and technical information
- to promote the use of online information sources by
the representation of seme international
providers of scientific and technlcal info
- lo disseminate information conceming European
Research and Innovation programmes
- Portal "Research.be"
• Regional groupings and
individual country
tabulated datasets.
• Scatter graphs and
histograms to highlight
trends.
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LibEcon in Belgium
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STIS and LlbEcon
STIS and LlbEcon
- March 1989: ad hoc group created to exchange,
dlssemlnate and follow-up the acUviUes of the first
Llbrary Action Plan of the EU
- October 1990: Belgian NaUonal Focal Point (NFP)
officially installed; secretariat was dona by OSTC/STIS
- 1990·1998: NFP represented Belgium in 3th and 4th
Framework programme of the EU
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- January 1999: NFP enlarged to representatives of the
archives and the museums: NFP/ALM
- February 2000: OSTC/STIS partner in European ISTproject CULTIVATE
NFP/ALM is chalred by J . Moulin, Dlrector of STIS and
the NFP/ALM secretariat ls also run by STIS +
contacted by UbEcon ta collect library statistics
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LibEcon in Belgium (3)
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LibEcon Llbrary sectors
Situation in 1998
1. National Library
2. Libraries of Institutions of Higher Education
3. Public Libraries
4. Special Libraries: govemment, health
service/medical, industrial and commercial, ...
- alllibrary sectors included ln study were invited
-data collecled for the periods 1990- 1997
- results for Belgium:
• Data from National Ubrary
• Data from most of the University Libraries, but only a few Hlgh
Educallon School Ubrartes
• Data from PubUc Llbraries (bolh communllies)
• Almost no answers rrom Speclallibraries
• No data from School Ubrarles
5. School Libraries
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Situation ln December 2000
Situation ln December 2002
- invited were: sectors 1-4
- data collected for the periods 2000-2001
- results for Belgium:
- invited were: sectors 1-4
- data collected for the periods 1998-1999
- results for Belglum:
• No data from NaUonal Library
• Data from Uni~~ersity Ubraries (bolh Communilies)
• Data from Public Ubraries (bolh Communilles; bul nol alllhe
data)
• Olher categories: soma federal libraries
• Data from National Ubrary
• Data from University Libraries (bolh communilies; Ulg)
• Data from Public Llbraries (only Flemlsh Communlty and nol
alllhe data)
• Olher categories: no reaction
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Organisations/Contacts involved
Vlaams Overlegorgaan lnzake Wetenschappelljk
Blbllotheekwerk (VOWB)
- National Library
- llbraries of Institutions of Higher Education
• Flemish Communlty: Flemish Research Libraries
Council (VOWB)
• French Community: Conseil lnteruniversitaire de la
Communauté française de Belgique (CIUF) +
Association des Bibliothecaires de l'Enseignement
Francophone de Belgique
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- VOWB coordinates scientific library work in
Flanders through studies and projects
- members: university libraries, higher education
libraries, public libraries, other scientific
libraries, representatives from administration,
representative from professional association of
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Association des Bibliothecaires de
l'Enseignement Francophone de Belgique:
Produc.edu
Conseillnteruniversitaire de la Communauté
française de Belgique (CIUF)
- coordinates studies and projects of university
libraries; represents university libraries in
different national and international
organisations; relay for certain projects like
IMPALA, ANTILOPE, CCB, ...
- Members: 9 universities of French Community
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- School Libraries, especially Higher Education
Ubraries
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Organisations/Contacts lnvolved
- Public Libraries
• Flemish Community: Vlaams Centrum voor Openbare
Bibliotheken (VCOB)
• French Community: Service de la Lecture Publique
-Special Libraries: govemment libraries (FSl·federal}
- School Llbraries: no organisations/contacts
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• Workshop 27.02.2002
(Article in LibEcon newsletter, issue 4)
• Meetings with federal scientific institutes and
ministries
• Data till 2001 and collecting data 2002 started
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Thanks for your attention!!
Pascale Van Dlnter
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[email protected]
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