A short introduction of the

LIBRARY & INFORMATION CENTERUNIVERSITY OF PATRAS

History

Context

•Central Library

•A new Branch in Agrinio, after UoPatras absorbed the UoWestern Greece.

•Ten Departmental Branches

•The Region is also served by

•Library of the Hellenic Open University

•Municipal Library of Patras

•Municipal Library of Aigion

•Papacharalambeios Public Library in Nafpaktos

Collections

Services

Space

Structure

•University Council and the Rectorate Authorities

•A seven membered Library Board

•Library Administration

•Five departments

•Acquisition & Technical Services Department

•Automation, Research & Development Department

•Circulation & Reader Services Department

•User Support Department

•Administration & Secretariat Department

Memberships

•HEAL-Link, the Hellenic Academic Libraries Consortium

•Greek Librarians & Information Scientists Association (EEBEP)

•LIBER

•IATUL

Facts and figures

•Not the usual Greek statistics.

•All reports are publicly open via our IR

•Consistently published since 1988

Loans

Visits

Events

•Since 2005 we have organized three times the Panhellenic Academic Libraries Conference

•Academic Libraries and Citizens Societies: Establishing bounds of knowledge, democracy and culture in the digital environment

•Scientific Digital Content: Production, Provision, Preservation

•Back to the future: the values of the past, our guides for the future

… more events

•Many other events during these years helping our staff develop

•FRBR and Linked Data: implications for libraries

•Scientific information and institutional repositories

•Libraries and visually impaired users

… and even more

•September 2013. 1st Erasmus Mobility Week.

•20 colleagues from all over Europe in Patras!

•Our 2nd Erasmus Mobility Week to take place this September.

•Still time to apply! Visit www.lis.upatras.gr for more details!

Projects

•CRIS

•SELIDA - RFID

•Open Courses

•APARSEN NoE

Open Access

•One of the pioneering libraries in Greece in the adoption of Open Access

•A mandate for thesis deposition.

•Member Institution to BioMed Central and Royal Society

•Celebrating each year the Open Access week

•LIC personnel has conducted many reports about the progress of OA in Greece

•E-LIS national editors are staff of our Library

Recycling

•LIC coordinates the University-wide recycling of electronic devices.

•We also assist in the recycling of

•paper

•plastic

•cartridges

•batteries

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