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Irma Pasanen. BALTECH MEETING of Librarians: “E-resources and e-services in practice” Tallinn, May 26-27, 2010. Aalto University Library. Otaniemi (Helsinki University of Technology) Töölö (Helsinki School of Economics) Arabia (University of Art and Design, Helsinki).
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Irma Pasanen BALTECH MEETING of Librarians: “E-resources and e-services in practice”Tallinn, May 26-27, 2010
Aalto University Library Otaniemi (Helsinki University of Technology) Töölö (Helsinki School of Economics) Arabia (University of Art and Design, Helsinki)
Organization: activity-based model Vice Rector Teams: core of activities Campuses: discipline expertise Library Director Support Services Collection Services Customer Services Development Services Campuses C U S T O M E R S
E-resources at Aalto University Library All subscribed e-resources extended to three campuses • Extra cost some 10 % • Joint portal whereby Otaniemi Nelli extended to other campuses (Nelli is a Metalib/SFX portal acquired through a FinElib consortium) • Problems with vendors during start-up in January (IP-range extensions, ceasing old lisences and starting up with new ones) • Courses planned to introduce the new materials to the researchers and students
Three cases from the Otaniemi campus • Building blocks for Library 2.0 • E-books study • ”Writing diploma thesis” –course for students preparing their master´s thesis
Web 2.0 applications& initiatives Laptop 40+ • project to make the more mature staff informed and involved with various web-based tools
E-books case study A study together with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Strategic Usability Research Group Devices tested • BookeenCyBook Opus • FoxiteSlick • BeBook • Amazon Kindle • Sony Reader Questionnaire to service providers Collection policy issues Results will be presented as a paper in IFLA conference, Sweden
Writing Diploma Thesis - course that supports the process Process support via: • Lectures (by non-library speakers) • Groupwork • Assignments • Individual councelling and guidance • face-to-face + web-based methodologies Curriculum-based course that is - crossing faculty borders • managed by the library • combines several pedagogical approaches • runs four times a year