Spanish and Catalan University Libraries

some facts and trends

Liber Executive Board, Barcelona 15-16.10.2015

L. Anglada CSUC (CBUC)

Spanish and Catalan University Libraries

Universities

Buildings and new spacesCollections OA and research Cooperation

Spanish Universities

• 80 universities in 236 campus • Spanish public universities tend to be disperse. An average of 4-5 campus

per university is normal and big ones have more than 15.• 25 are private (private universities are in expansion)

• Students • (global) 1.500.000• (average) 19.000 students / univ.• Nearly 30% of people between 18-24 are attending universities.

http://www.mecd.gob.es/prensa-mecd/actualidad/2014/02/20140213-datos-univer.html

Spanish universities have in common that all of them teach and do research. Professors are evaluated, but not universities. Research is basically developed in:

• University departments• CSIC institutes and some Spanish big research centers • Autonomous research institutes (more common in Catalonia)

Spanish Universities: positions in The Times HE ranking

nº 146 Autonomous University of Barcelona nº 164 Pompeu Fabra University nº 174 University of Barcelona 301-350 Autonomous University of Madrid 301-350 University of Navarra 401-500 Complutense University of Madrid 401-500 Polytechnic University of Catalonia 401-500 University of Rovira i Virgili 401-500 University of Valencia

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25

Our weaknesses

• English

• Vocational / professional studies

Catalonia, some data

• 7.5M inhabitants• ~32.000 km2

• 12 universities (4 private)• Students: 224.438• Prof. & researchers: 15.375• Research groups: 816

• 44 research centers

Spanish and Catalan University Libraries

Universities

Buildings and new spaces• CRAI concept• New buildings

Collections OA and research Cooperation

The Spanish university libraries

• 1974-82: from dictatorship to democracy• 1983: new law for universities (LRU)

• 1985-95: university libraries reorganization• All the university libraries = The Library of the University• Technical services, organization chart • Library automation & services modernization

• 1990-05: • New universities• New library buildings

• 2000-15: • Rebiun (U. Library Association) new strategic plan (CRAI)• Regional consortia

Pasado, presente y futuro de las bibliotecas universitarias españolas / Lluís Anglada i de Ferrer y Maragarita Taladriz Mas(Arbor, 1997, núm. 617-618) http://arbor.revistas.csic.es/index.php/arbor/article/viewArticle/1836

From libraries to CRAI

• CRAI = Resource centers for learning and research• Influenced by the UK's movement (Follet report, and convergence of

services)• IT and libraries did not converged • New libraries are built under this conception• Libraries centered on users

• Ana Reyes Pacios , (2015),"From the library to the Information Commons", New Library World, Vol. 116 Iss 7/8 pp. 345 – 357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/NLW-11-2014-0136

• Library buildings • New (almost)• Modern • Big (6-8.000 m2)• Campus libraries

Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). Rector G. Ferraté Library

Pompeu Fabra University- Ciutadella campus- Poblenou campus- Mar campus

University of Girona. Barri vell library

Girona University. Montilibi library

Lleida University, Biblioteca de Cappont

Spanish and Catalan University Libraries

UniversitiesBuildings and new spaces

Collections• Some general characteristics• Licensing

OA and research Cooperation

Collections

Spanish libraries are rich in heritage collectionsTraditionally, professors have done the selection of new

acquisitions. • Libraries have a passive role building collections.

We don't have the figures of the reference or the subject librarian. • Recently, some libraries introduced the figure of the liaison librarian,

a link between university departments (research) and libraries.• The students advisor function is not rooted in the library

University teaching methods are mostly based on exams (and not in essays). • The ratio between borrowed documents and student is lower than in other

university systems.Licensing has been done at regional level.

• In the last years, consortia act together to negotiate licenses with big publishers.

Negotiations for framework and national licenses

When the economic downturn has been higher, we’ve reached two important deals With Wiley and Springer• national frameworks better than national licenses• conditions are the same for all, but each regional consortia pays separately • 2012 Wiley, price reduction• 2013 Springer, they accepted some cancellations and we establish a cross

access at Spanish level Licensing for specialized publishers are done separately al consortium

level We participated in SCOAP3 (2014) Elsevier (2013-15)

• CRUE-Rebiun wanted to establish a national license and get additional money from the Government

• First attempt in 2013 failed. – The Government involvement was very low and they didn’t give additional money

• We are trying again this year• Negotiations began last July

Spanish and Catalan University Libraries

UniversitiesBuildings and new spacesCollections

OA and research • OA and IR• OA mandates• Research portal

Cooperation

Repositories• Around 60• Almost all universities have their own IR

– Recently the IR-CRIS relation has increased• Dspace (61%) is clearly the predominant technology platform, far ahead of the

others. There are two main service providers (harvesters/aggregators).

