BUL - Update
(2005 - 2006)
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FROM THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR
The year has been a
year of transition for the library. With the full implementation of
the online catalog through the LibSys.net software the card catalog
is no longer in use. No new records are added to it. Circulation
is managed by recording the transaction in the circulation unit
using the university ID with a barcode. Signing the traditional
book card is discontinued. Everyone can access the online catalog
and a personal account for current information from any computer.
The staff of
the library is involved in new processes to enter data in
cataloging, acquisitions, and administering the new system.
Hundreds of hours were used in placing barcode labels on all the
books in the collection.
Searching the
electronic journals databases for current periodical resources has
replaced the use of the Readers’ Guide and other periodical
indexes. Full text electronic journals have replaced many printed
versions in our collection.
For the first
time in our history an external reviewer visited our library for a
comprehensive study of the operation and to offer recommendations
for continuous improvement.
Information
on these and other ongoing developments is contained in these pages.
Br.
Dominic Smith |
LIBRARY RESOURCES GRANT
For the past few
years the library has been involved in a major project to improve
library resources in all Palestinian universities. The Academy for
Educational Development (AED) – Higher Education Support Initiative
(HESI) in cooperation the Ministry of Education and Higher Education
(MOEHE) and the Committee of Academic Libraries is managing the
development of the project. USAID is funding the project.
The first phase,
a one year subscription to EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier,
has been completed. This electronic journals database continues to
be available as one of our online databases.
The second phase
provided five computer work stations to be used solely by students
to access electronic journals databases, the online library catalog,
and other library resources. They are placed on the first and
second floors.
For
the third phase the grant provided $45,000 for the purchase of books
and non-print resources. At this time 500 books in Arabic and 60
DVDs have arrived. They will be available for use after they are
cataloged. |
EBSCO Session
Usage Report - BETHLEHEM UNIVERSITY
|
Date |
Count |
Average Length |
Searches |
Total Full Text |
PDF Full Text |
HTML Full Text |
Image/ Video |
Smart Link |
Custom Link |
Abstract |
|
August 2005 |
70 |
34 |
93 |
75 |
45 |
29 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
64 |
|
September 2005 |
180 |
37 |
269 |
218 |
67 |
151 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
179 |
|
October 2005 |
907 |
39 |
2,247 |
1,241 |
553 |
684 |
4 |
143 |
0 |
1,275 |
|
November 2005 |
380 |
37 |
964 |
384 |
240 |
144 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
475 |
|
December 2005 |
1,205 |
38 |
2,749 |
3,479 |
1,546 |
1,933 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
2,078 |
|
January 2006 |
152 |
35 |
272 |
192 |
80 |
112 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
163 |
|
February 2006 |
472 |
42 |
1,230 |
695 |
322 |
372 |
1 |
18 |
0 |
880 |
|
March 2006 |
688 |
44 |
2,713 |
1,201 |
713 |
488 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
1,349 |
|
April 2006 |
402 |
42 |
1,463 |
737 |
537 |
197 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
801 |
|
May 2006 |
338 |
38 |
1,310 |
471 |
319 |
135 |
17 |
16 |
0 |
451 |
|
Totals |
4,794 |
38.6 |
13,310 |
8,693 |
4,422 |
4,245 |
26 |
248 |
0 |
7,715 |
PRINCIPAL
DONORS
|
Resource |
Donor |
|
16 computers |
European Union |
|
LibSys.net |
Bethlehem University Foundation |
|
Academic Search
Premier (one year) |
AED/USAID |
|
5 computer
workstations |
|
Books in Arabic,
DVDs |
|
2 LCD monitors,
computer, DVD/video writer |
De La Salle Institute
|
|
OED online |
eIFL |
|
Oxford Reference
online |
|
DOAJ: Directory
of Open Access Journals |
Open Society Institute |
|
American
Marketing Association Journal Distribution
Program |
Sheth and LAMP Foundation
|
|
EOLSS online |
UNESCO/EOLSS |
|
ESCWA
publications |
United Nations |
|
Books, journals |
Centre for Arab Unity Studies |
|
Books, journals
in Tourism |
TEMPUS |
|
Palestinian
heritage artifacts |
Mrs. Elizabeth Moley |
BOOK
COLLECTION - LANGUAGE STATISTICS
|
Language |
Volumes |
|
Arabic |
32,579 |
|
Arabic-English |
309 |
|
Arabic-French |
4 |
|
English |
37,644 |
|
English-French |
3 |
|
French |
2,564 |
|
German |
46 |
|
Greek |
10 |
|
Hebrew |
15 |
|
Italian |
38 |
|
Latin |
37 |
|
Russian |
9 |
|
Spanish |
816 |
|
Total= |
74,074 |
VIDEOCONFERENCING
Due to the
generosity of the Italian Catholic Bishops Conference and the government of
Finland, Bethlehem University now has a fully functioning videoconferencing
facility in L-002. The new facility can connect with most other
videoconferencing facilities throughout Palestine and the world. It is under
the supervision of the AV Center staff.
