Participatory survey (PDI, student body and PTGAS)

Between the months of October 2023 and January 2024 we received a total of 358 responses from 109 PDI, 174 students and 75 PTGAS that will help us design libraries that continue to work as essential engines for knowledge and support academic

With your active participation, we are confident that we will be able to guide the futur of the Libraries of the UPC so that they respond to your needs and the changing demands of the university environment.

We will maintain open communication about next steps and actions arising from these results, demonstrating our commitment to an informed and actively engaged university community.

Thank you for being part of this process.

Formulated questions

Proposed statements in the PDI	Key themes of futur (common to all groups)
I am well informed about the resources, services and activities of the library	Transforming libraries into true resource centers with flexible spaces designed for the creation of ideas and projects and to foster emotional well-being with wide opening hours and managed by diverse professionals Accessing digital information, electronic scientific books and journals, but also other forms and channels of information such as generative information systems produced with artificial intelligence will be fundamental in the coming years Increase collaboration, visibility, dissemination, impact and access to the scientific and academic production of the UPC, retaining, protecting and guaranteeing the digital rights of its authors Advancing open science by reusing research data, citizen science, technology transfer and collaborative research Libraries must be key agents in the cultural dynamism of the University and the promotion of face-to-face activity within the framework of increasingly digital and networked teaching and research Enhance students' reading comprehension to facilitate the critical reading of texts, problems and reasoning that contain complex concepts expressed with specialized vocabularies and terminologies In the society of post-truth, fake news and social networks, it is essential to strengthen students' critical thinking and media literacy. Educating and informing yourself requires learning to seek and evaluate relevant information objectively, questioning sources and looking for evidence of the veracity of information
The library staff know and understand what I need for my day-to-day work as a teacher and researcher and provide me with support
The library must coordinate more actively with the other research and teaching support services
The library facilitates my work as a researcher throughout the research cycle
I have training and resources to maximize open access to data and publications
I have access to all the scientific documentation I need to carry out my teaching and research activities
I encourage the use of library resources and services in my classes
Statements proposed to the student body
In the library there is always someone to help me when I need information
The spaces and equipment of the library are suitable and comfortable
I am well informed about the opening hours, services and activities offered by the library
I only go to the library because I need a place to study and use Google or ChatGPT to look up information
To continue my studies successfully I need to go to the library
I am satisfied with the library services
Affirmations proposed in the PTGAS
The spaces and equipment of the library are suitable and comfortable
The collaboration of my unit with the library is fluid and the synergies created are positive for the achievement of the respective objectives
I don't need the library because I use Google or AI tools to find information and advance my tasks
The library informs me of the activities and cultural collections available