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New modes of creation, distribution and access

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Access to resources
Web based catalogue
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• 2.8 million items
18,000 electronic journals
140,000 e-books
440 electronic databases

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Access to resources
Creation of:
• Database page
• E-journal page
• New resources list

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Creation of resources
E-reserve
• Automatically generating online lists
• Material is copyright compliant
• 120,000 pages of digitised material
• 30,000 hits per week

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Creation of resources
Monash exams database
• 14,000 links to
PDF past exams
• 1.3 million hits in 2002

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Creation of resources
Monash Lectures Online
• 33 lecture theatres
• 130 subjects per semester (5,000 hours)
• 145,881 live audio streams

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Creation of resources
Virtual Librarian
• 55,000 hits per week

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Access to resources
AARLIN
• Customised front end
• Single search across databases
• Seamless access

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Supporting scholarly activity
Monash University ePrint repository
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• Serials pricing crisis
Permissions crisis
Restoring access to research
Monash University electronic press

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E-press goals
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Foster research and instruction
Use technology to publish
Promote Monash
Enable e-commerce
Build partnerships
Lead by example

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E-press model
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• Digital publications repository
(Journals, conference proceedings)
Metadata repository
Individual websites

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E-press tasks
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• Setting up agreements
Establishing a host server
Selecting and installing software
Determining metadata standards
Resolving e-commerce model
Creating website templates

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E-press models
• BioMed Central http://www.BioMedCentral.com
• California Digital Library http://www.escholarship.cdlib.org/
• Figaro http://www.figaro-europe.net/
• Project Euclid http://projecteuclid.org/

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E-press benefits
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Provides links to related resources
Support chat functionality
Facilitate peer responses
Interactive
Reduce publication timeframe

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The future
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• Establishing a digital and Information management strategy
Building linked repositories of learning
Establishing standards and protocols

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In Conclusion