introduction to the eui library for historians thursday september 10, 2015 3.00 p.m. – 4.30 p.m....
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Introduction to the EUI Library
for HistoriansThursday September 10,
2015 3.00 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.
Sala Europa, Villa Schifanoia by
Serge Noiret, History Information Specialist, (Ph.D.)
Role of History Information Specialist The changing world of History within Academic Libraries EUI Library profile & EUI library Staff Important EUI Library internal rules EUI Library Services - ILL service History Guide
o History Collection Development policieso History Dewey Classificationo EUI Library History oriented E-Resourceso CFA/CFP Distribution's Listo European History Primary Sources - EHPS
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The EUI Library 1976-2015
• Faculty and librarians agree that the most essential service provided by academic librarians is the instruction of students in information literacy.
• Faculty wants dedicated library liaisons to learn their discipline and instruct how the library can help them.
• Despite the advice of personal connection, both faculty and academic librarians indicated that their most preferred method of communication with the other is email.
• Databases were featured among the wish lists of both faculty and librarians when asked to name additional services their library could provide.
• Nearly every librarian surveyed (98%) desires better communication with the faculty at their school. Fewer than half of faculty feel changes are needed in that regard (45%).
Full report: 2015 Bridging the Librarian-Faculty Gap in the Academic Library Survey
Academic Library Survey – Gale/Cengage, 2015
• “By far the best book collection I have seen in a university library.“ (2014)
• “A brilliant library with highly qualified and responsive staff.” (2014)• “Having a meeting with the archivist and librarian is really fantastic,
because they help you understand what is in the archive, and what you might be able to use.” (2013)
• “I talk to the librarians when I’m looking for something outside my comfort zone.” (2013)
• “People whose books are all adjacent to each other in the stacks have a better relationship with librarians. Rather than my multi-disciplinary topic. […] The way I frame my questions… there’s no question that will be answered by a single collection.” (2013)
• “A huge problem has been organizing the material I’ve found. I’ve accumulated a huge amount of information.” (2013)
• “I should learn how to [use management tools]. It’s lazy, really. Maybe later. It’s a waste of time to re-write these references over and over. It would be nice if it would just appear automatically.” (2013)
User Survey 2013 & 2014
Interviewer: Have you worked with any of the librarians on campus?Historian: Oh yes. Because they are trained as librarians they can think of search terms, or ways of searching that I—I am not trained as a librarian, so I don’t. So yes, definitely the librarians are crucial in the whole research process—both at [my institution] and wherever I go.Interviewer: At what point do you talk to the librarians?Historian: Dead ends.Interviewer: At dead ends?Historian: Yes, I share my frustrations with them and ask them to help me get out of the cul-de-sac.
Don’t wait the last moment: ask librarians