Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)Institute of Education Sciences (ICE)UPC Libraries

Pep Torn pep.torn@upc.edu

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Factories: teaching resource facilities at UPC libraries

UPC

Opportunity of the project

Planning the Factories

Present situation and some examples

Main problems

Conclusions

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Summary

MANRESA

TERRASSA

IGUALADA

VILANOVA I LA GELTRÚ CASTELLDEFELS

BARCELONA

MATARÓ

CANET DE MAR

SANT CUGAT DEL VALLÈS

The UPC and the Library and Documentation Services

University Library indicators (2005)

Libraries 12

Visitors 2.586.465

Loans 286.029

Items 503.935

Books 263.368

E-journals 7.229

Databases 177

Users trained 4.501

Reading points 2.996

Staff 91 librarians, 53 other

Budget 2. 254.391€

AIM: Effective support in designing and developing educational projects. Access to existing educational support resources

1 - European Higher Education Area

2 - Librarians TIC capabilities and ICE professional skills

3 - Paideia Strategic plan

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Opportunity of the project

THE MAIN OPPORTUNITY:

ICE negotiates with INTEL the concession of computers FOR FREE to develop the project…

And they get it!!!

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Opportunity of the project

Some questions

- Where? In the libraries

- Who?LibrariansEducation techniciansMultimedia designers

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Planning the Factories

- What?

- Physically located in a library- Technology rich environment- Integrated into traditional library services- Access to full range of software- Collaborative learning and workspaces- Explicitly aligned with the institution-wide vision- Non-library centric involving other campus units- More emphasis on the creation of knowledge

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Planning the Factories

11 factories functioning on UPC campuses22 support staff with training in creating multimedia material

Activities carried out in 2004

488 activities of support to teaching improvement projects40 teaching materials developed3 training courses 54 UPC user unitsCo-funding of 98 projects presented to obtain grants for teaching

innovation

We helped another catalan University to implement a service like our own, called also Factoria

2004 report: http://bibliotecnica.upc.edu/factoria

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Present situation

- Multimedia course with animations about Energies and Environmental Science:

Link to the material- Self-assessment on Descriptive Statistical Methods, applied to Industrial Scheduling

Link to the material- Multimedia course and videos about Optical Correlators

Link to the material

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Some examples

1. It was not part of the Strategic Plan, can it works anyway?

2. Creating change before, during or after the project?

3. How many policies we have?

4. We use no standards: Dublin Core, SCORM, XML… neither UPC templates

5. Can we obtain the same results with a no-cost policy forever?

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Main Problems

1. The scope of the university library is changing again. We must be able to create information, if possible as publishers, apart of the traditional services.

2. We have gained some users that have never come to enjoy the traditional services .

3. Creating a service like the Factory means an essential part of the effort of library staff.

4. Always there is the possibility to create materials following a line, a template; useful for the majority of our users.

5. Enthusiasm is not the main part of the success.

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Conclusions

Thank you

Between thought and expression…There’s a lifetime

Lou Reed

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