1. Visit at the Royal Danish Library, Aarhus
Visit from Université de Montréal
École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information
Jesper Boserup Thestrup
Communications Officer
Aarhus
May

2. Welcome - Agenda Merger and history The collections in Aarhus
Loans and Visitors
Different functions
National Library and archive
University Library
Public Libraries
New strategy and focus areas
Partners
May

3. Merger: The Royal Danish Library
1648: The Royal Library
1897: State and University Library. Opened in 1902.
1928: Main Library for Aarhus University
1963: Moved to the “Book tower”
1987: National Media Archive (Radio and TV)
2017: The Royal Library merged with the State and University Library to The Royal Danish Library
2018: The Royal Danish Library merged with Aarhus University Library
: Other mergers/cooperation (Roskilde and Aalborg University Libraries, Kvinfo…)
May

4. The Collections in Aarhus
Type of Materials
Books and Journals
Electronic Journals and books
Digital documents on own servers
May

5. The Collections in Aarhus TV, Radio and Web…
Type GB
Hours (Websites)
Radio TV
Websites
May

6. Loans and Visitors Activity Loans 231.367 Interurban Loans 466.858
May

7. National Library and archive
Legal Deposits – Books, Journals and more…
Newspaper Collection (Digitizing the newspapers)
Web archive
Digital preservation
TV- and Radio
Make our data available: MedieStream and the Cultural Heritage Cluster and much more
May

8. National Library: Links 1
The Royal Danish Library, Aarhus:
The Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen:
May

9. National Library Links 2:
Radio and TV:
MedieStream:
May

10. National Library links 3
Newspapers:
Web archive:
Digital Preservation: (text in Danish only)
May

11. National Library – research data
New services - Make our digital archives available for researchers
Technical challenges
Legal challenges
Copyright
Personal data
Cultural Heritage Cluster + SBLABS
Data Repository + DMP Online
Library Open Access Repository (LOAR)
May

12. National Library – research data – links
Cultural Heritage Cluster:
DMP Online:
Library Open Access Repository (LOAR) and
SBLABS (Firefox)
May

13. Public Libraries Deposit library – loan center
Assist local libraries in localizing requested material
E-depot: helps public libraries when they have to discard materiel
Digital Article Service: Deliver articles in digital form to Danish libraries
Ethnic Minorities – SBCI (
May

14. University Library
Aarhus University Library – AUL (
4 faculties
16 libraries
Support for Researchers and students
Bibliometric information and much more
Scholarly Publication Service
E-Journals
E-books
+ Copenhagen and Roskilde (and perhaps Aalborg)
May

15. University Library - services
Supports The Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
Anti-plagiarism tools (iThenticate),
Reference management
Information literacy
Open science
Open access
Make scientific publications available
Spreading cultural heritage
May

16. University Library - Links
AUL:
E-journals (OJS):
E-books (OMP):
May

17. Partnes
DeiC: Danish e-infrastructure Cooperation. Established agreement between Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation and the Danish universities
Forskningsnettet - The Danish Research Network. Forskningsnettet is the Danish national research and education network connecting about 100 institutions to each other and to the internet.
Danish Library Center (DBC) - owned by Local Government Denmark and the Danish State DBC’s main task is to develop and maintain the bibliographic and IT infrastructure in the Danish libraries. National Bibliography, DanBib, bibliotek.dk.
May

18. New strategy and focus areas
More digitization
More nationally shared library services for the universities
New services in e-science/e-scholarship
May

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May