• Hispana, Created by the Spanish Ministry of Culture in 2006.– Not only academic information (press, archives, etc.).– http://hispana.mcu.es/es/inicio/inicio.cmd

• Recolecta, created together by REBIUN and FECYT in 2008.– Spanish scientific publications.– http://www.recolecta.net

Spanish Science and Technology law• Art. 35. “Open-Access Publication”) mandate the creation and development of

repositories and open-access dissemination of publicly-funded research outcomes.

Catalan research portal

UniversitatsUB | UAB | UPC | UPF UdG | UdL | URV | UOC UVic-UCC | URL | UIC

Departaments i InstitutsDepartaments vigents

Instituts universitaris de recerca propis i vigents

Grups de recercaGrups de recerca SGR

Grups de recerca propis i vigents

Publicacions i tesisArticlesLlibresTesis

Projectes de recercaCompetitius

PRC

InvestigadorsPDI i PSR actius amb ORCID i

1 activitat

Research portal Researchers included (based in ORCID id’s)

Spanish and Catalan University Libraries

UniversitiesBuildings and new spacesCollections OA and research

Cooperation• Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias Españolas

(REBIUN), a CRUE section• Regional consortia and buying clubs• CSUC

Rebiun

• Strategic lines• 1. Improve the organization, communication and leadership• 2. Support teaching, learning and research and management.• 3. Promote the development and use of the Digital Library 2.0, Internet

and social networks• 4. Build and offer REBIUN products and services

• Services• Collective catalog• Bibliographic Heritage• ILL• Institutional repositories

• Organization• General conference• Executive board (Vice provost and library directors, fifty-fifty)• Working groups

Regional consortia and buying clubs

Regional consortia• BUGalicia, Galicia• Bucle, Castilla – La Mancha• Mdroño, Madrid• CBUA, Andalucia• CSUC (CBUC), Catalonia

Buying clubs• G-9, small autonomous communities• Canarias/Levante

CSICActivities

• Licensing (with different levels)• Consortia use to have other cooperative programs

– Union catalogues, ILL programs ...

CBUC (CSUC)

• CBUC• 1996-2013: Consortium of Academic Libraries of Catalonia• 2014-...: a division of Consortium of Academic Services of Catalonia • Members: 10 Catalan universities + 7 associated members (including the

national library of Catalonia) + 60 collaborative institutions• Consolidated programs

• Union catalogue, Consortial borrowing, Collaborative print repository • Digital library (licensing): e- journals, DDBB and e- books• Repositories: doctoral thesis (TDX), Image repository (MDC), Catalan journals

(RACO), articles & papers (Recercat), learning materials (MDX)• Shared ILS (Millennium) and library software (SFX, MetaLib...)

• New projects• Research Portal (research outputs of all the Catalan Universities)• Tender for a shared system (radical cooperation)• Research support: OA, Mendeley, ORCID, RDM

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Saving space

Using old infantry barracks Gardeny, Lleida

Compact shelving: books by size in trays

Source: Caval CARM

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RACO, MDC, TDX• MDC (Digital Memory of

Catalunya) • http://mdc.cbuc.cat

• 30 institutions• 3.054.286 documents • 107 collections

Published images

• RACO (Catalan Journals in Open Access)

• http://www.raco.cat• 77 institutions• 427 journals • 167.266 articles • 88% articles are full-text• Nearly 8 milion queries

• TDX (doctoral Theses)• http://www.tdx.cat/

• 20.963 doctoral theses• 18 univdersities• DART-Europe members

Radical cooperation

25 years working together around ILS• Catalan university libraries unofficially decided to use the same ILS

(VTLS): 1990-94• CCUC creation: 1991-95 and 1995-96• The shared decision to change to a new generation ILS: 2002• Shared tender (Millennium, SFX & MetaLib): 2005• Centralized installation of different databases in the same computer,

managed centrally (2007)We established a 3 years (2012-2014) objectives:

• A unique system, cataloguing once, able to search all the library resources, flexible to grow, interoperable with other Systems and easy to build new services upon.

• In order to have that system, we need:– A unique DDBB– A single search box for all the library resources – A more flexible computer architecture

e- comercials resources

1994

Repositoris 1999Catalogs 1980

CCUC (1996)

PUC (2011)

MetaLib (2006)

PUI (2011)

Recercat = Narcis (2012) ?

repositoris coop. (2007)

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