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The Technion Library System - 2015
Vision, Mission and Challenges
Technion Nobelists
Four Technion professors are Nobel Prize Winners (during the past 10 years)
Agenda
Mission & Vision
Description of the Technion Library System
New Challenges – New Concepts
Vision & Mission
The vision:
Leading Scientific-Technological Information Center
To Promote Creativity and Excellence in Research,
Teaching and Study within the Technion Community
and in Israel as a Whole.
To Lead in Israel the Provision of Content in the Fields
of Science & Engineering
Vision & Mission
The Mission:
Support Research and Teaching in the Technion
Providing Professional Information Services
to the Technion Community.
Enhance Learning & Research in a User Friendly
Cultural Center having quality coffee
Distributed Centralized Model
Civil Eng.
MechanicalEng.
Aerospace
Eng.
Electrical
Eng.
Computer
Science
PhysicsMathematics
Central
Library
Biomedical
Eng. Chemical
Eng.
Chemistry
& Biology
Medicine
Industrial Eng.
& Management
ArchitectureEducation inSci. & Tech
.Materials Eng.
Distributed Centralized Model
Our system consists of:
The Central Librarylocated at the heart of the campus
Fifteen Faculty Librarieslocated in each individual faculty building
Operating as a single unit!
Distributed Centralized Model
Central Library:
Professional and Technical Services
Cataloging
Subject classification
Acquisition
Reference and interlibrary loan
Distributed Centralized Model
Faculty libraries:
Extra-oriented to their local patrons
Providing tailored services (course readings, citation counting and more)
Diverse Users – Special Needs
Personalization
Diverse Users – Special Needs
Technion libraries are intensively used
Diverse Users – Special Needs
Library instructions
How to conduct an efficient and effective
Information Search
Diverse Users – Special Needs
Students’ Exam Period
New Library PortalMerging 15 campus libraries' websites
into 1 uniform information gateway
Mobile interface
for the library catalog
Modified version
of VuFind (open source software)
For Mobile
Our Collection
Almost 1 million volumes
About 15,000 E-journals
About 250,000 E-books
About 250 databases
E-journal archives
Overall re-arrangement of the shelving
Collection Managing
Largely
Limited access to the print collectionspublishers making more digital archives available
Advancedexpand the library's study areas
Collection Evaluation & Winnowing
Digital Archives (Books & Journals)
Digitizing Collections
Redesign the Library Spaces
Transformation to a
Massive physical reorganization of the stacksLow-use collections are moved to the closed stacks
Procedures and carefully detailed set of criteria
Journal & book E-archives enable to free-up floor space previously used for shelving these collections
Redefinition of Function
• Bookless library
• Library --- Learning Commons
The Technion Library staff is continually
successful to fulfill our vision and mission daily,
despite all challenges.
“The reality is libraries are having a bit
of an identity crisis”
For more information
VISIT OUR WEBSITE:
http://library.technion.ac.il/en
• Join Us Via:
Facebook & LinkedIn
Dalia Dolev, Library Director
Thank youFor your attention!
