The final newsletter of the year is here! It's astonishing how a year passes in the blink of an eye. Have you reviewed last year's resolutions? Are you crafting new ones? Reflecting on Suna Kıraç Library's journey, 2023 has been a year of remarkable achievements. Check out the highlights below. Wishing you a joyful New Year and as one says, see you next year!
The Highlights of 2023
Exhibition for the Republic’s 100th Anniversary
In celebration of the Republic's 100th anniversary, as Suna Kıraç Library we curated jointly with ANAMED the exhibition 'Illuminating the Future - Reconstruction of Higher Education in the Early Years of the Republic, 1923-1946' initially displayed at ANAMED Gallery from February to May, and now permanently housed at Koç University Campus, Semahat – Dr. Nursel Arsel (SNA) Building, Law Faculty entrance.
Book Swap and Textbook Swap Initiatives for Sustainability
In line with the UN SDGs and sustainable consumer behaviors, we launched Book Swap and Textbook Swap initiatives, providing 134 books to 85 students. The distributed books, valued at around $11,000, facilitated the reentry of used books into circulation, curbing the necessity for new purchases and promoting natural resource conservation.
A New Digital Collection: Keskin Color Postcard Collection
The Keskin Color Postcard Collection is now accessible on Koç University Digital Collections. It comprises around 30,000 archival materials with digital access to nearly 6,000 postcards, features photos taken by the founders, Naci Keskin and Abdullah Keskin. Spanning from 1950 to 2000, it stands as a valuable resource for Turkey's visual memory.
The First Integrated Class Tutorial & Researcher Development Program
This year for the first time we prepared an integrated class tutorial on Qualtrics for MAVA students. Meanwhile, we continue our Library Research Development programs to support research at KU.
Read & Publish Agreements
We continued to support Open Access by signing 6 Open Access Agreements with Cambridge University Press, ACS, ACM, IOP, Oxford University Press and Wiley.
MELCom International 44th Annual Conference
This year, we successfully organized the 44th annual MELCom International Conference from April 25th to 27th, 2023, at Koç University AKMED Library in Antalya, hosting 67 in-person attendees from 20 countries and approximately 20 online participants, with a total of 25 presentations featured.
International Library Staff Week
This year, we organized the 4th International Library Staff Week between May 8-12, 2023, with the theme "Open Knowledge to Share: Access, Culture, Scholarship" bringing together 25 professional library staff from 19 institutions and 13 countries.
Provincial Health Directorate Internship Protocol & Suna Kıraç Library Program
As Suna Kıraç Library and Health Sciences Library, we organized a two-day program on May 4-5 under the Internship Protocol between the Provincial Health Directorate and Koç University, covering diverse topics on librarianship with approximately 120 daily participants.
Treasure Gallery Series
The Treasure Gallery Series that we have started in 2021, for the introducing the variety of subjects that Koç University Libraries cover in 2021, continued without interruption in 2023. This year we have covered the following themes; The Journey of Higher Education on the 100th Anniversary of the Republic, Byzantine Studies in Republican Turkey, The Sun of Anatolia "Hittites".
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Library Researcher Development Program
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The December calendar for the Library Researcher Development Program (LRDP) is now available, and registrations are open. The first week of December is all about Research Tools: Qualtrics, Mendeley, EndNote, and Zotero. Then, in the second week, “Systematic Reviews in Health Sciences” seminar will be held, and you will learn useful information on the steps to be followed from the beginning of the systematic review process to the writing stage. We will end the 2023 Library Researcher Development Program (LRDP) with the “Mastering the Research Analytics” seminar. Here is the complete December Program .
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Trial Database: O’Reilly for Higher Education
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The Library offers trial access to O'Reilly for Higher Education platform until 15 December 2023.
O'Reilly for Higher Education digital platform includes more than 49,000 books, over 30,000 hours of video, and resources such as case studies and expert playlists from the world’s leading publishers in business and technology. Topics range from programming, cybersecurity, project management, communications, and presentation skills.
The steps to access the platform are:
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Click on the access link and select "Institution not listed."
