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A short historic overview of the situation of Romanian University Libraries is the starting point for presenting the actual development of the Technical University’s Libraries. The paper makes a brief presentation on the actual situation of Romanian Technical University Libraries, through some statistical records. As a particular case, the paper presents the experience of the Politehnica University Library of Timişoara in managing last years’ changes. An overview of the most important problems and shortcomings that characterized the starting point of the library changes, ten years ago is listed: manual searching system, inefficient services, obsolete collections, reduce number of staff, with inappropriate knowledge. The actual status of the library organization is presented, when the library faces another big challenge: moving into a new building, with the need to manage a higher level of automation and services.
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Management of change in Romanian technical libraries: case of Library of the Politehnica University in Timosoara, Romania
A short historic overview of the situation of Romanian University Libraries is the starting point for presenting the actual development of the Technical University’s Libraries. The paper makes a brief presentation on the actual situation of Romanian Technical University Libraries, through some statistical records. As a particular case, the paper presents the experience of the Politehnica University Library of Timişoara in managing last years’ changes. An overview of the most important problems and shortcomings that characterized the starting point of the library changes, ten years ago is listed: manual searching system, inefficient services, obsolete collections, reduce number of staff, with inappropriate knowledge. The actual status of the library organization is presented, when the library faces another big challenge: moving into a new building, with the need to manage a higher level of automation and services.