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Antonella De Robbio profile  librarian at the University of Padova Library System: coordinator of OAI Eprints and e-Learning Projects scientific coordinator of Italian Biomedical Publications Database (Ministry of Health) expert member on copyright and I.P.R. European MINERVA project on digitisation activity in the DML  in collaboration with Marini development of a set of tools for displaying and connecting classification schemes, applied to the MSC, ZDM, PACS and CCS, as well to DDC E-LIS manager (international OAI in LIS) Italian coordinator of MAI

Introduction: local activities  Co-ordinating Manager at the Library System of the University of Padova, the University Centre for Libraries (CAB)  I was Responsible (from 1977 and until 2002) for the Mathematics Library of the University of Padua.  I established and currently co-ordinate the MathSciNet Italy Consortium (22 Italian Universities)  Since 2002 I have been responsible for the Projects Section and Digital Library: digitalization, Eprints repositories (open access in general), bibliographical services to support e-learning  In my role I co-ordinate the Working Group for the implementation of EPrints sw. - a system of OAI compatible Open Archives - for the University of Padova research papers.  I am also the co-ordinator of the Pole of the libraries of the detached centres.

Introduction: national activities  I am Referent for the copyright and intellectual property issues for my University and as such I participate in the Italian section of the International Association for Intellectual Property Protection (AIPPI) and I am an expert member on copyright and intellectual property policies for a specific Task Force at CRUI (Conference of the Italian Rectors)  I am working as a copyright and intellectual property expert for the Italian Digital Library, a project of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Assets.  I have prepared a digitalisation plan for a new big library, named BEIC European Library of Information and Culture, which will be open in Milan in 2011  I give lessons in some Masters and University Courses in Italy My University (Masters for school librarians – Education Sciences Fac.) Others: Napoli, Ravenna, Urbino,...

Volounteer activities  I am co-ordinating the development and management of the MAI system, which is a result of co-operation between the Italian Library Association (AIB) and the Consorzio Interuniversitario Lombardo per l'elaborazione automatica (CILEA).  In 2003 I implemented an electronic open access archive for scientific or technical documents, published or unpublished, in Librarianship, Information Science and Technology, and related application activities, named E-LIS, of which I am manager.

We serve students and over academics with: 55 libraries 5.7 million euro budget (staff excluded)  books  journals (current subscriptions)  e-journals 200+ staff all disciplines covered (13 faculties) University of Padova Library System Our figures

Average Italian university Average figures per university: 24 libraries 1.5 million euro expendture for aquisitions 69 staff users: students academics

55 libraries as administrative units  1 coordinating centre Common objectives + coordinating function provide a system approach University of Padova Library System Organization

a single library management system and catalogue (OPAC) connected to the national catalogue (SBN) outstanding electronic bibliographic service with locally hosted databases (120) providing service to other universities and private companies through a commercial partnership (Ensemble, University of Padova Library System Important features

strong focus on electronic resources (e- journals) available through the WAN and remotely web site as a portal to resources through state of the art technology (php, zope) some digital library projects University of Padova Library System Important features

University of Padova Library System High profile and reputation at national level  coordination of the E-resources Committee of the Library Commission of the Italian Rectors Standing Conference  founder and current coordinator of the CIPE group (12 libraries cooperating for e-journal acquisitions)  founding and coordination of the national group for university libraries measurement (GIM)  host of the national mailing list of directors of library services of italian universities

Capere: e-journals catalogue/database Bibliomedia: in house open source sw for the management of e-collections connected to the library management system Italian Biomedical Publications Database University of Padova Library System Digital Library Projects

2 OAI e-print servers (experimental) V enice L agoon D igital L ibrary : thematic archive collecting metadata and full text of research papers, primary data, maps, pictures in the field of environmental and biological sciences University of Padova Library System Digital Library Projects

digitization of Italian Social and Business Studies journals microfilm conversion into digital format DAFNE: nationally funded project for electronic publishing Digital Math Library (participation) University of Padova Library System Digital Library Projects