Transcript Le biblioteche di universita' italiane: problemi

University of Padova library
services
Sistema Bibliotecario di Ateneo
www.cab.unipd.it
Antonella De Robbio profile
librarian at the University of Padova Library System:
coordinator of OAI Eprints and e-Learning Projects
scientific coordinator of Italian Biomedical Publications
Database (Ministry of Health)
expert member on copyright and I.P.R. European
MINERVA project on digitisation
activity in the DML
 in collaboration with Marini development of a set of
tools for displaying and connecting classification
schemes, applied to the MSC, ZDM, PACS and CCS, as
well to DDC
E-LIS manager (international OAI in LIS)
Italian coordinator of MAI
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Introduction: local activities
 Co-ordinating Manager at the Library System of the
University of Padova, the University Centre for Libraries
(CAB)
 I was Responsible (from 1977 and until 2002) for the
Mathematics Library of the University of Padua.
 I established and currently co-ordinate the MathSciNet Italy
Consortium (22 Italian Universities)
 Since 2002 I have been responsible for the Projects Section
and Digital Library: digitalization, Eprints repositories (open
access in general), bibliographical services to support e-learning
 In my role I co-ordinate the Working Group for the
implementation of EPrints sw. - a system of OAI compatible
Open Archives - for the University of Padova research papers.
 I am also the co-ordinator of the Pole of the libraries of the
detached centres.
Introduction: national activities
 I am Referent for the copyright and intellectual property issues
for my University and as such I participate in the Italian section of
the International Association for Intellectual Property Protection
(AIPPI) and I am an expert member on copyright and intellectual
property policies for a specific Task Force at CRUI (Conference of
the Italian Rectors)
 I am working as a copyright and intellectual property expert for
the Italian Digital Library, a project of the Italian Ministry of
Cultural Assets.
 I have prepared a digitalisation plan for a new big library, named
BEIC European Library of Information and Culture, which will be
open in Milan in 2011
 I give lessons in some Masters and University Courses in Italy
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My University (Masters for school librarians – Education Sciences Fac.)
Others: Napoli, Ravenna, Urbino, ...
Volounteer activities
 I am co-ordinating the development and
management of the MAI system, which is a result
of co-operation between the Italian Library
Association (AIB) and the Consorzio
Interuniversitario Lombardo per l'elaborazione
automatica (CILEA).
 In 2003 I implemented an electronic open access
archive for scientific or technical documents,
published or unpublished, in Librarianship,
Information Science and Technology, and related
application activities, named E-LIS, of which I am
manager.
University of Padova Library System
Our figures
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We serve 60.000 students and over 2.000
academics with:
55 libraries
5.7 million euro budget (staff excluded)
1.400.000 books
13.000 journals (current subscriptions)
3.500+ e-journals
200+ staff
all disciplines covered (13 faculties)
Average Italian university
Average figures per university:
•24 libraries
•1.5 million euro expendture for aquisitions
•69 staff
•users: 22.670 students + 711 academics
University of Padova Library System
Organization
 55 libraries as administrative units
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1 coordinating centre
Common objectives + coordinating function
provide a system approach
University of Padova Library System
Important features
 a single library management system and
catalogue (OPAC) connected to the national
catalogue (SBN)
 outstanding electronic bibliographic service
with locally hosted databases (120)
providing service to other universities and
private companies through a commercial
partnership
(Ensemble,http://ensemble.unipd.it/)
University of Padova Library System
Important features
 strong focus on electronic resources (ejournals) available through the WAN and
remotely
 web site as a portal to resources through
state of the art technology (php, zope)
 some digital library projects
University of Padova Library System
High profile and reputation at national level
 coordination of the E-resources Committee
of the Library Commission of the Italian
Rectors Standing Conference
 founder and current coordinator of the CIPE
group (12 libraries cooperating for e-journal
acquisitions)
 founding and coordination of the national
group for university libraries measurement
(GIM)
 host of the national mailing list of directors
of library services of italian universities
University of Padova Library System
Digital Library Projects
 Capere: e-journals catalogue/database
 Bibliomedia: in house open source sw for
the management of e-collections connected
to the library management system
• Italian Biomedical Publications Database
University of Padova Library System
Digital Library Projects
 2 OAI e-print servers (experimental)
 VeniceLagoonDigitalLibrary: thematic archive
collecting metadata and full text of research
papers, primary data, maps, pictures in the
field of environmental and biological
sciences
University of Padova Library System
Digital Library Projects
 digitization of Italian Social and Business
Studies journals
 microfilm conversion into digital format
 DAFNE: nationally
electronic publishing
funded
project
 Digital Math Library (participation)
for