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PUBLIC LIBRARY IN CLUJ NAPOCA

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PROFILE

The Pilot will be done over 10.000 items over e total of 700.000, and will involve at least 500 permanent visitors over a total of 50.000 registered and 340.000 visitors per year. The library is based in a new building (see the photo on the web).
Public reading has been part of the Cluj cultural tradition since the Sixths century. The "Octavian Goga" Cluj County Library inherited this tradition and has managed, through the years, to develop its encyclopaedic collections and its user-oriented services, becoming today one of the largest and most important county public libraries in Romania.




1992 the Cluj County library is named Octavian Goga, after the poet.
Library stock starts being computer processed
1997 the first Communitarian Information Centre from Romania is founded
1999
2001
Participates in the co-ordination of the National Program for Development and Computer - Assisted Services in Public Libraries.
The high speed Metropolitan Network is put into use, connecting the central premises to all its branches in the town.
2002 The new children's section and the Play and Learn corner are opened, and the new library premises are opened.
The first Nato Centre for Public Information in Romania is opened
2003 the president of Romania, Ion Iliescu, and the prime minister, Adrian Nastase visit the library

Octavian Goga STATISTICS (2003)

LIBRARY STOCK: 710.358 items

Books (volumes): 658.989
Manuscripts: 619
Audio-visual items: 16.797
CD-ROMs: 331
Other than books: 33.621

ITEMS ACQUIRED: 13.277

Books and periodicals: 11.035
Audio-visual items: 744
CD-ROMs: 40

LIBRARY SERVICES:

Stock items for loan:
85%
Free computer access available on: 39 pc

USERS AND USER POLICY:

Registered users:

50.125
(17 % of local population)
Active users:
20.122
 
Lent documents:
574.784
 
Amount of information and reference given:
101.333
 
Library visits:
339.481
 
Virtual visits:
6.085
 
Users/day: an average of
1.352
 
Visits/external library services:
4.532
 
Reservation of documents:
2.662
 
Long distance services (telephone, fax, mail):
4.532
(requests)
Cultural events and programs:
64
 
Exhibitions:
189
 
Average time for document processing:
26
(days)

LIBRARY STAFF: 88 employees

Librarians:
72
Others: 16

 

PILOT SITES

WORKSTATION
Librarian Desk WS
1
Self Ticketing WS
2
Tagging WS
1
Shelves Management WS
1
Access Control Gate 90 cm.
1
ITEMS
Tagged Volumes
10.000
Pilot Users 1.000