1. B104: New directions for libraries
Internet Librarian International 2013
15.10.2013
Anita Laamanen
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
VTT IS
 a globally networked multitechnological applied
research organisation
VTT HAS
 extensive cross-disciplinary technological and
business expertise
 unique research infrastructure
 comprehensive global partnership networks in
business, industrial and research communities
VTT CREATES
 new technology and science-based innovations
in co-operation with domestic and foreign
partners
Focus areas of research
 Applied materials
 Bio- and chemical processes
 Energy
 Information and communication
technologies
 Industrial systems management
 Microtechnologies and electronics
 Services and the built environment
 Business research
VTT Group
 Turnover 316 M€ (2012)
 Personnel 3,206 (31.12.2012)
 Established 1942
 VTT has been granted
ISO9001:2008 certificate.

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1997 •E-journals 306
•Article downloads 1.500
•National seminar on e-journals (1999)
2002 •E-journals 3.100
•First e-books
•Big deals
•Member of the national consortium
2009 •E-journals 19.000
•E-books 18.000
•Discovery service
2013 •E-journals 34.000
•E-books 54.000
•Importance of market
information grows
Development of
VTT’s electronic library

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Development of VTT’s electronic library
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Proportion of electronic to print journals
e-journals p-journals

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Background for electronic only library
 Several office buildings scattered all over Finland and also abroad
 Employees are mobile: 9% of full-time VTTers remote work on a
regular basis, normally 1 - 2 days a week.
 24/7 availability

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Tricks for electronic only library
 Deployment
 Library team recommends e-books
 Training and communications
 Advertising collections in intranet
 Technical
 Multi-user access always when possible
 Financial aspects
 E-books are paid from the library budget,
p-books from the research budget

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Challenges for electronic only library
 Cost
 As a multidisciplinary research institution, VTT needs content
from several subject areas. Potential users per subject area
are very small. Publishers set prices per FTE.
 Devices
 Only 10% has handheld computer (iPad etc).
 Changing the way to work, news ways need to be learned.

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Contact
Anita Laamanen
VTT, Knowledge Solutions
www.vtt.fi
Anita.Laamanen@vtt.fi
Tel. +358 20 722 4401

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VTT creates business from technology