Arabesques n°94

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Research libraries in Europe: a focus on innovation

July-August-September 2019

This issue of Arabesques is a first, since it devotes all its sections to a panel of European libraries in the field of higher education and research. Through these innovative experiences, it is clear that, in the era of digital transition, research libraries in Europe are facing common problems that are profoundly transforming practices.

Edito

  •  Head in the Stars, David Aymonin

File

  • Specialised information services in Germany, the first assessment of a profound reform
  • The Leipzig BU: thirdly, a portrait of the Leipzig BU
  • The library as publisher: open-access electronic publication at the Heidelberg BU
  • The Ku Leuven Fund for Fair OA: financing alternatives
  • The Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) prepares its bibliographic transition
  • Seeing big, seeing far: Libris XL, the Swedish union catalogue at the time of related data
  • Merger of research libraries in Denmark
  • The National Bibliographic Knowledgebase, Jisc "Discover & Compare" and "Cataloguing" services
  • Artificial intelligence at the National Library of Norway
  • Annif, automatic indexing at the National Library of Finland
  • Swissbib: innovative and flexible infrastructures for the future of information services

Spotlight

  • The Luxembourg Learning Centre

Portrait

  • Jeannette Frey, Director of the BCU Lausanne and President of Liber