Video presenting the digitization activity
Laboratory staff
- Robert Bodnar - head of digitization office
- Lucia Hosu - system engineer
- Mihai Florea - it is a computer scientist
- Cristian Gocan - system engineer
- Felix Floca - librarian
- Géczi Róbert - librarian
- Dana Căprar - librarian
- Imecs Agnes - librarian
- Geczi Orsolya - librarian
- Gherman Ioachim - librarian
About the computerization of the library
- 1992
- coaxial network of PCs, with the network operating system Novell v.3.11;
- the first bibliographic databases in Procite v.1.4;
- personnel-payroll application in Foxpro.
- 1993
- databases in Foxpro v.2.6 for the record of books and periodicals;
- editing in WP v.5.1 of catalog sheets and listing on laser printer; computer editing of the accompanying books' notes;
- access to information on CD-ROMs.
- 1994
- application in Foxpro for international exchange.
- 1995
- bibliographic databases in Procite v.2;
- setting up the on-line catalog using the integrated VUBIS library system;
- Internet connection through a dedicated telephone line to the RoEduNet network.
- 1996
- on-line access to external bibliographic databases - Academic Dialog (via Internet);
- automated loan by using the VUBIS circulation module, barcoding loan fund publications (February-September) and issuing foiled badges (October).
- 1997
- change from coaxial network cabling of 10 Mb/s to the network with twisted pair cable of 100 Mb/s.
- 1998
- subscription to the InfoTrac database (General Bussiness File, Expand Academic) and Engineering Village.
- 1999
- implementation of a new integrated library system ALEPH 500 v.11, with 20 licenses for librarians and 10 for the public (August);
- bibliographic databases in Procite v.4 under Windows 95;
- Internet access to the ALEPH on-line catalogue from the library's website;
- connection to the UBB network via optical fiber.
- 2000
- a new Multimedia Room (April);
- on-line access to the EBSCO database (Academic Search Elite, Business Source Premiere, Newspaper Source Plus) through a SOROS project;
- UN information point;
- access to 12 electronic journals with full text (Elsevier publishing house);
- online access via the Internet to internal bibliographic databases using the Web Poster application.
- 2001
- Internet connection via radio station.
- 2002
- changing the version of the integrated library system to ALEPH version v.14 (February-March);
- bibliographic databases in Procite v.5;
- additional connection to the Internet via fiber optics (from March 1).
- 2003
- on-line access to the JSTOR database. Arts Science Collection, paid by the Faculty of History and Philosophy, for 2003-2004;
- public access to the Lex legislative base.
- 2004
- on-line access to ProQuest databases;
- creation of CD-ROMs with their own bibliographic bases;
- access to the legis legislative basis.
- 2005
- extension of the Aleph system through the acquisition of additional licenses (12 for librarians and 14 for the public);
- use of the way of movement at branches, for the record of loans and refunds (Zoology, Animal Physiology, Environmental Science and Austrian Library);
- on-line access to SpringerLink databases;
- integration into the Romanian virtual catalogue in science and technology;
- the endowment by UBB with a new server for the integrated library system.
- 2006
- changing the version of the integrated library system with ALEPH version v.16 (February) - with interfaces in the following languages: Romanian, English and Hungarian
- access to World Bank databases.
- 2007
- wireless networks for professors and researchers.
- 2008
- Internet access on the personal laptops for students;
- access to the digital library;
- Online reservations for publications from the loan fund.
- 2009
- Change of the aleph library system version to 18.01;
- creation of electronic guide in the library central building;
- CD-ROM creation with the Adrian Marino Bio-bibliography.
- 2010
- launch of the digital library through the DSpace interface.
- 2011
- opening the EDS single search portal - EBSCO Discovery Service;
- integration of the Digital Library into the OAISTER Database and into the Worldcat;
- online extensions for publications from the loan fund.
- 2012
- HelpDesk service - Ask the librarian;
- online requests from closed warehouses;
- remote pre-registration of new users.
- 2013
- remote access to the full text of the documents in the subscribed databases, through the EDS portal;
- changing the aleph library system version to 20.01;
- issuance of a library permit in the form of a card;
- digitizing the contents of books at the Physical Education Library.
- 2014
- integration of the online catalogue in WorldCat (OCLC);
- enabling the Interface in German for the online catalogue;
- standardization of all e-mail addresses.
- 2015
- the integration of the digital library in Europeana;
- enabling the German-language interface for the Dspace digital library;
- remote access to the full text of the documents in the subscribed comic book, individually on a selected database, based on the library permit;
- import of own BD (ProCite) in Aleph – CUC02 database – Bibliographies BCU Cluj;
- changing the version of the EDS portal, with the Fulltext Finder option for retrieving the full text of documents from other databases.
- 2016
- activation of RIS format in OPAC;
- import into the online catalog of 2,066 e-book titles;
- website change.
- 2017
- wireless network (separate) for readers;
- the doi award service;
- remote reservation of seats in the reading rooms of the headquarters.
- 2018
- implementation of the project 1918 Transilvania 100+;
- changing the version of the Aleph 500 integrated library system to v. 23;
- creation of the website of the Transylvanian School;
- introducing an account management application for the new desktop copiers.
- 2019
- completing the descriptions in the online catalog with English topics from the authority file globally and updating to WorldCat;
- mentioning in the online catalog the processed documents for visually impaired readers, in collaboration with the CATA center;
- online registration of readers and inclusion of the photo in the Aleph database.
- 2020
- massive project of digitizing the works recommended in the bibliographies of courses at "Babeş-Bolyai" University (over 25,000 documents, 7.4 million pages) and making them public through a new application, with access based on the library permit;
- creation of the website The Historical Bibliography of Romania 1994-2010;
- implementation of pandemic-specific measures (extended loan, self-check restitution, automatic quarantine of publications).
- 2021
- commissioning the Synology storage system;
- the implementation of the Exchange referrals in Aleph;
- the import into the online catalog of 14,798 e-book titles with full-text access;
- the import of the Bistro 1994-2010, AIR 2015 and AIR 2016 databases into the Aleph bibliographies database (CUC02);
- the implementation of the online payment service through ghişeul.ro;
- opening the Perma.cc long-term archiving services for web pages/electronic documents, through a partnership with the Harvard Law Library;
- the configuration of 100 computers donated by the Yardi Company.