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Library of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Asta Katinaitė , Aurelija Striogienė 20 10 - 05 - 26. Plan. About VGTU library E lectronic resources E-books website www.e -books.vgtu.lt Information Bridge : Library – University – Student (BUS). Since 2000 in new building.
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LibraryofVilnius Gediminas Technical University Asta Katinaitė, Aurelija Striogienė 2010-05-26
Plan • About VGTU library • Electronic resources • E-books website www.e-books.vgtu.lt • Information Bridge: Library – University – Student (BUS)
VGTUlibrary Collections 583 445 Closed stock - 497 856 items Open stock - 84 806 items Titles 120 415 Readers 17 073 Visitors 361 676 Loans 344 081 Reading rooms 11 Working places for readers 394 (computerized 50) Staff 64
Overnight internet reading room 2008 – 2905 visitors 2009 – 2651 visitors
VGTUlibrary • Devotes much attention to its role in servicing the University community • Subscribes and tests the electronic resources • Develops electronic resources and e-services
Subscribes electronic resources • Project - eMoDB.LT: “Opening research databases for Lithuania” (2009-07-21 - 2012-07-21) • Users have access to the 28 subscribed databases
Develops electronic resources Databases: • Electronic catalogue – 78 540 records • VGTU Science Publications – 20 538 records • VGTU in Press – 10 570 records • VGTU Library Subscribed Foreign Science Journals Publications – 25 455 records • VGTU Science Journals (full text) – 5 240 records
VGTU ScienceJournals • Startedin 2004 • To create better and more comfortable access to the full text articles • Having agreed with the publishers
VGTU science journals • 17 journals are publishing by the University • 9 of them in English • 8 in Lithuanian
Full text articles • Copy a part of the full text articles provided in PDF form from the publishing house “Technika” web page • GSview4.6 and ABBYY Fine Reader 8.0programs • Over 6300 pages have been scanned • Full text articles in PDF form are stored on the library server
Currently are available • Journals published since 1995 • More than 5 240 records of articles • On construction engineering, management, environment engineering, architecture, transport and other areas
Access • On the library internet web page or using the following address: http://aleph.library.lt/F?func=find-b-0&local_base=vgt04 • Access to full text articles currently is available only to community of our University
www.ebooks.vgtu.lt • On February VGTU Publishing House "Technika" presented a new e-books site www.ebooks.vgtu.lt • This site offers 300 academic books • Using latest iPublishCentral ™ technology. Such technology is developed by company Impelsys (USA, India)
www.ebooks.vgtu.lt • Books can be read online or downloaded to the computer and read without the Internet. • Some of the ebooks are available: • and in paperformat • only digital format. • Readers also find previously published books which runs are completed, but these series are still needed for students. • Purchase:monthly, weekly • More information: Eleonora Dagienėebooks@vgtu.lt
Information Bridge: Library – University – Student (BUS) • VGTU library is an active participant of the study process and seeks to help in retrieval of the scientific information • Objective of the project – to facilitate students` integration into the scientific environment and make it easier to find scientific information in the university and outside
„U“ in the project • Make lists of recommended publications for the students • Renew lists during academic year
„L“ in the project • Make active professors` recommended lists of publications • Link publications` lists with libraries where students can find it • Put lists into website of VGTU library • Add Library newly received publications into list every month • Order publications not available in our library from other • Lithuanian or foreign libraries
„S“ in the project • Student is information receiver • Quick Search of scientific information • 2009 – 8427 visitors
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