Librarians Utilization of the Comprehensive Online Union Catalogue of Serials from and

about the Middle East: Online Access for Consolidated Information on Serials (OACIS)

Area Studies SymposiumUniversity of Arizona, Tuscon

July 14-16, 2006

<http://www.library.yale.edu/oacis>

Presentation by Simon Samoeil

OACIS Project Manager, Yale University

Project Details

• Collaborative database project for Middle Eastern serials.

• Three-year project (2003-2006); U.S. Dept. of Education Title VI grant under the “Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access” with matching funds from Yale Library.

Review of goals• To create a freely available publicly accessible

web site featuring a continuously updated union list of Middle Eastern serials– In all formats (including live web links)– From 20+ countries (ME as defined by LC)

• To lay foundations for the future, delivering widest possible information access– Expanded cooperation and participation– Document delivery/ILL– Digitization and preservation

• To create a Union List of Middle East Serials• Interns

Interns

• Atef al-Jundi, Jordan University, Amman, Jordan.April 30, 2004 - July 30, 2004

• Adib Khoury, Tishreen University, Latakia, SyriaJuly 30, 2004 - October 29, 2004

• Mohammed Ismail El-Halosy, Alexandrina Library, Alexandria, EgyptApril 29, 2005 - June 3, 2005

• Shenoda Guirguis, Alexandrina Library, Alexandria, EgyptMay 31, 2005 - June 30, 2005

• Randa al-Chidiac, Balamand University, Balamand, LebanonJune 29, 2005 - July 29, 2005

OACIS Advisory Board

Alexandrina Library, Alexandria, EgyptCornell University

Ohio State University Universitaets-und Landesbibliothek of

Sachsen-Anhalt in Halle, Germany University of Pennsylvania

University of Michigan University of Texas

University of Washington Yale University

Universities Participating in OACIS

American University of BeirutNew York Public Library

New York UniversityPrinceton UniversityStanford University

Tishreen University, Latakia, SyriaUniversity of Arizona, Tucson

University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAmerican University of Cairo (future member)Harvard University Library (future member)

University of UtahJordan University, Amman, Jordan

OACIS for the Middle East Mirror Sites

Basic Search by Title

Search By Title

Libraries’ Holdings of the Title

Brief Record

Long View

Library View

Advanced Search (1)

Advanced Search (2)

Search by Different Languages Option

Search in Arabic Language (1)

Search in Arabic Language (2)by Title

Search in Arabic Language (3) Results

Search in Arabic Language (4) Results

Search in Arabic Language (5) Results Library View

Statistics Report Language Statistics

Search Statistics

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Search Statistics Detail Report for February   2005Month Interface Mode Choice #

February ar Advanced Limit to 1

February ar Advanced Title 47

February ar Advanced Place 7

February ar Advanced Subject 47

February ar Basic Title 17

February ar Basic Place 21

February ar Basic Subject 4

February en Advanced Limit to 11

February en Advanced Title 41

February en Advanced Place 16

February en Advanced Subject 11

February en Basic Title 1081

February en Basic Place 33

February en Basic Subject 95

February fr Basic Title 4

February fr Basic Place 3

February fr Basic Subject 1

This Month's total 1440

Previous Month's total 405

Percent Successful Searches This Month 46.39

Additional Benefits of OACIS for Librarians

• Collection development. Librarians can evaluate the ME serials collection in their own libraries: what they have and what they don’t in comparison to other libraries

• Making sound acquisition decisions

• Knowing of certain serials are current or have ceased publication

• Cataloging using the “Library View Format”

Place of Publication by Selected Library Search

Place of Publication by Selected Library Result

Place of Publication by Selected Library Result

OACIS Data Delivery Activity April 2006

Library Titles Holdings Last Activity

1 American University of Beirut 1799 1072 12/6/20052 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 699 1640 2/8/20063 Cornell 1408 4485 11/3/20054 Michigan 3918 10/4/20055 New York Public Library 1282 1266 8/1/20056 New York University 1289 2114 2/24/20067 Ohio State 910 835 8/1/20058 Pennsylvania 1540 1925 1/19/20069 Princeton 4696 9272 3/1/2006

10 Stanford University 3201 3194 12/7/200511 Texas at Austin 2518 2511 2/28/200612 Tishreen University 360 292 8/1/200513 ULB Sachsen- Anhalt, Halle 1545 2310 10/25/200514 University of Arizona 81 11/17/200515 University of Illinois at Urbana- 3142 3930 2/27/200616 University of Jordan 2078 1999 6/1/200417 University of Utah 2362 2494 2/21/200618 Washington 2029 2148 2/9/200619 Yale 3904 4792 11/29/200520 Yale Law School 12 12 2/1/2006

38773 46291

1 = count of 245 fields

2 = count of 852 fields