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27th IATUL CONFERENCE Oporto, Portugal, May 22-25 2006

Factories: teaching resource facilities at UPC libraries. Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) Institute of Education Sciences (ICE) UPC Libraries Pep Torn pep.torn@upc.edu. 27th IATUL CONFERENCE Oporto, Portugal, May 22-25 2006. Summary.

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27th IATUL CONFERENCE Oporto, Portugal, May 22-25 2006

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  1. Factories: teaching resource facilities at UPC libraries Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)Institute of Education Sciences (ICE)UPC LibrariesPep Torn pep.torn@upc.edu 27th IATUL CONFERENCEOporto, Portugal, May 22-25 2006

  2. Summary UPC Opportunity of the projectPlanning the FactoriesPresent situation and some examplesMain problems Conclusions 27th IATUL CONFERENCEOporto, Portugal, May 22-25 2006

  3. The UPC and the Library and Documentation Services MANRESA SANT CUGAT DEL VALLÈS TERRASSA CANET DE MAR MATARÓ BARCELONA IGUALADA VILANOVA I LA GELTRÚ CASTELLDEFELS

  4. University Library indicators (2005)

  5. Opportunity of the project AIM: Effective support in designing and developing educational projects. Access to existing educational support resources1 - European Higher Education Area 2 - Librarians TIC capabilities and ICE professional skills3 - Paideia Strategic plan4 – Create Change (www.createchange.org) 27th IATUL CONFERENCEOporto, Portugal, May 22-25 2006

  6. Opportunity of the project THE MAIN OPPORTUNITY:ICE negotiates with INTEL the concession of computers FOR FREE to develop the project… And they get it!!! 27th IATUL CONFERENCEOporto, Portugal, May 22-25 2006

  7. Planning the Factories Some questions- Where? In the libraries- Who? Librarians Education technicians Multimedia designers 27th IATUL CONFERENCEOporto, Portugal, May 22-25 2006

  8. Planning the Factories - What?- Physically located in a library- Technology rich environment- Integrated into traditional library services- Access to full range of software- Collaborative learning and workspaces- Explicitly aligned with the institution-wide vision- Non-library centric involving other campus units- More emphasis on the creation of knowledge 27th IATUL CONFERENCEOporto, Portugal, May 22-25 2006

  9. Present situation 11 factories functioning on UPC campuses22 support staff with training in creating multimedia materialActivities carried out in 2004488 activities of support to teaching improvement projects 40 teaching materials developed 3 training courses 54 UPC user units Co-funding of 98 projects presented to obtain grants for teaching innovationWe helped another catalan University to implement a service like our own, called also Factoria2004 report: http://bibliotecnica.upc.edu/factoria 27th IATUL CONFERENCEOporto, Portugal, May 22-25 2006

  10. Some examples Multimedia course with animations about Energies and Environmental Science:Link to the material- Self-assessment on Descriptive Statistical Methods, applied to Industrial SchedulingLink to the material- Multimedia course and videos about Optical CorrelatorsLink to the material 27th IATUL CONFERENCEOporto, Portugal, May 22-25 2006

  11. Main Problems 1. It was not part of the Strategic Plan, can it works anyway?2. Creating change before, during or after the project?3. How many policies we have?4. We use no standards: Dublin Core, SCORM, XML… neither UPC templates5. Can we obtain the same results with a no-cost policy forever? 27th IATUL CONFERENCEOporto, Portugal, May 22-25 2006

  12. Conclusions 1. The scope of the university library is changing again. We must be able to create information, if possible as publishers, apart of the traditional services.2. We have gained some users that have never come to enjoy the traditional services .3. Creating a service like the Factory means an essential part of the effort of library staff. 4. Always there is the possibility to create materials following a line, a template; useful for the majority of our users. 5. Enthusiasm is not the main part of the success. 27th IATUL CONFERENCEOporto, Portugal, May 22-25 2006

  13. Thank you Between thought and expression… There’s a lifetime Lou Reed 27th IATUL CONFERENCEOporto, Portugal, May 22-25 2006

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