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Copyright Information Centre
Esther Hoorn co-wrote a report on the developments in the digital learning and working environment of higher education, which was presented during the SURF Education Days. Together with a lawyer from Nijmegen, under the auspices of the VSNU, she prepared the administrative ground for the negotiations on the new reader regulation and an investigation into [...]
Human resources
Absenteeism data Absenteeism rate (after adjustment for long-term illness): 3.6% (which is consistent with the ‘Verbaan norm’, the average absenteeism rate for similar professions) Absenteeism frequency: 1.73 Size of the organization on 1 January 2013 123.3 FTE (including University Museum) 116.7 FTE (excluding University Museum) All employees are in permanent employment or with the prospect [...]
Exhibitions
Exhibitions in the University Library in 2012: Op Kamers – 1-3-2012 t/m 29-4-2012 Studenten – worldwide – gefotografeerd in hun kamer. Carel Victor Gerritsen – 8-3-2012 t/m 29-4-2012 Nav uitreiking Aletta Jacobspprijs aan Els Borst : 10 boeken uit deBoekencollectie van CV Gerritsen tijdelijk terug in Nederland Aegir – fototentoonstelling – 24-5-2012 t/m 19-8-2012 Hoogtepunten [...]
Open Journal System
Are you thinking of launching a new journal and do you want it distributed on a wide scale? This is the first sentence on the website with information on our new service for University staff. We provide support to editorial boards who want to launch and publish electronic academic journals. With this relatively new service, [...]
Learning Grid
The Learning Grid (LG) project started off officially in 2012. The MT determined that the LG will be located on the 1st floor of the UB, incorporating half of room 190 (westside), the MOC and rooms 121 and 124. The rooms in the ‘postzegelpand’ (‘stamp building’, rooms 126, 128 and 107) will be renovated and [...]
‘Showcase’ project
Excellent, prominent researchers, capable of communicating their passion to students and society, determine the success of the University of Groningen as a research institution. Researchers operate in an increasingly competitive environment, which places higher and higher demands not only on quality and performance, but also on transparency and cooperation (both national and international). Improving the [...]
Course of the item
In the library world, the ‘course of the item’ is a well-known concept. This refers to every step in the process from the moment of placing an order to the moment of making the document available to the user. In 2012, a PhD student examined the efficiency of the ‘course of the item’. It turned [...]
Library app project
The idea of expanding our library services with a mobile app has been around for a couple of years. Customers have a growing number of mobile devices at their disposal and want to use them to access library functionalities. When it turned out that developing a joint app with other University departments was not going [...]
Album Promotorum Universitatis Groninganae
The Album Promotorum Universitatis Groninganae is a database containing information about PhD graduates of the University of Groningen from 1914 to the present. The list contains personal details (name, years of birth and death, place of birth, gender), thesis title, discipline, supervisors, and the location of the thesis within the collection, sometimes with a link [...]