La Merced Campus Library Resources and services

La Merced Campus Library Resources and services

Erasmus Staff Training Week - University of Murcia-7th to 11th May 2012

1. Biblioteca “Antonio de Nebrija”

2. Biblioteca Jurídica

3. Biblioteca “Ronda de Levante”

4. Hemeroteca “Clara Campoamor”

LIBRARY’S STRUCTURE

BIBLIOTECA “ANTONIO DE NEBRIJA”

• Subjects: Philology and Literarure, Arts, History, Geography• Collections: 210,000 ítems. 150,000 in open access in reading rooms.• 745 seats in 12 reading rooms, 41 seats in 10 work group rooms, 44 seats in training rooms

• Library Staff:

- Head librarian - Auxiliary librarian (12)- Catalog librarian (3)- Acquisition librarian (1)- Acquisition officer (1)

BIBLIOTECA “ANTONIO DE NEBRIJA”

Is the main library building of the Campus. It was a former dormitory (Colegio Mayor Belluga) and this is the cause of its peculiar structure. It became a library in 1992.

BIBLIOTECA “ANTONIO DE NEBRIJA”

Special collections:

• 1,500 music records

• 550 maps

• Screenplay collection from famous Spanish actor

Francisco Rabal

• 1,850 movie posters

• 4,000 Movies

Movie posters

Facilities:

• 12 reading rooms, different environments for different uses.

• 10 group work rooms.

• “Neblí”: free access computer room.

• 8 multimedia cabinets.

• 30 laptops.

• Wi-fi connection in all the building.

• Computers connected to Internet to search information sources.

• Printers, copiers and scanners for public use

Rooms where users can talk

Rooms for quiet study

Our Services:

Borrow, renew and reserve items.

Catalog (ALBA)

Loan of laptops

Group work rooms (CTG).

Interlibrary Loans

Recommended Bibliography

Ask a librarian

Chat

User training

Print, copy and scan services

LENDING POLICIES:

• The type of loan of most of the copies of the Library is PL (Long Loan).

• Of 200,000 items users can lend of the Library, 140,000 are lent in the modality of PL.

• A maximum of 5 books simultaneously, during a period of up to 10 days.

BIBLIOTECA JURÍDICA (LAW LIBRARY)

BIBLIOTECA JURÍDICA (Law Library)

Located in the Faculty of Law building. Most of the documents are in 12 academic departments. Every day librarians must go to the departments to take the books that users need.

• Subjects: Law and Criminology• Collections: 124,000 ítems. 110,000 in academic department “libraries”• 220 seats in one reading room. • Library Staff:

- Head librarian- Auxiliary librarian (4)- Catalog librarian (1)

RONDA DE LEVANTE LIBRARY

A branch of the Law Library, located in Ronda de Levante building, ten minutes walking from the campus. Created to attend the students of Political Sciences, Public Management and Business Administration degrees.

• Subjects: Political sciences, public management and business administration

• Collections: 14,000 books. • Periodicals intermediate repository• 200 seats in two reading rooms.• Library Staff:

- Auxiliary librarian (2)

HEMEROTECA CLARA CAMPOAMOR

HEMEROTECA CLARA CAMPOAMOR

Host the Journals collection of all the subjects from the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Law. Located in a new building, opened in March, 2012. Campus research services are specially concentrated in Clara Campoamor building.

• Subjects: Humanities and Law• Collections: 5,000 journals titles• 50 seats in 2 reading rooms, 12 seats in a training room• Library Staff:

- 2 Subject librarians (Humanities and Law)- Auxiliary librarian (5)

Thank you very much for your atention.

Pablo Pérez Ballester

ppb@um.es