University Library (UB)
The assignment of the University Library is to provide extensive educational support for the teachers and students. This support entails making literature accessible, providing information literacy support and acting as an educational and didactic support for the teachers as well as offering the students an inspiring study environment. In addition, the library also provides an expanding publication support service for researchers. It is also the workplace library for all university staff.
Library services and educational support
This department provides instruction and support for students and staff in information retrieval skills, academic writing and accessing talking books. We are also responsible for customer support at the library information desks, user interaction and learning environments. We offer internal support functions in the areas of coordination, planning and project support.
Research Related Services
This department works with the digital publication of dissertations and reports in DiVA, registration of research publications in DiVA for distribution to national and international systems, archiving and bibliometric analysis. The department also provides support to researchers and doctoral students. This includes assistance with systematic literature searches, reference-management system support and tools for Internet publication channel selection.
Information Supply and Acquisitions
This department handles all matters concerning media acquisition and distribution to the students, teachers and researchers of the university. This includes the selection and procurement of databases, journals, required reading material and other literature as well as running the inter-library loan service. The department also ensures that the collections of the university are searchable and accessible, both on-campus and online.
Saman Rashid
Library Director