The Library of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and its work with Open Science

The article describes the library of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and its work with Open Science. It gives a brief overview over the university and the library and presents the new organisational structure of the library. Afterwards, important strategy documents and guidelines for Open Science, Open Access, and Research Data Management at NTNU are introduced and the practical work with it is described. In the end, a selection of other projects and focus areas are mentioned


The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in a nutshell
NTNU is a public university in Norway, with its headquarter campus in Trondheim and two regional campuses in Gjøvik and Ålesund. NTNU was inaugurated by the King-in-Council in 1996 as a result of the merger of several higher education institutions, but its roots go back to 1760 with the foundation of The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. In 2016, three former university colleges were incorporated as well. Now, the university is the largest one in Norway in terms of enrolment. As of November 2022, the university had 43,422 registered students, and almost 10 per cent are international students, coming from 122 countries. NTNU comprises eight faculties, 55 departments and the University Museum. About 9,000 employees were working at the university in the end of 2022. NTNU has the main national responsibility for education and research in engineering and technology. In addition, a broad selection of study programmes (398 altogether) is offered in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, economics, medicine, health sciences, education, architecture, entrepreneurship, and fine and performaning arts. The university is very proud of its two professors Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser who received the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 2014. More information about NTNU can be found on its homepage at www.ntnu.no. For many years the library has been transforming some of its spaces into innovative learning areas and informal meeting places. The students love to use those spaces (See figure 1).

The Library of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
In 2010, 2012 and 2015, the so-called Emtacl conference was organised by our library. Emtacl stands for Emerging Technologies in Academic Libraries and was a technology-oriented conference for information professionals working in higher education. Unfortunately, the library was not able to continue organising this conference. In June 2023, the library will be the host for the EAHIL conference/workshop (EAHIL=European Association for Health Information and Libraries). 1

New organisational structure of NTNU University Library
Academic and research libraries are facing lots of challenges. Open Access publishing, research data management and artificial intelligence are only a few topics that the libraries should take responsibility for and help shape. Against this background it became apparent that the organisational structure of our library did not meet the requirements for a future-oriented university library anymore. In particular, necessa-  More about that in the following chapters. NTNU University Library is the point of contact and coordination of Open Science at our university, in collaboration with other administrative departments, the faculties and institutes.
In the beginning of 2023, a so-called "Development Plan for Open Science 2023-     DOI: 10.15460/apimagazin.2023.4.2.151 research data, NTNU Open Research Data. This repository is for open data from all fields and disciplines, and it is part of DataverseNO, which is operated by UiT -The Arctic University of Norway. DataverseNO is a Core Trust Certified repository and assigns DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) to data sets. All data sets will be curated before publication. The central support service for research data management at NTNU is called "Research Data @NTNU". The University Library and the IT department collaborate to support NTNU's researchers and students with their research data management, and Research Data @NTNU is the contact point for faculties and institutes at the university. The university library provides regular courses on all aspects of research data management, both in the Virtual Library and on request from university institutes and research groups. NTNU also provides a Data Storage Guide that helps to select the correct solution for storage and processing of information, including research data. Last but not least, there is a project that is supported by the National Library of Norway for one year and will start in September 2023. It is called "Data Management Plans: a Support Package for Norwegian Higher Education Libraries". Several institutions in Norway, among other NTNU University Library, will collaborate on developing resources, tools and guidance that support preparing and writing data management plans.

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A selection of other projects and focus areas at NTNU University Library 7.1 Systematic literature reviews After having changed our organisational structure, the new section for research support, data and analysis established a "systematic review team". The colleagues are responsible for giving support to researchers and PhD candidates who need to perform systematic literature reviews. During the last years the number of requests for help has increased, and more and more researchers appreciate the support of the library. At the moment, the library is thinking about offering courses on how to perform systematic literature reviews.

StimuLab
This project is a collaboration between three university libraries and two other institutions. It wants to explore how new services from the first line need to be arranged in a new hybrid everyday life. Libraries' services should be easily found and accessed, and it should be easy for users to contact their library. 7

Integrated Learning Support
This project is about an evaluation and further development of our Virtual Library.

Collection development and management in transition
Many academic libraries have to reduce their physical collections and merge their branch libraries. Thus, the libraries of four universities (in Oslo, Tromsø, Bergen and Trondheim) decided to collaborate on exploring possibilities for digital access to physical collections and on establishing a common preservation and selection plan.
The project will start in September 2023 and gets funding from the National Library of Norway for two years.
I hope this introduction to the NTNU University Library and its work with Open Science was interesting and useful. Do not hesitate to contact me for questions or feedback.