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My library

My library

My library

My library

My library (traditional collections)     280,000 books 135,000 journal volumes 700 currently subscribed journals 243,000 special collections items (patents, standards, etc...)

My library (usage)     20,000 registered users (2010) 55,000 visits to reading rooms (2010) 265,000 items used in-house (2010) 105,000 items lent out (2010)

My library (electronic collections)    61 subscribed services (2010) 114,500 full text journal titles 50,000 full text books     129,000 online sessions 300,000 searches 227,000 journal articles downloads 67,000 book chapters downloads

My library – friendly services   Open stacks Books can be ordered via web-accessible library catalog (off library hours)      Email reminders Copying machines and self-use scanner Computer stations and wireless network Return box We don’t have a caffeteria 

My library – dynamics

Where do we go?

       Students use less books Internet is availabe everywhere Journals and books in e-form available university-wide Prints are being scanned and made available online Library trainings – online No tradition of studying in the library

What’s the library for? Space? People?

      How to attract more people?

How to prove management we are useful?

What else can/should we do?

What are university needs and what can we do? ...

Should/can we do something else than always?

eBiPol – digital library

eBiPol     Started 2005 Collections:  journals (33 titles, 1750 items)  books (210 titles)  educational materials (100 items)  theses (125 items)  conferences (43 items)  microfiches (600 items)  varia ( 51 items) Total number of items: 3,000+ Access per year (2010): 626,000

eBiPol   Brings students to e-library  Raises awareness among teachers about library and its services Creates potential to cooperate in distance learning  Creates visibility of the library in the World (resources seen on europeana.com)

CyReNa – institutional repository

CyReNa (in preparation)        Started February 2010 dSpace platform Preprints, reports, raw data, presentations Published: 300 PhD theses Currently in the marketing phase Profits:  Another offer for researchers  Scientists as contributors to library resources CyReNa vs. eBiPol vs. WIKAMP

No mandate(s) for eBiPol and CyReNa

UPP (centre for students’ ID cards)

UPP - workflow

UPP (centre for students’ ID cards)     Why library?

Equipment People Impact  Vital service located in library  Cost-effective solution  ID Cards = Library (marketing)

What is WIKAMP?

    WIKAMP (Wirtualny Kampus PŁ) is an integrated platform supporting distance learning at the university Used to:  support traditional courses  prepare and run e-courses Based on Moodle 16 portals for University departments/units

WIKAMP layers

WIKAMP – Library role         management and administration of WIKAMP homepage creation of teaching subjects (tracks) for departments (all departments, all levels, all types of studies) assigning teachers to subjects receiving and handling reports of platform malfunctions trainings for students and teachers in the use of platform running WIKAMP customer centre providing advice and assistance by telephone, e-mail assist teachers in creating e-learning courses

WIKAMP portals Main portal, managed by library Stud.

Teach.

WIKAMP – “side effects”  E-mail system and official address for all students  Implementation of a common authentication system for the several IT systems (LDAP)  Rector’s and Senate regulations governing the principles (rights, duties, benefits) of distance learning

Project status   Portals ready to be used  Most of departments have subject structure ready with teachers assigned to subjects Visits to departments and institutes (2-3 per week)  Marketing, marketing,....

Our courses   Course for students on WIKAP use Course for teachers on how to organize things on WIKAMP    Library basic course (in construction) Bibliography course (in construction) Copyright course (in construction)

WIKAMP – outcomes        Library being the hub for university e-learning Students must come to the library for paswords  University researchers and staff – aware of new library function Marketing action very close to departments Knowledge of Moodle (CMS) by more than just IT people Ability to participate in projects related to e-learning and… (see four slides ahead)

Biblio-Art – the library gallery     How it started?

Location – changing the place Exhibitions (more than 20) Impact:  Promotion  Students interact with art  Nice environment

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Copyright Information Centre  In plans, but will be created:  A place to find basic information on copyright in the academic activity  Trainings on copyright  Copyright e-course on WIKAMP  Cooperation with the technology transfer centre and patent information centre

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Summary and conclusions      Libraries must look for new tasks and challenges to go along the needs of university This requires additional resources (people, money), which not always are available Sometmes it’s worthy to re-structure library to find the additional resources New tasks create positive image of library as changing and useful institution New functions effectively stop attempts to reduce library space or staff... 

It’s all nice, but it is sometimes very...

tiresome  , but… Błażej Feret Library , Technical University of Łódź, Poland [email protected]