Poster presented at the EAHIL Workshop 2009, Dublin, Ireland, June 2009

1. From resource sharing to partnership:From resource sharing to partnership:
the case of thethe case of the
Belgian Federal Health Library (VDIC)Belgian Federal Health Library (VDIC)
Patrice CHALON, Dirk Van Eylen, Bernadette Claus
Contact
Patrice.Chalon@kce.fgov.be
Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE)
http://kce.fgov.be
STEP 1
Re-organize
all Libraries (1)
STEP 2
Select
cost model
for partnership
STEP 4
Integration of
new partners
Contract
Partners providing a portfolio
and/or expertise are entitled
to a reduction
New task distribution
New VDIC entity
Rationalization of collections
All subscription through VDIC
Unique portal and
central catalogues (2)
References
(1) Claus B, Chalon PX. [Access reorganization to the scientific resources for the Belgian health federal
institutions: creation of VDIC and the Vesalius.be portal]. Rev Med Brux. 2008 ;29(3):192-6. (Article in French)
(2) http://www.vesalius.be
STEP 3
Evaluate new
candidates NO
NO
FAVV- AFSCA
YESNOExpertise
YES
FAGG-AFMPS
YESPortfolio
KCE
Fixed priceFTE basedFixed priceHuman
Resources
Fixed priceFTE basedFixed priceIT tools
FTE basedFTE basedFixed pricee-journals
Model 3
(Mixed)
Model 2
(FTE based)
Model 1
(Fixed price)
Cost
categories