1. COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID
International Staff Exchange Week
Gdańsk University of Technology 
3rd to 7th June 2019

2. Complutense University of Madrid: History
The Complutense University of Madrid traces its origins to the Estudio de Escuelas Generales de Alcalá, founded by King Sancho IV of Castille in 1293.
1499: Cardinal Cisneros founds “Complutum”, the predecessor of today’s university, in the town of Alcalá de Henares.
1509: The University has five faculties.
1836: Under the reign of Isabel II, the university is moved to Madrid where it took the name Universidad Central.   
1927: Construction begins on the Moncloa campus on land granted by King Alfonso XIII.
1970: The Central University is renamed Complutense and the Somosaguas Campus is created.
The Complutense University is now the largest university in Madrid

3. Complutense university of madrid: Location
Campus de Somosaguas
Psychology
Social Work
Political and Social Science
Economics and Business Administration
Campus de Moncloa
Fine Arts
Biological Science
Geography and History
Chemical Science
Philosophy
Geological Science
Language Studies
Physical Science
Education
Law
Computer Science
Communication Science
Mathematical Science
Medicine
Statistical Science
Veterinary Medicine
Nursing
Pharmacy
Dentistry
More Faculties (City Centre)
Library Science
Optics and Optometry
Commerce and Tourism

4. Complutense University of Madrid
The Complutense University is the oldest public University in Madrid (1499) and one of the largest in Spain. It has two campuses and 26 faculties. The study programs are divided into three cycles and they include:
317 official studies (degrees & masters)
170 own studies, in all areas of knowledge
59 PhD Programmes
SOME DATA: number of students enrolled last year:
The largest University in Spain (one of the largest in Europe):
students, professors, more workers
317 official studies (degrees & masters) and 170 own
studies, in all areas of knowledge
32 libraries in two campuses and other sites

5. People working at the Complutense University
Administration and services
Teaching and research
The staff is divided in two areas:
Budget: €

6. COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
print books, 2nd collection of old books in the
country & wide collection of e-resources
old volumes digitized
Wide range of library services

7. COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
The Complutense Library is the largest university library in Spain and the second largest library in the country after National Library of Spain.
The library is a support service to learning, teaching, research and the other institutional goals of the University.

8. COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: STRUCTURE
The library structure is decentralized which means individual libraries hosted by the Faculties and one Head Office who coordinates all of them. We have these main areas:
Management.
Central Services: they are responsible for the unification of criteria, coordination and standardization of processes and services of Faculty Libraries.
Faculty libraries: there are 32 libraries located in two different campuses and also 2 important library buildings:
Historical Library “Marques de Valdecilla”: responsible for the management, preservation and dissemination of bibliographic heritage of the UCM
Library “Maria Zambrano”: opened in 2011 with 3000 seats for reading and with capacity to house three million volumes

9. COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: SERVICES
Our Library offers a wide variety of services which are intended to facilitate the access and dissemination of all information resources belonging to the University legacy, as well as to contribute to the processes of learning.
CISNE: It offers a simple and an advanced search, we can also search by document type (ebook collection, electronic journals, databases…) or use other resources such as the Complutense Digital Collection.

10. COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: SERVICES
CISNE: It offers a simple and an advanced search, we can also search by document type (ebook collection, electronic journals, databases…) or use other resources such as the Complutense Digital Collection.

11. COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: CATALOG
 The vast majority of the library system’s holdings are listed in the online catalog accessible on the Internet which is called CISNE.
CISNE: It offers a simple and an advanced search, we can also search by document type (ebook collection, electronic journals, databases…) or use other resources such as the Complutense Digital Collection.

12. COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: CATALOG
World's largest library cooperative worldwide, created and governed by and for libraries. Non-profit international organization → profits reinvested in library research and development of their cooperative services.
Advantages as a technological partner of libraries. Based on WorldCat, OCLC provides libraries with powerful technological tools.
Young ILS software with no dependencies of previous systems. Allows an effective shared cataloguing in WC, with common authorities files and LOD technology. Integral management of electronic and printed collections. Fosters to share and reuse information on collections, providers and licenses, and even to freely share local digital collections. Neutral with respect to contents → respects libraries’ autonomy.

13. COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: CATALOG
Spanish WMS Users Group

14. COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: PROJECTS
The Complutense University Library participates in different international Library Projects such as:
2006: Google Books Project
2010: HathiTrust Digital Library
2015: Catalogue in WorldCat & ILL WMS
: Implementation of WMS as ILS
“Google Library Project”. In 2006, our Library signed a cooperation agreement with Google to digitize all of the Complutense Library Collections free of copyright.
Those books can be easily searched from Google, Hathi Trust (world’s largest digital library) and Europeana (Europe’s largest cultural website).
Since 2006 to the present time, more than volumes have been digitized. Thanks to this agreement, the mission of preservation and dissemination of bibliographic heritage of Complutense Library has been significantly improved.

15. Political Sciences and Sociology Library
General characteristics
2.450 m2.
7.000 shelving m.
1.600 m. free access
4 Book Stacks rooms
> copies.
>4.000 users

16. Political Sciences and Sociology Library
Our activity (1)
> lending operations per year.
Users Training Program.
Library’s Website:
Resources for final projects.
Academic Programs.

17. Political Sciences and Sociology Library
Our activity (2)
Free access collection expurgation:
copies in shelving meters.
20% reduction criteria:
Obsolescence.
Total and recent lending.

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