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Start of Renovation Project, continuation of HPU
The renovation of the 28-year-old Library building will be undertaken in an integral, phased approach to, on the one hand, its structural redevelopment (based on the scenario from the HPU project) and, on the other hand, culling the journal collection to make room for the journals from the Mathematics and Science Library, as described in [...]
Rounding off the Redesign of Public Services (HPU) project
The project group rounded off the large-scale HPU project after a little over a year by presenting the final scenario to all library staff at two meetings in October. The members of the project group made several working visits to other libraries in the country to see how they anticipate their university’s changing demands. They [...]
Bicycle parking experiment
Incorrectly parked bicycles are a permanent source of concern during exam periods. Several times in the past year the University has removed – with prior notification and in cooperation with the city council – a large number of incorrectly parked bicycles. Owners could retrieve their confiscated bicycles from the city’s bicycle depot. We are currently [...]
The first ‘invite others in’ in the UB
In 2012, a request to take up residence in the University Library was granted to a University service for the very first time. The new umbrella organization for (study) careers advice, NEXT, is now located on the first floor of the University Library. NEXT organizes various activities for students, such as open office hours, workshops, [...]
Collective UB Clean-up Day
June 2012 saw the first edition of GOUD: ‘Gemeenschappelijke Opruim UB DAG’ (Collective UB Clean-up Day), a major clean-up operation in the UB. A considerable number of UB employees tidied their workstations, several common areas were tidied up, and unused and obsolete material was disposed of. It was the first time in 28 years that [...]
House rules enforcement week
A week-long campaign in February promoted the enforcement of the house rules within the UB. Together with colleagues from the ABC desk team and the Loans Desk, the In-House Services Department staff made extra rounds in the University Library to confront students and other visitors who were eating, drinking and using their phones in the [...]
Lean working
The development of the library into a flexible organization makes lean working and a project-based approach not only desirable, but necessary. With that aim in mind, many library staff members participated in a Lean Workshop, while others attended the Prince 2 Foundation course.
Information Skills workshops at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences (GMW)
The GMW Library organizes around 180 instruction workshops in Dutch and English every year. In 2012, these workshops were attended by 3,573 students and members of staff. This instruction programme is structured according to a learning method based on the information skills theories of Boekhorst et al. (2004). Bachelor’s degree programmes at GMW implement this [...]