Strategic Goals

• , a growing organism.
• Visibility and Dissemination
• Document supply. Inter librarian loan (ILL)
• Supply and dissemination of e-resources access
• Standard management

  , a growing organism.

From the early 90s, the beginning of the digital age, technological changes succeeded in the world at an exponential rate. The transformation is faster than you can bear. The adapts to changes.

During these years, the main remarkable aspect is the changing role of users. The user was made to go to the library to use its services (Push). Now on the network, it is him who, with a mouse click, chooses what he need (Pull). So the first implication of the switch from push to pull is a growth in user sovereignty. Then, the reconfigure its environment to adapt to new circumstances, aware that when the environment changes you change the organisms as well. Now, our users are online, and the goes to meet with them. (Pull)

The goal is to satisfy its users.

  Visibility and Dissemination:  blog

The cornerstone and the main axis is the blog with news about science, technology and innovation, trying to democratize the "Science" and bring it to the public in a nice and attractive way, including hot topics such as Renewable Energy, Stem Cells, Nanotechnology, New Technologies of Information, or trends in electronic books and digital library; the news is viralized via email, Newsletters, Facebook, Twitter and RSS.

During 2011 and 2112 we consolidated the editorial line of the  blog and expanded the area of our social networks to reach a greater readership and a bigger recognition for on the Net. Not only did, we get to the physical' library visitors, but also reached new digital users who do not understand about physical and geographical barriers and that more than 70% of our visitors are from America, both from Latin America, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and the United States.

During this period, we have achieved recognition of the  on the Net, favouring the organic positioning of the  brand in the Google navigator with 12,300 results. In 2011-2012, the published number news was 3,189, with an average of 5 per day, and exceeding 30,000 visits per month, and a historic total of 1,121,846 visits

At the same time, we decided to provide all posts with a quick response code or automatic “QR” to bring the news directly from the computer screen of a print to a smart phone, and so to make easy viralization in the social networks.

The growth of data traffic on mobile devices from this blog is a clear evidence, which receives about 10% of users, denoting an uptrend. Therefore, the mobile device becomes a tool, object and scientific communication medium in itself, being an indispensable strategy of viral dissemination that brings the to a daily increasing community. The goal is to democratize and positioning the Science in the cultural place it deserves.

  Document supply: Inter librarian loan (ILL)

The quick service and the wealth of its holdings, has consolidated the as the main document supplier centre at CSIC. The ILL is the library key quality’s indicator.

Over the last years, the flow of internal transactions among CSIC libraries has dropped 35% compared for 2001-2003, due to the technological development and the collective contracting by CSIC of the large packages of electronic resources which the main publishers. Nevertheless the number of documents supplied to other institutions, has remained stable. The level of use increase of total transactions between 2009 and 2010 is only 2.1%, by the other hand, decrease in 2009 is 5.8% and 2010 even increase is 6.3%. The level is similar at 2007, so we think this service has stabilized.

During 2011, total transaction was 3,707 (supplied and requested.) Of which 3,272 documents were delivered (7 % lower than 2010); of these 1,592 being supplied to CSIC’s library Network (2.5% lower than 2010) and 1,680 to other institutions (11.4% lower than 2010). Whereas 435 documents (4.8% higher than 2010) were requested from other libraries, of which 225 (7.1% higher than 2010) came from CSIC's network and 210 documents (2,4% higher than 2010) from other institutions. 43 % documents requested from other libraries were supplied by Subito.

During 2012, total transaction was 3,939 (both supplied and requested.) Of which 3,419 documents were delivered (4.5 % higher than 2011); of these 1,773 being supplied to CSIC’s library Network (11.3% higher than 2011) and 1,648 to other institutions (2 % higher than 2009). Whereas 520 documents (16.3 higher than 2011) were requested from other libraries, of which 239 (6 % higher than 2011) came from CSIC's network and 281 (33.8 % higher than 2011) from other institutions, with 30 % documents came from Subito.

The number of book loaned to users was 89 in 2011 and 75 in 2012.The decrease of book loaned will be due to the eBooks.

  Supply and dissemination of e-resources access

The Links to online resources are negotiated by IP’s recognition. There are two independent information access points one for e-journals and another one for e-Books. These links are provided by the Management System "A to Z," creating an ubiquitous and unique access point that provides quick, easy permanent links to the library’s own resources, the CSIC’s general resources, as well as those of the free access

The "A to Z" holds 23,518 resources; of which 8,614 are e_journals, and 14,904 ebooks. All of the current subscriptions are online available

Our users are used to the application (e_journals and e-Books). 30,411 sessions were been made in 2011 and 27,128 in 2012. Whereas 10,412 searches have been made in 2011 and the searches in 2012 increased up to 14,894. The number of pages visited per session is decreasing.
Whereas the number of session decreased, moreover the searches didn’t hardly change.
This tool has been the main access point to electronic journals.

In late 2011, the launched through VPN access to all the electronic resources as a stable connection from outside the institution, in collaboration with the Institute. Our main purpose is to save the mouse clicks and provide our users with more relevant links, selecting the sites which supply more coverage, so, the can compete with Google, in any way.

Databases The most used databases are el Scifinder and ISI Web of Knowledge.

  Standard Management

The has been continued the work of technical process, collections control, organization of holding and signaling, etc.

•  Training Programmes and Courses

07-08/06/2011 - M_biblioteca en el bolsillo (la web 3.0)

•  Conferences, Workshops and Seminars

Organization of Scientific Events

23/09/2011 - Visit to the : The night of the invesitadores - Institute of Physical Chemistry Rocasolano

18-17/04/2012 - “ in the service of innovation throughout its history "/ Poster: IV Conference of the CSIC Library Network - CSIC. Central Organization