A lip-dub film in the Library
On Whit Sunday, 12 June 2011, a lip-dub film was recorded in and around the Library. More than two hundred enthusiastic students and staff of the University mimed the words to a song, which was…
Mildew in the Library stacks
At the beginning of May 2011, active mildew was discovered in the second phase of the stacks. This section of the stacks in the basement was immediately declared ‘out of bounds’. Staff and users…
LibGuides
Background LibGuides are the successors to the electronic literature guides for each subject on the library website. A LibGuide is a basic guide that provides an overview of sources and tools for a certain…
Relocation of the Library of Philosophy to the Library Reading Room
Study landscape at the spot of the former Philosophy Library In the spring of 2011, the Library of Philosophy was moved from the Faculty to the fourth floor of the University Library. The decision to…
Ranking
The ‘Ranking’ project (‘A project to support the position of the University of Groningen in rankings’) is one of the projects in the context of University funding ‘IT 2010-2014’. The content of the…
E-books
The E-book working group held five meetings during 2011. The main purpose of the meetings was to share knowledge and inform each other about the various aspects of online e-books. The following points were…
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…
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…