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The Rector Gabriel Ferraté Library (BRGF) at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) has recently launched an electronic books lending service. This paper describes the experience of evaluating the e-book readers in the current market, the content to be made available on these devices, and how well they actually work, as well as the results of 2 months of ongoing service. Finally, it points to short-term future actions with all four copies of iRex iLiad 2nd Edition available in the library.

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In the context of the knowledge society, it is necessary that university libraries understand that their challenges are correlated with the strategic sectors of national and regional economic development: University, State and Industry. The article seeks to generate an analysis of the relationship between R&D development and economic development, and of the strategic importance of enhancing industrial clusters through the university library as part of the third mission of universities.

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The concept of a library must be revised periodically, whenever the evolutionary process produces a truly transcendental change. The present is one such point in time. A new model for a university library is described, one that has emerged in response to two types of changes: those required by the information society and those needed for the development of a European Space for Higher Education (ESHE). In keeping with these requirements, a hybrid university library is now developing, whose management is based on the philosophy of globalization, the use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs), cooperation, and the quality of services provided

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The results of a study on the situation of digital identity of the research community of the University of A Coruña are presented. The universe has been established with the faculty members listed in the university’s research catalog, and their presence in Orcid, ResearcherID, Scopus Author, Google Scholar Citations, ResearchGate and Mendeley was examined. The results show that the presence should be increased, but compared with others found in the literature, it can be assessed as positive. The role that researchers, the university library and the university must assume in this issue is suggested.