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ranked response
(1= strongly agree; 5=strongly disagree)
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Improve the visibility
of the Middle-East serials in my library
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Improve the ability
of researchers at my institution to discover the availability of known
Middle-East serials in other institutions
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Permit researchers
at my institution to become aware of Middle-East serials which they did
not know existed
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Help my library make
the holdings statements from our Middle-East serials more accurate
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Make the document
delivery of Middle-East serials more efficient
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Expose serials written
in some of the rarer Middle-East languages.
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Improve cooperation
and joint-ventures with libraries in the Middle East
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To grow quickly with
many United States participants by 2005
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To grow quickly with
many European participants by 2005
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To grow quickly with
many Middle-East participants by 2005
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To be well integrated
with the MENALIB project by 2004
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Is the prototype system
ready to unveil at MELA 2003?
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Based on demonstration
of the prototype system at partners’ meeting (7/2003), is the project
on track for year 1?
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ranked response(1
= most important 5 = least important)
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Please rank the priority
of Year 3 goals listed below:
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Vernacular script
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European mirror site
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Document delivery
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Digitization
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Cross-collection searching
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hours/month
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How many hours per
month do you believe partners should dedicate to this project?
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comments:
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Please rate the communications
to date between the OACIS team and the advisory group?
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Good
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Satisfactory
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Needs improvement
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Suggestions:
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Perhaps
it would be helpful, if the OACIS team at Yale could inform participating
institutions on current developments on a regular basis (once a month?)
and ask partners to respond to this short report if they have comments.
This could be useful even if progress during one month may be comparatively
small. Such a report could function as a reminder for all to pursue
OACIS aims continuously in their local contexts and as an orientation
where in the scheme we currently are. |
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If a participating institution decides to leave the OACIS project should the data from that institution be: |
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Archived
(held in a separate database) |
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Deleted
(removed entirely from OACIS database) |
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comments: |
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Deletion
is to ensure that only the most up-to-date information is available. |
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Retained
(kept in the database, as is) |
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comments: |
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retained
as is but marked as "frozen" |
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These
and other particulars of the project should be part of a written cooperation
agreement which all current (and later new) partners could sign. |
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Other |
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comments: |
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Institution
should decide about own data |
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Possible methods to achieve / foster sustainability (circle all that apply) |
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Auxiliary
grant funding |
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IMLS
grants for digitization |
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Title
VI second phase funding |
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Other |
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Suggestions? |
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All
of the above, plus one should consider funding from the Gulf States and/or
Saudi (if these haven’t been approached already); esp. in countries where
librarianship and library science education are growing or in demand. |
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Apply
for new, but related, grants |
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There
was a program of joint funding sponsored by NSF and DFG (German Research
Foundation) in the field of digital libraries last year. I have asked the
DFG whether there will be a second phase to that program but have not received
any response from there until now. I will send information on the result
of my inquiry to OACIS. |
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Methods of promoting the OACIS project (circle all that apply) |
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Article
publication |
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Suggest where? |
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MELA
NOTES / MESA Confer |
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higher
education and Middle East studies journals |
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MELA
notes, MESA Bulletin news |
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Library
Journal, MESA Journal, College and Research Libraries News, IFLA Journal,
something in American Libraries wouldn’t hurt either. o Also consider having
a blurb or two published in some of the Arabic daily newspapers/magazines
once partner institutions from the region get on board. This will go a long
way in attracting others to the project. |
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MELA
Notes |
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D-LIB
Magazine (http://www.dlib.org/) |
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Presentation
delivery |
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Suggest where? |
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MELA
/ MESA Confer |
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MESA
Conference, ALA Conference, IFLA Conference, MELCOM, Arab Federation for
Libraries and Information conference, etc |
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Middle
East Librarians Association’s Annual Meeting and in the MELA NOTES |
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middle
east countries |
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MESA,
MELA, AOS, MELCOM conferences (OACIS was part of Halle’s presentation at
this years MELCOM conference in Beirut already, we will continue to point
to the fact that MENALIB cooperates with other strong Middle East collections
within the framework of OACIS) |
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Website
announcement |
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Suggest where? |
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on
partner sites |
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each
participant’s web site |
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all
participating institution websites |
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DLF
web site |
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OACIS
is mentioned on the MENALIB website as partner, further announcements on
MESA, MELA, AOS, LOC (?) websites would be useful, all Middle East librarians
at least in the U.S: should be invited to put a link to OACIS on their websites
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Other |
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Mailing
lists like Adabiyat, MELANET, LIS-Middle-East (MELCOM), H-MIDEAST-MEDIEVAL@H-NET.MSU.EDU
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partners reporting |
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Cornell
University |
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Ohio
State University |
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Universitaets-und
Landesbibliothek of Sachsen-Anhalt in Halle, Germany |
x |
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University
of Pennsylvania |
x |
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University
of Michigan |
x |
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University
of Texas |
x |
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University
of Washington |
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Yale
University |
x |