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Enter an email address with the institution domain (ku.edu.tr)
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Click "Let's Go."
For further questions, please e-mail at liberesources@ku.edu.tr.
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A Digital Exhibition of the Sun of Anatolia "Hittite" Theme
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Suna Kıraç Library 10th Treasure Gallery Series is progressing at full speed with the Sun of Anatolia "Hittite" theme. The second digital exhibition of the theme etitled "Neo-Hittite City States" has been meticulously curated by Ufuk Öney, Koç University Archaeology and History of Art student. You can now explore this exhibition on the Digital Exhibition page. Our heartfelt thanks go to Ufuk Öney for creating this impressive exhibition.
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Explore Archive Materials in the Cabinet of Archives
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Visit the Cabinet of Archives! Explore selections from our archive materials in the glass cabinets on the entrance and ground floors of the Suna Kıraç Library. A different selection will be showcased every month. Check Suna Kıraç Library's social media every Friday to discover details about an object in the Cabinet of Archives.
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📖 The 10th Treasures Series the Sun of Anatolia “Hittites” Theme Talk: Prof. Dr. Andreas Schachner (German Archaeological Institute), Throughout the Ages, Hattusa. On Tuesday, December 2 at 18:30-20:00 via Zoom
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Suna Kıraç Library Welcomed Library Technologies Expert Marshall Breeding
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Suna Kıraç Library hosted Marshall Breeding, who is an independent consultant, speaker, and author specializing on library technologies. With eight books to his credit and a longstanding role as editor and contributor for the Smart Libraries Newsletter published by the ALA, and authoring the Library Systems Report, Breeding shared his expertise at an event hosted at ANAMED Auditorium, attended by over 30 librarians from various libraries and library-related businesses.
During the first segment of the event, Breeding’s presentation provided an overview of latest trends and developments in library systems, as well as other technological trends which effect the libraries and users closely, such as AI, open source, academic discovery tools, collaborative infrastructure, etc. Following the presentation, a Q&A and discussion session provided attendees with the opportunity to engage further.
Please visit our Youtube channel to watch the video recording of the meeting.
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ANKOSLink is an international conference that has been gathering all necessary resources since the early 2000s to keep track of the latest developments, develop new services, and improve existing services under one roof. This year, the ANKOSLink conference was held in Antalya with the theme "Rethinking University Libraries in the 100th Year of the Republic". The topics discussed by prominent figures in the field during the three-day conference included the impact of artificial intelligence on university libraries, changing teaching methods, persistent identifiers and access to information, research assessment systems, the importance of consortium studies, institutional academic publishing, open science and open access, developments in publishing, new learning platforms, the sharing economy, and sharing models.
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INCONECSS Community Meeting
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SKL reference librarian Ebru Gönül Türk delivered a presentation titled “AI Age: New Skills for Reference Librarians” on November 13, 2023, at the INCONECSS Community Meeting in partnership with ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics. During this presentation, discussions revolved around the evolving role of reference librarians in the context of emerging technologies, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence.
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International Games Month Event
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For those unfamiliar with SKL's International Games Month (IGM) event, a quick overview: National Games Day, launched in 2007, aimed to set a world record for simultaneous gameplay at libraries globally. Evolving into International Games Day (IGD) in 2012, International Games Week (IGW) in 2017, and, finally, International Games Month in 2022. Suna Kıraç Library joyfully participates in this international event for the seventh time since 2017. Over three days, board games took center stage in the Library's Seminar Room. IGM seeks to reconnect communities through the educational, recreational, and social values of various games, fostering skills like communication, critical thinking, and negotiation. Beyond these benefits, playing board games offers a captivating stress-relief method after a demanding exam period!
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IOP Publishing (IOPP) has partnered with TaskAdept, a leader in improving publication ethics by driving forward standards of ethics and data statements with a free online ethics statement generation tool: EthicsGen. The tool supports authors to create correctly worded ethics statements to speed submissions through peer review and match the statement criteria of an author’s journal of choice, freeing precious time to concentrate on research. The statements will make it easier for reviewers to read and assess the content.
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100 Notable Books of 2023
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