Boğaziçi Library, 2019 Boğaziçi University http://www.boun.edu.tr

Boğaziçi University Library, 2019

HISTORY

• Established as an American . • Robert College was founded in in 1863 • First American school outside USA. • In 1971, higher education division was transferred to the Turkish government. • On September 10, 1971, Bogazici University was officially established . • Most prestigous and well known university of in global academic environment

Boğaziçi University Library, 2019 Academic Units • Faculties: Faculty of Arts and Sciences Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Faculty of Education Faculty of Engineering • Schools: School of Foreign Languages School of Applied Disciplines • Graduate Institutes: Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Institute of Biomedical Engineering Institute of Environmental Sciences Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute Institute of Science and Engineering Institute of Social Sciences • 23 research and Application Centers

Boğaziçi University Library, 2019 The Library

Boğaziçi University Library, 2019 THE LıBRARY

 Robert College was founded by Dr. . The library consisted of 200 books donated by .  In 1863 when Robert College was founded by Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, the library’s book stock, housed in an old building at Bebek  When Bogazici University established in 1971 the number of books exceeded 100, 000.  The library was moved to its present location on the North Campus in 1983  The building was named after the university’s founding rector Aptullah Kuran in 1999  11,000 m² closed area with a capacity of 1,200 seats

Boğaziçi University Library, 2019 THE COLLECTION

 B.U Library has always been a pioneer library

 Houses a total of 710.000 physical items

 515.656 books, 151.017 periodicals, 3.614.217 e-books, 84.112 e-journals...

 Approximately 10,000 new books are purchased and 15,000 donated books are added to the collection every year.

Boğaziçi University Library, 2019 SUB-COLLECTIONS

 General Collection: Consists of 349.128 books, mainly in English and Turkish.

 Near East Collection: This collection contains 121.955 items, composed of the Republic of Turkey, the and the sources of the Near East civilizations in particular.

 Reference Collection: Reference sources such as Encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, biographies as well as theses and research reports. All the students thesis are available online.

 Periodicals & e-Resources: 244 printed and 84.876 e-journals, 4.731.000 e-books and newspapers - microfilm archive, 171 databases, 24 e-book databases and several online reference resources.

 Rare Books Collection: Dating back to the 16th century, 28.325 manuscripts and printed works is not served in open-shelf system. The service is subject to special rules.

Boğaziçi University Library, 2019 SUB-COLLECTIONS

 Audio-Visual Collection: A valuable collection of classical, jazz, ethnic and rock music; movies, documentaries and educational video. And more then 2500 records from Robert College

 Braille Collection: Consists of 2,283books written with Braille alphabet and 650 recorded audio books. There are specially equipped reading and recording rooms, plus a study hall dedicated to visually handicapped.

 U.S. Historical Documents: Consists of 2,500 volumes of books covering 18th-20th century about USA. The collection includes the U.S. Congressional Series Set (1833-1867), the Foreign Relations of the (1862 - 1868), Presidential Papers, as well as a wide range of historical documents related to the foundation of the U.S

Boğaziçi University Library, 2019 AN AVARAGE DAY

 4,500 people walk in  690 books are borrowed, 35 books are reserved (placed hold)  198 items from electronic course materials and 3,430 articles/books from databases are being read.  Working hours: Our library is open 24 hours everyday (9:00 – 17:30 during 6 weeks of summer break)

Study halls are open 7/24

Boğaziçi University Library, 2019 Boğaziçi University Library, 2019 SERVICES

 Off-Campus Access to e-resources 7/24  National and international ILL Borrower & lender in OCLC ILL system  2 SelfCheck stations for borrowing and returning items  Patron self-service: renew hold, cancel, more  2 computerised + 1 manual microform scanning devices  Electronic course reserves, accesible 7/24  In-house binding and restoration department for worn books  Lending laptops, individual and group study rooms (e-book readers considered)  Full Wi-Fi coverage in library and campus

Boğaziçi University Library, 2019 Boğaziçi University Library, 2019 TECHNOLOGY & STANDARDS

 Cataloging: LC Classification, LCSH, AACR2, full-level MARC, started RDA (Resource Description and Accessas) of 2014  Sierra Innovative Library System since 1995  Unicode, multi-alphabet compatible catalog  3M Self Check  SUMMON Discovery tools  Syndetic Solutions catalog enrichment service for OPAC

Boğaziçi University Library, 2019 Boğaziçi University Library, 2019 LıNKS

 Library homepage http://www.library.boun.edu.tr

 150th year web page http://www.library.boun.edu.tr/150/eng/

 YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/BoUnLibrary

 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bounlibrary/

Boğaziçi University Library, 2019