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L U N D U N I V E R S I T Y

More than Library Services – working with Scholarly Communication Issues

in Lund and Elsewhere

The Fiesole Collection Development Retreat Series, Number 8Lund, August 3-5, 2006

Lars Björnshauge,Director of Libraries

Lund University

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Scandinavia’s Largest University

• Founded in 1666

• 40,600 students

• 2,700 postgraduate students

• 5,500 employees (46% women)

• 570 professors (14% women)

• Eight faculties

• Several specialised schools

• 4,996 SEK million turnover

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Values

• A democratic attitude• Critical thinking• Academic integrity• Ethnic and social diversity

• Proactive action againstdiscrimination

• Strong humanism• A creative academic environment

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Faculties

• Natural Sciences

• Law

• Social Sciences

• Economics and Management

• Medicine

• Engineering

• Humanities and Theology

• Performing Arts

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Lund University in the Region

Helsingborg• Campus Helsingborg

Ljungbyhed• School of Aviation

Malmö• Malmö Art Academy• Malmö Academy of Music• Malmö Theatre Academy

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Research

Cross-disciplinary Research (examples)

• Nano-science• Stem Cell Center• Clinical Cancer Research• Neurodegenerative diseases• Food Science Centre• Medicine, pharmaceuticals

and medical devices• Sustainable development of global

society• Centre for Health Economics

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Research

National Facilities:MAX-laboratoryA very powerful synchrotronradiation source, used ininternational research

Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies

SASNETSwedish South Asian Studies Network

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Research

Master and Postgraduate students

Active 10,000

(2,700 PhD)

Postgraduate students

New admissions 300

Doctorates awarded443

Licentiates awarded112

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Learning

StudentsIndividuals 40,600Full-time students 27,118New admissions 11,424Degrees granted 4,490

EducationEducation programmes 100Single subject courses 1,400

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Global Exchanges

Lund University is a member of• League of European Research Universities (LERU)

• Universitas 21(U21)• The Utrecht Network

• The Santander Group

600 partner universities in 50 countries world-wide

Part of the Nordic Centre at Fudan University, Shanghai

Comprehensive exchange programmesincluding Canada and the U.S.

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Learning

Exchange studentsoutgoing 960incoming 1,700

InternationalMasters Programmes 19

Courses in English250

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Øresund University

A collaboration involving 14 institutions of higher education in the Øresund Region, among them the University of Copenhagen and Lund University.

Students 140,000

Postgraduatestudents 6,500

Researchers 12,000

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Øresund Science Region

A concept comprising 2,500companies, 14 universities, severalhospitals, various authorities andsix platforms for collaboration:• Øresund Food Network• Øresund Design• Øresund Logistics• Øresund Environment Academy• Medicon Valley Academy• Øresund IT Academy

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Lund – the City

• A creative crossroads with a down-town area dominated by history

• Founded in the late 10th century

• A leading religious, academic and cultural centre in all of Scandinavia in the 12th century

• Became Swedish in 1658

• 100,000 inhabitants – half of themwith ties to the University

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Lund University Libraries

• Reorganisation 2001 onwards – deconstructing existing centralised library structure – developing the Lund University Library Network

• Today:– Faculty & Department Libraries– Lund University Library– The Library Head Office

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Faculty & Department Libraries

• Managed, funded and operated by faculties and departments

• Day-to-day library services• User training• Providing work facilities and work space for students• Engaged in support for teaching & learning• Engaged in e-publishing support, counseling &

advocacy• Moving towards bigger units• Near the end users

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Lund University Library

• Swedish Print – Legal Deposit & Lending• Special Collections• Manuscripts• Managing collections in remote locations• Generel Service Point• Digitization Activities

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The Library Head Office

• Policies, Standards, Common Projects and Activities, Cooperation in the Network

• Operating the Library Automation System• Management of E-resources• Developing digital library services • E-publishing (Institutional Repository)• Scholarly Communication – Open Access• Bibliometrics – Research Assessment• Support for Teaching & learning

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The Network of Libraries – Pro & Cons

• Cons:– Not necessarily the cheap way of

running library services – on the other hand: The libraries are providing a lot more than library services

– Not always obvious who is responsible for what, can generate intense discussions, issues can fall between chairs – on the other hand: This gives opportunities for entrepreneurship

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• Pros:– The decentralized structure and the close

cooperation & communication between faculty libraries and the research and education environment at the faculty level cater for lots of ideas, projects for improved services, which in turn inspires other libraries and the network as such

– Constant development and improvements in services & applications based on input from the faculty librarians

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• Pros:– The structure with the network of libraries is

very sensitive to needs and demands from users (researchers, teachers & students)

– Being closer to the research and teaching & learning processes give the libraries and the library network opportunities to bring the compentencies & knowledge in play to produce ideas and proposals to make the primary processes (research, teaching & learning) more efficient and productive.

