DIGITAL HUMANITIES IN THE LIBRARY

CASE STUDY 2

The Library Lab @ Ghent University

Saskia ScheltjensHead Librarian Arts & Philosophy UGent@saschel / skype ID: saskiascheltjens

www.slideshare.net/saschel

LIBER – Annual Conference 2015DARIAH-EU & DIGITAL HUMANITIES workshop

24/06/2015

or actually …

224/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

Grand Library Reorganisation@ UGhent

(2004 - …)

324/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

LIBRARIES UNIVERSITY WIDE

Report Bjørnshauge ‘The Network’ (2003)

Aim: greater (cost) efficiency

Integration of digital collections

Network of libraries (+350!)

Coordinated distributed model

Distribution of tasks & redefinedmission

Action plan & timingPreferend organisational library structure (2003)

424/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

Mission UGhent Libraries

‘Facilitating Open Knowledge Creation’

Mission Central Library (Book Tower)

• Digital Library (software, content, tools)• Coordination UGhent Libraries Network• Heritage collection / Digital repository• Inspiring working environment

Mission Faculty Library

Support current research and educationin the faculty with relevant digital andprint collections and innovative services

Photo: Torsade de Pointes – Rozier & Boekentoren – CC BY

524/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

Grand Faculty Arts & Philosophy Library Reorganisation

(2008 - 2018 )

624/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

BEFORE 2008 BY 2018

• No unified local library policy • Overall faculty library policy

• 50 departmental libraries • 1 centralised faculty library

• 222 different locations • 1 location (2 library wings)

• 670.000 volumes • 420.00 vol. open stack;250.000 vol. closed stacks

• Collection catalogued : 52% • Collection catalogued: 100% -enriched with extra metadata

• Different opening hours,rules, procedures and policies

• Single & extended opening hours ; compliant procedures & policies

• Demotivated staff • Young(er) and dedicated staff

• Almost no public services • (New) extended public services

724/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

LIBRARIES FACULTY ARTS & PHILOSOPHY

But the REAL challenge

is this

824/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

UGhentLedeganck Library Botanical Institute, 1883

http://www.beeldbank.ugent.be/fotoalbums/universiteitsarchief

19th

century

924/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

UGhent, one of the Blandijn Libraries, Medieval History, 2008

Photo: Saskia Scheltjens – CC BY 2.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/faclibflw/3931462838

20th

century

1024/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

InQBate, University Library of Sussex, 2008

http://www.designinglibraries.org.uk

21st century

1124/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

Foto: Christophe Vander Eeken - https://www.flickr.com/photos/faclibflw/16394814559

21st century

But alsothis …

Faculty Library UGhent,Arts & PhilosophyArt History, 2015

1224/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

Digital Humanitiesis

our library ticket to the 21st century …

1324/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

Local DH initatives @ UGhent

1424/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

http://www.ghentcdh.ugent.be

A platform to show all DH related projects within the faculty of Arts & Philosophy @ UGent in order to stimulate co-operation

http://be.dariah.eu

Cooperation between Belgian universities, research and culturalheritage institutions, coordinated by UGhent (2015)

1524/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

@ UGhent

http://www.flw.ugent.be/bibliotheek/librarylab [Dutch]

=

• New department in the new Faculty Library Arts & Philosophy meant to actively support current researchers, teachers and students with regard to all things digital

• 2 dedicated spaces IN the faculty library for faculty and students towork and talk together about all things DH

• Support and/or feedback in working with digital collections, tools and services

• Expert advice (e.g. copyright, technical, project management)• Development of digital training module and tutorials• Creating technical proofs of concept

Library Lab UGhent by 2018

1624/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

Library Lab -Faculty Library Arts & Philosophy, UGhent2015Photo: Saskia Scheltjens – CC BY 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/faclibflw/15709355495

1724/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

THATCamp Ghent 2013 & 2015The Humanities & Technology Camp

Fo

to: S

ask

ia S

che

ljte

ns–

CC

BY

2.0

htt

p:/

/ww

w.f

lick

r.co

m/p

ho

tos/

bo

ek

en

tore

n/

88

68

71

75

78

1824/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

Started in October 2014

Past formats in the programme• DH Showcase - researcher tells about his/her current research x DH• DH Toolkit - researcher demonstrates the tools s/he uses• Master classes – e.g. topic modelling, data visualisation, social network

analysis, text encoding initiative (TEI), …• Applied Python workshops• Lectures• Workshops e.g. Learn to make a poster, Learn to work with Prezi;

Zotero,… • Hackathons:

• Wikimedia edit-a-thon ‘Women@UGhent’• Datasalon

• ….

Library Lab UGhent

1924/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

Library Lab UGhent

2024/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

TYPES OF EVENT NUMBERS OF EVENTS PARTICIPANTS

DH Showcase 7 51

DH Toolkit 5 42

Doctoral School 5 129

Hackathon 4 66

Lecture 2 44

THATCamp 1 14

Workshop 12 119

Total 36 465

Some statistics …

SEMESTER PARTICIPANTS

2014-2015 semester 1 250

2014-2015 semester 2 215

Total 465

STAFF

Day-to-day organisation: Library Lab Coordinator (18 hours/week; 50% FTE)

Experts:Copyright expert (8 hours/week)Technical expert for data analysis (3 months during summer)

Overall management:Faculty Librarian

Academic advice:GCDH Board

Library Lab UGent

2124/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

ADDITIONAL PROJECTS

1. RESEARCH DATA PROJECT, sponsored by Research Committee of the Faculty of Arts & Philosophy

Survey and analysis about the reusability and sustainability of existing research data. Benchmarking report.

2. DROP-IN SESSIONS about COPYRIGHT & IP, sponsored by the Faculty Library in close cooperation with the Book Tower

3. DROP-IN SESSIONS about DIGITAL RESOURCES & RESEARCH

Library Lab UGent

2224/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

http://phochste.github.io/LibraryMusic/

CODA

2324/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015

Saskia Scheltjens

Ghent University

Faculty of Arts & Philosophy

B - 9000 Ghent - BELGIUM

T + 32 (0)9 331 33 75saskia.scheltjens@ugent.be

@saschel (twitter id)

http://www.flw.ugent.be/bibliotheekhttp://lib.ugent.be

CONTACT

2424/06/2015 #dariahliber workshop #liber2015