TU Delft Library recently held the first brainstorm meeting to rethink the Library Repository. While the initial theme of the discussion was the repository, the conversation quickly moved away from the repository and focussed more on the content contained within them. To think about a repository infrastructure first needs thinking about (digital) collections. What collections..
One of the key parts of the Digital Service Programme is to update the strategic direction and technical infrastructure of the TU Delft Library Repository. The current repository infrastructure serves many functions. Based on Islandora, along with various other components, it acts a mechanism for searching and downloading Green Open Access research articles, doctoral theses,..
By following the link below, you can find TU Delft Library’s public list of all the services it offers Google spreadsheet of TU Delft Library services This list has been developed in consultation with all the ‘owners’ of services within the Library. Each owner was encouraged to describe their service by using a verb rather..
Following discussion and a presentation by Irene Haslinger and Alastair Dunning, the TU Delft College van Bestuur approved the plans for the Digital Services Programme. A full programme description (called Terms of Reference) is to be presented in the autumn. An online version of the presentation is available here.
As the digital shift pulls libraries away from their former roles of providing spaces to sit and books to read, the number of services that a library offers will grow. At TU Delft, this includes services that allow users to, for example, Record & stream their lectures (New Media Centre Collegerama) Publish their data or..