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University of Cyprus Library University of Cyprus Library and and

ACCELERATE ProjectACCELERATE Project

Presentation by

Filippos Tsimpoglou

1st Partners’ Meeting ,

University of Macedonia

Thessaloniki,

24 - 26 February 2000

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ACCELERATEACCELERATEShort presentation of UCY Library• Library buildings

• Library material

• Library equipment and facilities

• Library users and services

UCY Library and ACCELERATE project• Extension of UCY Library services to external or

internal visually impaired users

• Tasks to be performed

Expectations from the project

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Short presentation of UCY Library

Library buildingsMain Campus

• Central Library (Main book collection and reading rooms, PC working stations, copiers, Audiovisual material and multimedia room)

• Periodicals Library (Journals stacks, copiers)

Latsia Buildings• Latsia Branch (Tourcological Collection and reading

rooms)

Premises of the Archaeological Research Unit Archaeological Collection

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Short presentation of UCY Library

Library material• > 200.000 books• > 2.300 journal titles

of which 1.515 current titles Access to 110 electronic journals (planned to reach 1.500 till June 2000)

• 32 databases on CD-ROMs• Multimedia titles (in CD-ROM)• Audio music CDs

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Short presentation of UCY Library

Library equipment and facilities• 12 PC working stations all with

– connection to INTERNET via LAN

– access to UCY Library OPAC (45.000 books)ADVANCE, GEAC, Z39.50 available

WEB OPAC (http://platonas.lib.ucy.ac.cy)

– access to 32 databases, locally installed on CD-ROMs

• 8 multimedia PCs, Windows NT, (room for audiovisual equipment and material)

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Short presentation of UCY Library

Library users and services• Members of University of Cyprus

students, faculty, researchers, staff

• External usersThe use of the reading rooms and books of the open stacks are available

For external patrons can obtain borrowing rights after registration and annual subscription fee

• Visually impaired usersSchool for blinds

ACCELERATE services will be accessible to all external and internals users

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Extension of UCY Library services to external or internal visually impaired users

– Access to UCY Library OPAC via interface following Z39.50 protocol

– Access to all ( > 600 Libraries) OPACs via Z39.50 protocol. Advance interface, BookWhere 2000, Znavigator, YAZ development kit ?

– Access to 32 databases on CDROM ?

– Access to electronic journals ? (text in HTML, PDF, etc)

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Tasks to be performed by UCY Library

• Equipment, • Staff training, User training,• Test of equipment • 4th partners meeting in Nicosia and

Dissemination Conference • Awareness and dissemination activities

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UCY Library and ACCELERATE project

Tasks to be performed by UCY LibraryEquipment

– Preliminary study

– Market research

– Purchase of equipment,

– Installation of adaptive equipment

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UCY Library and ACCELERATE project

Tasks to be performed by UCY Library

Training and evaluation– Staff training, – Contacts with association of visually

impaired people in Cyprus (in cooperation with Cyprus Library)

– User training– Test of equipment – 1st measurement –

evaluation– 2nd measurement – evaluation

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UCY Library and ACCELERATE project

Tasks to be performed by UCY LibraryDissemination and awareness activities

– Organising the 4th partners meeting in Nicosia and Dissemination Conference

– Continuation of awareness and dissemination activities (in cooperation with Cyprus Library)

• Promoting brochures,

• pamphlets,

• Braille texts,

• Large print texts

• Web pages

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Expectations from the project• Extension of Library services to visually impaired

users• Covering the information and learning needs of

visually impaired users• Passing the message to:

– Visually impaired people– Their families– Relevant associations– Their schools– The University– The administration– The society

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Any questions ?

No.

Thank you.

UCY Library and ACCELERATE project