ONLINE
CATALOG SEARCHES
|
Date |
Number |
|
June 2005 |
13 |
|
July 2005 |
611 |
|
August 2005 |
1,326 |
|
September
2005 |
1,141 |
|
October 2005 |
1,423 |
|
November 2005 |
1,452 |
|
December 2005 |
1,461 |
|
January 2006 |
830 |
|
February 2006 |
1,883 |
|
March 2006 |
1,471 |
|
April 2006 |
1,098 |
|
May 2006 |
883 |
|
Total= |
13,592 |
CIRCULATION STATISTICS 2005– 2006
|
L.C.Class |
Summer 2005 |
Fall 2005 |
Spring 2006 |
|
|
Arabic |
English |
Total |
Arabic |
English |
Total |
Arabic |
English |
Total |
|
A |
2 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
16 |
33 |
8 |
10 |
18 |
|
B |
333 |
14 |
347 |
1,177 |
126 |
1,303 |
1,377 |
198 |
1,575 |
|
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
4 |
12 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
|
D |
109 |
12 |
121 |
626 |
58 |
684 |
614 |
107 |
721 |
|
E |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
13 |
8 |
21 |
|
F |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
G |
14 |
19 |
33 |
131 |
47 |
178 |
175 |
58 |
233 |
|
H |
115 |
25 |
140 |
1,264 |
279 |
1,543 |
1,366 |
252 |
1,618 |
|
J |
47 |
4 |
51 |
253 |
16 |
269 |
262 |
32 |
294 |
|
K |
2 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
9 |
7 |
3 |
10 |
|
L |
117 |
31 |
148 |
874 |
68 |
942 |
865 |
99 |
964 |
|
M |
4 |
0 |
4 |
24 |
8 |
32 |
19 |
5 |
24 |
|
N |
10 |
3 |
13 |
60 |
20 |
80 |
91 |
17 |
108 |
|
P |
518 |
85 |
603 |
2,379 |
892 |
3,271 |
3,221 |
1,088 |
4,309 |
|
Q |
61 |
48 |
109 |
206 |
265 |
471 |
437 |
751 |
1,188 |
|
R |
84 |
40 |
124 |
247 |
370 |
617 |
328 |
688 |
1,016 |
|
S |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
6 |
18 |
15 |
7 |
22 |
|
T |
30 |
14 |
44 |
158 |
141 |
299 |
153 |
235 |
388 |
|
U |
4 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
V |
9 |
2 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Z |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
20 |
0 |
20 |
|
Total |
1,459 |
298 |
1,757 |
7,468 |
2,320 |
9,788 |
8,978 |
3,566 |
12,544 |
|
Daily Average |
49 |
10 |
59 |
101 |
31 |
132 |
123 |
49 |
172 |
STAFF DEVELOPMENT
Ms. Hala Marzouka, Head of
Arabic Technical Services and Mr. George Awwad, Reference Librarian participated
in a week-long course based on the theme of the Library of Congress
Classification System. The course was offered as one in the Library Workshop
Series at Birzeit University. Mr. William Kopycki, expert in the field from the
University of Pennsylvania, introduced the latest advances in classification and
demonstrated the use of electronic versions of classification schedules.
Mr. George Awwad, Reference
Librarian and Mr. Francis Sleibi, Head of the Audio Visual Center attended a
two-day workshop in Ramallah organized by the British Council in conjunction
with eIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries). The aim is to build a
national library consortium capable of sustained activities in the development
of electronic libraries and the provision of electronic services to users.
Mr. George Maria,
Assistant in the AV Center, presented a short training course to the Public
Relations staff in the preparation of the university homepage (www.bethlehem.edu).
The PR staff now has the skills needed to maintain the website with updated
information.Other
programs include:
Gloria Handal
- Management for
Non-Academic Staff
- Effective Strategic Management
Vera Koussa
- Management for
Non-Academic Staff
George Maria
- Flash MX 2004 &
Photoshop
- Dynamic Web Page Development using PHP/MySQL
Francis Sleibi
- Flash MX 2004 &
Photoshop
- Dynamic Web Page Development using PHP/MySQL
- Intel Conference series
- Statistical Analysis using SPSS 12.0
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BEST STUDENT ASSITANTS’ AWARDS
|
Fall 2005-2006
Hazim Musleh
Wafa Hasasneh
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Spring 2005-2006
Ahmad Al-Assa
Maryana Awawdeh
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LIBRARY
COLLECTION (PRINT AND NON-PRINT)
|
LC Classification |
Number in English and other
languages |
Number in Arabic |
|
A |
General Works |
341 |
217 |
|
B-BJ |
Philosophy, Psychology |
1,384 |
1,632 |
|
BL-BX |
Religion |
2,223 |
3,401 |
|
C |
Auxiliary Sciences of History |
239 |
243 |
|
D |
History: General and Old World |
3,626 |
5,590 |
|
E |
History: America |
236 |
115 |
|
F |
History: America |
80 |
17 |
|
G |
Geography, Anthropology, Recreation |
929 |
784 |
|
H |
Social Sciences and Business |
6,021 |
4,386 |
|
J |
Political Science |
1,685 |
1,426 |
|
K |
Law |
217 |
225 |
|
L |
Education |
2,134 |
2,041 |
|
M |
Music |
207 |
129 |
|
N |
Fine Arts |
627 |
357 |
|
P-PA |
General Philology and Linguistics
Classical Languages and Literatures |
1,463 |
342 |
|
PB-PH |
Modern European Languages |
1,844 |
90 |
|
PJ-PM |
Languages and Literatures of Asia,
Africa, Oceania, American Indian Languages and Artificial Languages |
650 |
7,515 |
|
PN |
General Literature |
1,172 |
784 |
|
PQ |
French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
1,925 |
176 |
|
PR |
English |
2,871 |
124 |
|
PS |
American |
1,015 |
108 |
|
PT |
German, Dutch, Scandinavian |
157 |
30 |
|
PZ |
Fiction |
479 |
18 |
|
Q |
Sciences |
6,156 |
1,133 |
|
R |
Medicine |
3,953 |
1,116 |
|
S |
Agriculture |
254 |
243 |
|
T |
Technology |
2,277 |
568 |
|
U |
Military Science |
71 |
77 |
|
V |
Naval Science |
7 |
15 |
|
Z |
Bibliography, Library Science |
417 |
408 |
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Total Books= |
44,660 |
33,310 |
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