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UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA Library & Information Center. UOM Library Sharing Best Practices Anna Fragkou. UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA Library & Information Center. Commitments. Standards International Standards – Greek reality Awareness International practices & trends Innovation Users’ needs
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UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA Library & Information Center UOM Library SharingBest PracticesAnna Fragkou Sharing Best Practices among Universities - Thessaloniki, Greece
UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA Library & Information Center Commitments • Standards • International Standards – Greek reality • Awareness • International practices & trends • Innovation • Users’ needs • National/institutional policies • Participation in national & European programmes/projects • Hellenic Academic Libraries Link (HEAL-Link) • Personnel training & development Sharing Best Practices among Universities - Thessaloniki, Greece
UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA Library & Information Center Regulations & Planning • Library strategic planning 2002-2006 • Library organization chart and operation regulation (2002) • Library emergency plan • Secondary regulations (for several Library operations) • Marketing plan (2007) Sharing Best Practices among Universities - Thessaloniki, Greece
UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA Library & Information Center Rules & Policies • Collection management & development rules (Course analysis, OCLC/WLN Conspectus) • Technical processing of material policies (website, 2007) • Circulation rules – e-reserve collection rules • A/V room usage rules • e-Question service rules • Services to VIP manual (ACCELERATE project) • Train the VIP user manual (ACCELERATE project) Sharing Best Practices among Universities - Thessaloniki, Greece
UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA Library & Information Center Respond to Users • Filling forms for: • New acquisitions • Priority in technical processing • Interlibrary loan • Reserve Collection • e-Question service Sharing Best Practices among Universities - Thessaloniki, Greece
UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA Library & Information Center Services offered • Standard services • Print & electronic collections • Databases, e-journals, Internet • Circulation – interlibrary loan – document delivery • Reference services • Users’ awareness (Library website – e-mails – Library Newsletter) • Information literacy program • Facilities, equipment, applications • reading space, copiers, A/V equipment, • computers, wireless LAN (new), controlled access environment, • self check-out, anti-theft security system => RFID (2007) Sharing Best Practices among Universities - Thessaloniki, Greece
UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA Library & Information Center Services offered (2) • “Special” services • Services to VIP (adaptive equipment, space, tactile maps, digitization) • Seminar on developing services to VIP (libraries) • Seminar on the use of e-resources (VIPs) (new) • e-Reference services: “e-Question” (OCLC QuestionPoint) • New acquisitions electronic show-room • A-Z integrated journal access environment • Virtual Learning Environment • Institutional Repository (new) Sharing Best Practices among Universities - Thessaloniki, Greece
UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA Library & Information Center Control & Assessment • Annual Library report • Internal annual reports of Library Departments • Statistical data (Total Quality Management Unit – University of Ioannina) • Personnel assessment reports (government standard) • Visits to the Library premises Sharing Best Practices among Universities - Thessaloniki, Greece
UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA Library & Information Center Services assessment • Information literacy program assessment form • e-Question service assessment form • Seminar on developing services to VIP (libraries) assessment form • Databases usage • Library website visits • LibQual (2007) Sharing Best Practices among Universities - Thessaloniki, Greece
UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA Library & Information Center Community assessment • User needs survey (1997) • New user needs survey (2007) • User satisfaction survey (2007) Sharing Best Practices among Universities - Thessaloniki, Greece
UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA Library & Information Center Internal Communication • Interviews with Library personnel • Departmental meetings • Personnel meetings • Library internal e-mailing list Sharing Best Practices among Universities - Thessaloniki, Greece
UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA Library & Information Center We are doing our best to get the best for our users… Sharing Best Practices among Universities - Thessaloniki, Greece