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1 TRITONIA ACADEMIC LIBRARY IN VAASA Slides: Vuokko Palonen/Marita Ahola

2 TRITONIA Tritonia is a joint academic library and a supporting unit for teaching at 3 universities & 2 UAS in Vaasa with two official languages, Finnish & Swedish open for all printed collections for borrowing, no charge

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4 VERY SHORT HISTORY 2001 for three universities The University of Vaasa Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa 2010 for all higher education institutions in Vaasa Vaasa UAS Novia UAS

5 NAME OF TRITONIA The name refers to the location of Tritonia by the sea. Triton was a son of Poseidon, God of the Sea in the ancient Greek mythology. It also refers to the three functions of Tritonia: the library of the universities, the library of the universities of applied sciences, and the supporting unit for teaching at all five universities

6 Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa (Turku ) University of Vaasa Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa (Helsinki) University of Helsinki/ Jurisprudence Novia University of Applied Sciences in Vaasa & Pietarsaari (Turku, Raaseborg & Espoo) Vaasa University of Applied Sciences

7 NUMBERS OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS IN VAASA 2011 Vaasa University 4978 Vaasa University of Appl. Sciences 3603 Åbo Akademi University (Vaasa) 1679 Novia University of Appl. Sciences (Vaasa) 1693 Hanken School of Economics (Vaasa) 446 Total number

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9 ORGANISATION Schools of Higher Education Board The Staff meeting Library Director Vuokko Palonen Steering Group Education and Information Services EduLab for teachers information literacy education, collections; head: Christina Flemming Library Services Lending services, ILL, Library database, aquisition, web services; head: Marita Ahola Administrative Services Adminstration & data adminstration, communication; head Suvipäivi Pöytälaakso- Koistinen

10 THE STAFF the staff is hired by five organisations: o The University of Vaasa 26,5 o Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa 8,5 o Vaasa UAS 7 o Novia UAS in Vaasa 4 o Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa 2

11 LITERATURE FOR STUDIES AND RESEARCH books & periodicals in electronic and printed forms national portal for information search = Nelli databases & catalogues personal support in information seeking TEACHING pedagogical support for teachers support in information and communication skills for staff of the universities teaching media production courses in information literacy for students FACILITIES FOR STUDIES AND RESEARCH group study rooms, research tower computers, video conferencing equipment reading rooms, lecture hall, wireless network join with own user name

12 LIBRARY STATISTICS 2011 Records in library catalogue: (printed material) Licenses for electronic resources from five universities Loans per year: renewals Library visits per year: Registered customers: Staff: 48

13 TRITONIA YLIOPISTONRANTA Collections, about shelf km Social sciences, law, nursing science Economy and business, technology and science, statistics; information service Main entrance, text books, lending and interlibrary loan services Languages, literature, communication, education psychology; theses, periodicals until 2005, special collections

14 TRITONIA RAASTUVANKATU VAMKs campus Business Economics Tourism Health Care teaching languages: Finnish, Swedish and English text books, general collection, journals, theses items

15 TRITONIA SARJAKATU Novias campus Health Care and Social Services teaching languages: Swedish and English text books, general collection, journal, theses items

16 The National Library of Finland Library system (Voyager) + Union Catalogue Nelli portal (Metalib) FinELib (acquisition of e- resources) Statistics, Standards The National Repository Library Interlibrary Lending Åbo Akademi University Library & Learningcenter Turku Hanken Library Helsinki Novia Library Turku, Raseborg TRITONIA S NETWORK The Council for Finnish University Libraries Consortia: Linnea2 university libraries AMKIT: UAS libraries Joint libraries network Regional Sukkula library network Library associations LIBER, IFLA Co-operation with universities in Umeå (Sweden) and Bodö (Norway) Other libraries and universities in Finland and globally

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18 ADVANTAGES OF MERGING bigger collections THE LIBRARIES UAS collections in union cataloque -> more interlibrary lending one library database & one library card wider expertise to share easier to substitute when needed bilingual staff and services

19 CHALLENGES 5 different HR-systems with two different collective agreements 5 portals for licenced electronic resources remote access only for own licenses

20 BUT IT S WORTH IT!

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