The ASB’s organisation

ASB Library – 70th Anniversary 2009!

Mission• The ASB Library is a public research library providing library service

and documentation for ASB research and teaching. ASB Library is a hybrid library as it holds printed materials as well as electronic information resources and media.

As a public research library it is the purpose of ASB Library:• To provide library services and documentation for the LASB researchers

and teachers. • To serve other interested external users, the business community, and

libraries. • To contribute to make visible and to disseminate the LASB research to the

surrounding world. • To be a player in the national and international co-operation between

libraries.

ASB Library: Mission 2009-12

ASB Library: Vision 2009-12

ASB Library is a modern user-oriented research library. We provide dynamic library services for the ASB research, education, and dialogue on a high international level.

• We select a few crucial focus areas that support the vision of the Aarhus School of Business ‘to develop knowledge and ideas about growth, innovation, and sustainability for the benefit of students, enterprises, organizations, and Society.’

• We use modern technology, media, and digital infrastructure, and new sophisticated forms of integration between library and learning.

• We are backing up the development of the interdisciplinary co-operation at ASB.

In order to strengthen the co-operation, ASB Library, ICT, and Media are merged in the strategy period to one organizational unit with a joint name.

Transverse internal cooperation Synergy Worn by the national IT infrastucture New content Increasing exposure of research and education => Added value

ASB will add more value to research and education…

5 focus areas 2009-12:U1: Vertical and Horizontal Organization AdjustmentsU2: Interaction between Library and EducationU3: Quality Measurement and BenchmarkingU4: Digital rightsU5: Knowledge Capital / Institutional Repository

ASB Library Organization

ASB ICT & Media: Organization 2009

Man-year/ftq(total) Library 29 ICT/Media 28/ftq (+45/ptq)Library visitors/year 400.000(app.)Opening hours/week (Lib + IKT) 77

Information ResourcesPrinted books 156.053E-books 45.000 (app.)Printed subscriptions/newspapers 254E-serials titles 44.000Databases (Biblgr. & Fact) 150Library budget/year/(2010) 18.6 mio dkr./(2.5 mio EURO)ICT budget/year (2010) 30.6 mio dkr/(4,1 mio EURO)

ASB Library & ICT– Facts & Figures (2009/10)

2 contactpersons to each department (6)

2 contactpersons to each research centre(7)

Please find more information at: http://www.asb.dk/article.aspx?pid=4032

Yoy may ask the contactperson about any library services needed:

- opening hours ; how to use the library facilities

- how to borrow information ressources

- proposals for new books or serials to purchase

- how to obtain Interlibrary loans from other libraries in Denmark or outside

- ’Book a librarian’/’Ask the Library’ if you need help to search for books, articles, using special databases

- Research@asb. If you need help to register your research or to search in the ASB Institutional Repository

Important main services offered by the library

ASB ICT & Media: • in charge of Information and Communication Technology at ASB

• responsible for, design, and supply of ASB’ digital infrastructure (networks, hardware/software, telephony, web, digital media) used by employees at ASB

• responsible for selecting ICT solutions that support and give increase in value to ASB’s core areas: Research, education, dissemination of knowledge as well as to the administrative support

• supplying finished ICT solutions and support to students and employees within a wide spectrum of ICT related tasks (from servers to e-learning and digital media, WebTV etc.)

• improving and streamlining ICT processes with international standards

• co-operation with other AU/IT departments in faculties and the new central IT unit at AU

ICT facilitates all the activities that take place at ASB – 24/7!

ASB ICT & Media: Services 2009-12

Offered by ICT Analytical Knowledge Group in collaboration with ASB Library

• Bibliometric measures• Book a librarian or book an it-supporter• Copyright Law & Creative Commons• Databases – company information• Data Extraction and data processing• E-journals and e-books• Reference tools• Research methods and design• Software catalog and software assistance• Statistical and financial analysis• Web survey

Research Groups will be contacted.

ContactLibrary: researchservice@asb.dk or Analytical Knowledge Group: analysis@asb.dk

Some Special Research Services

• The Library contributes to the library co-operation at the Aarhus University and takes an active part in national and international library co-operation.

• ‘Aarhus University Libraries’ is a virtuel co-operation between app. 27 libraries.

• Total staff: app. 200 ftq.

• Total Materials budget/year app. DKK 46 mio. / 6.2 mio EURO.

Aarhus University Libraries

ASB library in pictures

http://asb.dk/article.aspx?pid=4045