Annual Report 2010 - Fachgruppe Informatik an der RWTH Aachen ...

What you can find in our library
• More than 36000 monographs and conference proceedings recorded in an online public
access catalogue (OPAC)
• “Handapparate”: Required readings for the courses, compiled by professors for their
students, accessible on special shelves
• All diploma theses of our department recorded in a separate database
• Complete stock of the Springer “Lecture Notes in Computer Science” up to Volume 3000
as well as “Informatik-Fachberichte / Informatik Aktuell” until 2005; only selected titles
after that. Additionally we have complete digital access to all LNCS-Volumes since 1997
• More than 300 journals
• Always up to date: Magazines like Aachener Nachrichten,PC Magazin, National
Geographic, Die ZEIT,...
• Annual reports from domestic and foreign universities
• Service for department staff: Books and articles not available on site are procured from
the central university library or from international library supplies
• Literature search training in online databases and catalogues for computer science students
in connection with their proseminars and seminars; individually prepared exercises for
each participant and his/her topic
• Website containing plenty of information on our stock and interesting computer science
links
• 3 internet workstations and 60 comfortable work places; separate student group work
spaces
• Large Open-Air-Reading-Room with another 50 work places
• Scanner and copier
• Guided tours through the library for new members of our department providing
information on our services
• Friendly and qualified consulting and assistance for our visitors
• Up-to-date press reviews on computer science, student life and the RWTH Aachen
Highlights
In the past twelve months, several events took place that marked important developments for
our library:
1. New magazine: Additional room for storage was assigned to the library in September
2010: We can use the “magazine” of the underground floor that was previously used by
the University library and is now free. This move will allow us to create a lot of new
working places for our students, transforming the library into a center of learning (and not
just reading). Also the display of books will be organized in a much more efficient and
attractive way, since many old (and very rarely used) volumes can be shifted to the
underground magazine. The process of reorganizing the library will take several months.
2. New books: The library of the Computing Center (Rechen- und Kommunikationszentrum)
is being integrated into the stock of the Computer Science library. This transfer of books
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