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University of Bergen Library
UiB Library Strategic plan 2010-2015
• The global knowledge society requires active networks and increased cooperation; internationally, nationally and regionally.
• (...)
• Participate in national and international academic library collaboration
• Participate in international cooperation projects, particularly with a view to support institution-building in developing countries
• (…)
• Project development funds (seed money) – limited funding for the joint development of a cooperation project
The city of Bergen
• gateway to the fjords
• Norway’s continental city
• 250 000
The city of Bergen: brief history
• Founded in 1070
• Norway’s capital until 1299
• thriving international port
• research traditions
• Bergen International Festival
The city of Bergen: historical figures
• Ibsen
• Grieg
• Bull
• Nansen
• Bjerknes
• Rokkan
The city of Bergen: brief history of Norway
• Union
• 17th May
• Independence
• 1905-2005
• Europe
The city of Bergen: culture and commerce
• the sea
• international
• education
• unique infrastructure
The city of Bergen: education and research
• 3 university level institutions
• 20+ research centres
• 25 000 students
• 5 000 employees
The city of Bergen: major institutions:
• the University of Bergen
• the Norwegian School of Economics
and Business Administration
• Bergen University College
• the Norwegian Institute of
Marine Research
• Haukeland University Hospital
• the Christian Michelsens Research
• and many more ...
http://www.uib.no
UiB: a brief history
• 1825 Bergen Museum
• 1873 leprosy bacterium - Hansen
• 1907 Sundt Chair of Zoology
• 1948 formal opening, Faculties of Medicine,
Mathematics and Natural Science, Arts
• 1970 Faculties of Dentistry, Social Sciences
• 1980 Faculties of Psychology, Law
• 1986 UNIFOB
• 1990 Bertelsmann Prize
• 2003 research, education, communication
UiB: historical leadership
• Gerhard Armauer Hansen
• Fridtjof Nansen
• Vilhelm Bjerknes
• Stein Rokkan
• Ludwig Wittgenstein*
UiB: vision
• gateway and meeting place
• crossing borders
• quality
• leadership
UiB: education
• seven Faculties
• one PhD
• professional and academic /
researcher training
• language
• ICT
• crossing borders
• reform
Foto: Universitetet i Bergen / Magnus Vabø Bergen Museum
Foto: Universitetet i Bergen / Bjørn Erik Larsen Bergen Museum
Foto: Universitetet i Bergen / Jiri Havran Jussbygget
Foto: Universitetet i Bergen / Jaro Hollan BBBygget
Foto: Universitetet i Bergen / Magnus Vabø HF Biblioteket
Foto: Universitetet i Bergen / Marius E. Hauge HF Biblioteket
Foto: Universitetet i Bergen / Marius E. Hauge HF Biblioteket
Foto: Universitetet i Bergen / Marius E. Hauge HF Biblioteket
Foto: Universitetet i Bergen / Bjørn Erik Larsen HF Biblioteket
BIBSYS
– an Integrated Library System for h.e. in Norway
• BIBSYS joint ILS catalogue
• Search in BIBSYS
UB key figures
• Employees ~ 100
• Man years ~ 92
• Departments ~ 7
• Physical localities ~ 9
• Budget ~ 110 mill NOK
• Subscriptions ~ 18 000 tidsskrift (14 000 e)
What is Open Access?
“The free availability of peer-reviewed literature on
the public internet, permitting any user to read,
download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to
the full texts of the articles .”
Melissa Hagemann
Program Officer
Information Program
Open Society Institute
Open Access – basic principles
Scientific publications are made freely and immediately made
accessible on the internet
Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print
and link to full text
Author retains the intellectual property right to the publication
Open Access Initiatives
– Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in
the Sciences and Humanities
– Budapest Open Access Initiative
– Open Archives Initiative
– Public Library of Science
– SPARC
Two roads to Open Access:
“The Green Road to Open Access”
Self archiving
Institutional archives / repositories
RePuB, Dspace@Cambridge, BORA
Subject archives: arXiv, cogPrints
NIH : PubMed Central
Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA)
• The University of Bergen’s Institutional archive
• Launched in November 2004
• Contains mainly articles and theses, but also other
material created by UiB academics
• Part of the development of a national searching
service, Norwegian Open Research Archives
(NORA)
”The Golden Road to Open Access”
DSpace repository software
• Institutional repositories
• Databases for digitized material
• Printed material, photoes, sound, multimedia
Information literacy
• Information overload?
• Search and write
• Situated learning
• Ethics is a focus area at the university
• Reference management
Mulţumesc!