Paper presented at Libraries ⇆ Research. Erasmus Staff Week for Libraries and Learning centers 2018 (Sapienza University, June 18-22 2018)

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Library Information System and
Information Literacy
at the University of Maribor Library
Erasmus Staff Exchange Week for Librarians,
La Sapienza, 18. 6. – 22. 6. 2018
Renata Močnik
Europe > Slovenia = Slovenija
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Maribor > University of Maribor
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University of Maribor
University of Maribor

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University of Maribor
University of Maribor
 2nd largest and 2nd oldest university in Slovenia
 15.000 students
 1.800 employees
 19 member institutions
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19 member institutions
University of Maribor
 Faculty of Economics and Business
 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
 Faculty of Law
 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering
and Architecture
 Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences
 Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
 Faculty of Health Sciences
 Faculty of Organizational Sciences
 Faculty of Medicine

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19 member institutions
University of Maribor
 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
 Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security
 Faculty of Logistics
 Faculty of Arts
 Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
 Faculty of Education
 Faculty of Energy Technology
 Faculty of Tourism
 Student Dormitories Maribor
 University of Maribor Library
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University of Maribor Library
http://www.ukm.um.si/
University of Maribor Library

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Brief history
University of Maribor Library
 Established in 1903 as the library of the Historic
Society for the Slovene Styria (110th anniversary
in 2013)
 Since 1918 right of the legal deposit copy
 In 1975 our library was one of the founders of the
University of Maribor
 Since 1985 COBISS/OPAC (first steps in
automation)
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University of Maribor Library
University of Maribor Library
Since 1988 in this building

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Basic data (for 2016)
 Employees: 75
 Library holdings: 1.099.718 (units of library materials)
 Active users: 15.314
 Circulation: 377.493 units
 Interlibrary loan: 2.391 units
 Education : 6.194 users, 351 hours
 Events: 89
 342 reading places
 Arround 9.000 m² in 6 levels
 Opening hours: 101 hrs/week
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Special collections
University of Maribor Library
 Manuscript Collection
 Rarities and Old
Periodicals Collection
 Ephemera Collection
 Music and Film Collection
 Cartographic Collection
 Local History Collection
 Založba Obzorja Collection
 Informational Collection
 Librarianship Collection
 European Documentation
Centre
 Human Anatomy Model
Collection
 PATLIB Centre
 BIOMEDi Collection
 Austrian Library
 General Maister's Library

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Learning centre that supports processes of education, teaching
and research at the UM
University of Maribor Library
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Guardian of the cultural heritage of the Slovenian nation and
country, of scientific heritage of the UM, and of local heritage
of the city of Maribor and its surroundings
University of Maribor Library

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Supports educational, scientific, research and professional
work of the UM
University of Maribor Library
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Supports artistic work of the UM
University of Maribor Library

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Opening hours
University of Maribor Library
Library
Monday ‒ Friday 8.00‒19.00
Saturday 9.00‒13.00
ČUK Reading Room
Monday ‒ Saturday 12.00‒24.00
Sunday 18.00‒24.00
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What we offer
University of Maribor Library
 470 reading places
 24 study rooms
 rooms for group work
 media rooms
 electronic sources available in the library, some of them remotely
 interlibrary loan
 help with materials and information search
 information literacy trainings
 CIP preparation
 personal bibliographies
 assistance for publishing in open access
 events, exhibitions, internet access…

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Library Information System of the University of
Maribor (KISUM)
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University of
Maribor Library
Faculty of
Medicine
Library
Technical
Faculties
Library
Faculty of
Law Library
Faculty of
Economics
and Business
Library
The
Miklošič
Library
Faculty for
Logistics
Library
Faculty of
Organizatio
nal Sciences
Library
Faculty of
Criminal
Justice
Library
College of
Nursing
Studies
Library
Faculty of
Agriculture
Library
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The roles of the KISUM:
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 organizational (libraries cooperate through the subject
specialists),
 informative (access to information about library
materials),
 pedagogical (unified organization of library users
education),
 bibliographic (unified development and management of
bibliographies of university professors and researchers),
 archival storage (unified care for security and protection
of materials).

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The University of Maribor Library and
faculty libraries participate in:
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 selecting and purchasing materials,
 information activities,
 development of bibliographies of university professors
and researchers,
 unified computer system,
 joined user database,
 uniform library card which is valid in all libraries in the
system,
 uniform standards and
 similar library users education programs.
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COBISS = Co-operative Online
Bibliographic System & Services
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COBISS+
COBIB.SI
COLIB.SI
Local
databases of
Slovenian
libraries
CONOR.SICORES.SI
SGC –
COBISS
ELINKS.SI

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COBISS+
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mCOBISS
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Information literacy in the University of
Maribor Library
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PhD
students
Postgraduate
students
Undergraduate
students
Secondary school
students
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Learning goals for Secondary school
students
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 Basic information (library history, library policy, opening
hours, user registration, how to find and borrow
materials, special collections and their location, library
holdings, ILLUM…),
 „ I'm Growing Up With a Book “ (a national project
promoting the culture of reading),
 Basic search and literature evaluation in UM:NIK,
COBISS+, mCOBISS.

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Learning goals for undergraduate (basic)
and postgraduate students (advanced)
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 Scientific
(scholarly)
search
competency
 Competency
in
evaluating
information
 Citation
tools
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Coaching for PhD students
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 Advanced searching and training workshops for
specific databases
 Open access
 Predatory scholarly publishers
 Systematic literature review
 Intellectual property
 Patents
 Indexing
 Bibliometrics

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LibGuides
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e-sources and Google Scholar
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Ebsco Discovery Service – UM:NIK
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… for your attention!
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