Nove uloge biblioteke u visokom obrazovanju (primjer Biblitečko informacionog centra EFSA)
New library role in high education

Summary/Abstract: Higher education as a sector of social importance, is constantly subject to pressure caused by changes in social, political and educational system. The reform of the higher education system in BiH, the emergence of competition with private colleges and universities, are factors that create constant pressure to higher education institutions in creating new competitive advantages. Libraries as support services for teaching and scientific processes at colleges, adapt to new tasks and roles in the system of higher education. Depending on the type and size of the library, as well as the size and structure of its user population there can be defined group of the most important roles for libraries. The paper presents an example of Library and Information Centre (LIC) focusing on its educational role, its role in the accreditation processes, as well as the roles and tasks created and redefined by introducing of the Bologna system. Improvement of library services does not imply only more space and fund enrichment and new facilities, but also qualitative improvement of existing services, and the ongoing education in new fields. The methodology of scientific research, copyright, plagiarism, creation and maintenance of an electronic repository, indexing of publications, are just some of the areas where the LIC provides the necessary support to the educational and scientific processes at the Faculty through the development of library competence for new services. Achieving competitiveness in terms of providing certificates awarded by national and international accreditation organizations, as well as continuous self-evaluation, requires mandatory inclusion of libraries in preparation to meet the requirements for accreditation processes.

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