Markku Reino
Power Point Presentation
DAISY in Finland
Celia Library, Helsinki Finland
Markku Leino 6.2.2009
DAISY in Finland
PRESENTATION
- Information about Celia and patrons
- Book production and lending
- DAISY online: project ”AUDIO STREAM”
- In conclusion: towards the digital library
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CELIA LIBRARY
- Founded in 1890 in Helsinki, since 1978 a state owned special library. Only library of its kind in Finland.
- Lends and produces talking books, Braille and e-books and also other special materials. Books for leisure reading and studies 15.500 patrons (Population of Finland is 5.2 million)
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COLLECTION AND PRODUCTION
- DAISY tests since 1995.
- Talking book collection of 23.000 DAISY titles.
- Celia has digital studios for recordings and also buys books from other producers.
- Library hopes to use DAISY for e-books in the near future.
- The aim for all production is to have one DAISY format master file and to produce all distribution copies from that file.
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CELIA IS BUILDING A DIGITAL LIBRARY
- Lending System (Pallas)
- Catalogue and web service (Celianet)
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CELIA IS BUILDING A DIGITAL LIBRARY
- Digital archives (SAN archive / SUN Microsystems)
- On demand cd burning system (8 Rimage robots)
- ERP system and an online store
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LENDING SERVICES TODAY
- Leisure books are lent on-demand.
- Textbooks for schools are sold in an online store.
- Patrons can borrow the books by themselves using the web service or the librarians do the lending.
- Celia burns more than 800.000 CD’s per year and the books are sent to patrons by mail.
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ONLINE LENDING 2009 -
- From 2009 patrons can also listen to the books online.
- The online lending project ”Audio stream” is our newest way of offering better services to our patrons.
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Audiovirta - AUDIO STREAM
What we are going to do:
- Develop distribution platform
- Develop new service models
- Develop new production models
- Integrate our IT-systems
What is our aim:
- To replace on demand cd burning by online streaming and in the long run downloading
- To shift services into the net
- To keep the price of loans as reasonable as possible
- Aim at global digital library and interlibrary lending
- To have a new and efficient DAISY production line
The idea of the project:
Use internet as a distribution platform and open Celia’s collection to patrons. Also to create new services and products.
Working principles of the service
- Multichannel distribution
- Accessible services
- Design for all
- Flexible production methods
- DAISY Consortium’s specifications
- Services design for all kinds of players and reading programs
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Audio stream distribution
Portal contains extra information about books, authors etc... 
Login screen to the service
Searching for books
Search results
Accept the online loan
Number of online loans
List of online loans
PratSam
CHANNELS
These materials are chosen by the librarians
BOOK CLUB1
Entertainment
INFORMATION
CHANNEL
News etc...
MAGAZINE
CHANNEL
Books chosen and lent by the patron
Patron’s bookshelf
Patron, listening to the streaming audio
Audio stream timetable
- Project started in June 2008
- Ends December 2009.
- After that we hope to develop the system to become a regular service for our patrons.
Three Ways of Lending DAISY Books
3 service models
- The patron has a pc and reading software. He logs into Celianet and borrows the books he wants. The system gets the files from the archives and transfers them to a distribution server and the patron can start listening.
- The patron has a DAISY player, he can contact the distribution server and start listening. The books in this model are usually selected by library staff.
- Patron can also call Celia and ask the for the books he wants. Librarians use the system for lending the books and the files are transferred to listening as stream.
Audio stream -PROJECT 2008-2009
ARENA-PORTAL
- Liferay software
- Arena is a portal for many Finnish libraries which all use the same library software (PALLAS).
RSS feeds
- New books
- News
- Events
- Blog
- Mashups
- Wiki
- etc..
- (Web 2.0)
At the moment this portal is being designed and will be online in spring 2009.
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IN CONCLUSION
Towards the digital library
Celia's aim is to build a digital library where all products and processes are as efficient as possible. DAISY is an important part of all this because it’s not just a book but a way of storing information.
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- Distribution will be multichannel distribution - those who cannot use the net will be served in other ways.
- The net will be an important distribution channel.
- The patrons will have different kind of reading devices, including wireless. The library will produce digital content for these.
- Services can also be directed to hospitals or other institutions.
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- All services in the net have to be accessible.
- Design for all
- International co-operation is essential. Daisy Consortium's tools and ideas make sure that you don't have to invent the wheel twice.
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