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Quality indicators


Quality indicators data Quality indicators data 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010
 

SERVICE

COMMITMENT

INDICATOR

1 Access and Consultation of documentary resources needed for learning, teaching and researching

We guarantee access to the basic bibliography facilitated by the academic staff

We offer extensive opening hours

We offer adapted tools and space work for users with special needs.

Annual Opening Days

Weekly opening hours

Number of adapted equipment

 

 
2 Areas and equipment for individual or group work and training rooms.

We provide well-equipped areas for individual or group work

We offer adapted tools and space work for users with special needs

Number of places for individual work

Number of places for group work

Number of places adapted for users with special needs

 
3 Computers, infrastructure for use of laptops and equipment to facilitate watching videos and listening to audio resources We provide a constantly updated computer equipment following UAB Computing Service criteria Number of computers available to users

Toal number of refurbished PC

 
4 We attend to enquiries and provide information through the service Pregunt@

We answer all queries about library services and resources in a personalized way either at the counter, by e-mail or by phone. At Pregunt@, we answer your queries within two working days

We answer all suggestions or complaints that you make either at the counter, by e-mail or by phone

We give daily notifications, via e-mail, on requested documents that we've received

Percentage of queries processed in Pregunt@ a maximum of two working days

Number of queries received in Pregunt@









 
5 Information dissemination through the website, guides and blogs

We give monthly updates about new acquisitions on our website

We give notifications on programmed changes and news by means of posters and/or on the website, at least five days in advance

We keep our website updated

We regularly organize exhibitions to show special library collections

Annual number of library new acquisitions lists

Annual number of visits to library website and blogs

Annual number of organized exhibitions






 
6 Loan of documents and technological equipment We offer 75% of our holdings available for lending

Annual number of loans

Ratio loan per user per year

Percentage of library holdings available on loan


 
 
7 We can obtain documents from libraries that are not at the UAB through the Interlibrary Loan service

We provide access to documents from libraries on other campuses (Bellaterra, Sabadell or hospital teaching units) on request

We provide material requested through interlibrary loans from external libraries within an average of four days, from any Catalan University Library, and after an average of ten days from other libraries around the world

Time average for receipt of the orders requested by UAB to external libraries












 
8 Training sessions to learn about the services, resources and facilities of the libraries and the best way to use them

We offer introductory sessions on the use of the library and the use of tools and resources on specialized information

Annual number of introductory courses

Annual number of specialized courses

User satisfaction level in relation to training


 
 
9 Selection and acquisition of documents for UAB libraries based on your requests

We welcome your proposals on purchases

Annual number of library acquisitions

Average time of reception of documents purchased

 
10 Remote access to a wide collection of digital resources and online transactions (reservations, renewals) from the website www.uab.cat/bib We guarantee a permanent availability of computer servers, and the resolution of 80% of incidences within 48 hours Time average of incidences resolution

 
11 Open access publication of scientific, educational and administrative productions from the university community We offer a platform for digital publishing for scientific, educational and administrative production Annual number of new documents in DDD

 
 
General
We perform periodic surveys to measure and assess your satisfaction about the services provided by libraries Minimum of 3 on a 5-level scale
 
 

 

 

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