1. Introduction to the EUI Library Sala del Consiglio, Villa Salviati
for Historians
Thursday September 15, 2016
9.30 a.m. – a.m.
Sala del Consiglio, Villa Salviati by
Serge Noiret, History Information Specialist, (Ph.D.)

2. The EUI Library 1976-2016 Role of History Information Specialist
05/02/2018
The EUI Library
Role of History Information Specialist
The changing world of History within Academic Libraries
EUI Library profile & EUI library Staff
Important EUI Library internal rules
EUI Library Services - ILL service - Remote delivery services to EUI Villas
History Guide
History Collection Development policies
History Dewey Classification
EUI Library History oriented E-Resources
CFA/CFP Distribution's List
European History Primary Sources - EHPS
Library blog & Twitter account
Cadmus, EUI academic repository
(On Demand) Atelier Multimédia courses
Zotero support
Libraries in Florence
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3. September 2016 Library Changes
15 September - 28 September included
No items can be purchased for the collection
 26 September - 28 September included
Some services will be suspended: no loans, no holds, no ILLs.
29 September
Library services reopen with a new look to our catalogue. Minor bugs to be fixed.
 3 October
Library launches the new delivery service: you will be able to pick up books at Villa Salviati, Villa La Fonte, Villa Schifanoia.

4. Don’t wait the last moment: ask librarians
05/02/2018
Don’t wait the last moment: ask librarians
Interviewer: Have you worked with any of the librarians on campus?
Historian: Oh yes. Because they are trained as librarians they can think of search terms, or ways of searching. I am not trained as a librarian, so I don’t. So yes, definitely the librarians are crucial in the whole research process—both at [my institution] and wherever I go.
Interviewer: At what point do you talk to the librarians?
Historian: Dead ends.
Interviewer: At dead ends?
Historian: Yes, I share my frustrations with them and ask them to help me get out of the cul-de-sac.

5. EUI Library User Survey 2013 & 2014
05/02/2018
EUI Library User Survey & 2014
“By far the best book collection I have seen in a university library.“ (2014)
“A brilliant library with highly qualified and responsive staff.” (2014)
“Having a meeting with the archivist and librarian is really fantastic, because they help you understand what is in the archive, and what you might be able to use.” (2013)
“I talk to the librarians when I’m looking for something outside my comfort zone.” (2013)
“People whose books are all adjacent to each other in the stacks have a better relationship with librarians. Rather than my multi-disciplinary topic. […] The way I frame my questions… there’s no question that will be answered by a single collection.” (2013)
“A huge problem has been organizing the material I’ve found. I’ve accumulated a huge amount of information.” (2013)
“I should learn how to [use management tools]. It’s lazy, really. Maybe later. It’s a waste of time to re-write these references over and over. It would be nice if it would just appear automatically.” (2013)

6. Research Guide for Historians

7. Academic Library Survey – Gale/Cengage, 2015
Faculty and librarians agree that the most essential service provided by academic librarians is the instruction of students in information literacy.
Faculty wants dedicated library liaisons to learn their discipline and instruct how the library can help them.
Despite the advice of personal connection, both faculty and academic librarians indicated that their most preferred method of communication with the other is .
Databases were featured among the wish lists of both faculty and librarians when asked to name additional services their library could provide.
Nearly every librarian surveyed (98%) desires better communication with the faculty at their school. Fewer than half of faculty feel changes are needed in that regard (45%).
Full report: 2015 Bridging the Librarian-Faculty Gap in the Academic Library Survey