e-Library project eyes P63M additional funding
By Erwin Lemuel Oliva INQ7.net
FOLLOWING its grand launch last April, the government-backed e-Library project is eyeing more funding as it enters the second phase of its rollout, a top government official told INQ7.net on Thursday.
The e-Library project is a 166.7-million-peso collaborative project of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the University of the Philippines, the Department of Agriculture, the National Library, and the Commission on Higher Education.
First conceptualized in 2003 by the DOST, the project has created a portal that now contains more than 29,000 full-text copies of foreign journals, all in digital format. It currently provides free access to content to member agencies, but subject to a fair use policy.
It also contains 800,000 bibliographic records consisting of 25 million pages of local and international materials, and 15,000 theses and dissertations.
Fortunato dela Peña, undersecretary for information and communications technology of DOST, said the e-Library proponents have presented a status report this week to the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT), which currently manages the e-government fund.
"We're now trying to tie some loose ends in the project," added Dela Peña, noting that the project is now addressing bandwidth issues, and also figuring out mechanisms to make the project more sustainable.
He said the additional funding would go to improving the portal system; to maintenance of the e-Library data center until it becomes self-sustaining; the payment for the continuation of the online databases subscription and additional digitization of the National Library's collection; and the acquisition of "critical hardware" for access points spread throughout the country.
The e-Library portal at elib.gov.ph also contains links to journals as well as digital copies of some foreign journals.
Over the past months until recently, the online portal has been suffering lags due to the sheer traffic it has experienced since its launch in April, according to Dela Pena.
Meanwhile, De la Peña said the project proponents are looking at different mechanisms on how to sustain the e-Library project, as revenues earned from selling digital content are mandated to go straight to the National Treasury.
In a steering committee meeting this week, the project proponents agreed to negotiate with the Department of Budget and Management on how government proponents can keep some of the revenues to help sustain the project.
The National Library is currently the project management office overseeing the implementation of the e-Library project.
The e-Library project is expected to handle about 22 million pages of images and text or about five to eight terabytes of data. Currently, only about 100 gigabytes of data has been made accessible via its portal.
FOLLOWING its grand launch last April, the government-backed e-Library project is eyeing more funding as it enters the second phase of its rollout, a top government official told INQ7.net on Thursday.
The e-Library project is a 166.7-million-peso collaborative project of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the University of the Philippines, the Department of Agriculture, the National Library, and the Commission on Higher Education.
First conceptualized in 2003 by the DOST, the project has created a portal that now contains more than 29,000 full-text copies of foreign journals, all in digital format. It currently provides free access to content to member agencies, but subject to a fair use policy.
It also contains 800,000 bibliographic records consisting of 25 million pages of local and international materials, and 15,000 theses and dissertations.
Fortunato dela Peña, undersecretary for information and communications technology of DOST, said the e-Library proponents have presented a status report this week to the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT), which currently manages the e-government fund.
"We're now trying to tie some loose ends in the project," added Dela Peña, noting that the project is now addressing bandwidth issues, and also figuring out mechanisms to make the project more sustainable.
He said the additional funding would go to improving the portal system; to maintenance of the e-Library data center until it becomes self-sustaining; the payment for the continuation of the online databases subscription and additional digitization of the National Library's collection; and the acquisition of "critical hardware" for access points spread throughout the country.
The e-Library portal at elib.gov.ph also contains links to journals as well as digital copies of some foreign journals.
Over the past months until recently, the online portal has been suffering lags due to the sheer traffic it has experienced since its launch in April, according to Dela Pena.
Meanwhile, De la Peña said the project proponents are looking at different mechanisms on how to sustain the e-Library project, as revenues earned from selling digital content are mandated to go straight to the National Treasury.
In a steering committee meeting this week, the project proponents agreed to negotiate with the Department of Budget and Management on how government proponents can keep some of the revenues to help sustain the project.
The National Library is currently the project management office overseeing the implementation of the e-Library project.
The e-Library project is expected to handle about 22 million pages of images and text or about five to eight terabytes of data. Currently, only about 100 gigabytes of data has been made accessible via its portal.
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