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Arquivo para November 11th, 2014

Library Champion program in United Kingdom

11 Nov

KingsCollegeThat’s how it is titled the Library of King’s College London, which brings many services beyond traditional cataloging, it supports several electronic journals and databases, and all media services social networking, twitter , facebook, youtube, etc.
The reason why the Library of King’s College is receiving the title of Champion Library is launching this November with a voluntary service that started this week.
The premise of this program is a volunteer champion the development of library collections, spending a small portion of the budget for the purchase of library materials, are capable of meeting collections and then discuss with their peers to bring unpublished collections for the library.
This budget is separate from the budget of the faculty and academic departments hoping not use the normal methods of purchase orders, but this initiative that the interaction strength of the faculty a conversation about the current scientific literature.
The program called “Library Champion” should also provide feedback to peers, what services are currently provided, and suggestions for future new services and resources in the library, based on the production of the faculty.