Describe yourself in one sentence I am friendly and sometimes a bit forgetful when it comes to homework. ;-) My job or my link with librarie I work as a librarian at Rostock University library. Why do I think libraries are important In my case (talking about University libraries, though not exclusively), I think it's crucial support for people on their way to becoming what they want to be or reaching a scientific goal. (...and in an accessible matter, regarding costs and orientation)
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Describe yourself in one sentence I like international exchanges, discovering foreign libraries and bicycle ! My job I’m a cataloging librarian in an academic library, called « Cujas » Library in Paris. Why do I think libraries are important? They provide access to culture, spaces to learn and study, and they promote cultural exchanges My challenge or focus I am interested in the place of catalogs in websites, how documents are described in catalogs (print and e-books, thesis and other documents) and in digital libraries of rare books About me I’ve worked for the last 8 years as a reference librarian in the academic library of medicine & pharmacy of Grenoble (France). My job I am mainly in charge of dealing with health thesis. Many of them are now available online on the DUMAS open archive. Click on the link and have a look if you dare! :-) Why do I think libraries are important? For many reasons, one of them being that libraries offer a free access to information and culture. My challenge or focus In these dark times when the budgets of French academic libraries are melting like snow in the spring, it seems fundamental for our profession to familiarize itself with the economy of knowledge. Subscription rates for scientific journals continue to rise dramatically, imposed by publishing multinationals making scandalous profits. Rather than cutting back on our book purchases in order to pay the bill, I believe that we should promote free access to scientific knowledge (also known as Open Access) in a much more determined way. Needless to say, we have a lot to learn from our neighbors. To cite only this example, the voluntarism of the University of Liège is particularly impressive! Cycling for Libraries is a golden opportunity to observe the practices of our foreign colleagues and benefit from their feedback. I’m looking forward to seeing how Belgian colleagues are addressing this issue! About me I am an open-minded person and curious to meet new people and visit different places. My job I am a librarian at University and City Library of Cologne and work there at the registration desk for library cards and in the area of long-term archiving of digital collections. Why do I think libraries are important? Libraries provide to the public / their users a large amount of digital and printed resources, but also a place to meet, to study, to share ideas, to try out new technologies or to spend their free time and simply relax. My challenge or focus It will be my first “Cycling for libraries” and I am curious to experience the countryside, people and libraries of Belgium by bike. I am also looking forward to meeting you all and exchanging ideas and experiences about present and future library work. |
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