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

http://www.uib.no/ub/en

Kart

Norwegian system for higher education

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

A Plagarism Carol

Mulţumesc!