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INU Special Interest Group for University Libraries

The INU Special Interest Group for University Libraries in Malmö

Background

The initiative to set up a Special Interest Group for University Libraries came from the Head Librarians at three of the INU members, Bill Cations (Flinders University, Australia), Earle Gow (La Trobe University, Australia) and Jette Guldborg Petersen (Malmo University, Sweden). Additional members are University of Leicester, United Kingdom, represented by University Librarian Christine Fyfe and James Madison University, USA, represented by Ralph Aberico, Dean of Libraries and Educational Technologies. All INU member universities are welcome to join the group.

The Special Interest Group held their inaugural meeting in Malmo on 26 April, 2006. All INU universities were asked to fill in a profile questionnaire in preparation for the meeting, which formed the basis of discussions and enabled members to learn more about each other's focus and activities.

The results of the Profile questionnaire distributed to member Universities has now been collated (with many thanks to H. Yamane, at the Hiroshima University Library). The collated document is available to download in Pdf format.

Activities

The Special Interest Group plans to cover themes such as:

• benchmarking in library processes and library management and study visits
• shadowing program & staff exchanges
• collaborative purchasing
• information sharing
• conference collaboration
• collaborative digital reposity for research output
• community involvement projects
• information literacy projects
• the use of ICT
• branding exercises
  
  

Study visit to JMU

Senior librarian Lotta Wogensen and Library Director Jette Guldborg Petersen, both Malmö University, visited James Madison University Library 18-20 May 2009. Read the report from their visit.

Staff Shadowing at INU libraries

Three librarians from INU member universitites are taking part in the 2009/2010 round of the INU Staff Shadowing Program. Anna Brynolf, Malmö University, and Atsuo Nishimoto, Hiroshima University, will shadow staff at Flinders University Library. Hanna Wilhelmsson, Malmö University, will be visiting James Madison University Library for her Shadowing. For more information about the INU Staff Shadowing Program.

For further information about the INU Special Interest Group for University Libraries, please contact the INU Secretariat.