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The Network of Libraries – Tangible Benefits

• Media Costs 2001-2005:– Centralization of management, provision

and funding of e-resources (e-journals, databases, e-books etc.)

• 2001: 0.5 mill $• 2005: 2.5 mill $

– Total costs – all media (print & electronic)

• 2001-2005: reduction by 5%!!• Reduction of handling costs excluded!

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The Network of Libraries – Tangible Benefits

• The Library Head Office and the Faculty Libraries involved in – E-publishing

• Pre/Postprints, Dissertations, Theses

– Support to teaching & learning• Close cooperation between faculty librarians

& teachers/students in regard to (digitized) course literature

• Improvements in Information Literacy Projects• Implementation of the Bologna-process

– Bibliometrics & Research Assessment• More than Library Services!

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Services and Activities

• Services developed by The Library Head Office in cooperation with the faculty libraries:– ELIN@ - Electronic Library Information Navigator– My Course Library– LU:Research – Institutional Repository

• Other Activities:– NCSC - Nordic Conferences on Scholarly

Communication

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• Services developed by The Library Head Office in cooperation with the faculty libraries:– ELIN@ - Electronic Library Information Navigator– My Course Library– LU:Research – Institutional Repository

• Other Activities:– NCSC - Nordic Conferences on Scholarly

Communication

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• Services developed by The Library Head Office in cooperation with the faculty libraries:– ELIN@ - Electronic Library Information

Navigator– My Course Library– LU:Research – Institutional Repository

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Working on Scholarly Communication Issues

• Internaly (Lund University)– Developing and operation the

institutional repository – LU:research– Developing license agreements related

to self-archiving – Developing and promoting the Lund

University Open Access Policy– Supporting the work done by the faculty

and department libraries

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Model license agreements

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Lund University Open Access Policy

• Resolution (taken by the University Board)

• In order to maximize the number of open access publications the Board of Lund University strongly recommends that:

– Researchers at Lund University, if possible, publish in journals with open access

– If no equivalent open access journal is available, researchers choose a journal allowing parallel publishing/deposition of the article

– Transfer of copyright be avoided. As a minimum the author's right to parallel publishing must be retained

– Lund University work for the transition of scholarly journals to a publishing model, where articles either are made freely available to the reader directly or through parallel publishing

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• Within Sweden: – Developing and operating the Swedish

Resource Center for Scientific Communication - ScieCom

– Lobbying for Open Access Issues within the Swedish Association of Higher Education

– Lobbying for Open Access Issues within the Swedish Research Council

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• Within Sweden: – Developing and operating the Swedish

Resource Center for Scientific Communication - ScieCom

– Lobbying for Open Access Issues within The Association of Swedish Higher Education

– Lobbying for Open Access Issues within the Swedish Research Council

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• Internationaly:– Arranging the series of Nordic

Conferences on Scholarly Communication - NCSC

– Developing and operating the Directory of Open Access Journals

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• Internationaly:– Arranging the series of Nordic

Conferences on Scholarly Communication - NCSC

– Developing and operating the Directory of Open Access Journals

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In conclusion

• The new structure with a network of libraries is characterized by a division of responsibilities where

– Faculty libraries takes care of the day-to-day library services and due to the close relationships with their community can be involved in other kinds of support to research, teaching & learning

– The Lund University Library takes care of the Legal Deposit, special collections etc.

– The Library Head Office concentrates on policy making,coordination within the library network, development and operation of digital library services

– The Library Head Office in cooperation with the Faculty Libraries develops & provides applications and services for the support for research, teaching & learning

• The new structure has created a lot of dynamics and has provided a lot of opportunities for forward looking library staff!

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In conclusion

• The new structure has made it possible to– Not only make the traditional processes of importing

scientific information to the university more up-to-date and cost-efficient

– But as well demonstrate that the qualifications of library (and increasingly other) professionals can add significant value

• to the important processes of dissemination and communicating (”exporting”) the research results produced by the university

• to teaching & learning processes by facilitating closer cooperation between teachers & librarians

• to research assessment & decision making • by raising awareness in regard to scholarly

communication issues in Lund & elsewhere

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Thank you for your attention

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