ITS Library on Friday, November 18, 2022 at 08.00 WIB, guests from the Ganesha Education University (Undiksha) Singaraja Bali Library had guests. The purpose of the arrival of Undiksha guests is in the context of Benchmarking / comparative studies which have long been on the agenda of the Undiksha library. The purpose of this benchmarking is to share knowledge and share information about library management. There were quite a number of participants in the comparative study, which consisted of 20 people consisting of the Head of the Library accompanied by a number of ranks and staff. They arrived at the library at 08.30 WIB and were greeted by the Head of the ITS Library, Edy Suprayitno, accompanied by his staff, namely the head of the TU sub-section and senior supervisors and staff in the library service and digital development and processing services.

Guests are welcomed in the Biblioteka room on the 2nd floor which is a meeting/meeting room belonging to the ITS library. The event started with a speech from Mr. Edy Suprayitno by introducing all his staff who accompanied the guests. Then continued by the Head of UPT Undiksha Library Mr. Made Hery Wihardika Griadhi. He conveyed the purpose and purpose of their arrival for this comparative study, namely Wanting to know what services are available in the ITS Library which can be shared and implemented in their library upon their return from this benchmarking. Besides that, I want to know how the form of cooperation in terms of procurement of books/e-books, procurement of journals/e-journals, sources of funds obtained from anywhere. “Essentially we want to get the latest information about the library which will be directly asked by our staff to the officer concerned which later if possible we will apply it in our library”, said Mr. Made added. They also want to know about Promotion, Repository, E-book Service and ITS library security system.

Mr. Edy conveyed several important things related to ITS library services and their supporting facilities that might be used as comparison materials and also did not forget to introduce something new to the ITS library, namely CCWS (Creative Co-Working Space). In this discussion, many questions were asked by Mr. Made and his entourage and all were answered clearly by Mr. Edy’s staff who were directly related to their respective duties. Then after taking a group photo and giving each other souvenirs, to further clarify and explore the results of the comparative study, the last event was continued with a library tour of all parts and services in the ITS library to see and practice directly what was conveyed during the discussion earlier. (yag)