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Document processing – New Acquisitions
New Acquisitions started off the ‘Documents’ Path Optimization Implementation’ project in 2012 by checking the catalogued material less extensively. Descriptions already in use by other libraries will no longer be verified by the ‘checkers’. In late 2012, Information and Collection specialists started assigning subject indexing (basic classification and possibly keywords) and location numbers during the [...]
Acquisition / Periodicals Administration
The Acquisition group experienced an increase in workload in 2012. This increase can be partially explained by a shift from printed books to e-books. This means more work per order, but also an increase in the number of orders. The workload also increased as a result of long-term sick leave and secondment, which could only [...]
Periodicals group
The logistics have been made more ‘lean’ in the past year. Whereas the Periodicals Administration used to deliver the material (issues of periodicals but primarily volumes from monographic series) once a week, this now happens on a daily basis. This generates a better and faster flow of material. The group has spent a significant amount [...]
Information Skills Teaching Programme (IVO)
Various types of information skills training for the three faculties (FWN, FEB, and FRW) continue to be offered in the new library. Alongside general training, curriculum-specific training has been further expanded in close consultation with the lecturers. The Zernike Library is developing a new approach, including, for example, the ‘Teach the Teacher’ project for 2012-2013 [...]
Law and Arts Libraries
Both faculty libraries in the Harmonie Building acquired new heads or acting heads – who also act as cluster librarian – and were asked to explore the practicality and desirability of cooperating more closely. Merging the two libraries into a joint Harmonie Library seemed a logical step. However, we were soon overtaken by the plans [...]
Relocating collections and reorganizing journals
In 2012, the Book Management team (Stacks and Dispatch) put tremendous effort into reorganizing journals (e.g. those also in JSTOR) in order to create shelf space for journals from the Mathematics and Natural Sciences Library. The merger of the libraries of FEB, FRW, and FWN into the Zernike Library involved a great deal of work [...]
Relocation of the Protestant Theological University Kampen collection to the Zernike stacks
(Nederlands) In de zomermaanden is een deel van de collectie van de bibliotheek van de PThU uit Kampen ingehuisd. Er was een strekkende kilometer gereserveerd voor deze collectie. De boeken staan alleen vermeld in de
Temporary Self-Service Project begins
In the run-up to the implementation of full self-service, a self-service section has been created next to the current Loans Desk. One or more self-service machines make it possible for most services to continue at weekends and evenings without the need for the Loans Desk to be staffed. Since the introduction of this self-service system [...]
Launch of the Stacks Capacity project
The UB stacks are practically full; with an estimated 2 out of the 75 km of shelf space left, the currently available stack space is scarce. Since the UB opened its doors in 1985, space has not really been an issue; there was sufficient room for growth, and when the UB stacks threatened to fill [...]
The Stacks Logistics project
The Stacks Logistics project, launched in 2012, has led the Book Management team to adopt a different working method as of 1 February 2013. The team now collects requested items in one-hour blocks, with nine rounds in total. The plan is to gradually reduce the number of rounds even further by introducing (temporary) self-service. They [...]