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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 project proposal was finally approved in May 2011, after various rounds of the University committee responsible for funding. The funding [...]
Library Support for Digital Readers
The aim of this project is to make recommendations on the Library’s role with regard to digital readers. The recommendations will be based on the outcome of the trials at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Philosophy. A newly discovered risk in the planning process is that, in order for [...]
WorldCat Selection
In January 2011, OCLC introduced the latest modification, enabling the automatic creation of acquisition orders in the LBS for titles selected from the WorldCat Selection (WCS) platform. This involved converting WCS records into PICA format, as well as matching and merging records in the GGC (shared cataloguing system). The LBS4 tool that transfers the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]