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The following section outlines the main activities of the UV Library and Documentation Services.

Library collections [+ info]

I. To offer an array of information resources suited to the teaching, learning, and research needs of the university community.

Loan services [+ info]

II. To provide an effective loan service (general, interlibrary, intercampus, at the office, Buval, etc.) according to current regulations.

Training [+ info]

III. To offer the university community training activities and materials on library resources and services and on digital skilIs, both online and face-to-face.

User services [+ info]

IV. To answer questions raised by any user about the operation of the library services, in person, by telephone and online (La Biblioteca Respon, e­-mail, XatUV and social networks).

Installations, facilities, and opening hours [+ info]

V. To provide suitable, well-equipped (e.g. with computers, internet access, Wi-Fi, laptop loans, etc.) areas for individual study and group work, depending on the available resources.

VI. To offer a regular 12-hour schedule, Monday through Friday during the school period, with the exception of the Botanical Garden Library, the Historic Medical Library, and the Ontinyent Campus Library. In addition, the Humanities Library will be open on weekends from October to June.

Web-based services [+ info]

VII. To provide the following services through the SBD website:

Dissemination of material from the Rare Books Collection [+ info]

VIII. To disseminate documents housed in the Rare Books Collection of the UV libraries through the SOMNI digital library, in accordance with applicable law.

Institutional repository [+ info]

IX. To collect, conserve, and disseminate digitalized scientific, institutional, or teaching documents written by members of the University community through the RODERIC respository.

Accessibility [+ info]

X. To offer accessible library spaces along with personalized services, special loan conditions, and equipment adapted to the specific needs of people with functional diversity/disabilities in order to guarantee equal opportunity.

Support for research and scientific publishing [+ info]

XI. To provide specialized support services to UV researchers.

  • To support the management of personal bibliographies: bibliographic management tools, international citation standards, etc.
  • To provide requests for articles in PDF format from printed journals from the Universitat de València library collections.
  • To provide guidance for publication & dissemination
  • To participate in the DIALNET cooperative project (data extraction from journals, book chapters, conference presentations and posters, citations and review of profiles, etc.)
  • To advise on accreditation and assessment processes.
  • To advise on accreditation and evaluation processes.
  • To produce bibliometric reports.
  • To develop research evaluation reports.
  • Development and maintenance of journal selection too/s.
  • To maintain the Research Support Portal.
  • To manage grants for open access publishing.

XII. To provide support services for scientific publishing.

  • To provide support for the electronic publication of scientific journals produced by the UV through the OJS {Open Journal System}.
  • To inform UV publishers about the ISSN identification system.
  • To manage the DOI assignment of UV journal articles published through OJS.
  • To provide guidance to publishers on how to disseminate an electronic journal.
  • To inform users about the quality criteria of scientific journals and their inclusion in evaluation indexes.