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University of Bergen Library

University of Bergen Library. UiB Library Strategic plan 2010-2015. The global knowledge society requires active networks and increased cooperation; internationally, nationally and regionally. (...) Participate in national and international academic library collaboration

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University of Bergen Library

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  1. University of Bergen Library

  2. UiB Library Strategic plan 2010-2015 • The global knowledge society requires active networks and increased cooperation; internationally, nationally and regionally. • (...) • Participate in national and international academic library collaboration • Participate in international cooperation projects, particularly with a view to support institution-building in developing countries • (…) • Project development funds (seed money) – limited funding for the joint development of a cooperation project

  3. The city of Bergen • gateway to the fjords • Norway’s continental city • 250 000

  4. The city of Bergen: brief history • Founded in 1070 • Norway’s capital until 1299 • thriving international port • research traditions • Bergen International Festival

  5. The city of Bergen: historical figures • Ibsen • Grieg • Bull • Nansen • Bjerknes • Rokkan

  6. The city of Bergen: brief history of Norway • Union • 17th May • Independence • 1905-2005 • Europe

  7. The city of Bergen: culture and commerce • the sea • international • education • unique infrastructure

  8. The city of Bergen: education and research • 3 university level institutions • 20+ research centres • 25 000 students • 5 000 employees

  9. The city of Bergen: major institutions: • the University of Bergen • the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration • Bergen University College • the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research • Haukeland University Hospital • the Christian Michelsens Research • and many more ...

  10. http://www.uib.no

  11. UiB: a brief history • 1825 Bergen Museum • 1873 leprosy bacterium - Hansen • 1907 Sundt Chair of Zoology • 1948 formal opening, Faculties of Medicine, Mathematics and Natural Science, Arts • 1970 Faculties of Dentistry, Social Sciences • 1980 Faculties of Psychology, Law • 1986 UNIFOB • 1990 Bertelsmann Prize • 2003 research, education, communication

  12. UiB: historical leadership • Gerhard Armauer Hansen • Fridtjof Nansen • Vilhelm Bjerknes • Stein Rokkan • Ludwig Wittgenstein*

  13. UiB: vision • gateway and meeting place • crossing borders • quality • leadership

  14. UiB: education • seven Faculties • one PhD • professional and academic / researcher training • language • ICT • crossing borders • reform

  15. Bergen Museum

  16. Bergen Museum

  17. Jussbygget

  18. BBBygget

  19. HF Biblioteket

  20. HF Biblioteket

  21. HF Biblioteket

  22. HF Biblioteket

  23. HF Biblioteket

  24. http://www.uib.no/ub/en

  25. Norwegian system for higher education Kart

  26. BIBSYS – an Integrated Library System for h.e. in Norway • BIBSYS joint ILS catalogue • Search in BIBSYS

  27. UB key figures Employees ~ 100 Man years ~ 92 Departments ~ 7 Physical localities ~ 9 Budget ~ 110 mill NOK Subscriptions ~ 18 000 tidsskrift (14 000 e)

  28. What is Open Access? “The free availability of peer-reviewed literature on the public internet, permitting any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles .” Melissa Hagemann Program Officer Information Program Open Society Institute

  29. Open Access – basic principles • Scientific publications are made freely and immediately made accessible on the internet • Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print and link to full text • Author retains the intellectual property right to the publication

  30. Open Access Initiatives • Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities • Budapest Open Access Initiative • Open Archives Initiative • Public Library of Science • SPARC

  31. Two roads to Open Access:

  32. “The Green Road to Open Access”

  33. Self archiving • Institutional archives / repositories • RePuB, Dspace@Cambridge,BORA • Subject archives: arXiv, cogPrints • NIH :PubMed Central

  34. Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA) • The University of Bergen’s Institutional archive • Launched in November 2004 • Contains mainly articles and theses, but also other material created by UiB academics • Part of the development of a national searching service, Norwegian Open Research Archives (NORA)

  35. ”The Golden Road to Open Access”

  36. DSpace repository software • Institutional repositories • Databases for digitized material • Printed material, photoes, sound, multimedia

  37. Information literacy • Information overload? • Search and write • Situated learning • Ethics is a focus area at the university • Reference management

  38. A Plagarism Carol

  39. Mulţumesc!

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