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The transition from traditional to modern technologies, which proved to be much easier for the user, was not a sudden leap, but happened in time, during which the two features operated in a moderate parallel. The pandemic forced things, unbalancing this parallelism, producing functional syncopes and putting the library at the end of a road, which, although it had been prepared to travel, it had planned for a longer run. The “silence” produced by the exclusive presence of users in the virtual environment generated a state of “unrest” inside the library. The Internet, the only proof of the expression of this institution, has become a reading room, a reference office, an amphitheater for conferences - all in one place, in a single environment, in which the library has managed to make itself heard, to continue to serve the user, to guide him in all this informational noise, to assist and guide him during searching or researching processes. The purpose of the article is to make known how one of the largest university libraries in Romania - “Carol I” Central University Library in Bucharest - went through the difficult time caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, managing to adapt its current services and products and even to propose new ones, in order to keep the interest of its users awake and to convince them that the library is a source of meeting their concrete needs. The presentation summarizes the reference services and products, in their adapted, technological version, in accordance with the new experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to introduce the solution offered by the reference librarian who integrates the online guides of an academic library into Koha catalog. Attention is given to the video format of these tools created to support remote users. This study challenges libraries to join Koha community, either by migrating bibliographic data from a library software which is not working well, or by adopting Koha in case that such a vital tool is missing. The integration and retrieval of video tutorials in library catalog add value to the reference services. Users can retrieve library guides along with traditional document types in OPAC, save them and tag them from a personal account created in Koha. In addition, they can watch the videos directly from the catalog, consequently increasing the impact on the YouTube channel. The remote assistance of library users directly from Koha catalog is a novelty element for the reference services provided by the academic libraries in Romania. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Professional School of Forestry de la Pădurea Verde (Green Forest) was established in 1885. The educational complex includes the museum and the hunting grounds, the offices, library, arboretum, home and cafeteria. Currently, the book fund holds 21,164 bibliographic units and is the only one in the western region of Romania that includes about 6,000 b.u. in the field of forestry. The year 1969 marks the establishment of the Forestry High School in Timişoara and, with the advent of the high school, the book fund diversifies, responding to the new documentation requirements. Currently, the library has an encyclopaedic character and, in perspective, will adopt the Oxford Classification for forestry publications. Library users have access to references, bibliographies on demand, thematic bibliographies, advice on identifying the most complex information in a timely manner, using traditional and electronic resources, etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Professional School of Forestry de la Pădurea Verde (Green Forest) was established in 1885. The educational complex includes the museum and the hunting grounds, the offices, library, arboretum, home and cafeteria. Currently, the book fund holds 21,164 bibliographic units and is the only one in the western region of Romania that includes about 6,000 b.u. in the field of forestry. The year 1969 marks the establishment of the Forestry High School in Timişoara and, with the advent of the high school, the book fund diversifies, responding to the new documentation requirements. Currently, the library has an encyclopaedic character and, in perspective, will adopt the Oxford Classification for forestry publications. Library users have access to references, bibliographies on demand, thematic bibliographies, advice on identifying the most complex information in a timely manner, using traditional and electronic resources, etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]