Błażej Feret Library, Technical University of Łódź, Poland TUL Shop SIR-Intranet

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)  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,  assist teachers in creating e-learning courses

WIKAMP portals Stud. Teach. Main portal, managed by library

WIKAMP – “side effects”  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

TUL Shop

 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 Copyright Information Centre

ŁUD – Children’s University

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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