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Institution:
The Aalborg University Library
Aalborg
Address
Aalborg University Library
Langagervej 2
9220 Aalborg Oest
phone: 9635 9400
fax 9815 6859
Contact persons:
Thomas
Vibjerg Hansen
(courses
in information retrieval)
Niels Jørgen Blaabjerg
Library's information specialists in charge of tutorials:
Hanne Kristiansen
(Co-ordinator for Library science and Humanities)
Bente Lope
(Co-ordinator for Social sciences)
Gudrun Hansen
(Co-ordinator for Technology and natural science)
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Obiectives
and strategies
The library's
primary objective - part of the university's development contract,
2000-2003 - is to
ensure user-friendly access to relevant material and information by:
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Providing
access to user-friendly online information services, and work for the
development and diffusion of Denmark's Electronic Research Library.
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Developing a
model for the integration of information literacy in the learning process by
means of advanced IT tools.
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Establishing
a learning resource centre with PC work stations and reference literature.
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Contributing
to the development of a university portal on the Internet, based on online
report forms, that gives access to the publications and achievements of
researchers at Aalborg University.
Tutorials
and courses at the Library
Aalborg
University Library (AUL) offers different types of tutorials and courses at various
levels.
Information Retrieval
Tutorials for students and researchers
Target
groups: Aalborg
university students; Aalborg university researchers
Level: basic and advanced
Virtual
Tour of the Library (in Danish)
Library guided tours
The library offers guided tours including a brief introduction to the
collections and the library's various services to students and university
staff.
Courses for
university
students and
university staff
Target groups:
students, teachers, tutors, researchers, other employees at Aalborg University
Level:
basic and advanced
Projects
Completed
projects
·
MILE
Current development projects
(ongoing or planned)
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The integration of the library in the
learning environments in the development of the students information
literacy
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Information
searching and learning
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SWIM for
other libraries
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An English
version of
SWIM
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Tutorials for the web site
Rich and useful information about all the AUL activities
is available in English in the following paper, presented at Creating
Knowledge IV - Empowering the Student through Cross-Institutional
Collaboration. International
conference at The Royal Library and University of Copenhagen. Copenhagen,
16-18 August 2006:
Skagen, Therese - Torras, Maria-Carme - Blaabjerg, Niels Jørgen - Hansen,
Thomas Viberg, Empowering
students through information literacy in the physical and virtual classrooms:
cross-institutional collaboration between library and faculty and between
two Scandinavian university libraries.
Keywords:
information literacy - information retrieval
- information searching - courses for
university students and university staff -
tutorials for university
students and researchers -
library services - library tours - IL integration -
problem-oriented learning –
search-learning process - learning process - information search process - use of
scientific databases - IL projects - students' support - students' empowerment -
learning environments - cross institutional collaboration - customisation
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