Bilkent University Library

and

Open Access

Ebru Kaya

Bilkent University Library Director

Erasmus Staff Training in Liège

March 2016

Was founded on

October 20, 1984

by İhsan Doğramacı.

http://w3.bilkent.edu.tr/bilkent/historical-background//

It is an acronym of

“bilim kenti” in Turkish

for “city of science and

knowledge.”

The name “Bilkent”

exemplifies the

founder’s aim.

http://w3.bilkent.edu.tr/bilkent/historical-background/

Bilkent University ranks 28th in Times Higher

Education’s 100 Under 50 league table of the

world’s best young universities.

http://w3.bilkent.edu.tr/bilkent/university-facts/

Faculties

Art, Design and Architecture

Business

Administration

Economic, Administrarive

and Social Sciences

Education

Humanites and Letters Law

Music and Performing

Arts

Science

Engineering

http://w3.bilkent.edu.tr/bilkent/university-facts/

Economics and Social Sciences

Education

Graduate Schools

Engineering and Science

http://w3.bilkent.edu.tr/bil

kent/graduate-schools/

Critical,

Analytical

and

Independent

Thinkers

Life-long

Learners

Competent,

creative,

broad-minded,

ethical and

socially

responsible

individuals

in order to

contribute to

the

advancement

of humanity.

Modern Dormitories Variety Sports Facilities

Remarkable

Symphony

Orchestra

More than 37,000

Alumni

1,000 faculty members,

from 40 countries

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http://w3.bilkent.edu.tr/bilkent/historical-background/

http://w3.bilkent.edu.tr/bilkent/historical-background/

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The most

extensive

academic

library in the

country.

Visited by

850,000

researchers

and

students

each year.

Circulation Services

ILL &Document Supply

Services

E-Reserve Service

Faculty Librarianship

Reference & Introductory Services

Material Request

Visually Handicapped Room

Printing Services

53 Personnels

&

More Than

1,200,000 Items

Books 483,566

E-books 341,485

Printed Journals 1,050

E-journals 172,222

Databases 141

Multimedia Items 57,663

Bilkent University Library keeps its

leadership role in academic environment

by creating and implementing different

projects like as Institutional Repository.

Scholarly communication

Storing learning materials and courseware

Managing collections of research documents

Improve university’s prestige by showcasing its academic research

Research assessment

Barton, M. R., & Waters, M. M. (2004). Creating an institutional repository: LEADIRS workbook.

Because Dspace is: Platform

independent

Free Easy to

install

Scalable Modular

User Friendly

Flexible

Real-time Updated

http://www.dspace.org/why-use

All content types accepted

Dublin Core metadata standard

Customisable web interface

Workflow process for content submission

Import/export capabilities

Decentralised submission process

Full text search

Barton, M. R., & Waters, M. M. (2004). Creating an institutional repository: LEADIRS workbook.

Modules and

plugins

OAI

(Open Archives Initiative)

IP– Authentication

Password – Authentication

Google Analytics

ISSN as authority

SR Publisher (SHERPA/RoMEO)

LC Name Authority

Google Scholar

Korkmaz, T. Bilkent Üniversitesi, Kurumsal Arşiv Proje Raporu. Technical Library Board.

Academics

Library Staff

External Researchers Students (not now)

Administrator

Internal Research Staff

Text

Images

Datasets

Video

Audio

Computer programs

CAD/CAM

Databases

Complex/multi-part

items

Published, peer-reviewed literature

Pre-Prints

Research Materials

Learning Materials

Institutional Records

Theses

Conference Proceedings

Korkmaz, T. Bilkent Üniversitesi, Kurumsal Arşiv Proje Raporu. Technical Library Board.

The implementation of Dsapace project was started in

2015 and its ready to use now.

Up to now there is open access to 16,666 titles at

Bilkent Institutional Repository.

http://repository.bilkent.edu.tr/xmlui/browse?type=title

Thanks for your attention!