Organization of modern academic libraries activities Anna Maria Tammaro Tashkent, March 22nd, 2017 TAM “Academic Libraries to increase information support”
Outline Modern academic libraries activities Space and collection Facilities & equipment Online services & customer services Interlibrary Loan & Consortia Library policies & Open Access Library programs Satisfaction of Uzbekistan Library users (preliminary findings)
Modern academic libraries activities Online services Website Customer service Collection Opening hours Policies Equipment and facilities Internet Consortia
Library as place and collection Opening Hours
Facilities and equipment Computers, Laptop, Data projector Internet access, WIFI Scanning Equipment loans Equipment booking Institutional repositories Academic press
Online services and customer services Reference, answer questions real time Websites OPAC, book loan, saving research Data Bases LibGuides Teaching materials
Interlibrary loan and consortia A library consortium is a group of libraries who partner to coordinate activities, share resources, negotiate licences and combine expertise
Library policies Library management Facilities Library mission statement Copyright policy Open Access policy Facilities Study space and equipment Computer use policy Collection access and use Circulation: Borrow, Renew, Return policies and procedure Fines, Lost Library Material ILL policies Library access Responsible use of electronic resources
Open Access and Institutional repositories Peter Suber guide is based on the experience at Harvard and many other institutions around the world in drafting and implementing rights-retention OA policies. https://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/Good_practices_for_university_open-access_policies
Library Programs Educational role of the Library Information Literacy Academic writing Electronic course readings Editorial role of the Library Academic presses
Ideal library in 2020 Complete the following sentence by adding no more than 140 characters: “In 2020 my ideal online library would be ...”.
Satisfaction of Uzbekistan libraries users
How users imagine academic library more useful Collection: educational resources Place: quiet environment for studying Service: improved competencies of librarians
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