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University of BarcelonaLearning and Research Resources Centre (CRAI)
April 15, 2008 Dutch Association of Librarians and Information Professionals
Welcome
Benvinguts Welcome to our University Verwelkom naar onze universiteit
UB in figures…
Students 106,918 Undergraduate students 50,563 Postgraduate students 5,534 Other students 50,821
Faculty Staff 4,586 (3.802 full-time) Administrative and Services Staff
2,125 Alumni (Antics UB) 3,505
UB in figures
Budget (in thousand €) 365,338 Study Programs (officially
accredited, and endorsed by the UB) 71
Centres (faculties and university schools) 20 on 6 campuses
Departments 105
CRAI in figures
Potential Users 117,134 Individuals entering the library
5,435,579 Loans 652,892 Staff 248
Librarians 145 Library Support Staff 103 Student Library assistants 110
Budget (in thousand €) 17,000
CRAI UB
Based on:
Our university structure A User-Centered Approach Integration of Teaching Support and
Assistance Coordination and convergence with
other services Assurance on quality service
CRAI UB
Structure:
Centralised management 19 Libraries 5 Centralised Technical units 1 library policy and procedures
CRAI Centralised Units
Technical processes (Cataloging) Administration Collection management Users services Projects
CRAI UB
Advantages for learning
Advantages for teaching
Advantages for research
What these changes have meant for users?
Advantages for learning
Improving facilities
Computers rooms Working rooms Special Opening hours Wi-fi internet access Self Learning Language Centres
Advantages for learning
Advantages for learning
Working rooms
Advantages for learning
Wi-fi internet access
Advantages for learning
Improving General Services
Loans Laptop Loans Interlibrary loans (Document Delivery) Ask a librarian Training courses etc
Advantages for learning
Advantages for learning
More information resources:
Reading Lists Electronic journals
Authenticated remote access for electronic resources
Access CBUC libraries agreement
Advantages for learning
Advantages for learning
Advantages for teaching
Support Teaching Structure:
Support Teaching Unit Support Teaching Point
Support Teaching Services:
Teaching Information Resources Teaching Services
Advantages for teaching
Teaching Information Resources:
RIDOC collection External Teaching Resources OMADO collection Teaching News
Advantages for teaching
Teaching Services:
Educational platforms and tools; Elaborating educational material
(webpages, multimedia) Legal advice: open access, CC licenses Support to teaching and innovation
Advantages for teaching
Advantages for teaching
Advantages for teaching
Advantages for research
More research and teaching resources (UB i CBUC) Journals 21,017 Databases 252 Books 1,566,429
Better tools for searching and managing information Cross-searching (Metalib) Link resolver (SFX) Bibliographic citation management (Refworks)
Metalib
Advantages for research
Institutional repository for academic and administrative documents
Others digital repositories in cooperation with CBUC: Electronic journals RACO Theses TDX Recercat: research documents, pre-prints, post-
prints, working papers Digital Memory of Catalonia: images (images,
maps, etc.)
Advantages for research
Advantages for research
Advantages for research
Advantages for research
Advantages for research
More visibility of the scientific and academic output: institutional repositories
Support and assistance on: Publishing digital documents: open
access, copyright issues Communia project
Advantages for research
Advantages for research
Improved access to special collections and ancient and rare books
Digitalisation projects Biblioteca Virtual M. de Cervantes
for ancient and rare books Special collections : concerts
programmes; publicitary posters; drawings from life
Advantages for research
Advantages for research
Biblioteca Virtual M. de Cervantes“Crònica del rei en Jaume [Manuscrit]”
We are now working in …
VTLS to Millenium
GEPA: collaborative equipment to house low-use materials.
Near future
More integration with other UB information systems: E-learning platform (Campus Virtual UB) GRAD: educational task management GREC: research assessment and
management
We are now working on
First steps in web 2.0 Library blogs (4 libraries) Del.icio.us social tagging in subject
guides Our special and digital collections in
the Wikipedia
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Thank you for your attention!
Any questions?