Presented at the CONUL Colloquium held on February 5th, 2008. 2008-02-05.

1. Access to Virtual & Physical
Resources
Eoin McCarney – UCD Library
UCD Library Leabharlann UCD

2. Overview
• Federated search – The way forward?
• Implications for access to materials
• Bona fide users
• Access to material in storage

3. Moving forward:
• Competitive / Individual?
Each library develops its own solution
• Collaborative / National?
We develop shared solutions

4. National Federated Search? (1)
One interface which searches:
• All our library catalogues
• All our e-resources
• Presents all results in clear & consistent format

5. National Federated Search? (2)
Benefits:
• Standardisation
• One stop shop for Irish resources
• Reduced cost of ownership
• Promote Irish libraries
• Shared support / national expertise

6. National Federated Search? (3)
Challenges:
• Existing local arrangements & plans
• Complexity re access to e-resources
• One size fits all?
• Homogenisation

7. Access to Materials (1)
Implications of national federated search:
• Increased Visibility
• External visitors
• Access to e-resources
• Reciprocal borrowing
• Impact on ILL patterns?

8. Access to Materials (2)
• Review existing access schemes
• Extend ALCID scheme to include:
- Reciprocal
Borrowing?
• Similar model to SCONUL (SRX)

9. Who is a valid user?
• Registered staff, students etc
• Occasional lecturers, consultants in
teaching hospitals, associated
researchers, industry partners
• Local community
• Licensing implications
• CONUL to review & make
reccommendations?

10. Access to materials in storage
• Off-site storage
• Traditional versus Online service
• Scan & deliver to desktop
• Appropriate staffing & skill levels
• CONUL sub-committee report

11. Questions?
Thoughts?
Suggestions?