Βιβλιοθήκη Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου Άξονες ανάπτυξης και προοπτικές συμβολής στην συνεργασία των Κυπριακών Βιβλιοθηκών
| Main Author: | Tsimpoglou, Filippos |
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| Format: | Proceeding NonPeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | el |
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, 2001
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/7138/1/Tsimpoglou_Synedrio_Kypriakon_bibliothikon.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/7138/ |
Daftar Isi:
- An acquaintance with the University of Cyprus Library (UCYLIB) is attempted, through the presentation of data concerning its functions. The article describes the new services that have been set up, the developmental axes for further covering the learning and information needs of the University of Cyprus and the perspectives of its contribution to the development and collaboration of the Cypriot Libraries. The primary mission of the UCYLIB is to serve the information and learning needs of the members of the Academic community, which are more than 3.800 active users (students, faculty and researchers). However, the UCYLIB is open for external users, as there are currently more than 700 members of this category. The collection UCYLIB includes: 220.000 books, of which only 40.000 are catalogued, accessible through the OPAC and usable, 3.500 printed journal titles, of which 1.650 current, access to 3.500 e-journals (mainly due to the participation of the UCYLIB to the Consortium of the Hellenic Academic Libraries (HEAL-Link), 50 databases, access to 200.000 digital books located in 100 virtual collections in the Internet, 300 useful links to web sites organised in structured indexes, 1.500 titles of educational multimedia, music records, CD-ROMs, videotapes, diskettes, microfilms, audiovisual material etc. During 2000-2001 new functions and services were set up and several chronic problems were solved. Namely: the admission of UCYLIB in the HEAL-Link consortium, the development of the digital library accessible from all the campus network, the correction and maintenance of the authority files of the library catalogue, the initiation of the retrospective cataloguing of 170.000 books, the staffing and training of a cataloguers team, the systematic training of the library staff, the encouraging of the staff life long learning, starting with internal seminars of mutual teaching, the extension of library and information services to blind users, with the installation of adaptive workstations and the production of alternative (digital) material etc. However, other issues such as bibliographic support to researchers, provision of information literacy to users, development of web applications are either missing or running their first steps. The arrangement of the pending issues within the UCYLIB (adequate staffing, development and consolidation of new services, completion of the retrospective cataloguing) will permit the UCYLIB to address to the support of the rest libraries in Cyprus. There is ground for cooperation aiming to the production of common information products and services (coordinated cataloguing, union catalogues, interlibrary lending, joint purchasing and access to information sources etc.). The fulfilment of some implicit presuppositions from the side of the rest Cypriot libraries is required for a successful and fruitful cooperation, namely the adequate staffing of libraries, the obtaining of computer and network equipment, the provision of a common Library Information System complying the international standards, the ensuring of systematic technical support, the connection with the internet etc. The UCYLIB will be able to essentially contribute to this direction with its accumulated know how.