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New challenges for university libraries, by Maria Seissl
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New challenges for university libraries
Maria SeisslVienna University Library and Archive Services
Vienna University Library and Archive Services
•50 libraries covering all areas of teaching and research at Vienna University•Vienna University Archive•Print holdings: 6.6 million volumes•Digital holdings: vast and rapidly growing collection of e-ressources (e-journals, databases, e-books)•Seach gateways: Library website, online-catalogue, SFX, Metalib•56.000 active users•open to the general public•300 staff
Challenges
Due to recent changes in university legislation university
libraries are part of the university and no longer answering
directly the ministry
Where there was great uniformity, diversity and competition
have been introduced
Joint ventures have become more difficult because bilateral
agreements are necessary and cooperative funding has to be
raised
University libraries face price increases without increases of
their budget and allowances for currency inflation
E-Journal delivery to desktop is now standard – need to
acquire publisher backfiles has high priority
(University) libraries are constantly in need of space
On a larger scale
Open Access
recommendations of European University Association UEA on
open accesshttp://www.eua.be/fileadmin/user_upload/files/Policy_Positions/Recommendations_Open_Access_adopted_by_the_EUA_Council_on_26th_of_March_2008_final.pdf
Long-term preservation of digital assets (but also of paper-
based documents)
Mass digitisation
Opportunities
RAD – Research and Activities Documentation
Development of a digital asset management system: PHAIDRA
(Permanent Hosting, Archiving and Indexing of Digital
Resources and Assets)
Workflow synergies for plagiarism check and theses database
Take part in EU-projects
Take an active role in research evaluation (bibliometrics)
Continuing professional development
New role of libraries in the information world
push content to users – make libraries meeting places, thereby
binding students to the universities
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