In the core of research

Abstract

Nowadays, the University Library is conceived as a resources-based Service oriented to learning, teaching and research, as well as to the running and management of the whole University. In this sense, one of the Library missions consist in making easier and disseminating the information resources, and also in cooperating with the knowledge creation processes, in order to contribute to achieve the University goals.

As a result, new library activities have been implemented through the analysis of the patrons’ needs: the Research Support service has been set up in many of them in order to offer a range of services for researchers in all the stages of the research process.

This contribution presents the actions currently developed by the author with a focus on the needs of the researchers, analyzes the current trends around this topic and discusses some factors that might mark their development in coming years.