Introduction to the EUI Library for Historians Wednesday 6 September 2017 9.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Seminar Room 2, Badia Fiesolana by Serge Noiret, History Information Specialist, (Ph.D.)
About myself and the Role of Information Specialists EUI Library profile & EUI library Staff Important EUI Library rules EUI Library Services ILL service Remote delivery services to EUI Villas History Guide o History Collection Development policies a Video o History Dewey Classification o EUI Library History oriented E-Resources o CFA/CFP Distribution's List o European History Primary Sources - EHPS Library blog & Twitter account Open Access and Cadmus, EUI academic repository Zotero support and Information Literacy 2017 courses Sign in now for a Library Guided Tour The EUI Library 1976-2017
About myself & the role of Information Specialists Fields of expertise Information Literacy Digital Humanities Digital (Public) History (International) Public History Contemporary Italian History Personal blog: http://dph.hypotheses.org
Don t wait the last moment: ask librarians 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. 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.
1.Your EUI Library
EUI Library 2016 data's Collections 60.560 e-journals 497.364 e-books 1.538 current print journals and serials 566.440 print books 355 databases 19.820 items listed in Cadmus, EUI Research Repository Usage of resources 140 users entering the Library per day 95.450 volumes loaned or consulted 4.200 volumes delivered from storage 281.700 full-text documents downloaded 146.100 visits on the Library website 291.660 visits on Cadmus, EUI Research Repository Services provided 5,850 purchased books per year 16% of purchased books are based on user requests 55 computers available for EUI members 3,200 interlibrary loans provided to EUI members 55 training session hours for 781 participants What do users think? 2016 Library User Survey 82% of the Library users express that "the Library collection fits my research needs" 89% of the Library users express that "the Library provides a good service to me" 69% of the researchers access the library every day or every week
EUI Library User Surveys: comments "The EUI library has all the resources you need for your research and if you're missing something, the librarians will make sure you get it! (2016) Library is a stimulating working environment for all EUI researchers (2016) 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) 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.. (2013)
Librarians
2. Loans and services
Services Loans Renewals & Fines ILL Book Delivery
Information on My account also accessible at the Bottom of the Library Home page My Account at the EUI Library
3.Searching with the catalogue (OPAC)
EUI Library OPAC from Library Home Page
OPAC Direct URL - https://opac.eui.eu
Search in e-journals & e-books titles
4.E-Resources at EUI Library
EUI Library E-Resources
Accessing E-Resources On Campus through the EUI Library catalogue and using a browser from your device or from stand-alone computers Off Campus connecting to the EUI Library catalogue as a valid EUI member: you ll have to login with your EUI Library card Barcode Number and Password
Virtual Journal Display
Tracking Journal s TOCs at EUI 29.000 journals covered of which 2843 subscribed by the EUI Use ILL for essays in non EUI subscribed journals Create your own list of journals
Google Scholar & EUI Library Resources
5.History Guide and Services
Research Guide for Historians
EHPS European History Primary Sources: Open Access Primary Sources for the History of Europe
CFP & CFA Distribution s List
6.Cadmus and Open Access
What is Open Access?
n.1 in Italy: Cadmus EUI Research repository
Open Access Resources at EUI Library
Open Access & Illegal OA From en.wikipedia.org (Sept.4, 2017) Sci-Hub was founded by Kazakh graduate student Alexandra Elbakyan in 2011, as a reaction to the high cost of research papers behind paywalls In 2015 academic publisher Elsevier filed a legal complaint in New York City against Sci-Hub alleging copyright infringement by Sci-Hub, and the subsequent lawsuit led to a loss of the original scihub.org domain. Sci-Hub has been controversial, lauded by parts of the scientific and academic communities and condemned by a number of publishers. They say: the first pirate website in the world to provide mass and public access to tens of millions of research papers. More than 64,500,000 papers in SCI-HUB. The Sci-Hub project, running from 5th September 2011, is challenging the status quo. At the moment, Sci-Hub provides access to hundreds of thousands research papers every day, effectively bypassing any pay walls and restrictions. Addresses sci-hub.io sci-hub.bz sci-hub.cc
7.EUI Library Information Literacy trainings in 2017
Managing Biblio with EndNote
Managing Biblio with Zotero
EU Information Guide
EUI Library data portal & services
EUI Library Twitter Account
EUI Library Facebook Account
EUI Library Youtube Channel