"Evolutia colectilor bibliotecilor universitare din
România în perioada 1989-2009 este studiata prin
corelarea si analiza variatiei indicatorilor statistici
referitori la numarul bibliotecilor universitare, numarul
volumelor detinute de acestea, circulatia documentelor
si numarul cititorilor înscrisi.
Cuvinte-cheie: dezvoltarea colectiilor; biblioteci
universitare; date statistice; România"

"The evolution of Romanian university libraries’
collections between 1989 and 2009 is studied through
corelating and analyzing the variation of statistical
indicators regarding the number of university libraries,
the number of volumes detained by them, the
circulation of documents and the number of registered
users.
Keywords: collection development; university
libraries; statistical data; Romania"

This paper analyses the change of library spaces generated by the advent of Information Age and some contemporary trends in their organization, with a particular reference to academic libraries. The possibility of the remote access to the library collections and services, via Internet, generated the first discussions about “library without walls”. At symbolic level, it’s the first change of the traditional library spaces determined by the digital environment. Afterwards, the changes affected also the physical spaces of the library, which had to adapt themselves to the new landscape of information and communication, including to the changes in users’ information behaviour. Today, library spaces have some new values and functions comparatively with those of the traditional libraries.

Acquiring library skills is the first step that a person must take to become information literate. The article pleads for the university library’s role in training students to become aware of today’s possibilities of accessing information and acquiring knowledge. There are a few examples of activities developed by “Carol I” Central University Library of Bucharest, regarding training in library skills and not only.

CORAVU, Robert. Perioada postcomunistă. Evoluția biblioteconomiei. În: ASOCIAȚIA BIBLIOTECARILOR DIN ROMÂNIA. Tratat de biblioteconomie. Ediție provizorie. Vol. I: Biblioteconomie generală. București: Asociația Bibliotecarilor din România, 2013, p. 435-471. ISBN 978-606-93535-1-6

""Central University Library “Carol I” of Bucharest is the most important university library in Romania. Its new headquarters had been constructed in concordance with the newest standards in library buildings and it benefits from the most modern endowments, in order to provide a wide range of services to a wide variety of users. These services are permanently adapted to user’s needs.
The priorities for the next stage in the evolving of Central University Library are presented:  developing IT&C based services, providing increased access to commercial databases and electronic publications, organizing the electronic information and providing professional assistance in retrieving this type of information.""