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Redesign of Public Services at the Library (HPU project) and Learning Grid project
The HPU project got off to a good start. In the summer, in the run-up to the project’s official launch, some of the members of the project group made working visits to other libraries, in search of inspiration, best practices, tips from colleagues, etc. Once the group was at ‘full strength’, further working visits were [...]
RefWorks
In 2011 there were issues with RefWorks relating not only to the migration to the new version, but also to the migration to Office 2010. Remnants of the previously installed EndNote of Reference Manager caused problems when RefWorks (Writ-N-Cite) was used in Word 2010. A satisfactory solution was found with the help of the CIT [...]
Open Courseware
The Open Courseware project has now come to a halt, following an inventory round of all the faculties. The Board of theUniversity wants the project to become self-supporting by using OCW material for distance learning too. This idea needs to be developed further, and we are currently awaiting the outcome. Jan Feringa [...]
Transition from repositories to an Institutional Repository
The objective of this project is to enhance the visibility of the research publications of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies (GGW) via Repository and MePa. The following apply to all publications: As quickly as possible Error-free Bibliographical metadata Full text: mandatory ‘depositing’, in accordance with Erasmus University Rotterdam model, which the Board [...]
External Communication
The objective of the ‘University of Groningen Library – External Communication’ project was to assess the existing communication processes of the various Library departments and advise on the use of communication resources, enabling the Library to communicate even more effectively with its target groups. At the beginning of September 2011, Sylvia Daskalova was tasked with [...]
Optimization of document procedures
This project involves: Simplification of the ordering process Reduction of paperwork and manual administration for Acquisitions Document processing department: making monographs shelf-ready Optimizing the cataloguing work process Possible cooperation between Acquisitions and Periodicals Acquisitions Eliminating shadow administration of periodicals sequence numbers. Standardization of the return process for periodicals Management information – LBS data Ingrid [...]
Retrodigitization
This project began with a pilot study (April-October 2010), with the aim of formulating a protocol for digitizing various groups of material and making them available online, namely books and journals, and Greek papyri. These were chosen because it is expected that the majority of material that will be digitized will consist of texts and [...]
Discovery Tool
In 2011, the Discovery Tool project team studied the features of the Discovery Services offered by the four main providers, namely SUMMON, EBSCO, Primo and WorldCatLocal. Reports by sister organizations facing similar decisions were requested and read. The fact that OCLC did not market WorldCatLocal in Europe until 2011 meant that the views of [...]
SFX / BX
We have been working with SFX4 for several months now. André Keijzer needed a great deal of time to deal with the ‘loose ends’. The introduction of BX has been delayed due a disagreement with Ex Libris about the licence payment for a test environment. Margreet Nieborg (Functional Manager) has now escalated the problem [...]
E-readers for the Faculty of Behavioural & Social Sciences
In recent years, more and more e-readers and tablets for reading e-books and articles have been launched in the market. The University of Groningen Library is now purchasing an increasing number of e-books. The e-books come from various platforms. The formats in which the e-books are made available varies considerably: PDF, HTML, via DRM [...]