Research carried out at the Department by the faculty in various areas and levels is supported by Hacettepe University and TÜBİTAK.

Ongoing Projects

European Union (EU) Projects

• B. Yılmaz, Ö. Külcü, Y. Ünal and T. Çakmak. Lo Cloud – (Local Content in a Europeana Cloud). (Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) Project No: CIP – ICT-PSP-2012-6 (1 March 2013 – 30 March 2016)
• Y. Tonta, S. Kurbanoğlu, U. Al and G. Doğan. MedOANet: Mediteranean Open Access Network. (European Union Seventh Framework Programme Grant Agreement No: 288945).

TÜBİTAK Projects

• İ. Soydal and U. Al. The Impact of Named Entities on the Performance of Story Link Detection Task Using a Turkish Corpus of News Items. (TÜBİTAK Social Sciences and Humanities Research Group - Project No: SOBAG 111K030).
• Ö. Külcü, A. Yılmaz, N. Doğan, H. Uzun Külcü, T. Çakmak ve N. Özel. Developing Electronic Records Management Policies for Turkish Universities. TÜBİTAK Project: UBAP,1011. (April 2010 -)

International Projects

• Ö. Külcü, A. Yılmaz, H. Uzun Külcü, T. Çakmak, Ö. Dalkıran ve Ş. Eroğlu. InterPARES TRUST (Trust and Digital Records in an Increasingly Networked Society (January 2013 – January 2019)

Completed Projects

European Union (EU) Projects

• B. Yılmaz, A. Ersoy. EMPATIC EMPowering Autonomous Learning Through Information Competencies. (European Union Seventh Framework Programme. Project No: 505657-LLP-2009-UK-K4-K4MP)(01 Jan 2010 - 30 May 2012).
• B. Yılmaz. Ö. Külcü, Y. Ünal, H. Demirdelen, L. Özen and A. F. Kartal. AccessIT: Accelerate the Circulation of Culture Through Exchange of Skills in Information Technology. (European Union Seventh Framework Culture (2007-2013) Programme. Strand 1.2.1. Project No: 2009 – 0766 – 001 -001, CU7 – COOP7) (1 May 2009 – 30 November 2011).
• B. Yilmaz and D. Bayır. PULMAN-XT Public Libraries Mobilising Advanced Networks-Extended. European Union Fifth Framework Programme (2002-2003).

TÜBİTAK Projects

• U. Al, U. Sezen and İ. Soydal. The Evaluation of Scientific Publications of Turkey Using Social Network Analysis Method. (In Turkish, Abstract in English) (TÜBİTAK Social Sciences and Humanities Research Group - Project No: SOBAG 110K044). Ankara, 2012. (viii, 57 p.).
• N. (Özenç) Uçak, P. Al and S. (Tiryaki) Ersen. Change of Scientific Communication by Time and Disciplines: A Bibliometric Analysis on Theses. (In Turkish, Abstract in English) (TÜBİTAK Social Sciences Research Group - Project No: SOBAG 107K505). Ankara, 2009. (ix, 55 p.).
• Y. Tonta and Y. Ünal. Bibliometric Analysis of Journal Use Data and Its Use in Collection Management. (In Turkish, Abstract in English) (TÜBİTAK Social Sciences Research Group - Project No: SOBAG 106K068). Ankara, 2008. (xvi, 88 p.).
• Y. Tonta and U. Al. Scientific Map of Turkey: An Investigation on Journal Publishing in Turkey. (In Turkish, Abstract in English) (TÜBİTAK Social Sciences Research Group - Project No: SOBAG 105K088). Ankara, 2007. (xv, 74 p.).
• E. Olcay and S. Koçberber. Analysis of OPAC Users’ Search Strategies. (In Turkish, Abstract in English) (TÜBİTAK Social Sciences and Humanities Research Group - Project No: SOBAG-105K225). Ankara, 2007. (viii, 67 p.).
• Ö. Külcü. Developing Records Management and Records Retention Programs in term of Quality System Documentation in Turkish Universities: Comparative Studies among Hacettepe University, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. (12 June – 14 October 2006)
• M.E. Küçük and N.E. Olcay. Scientific Electronic Journals: A Profile of Turkey. (In Turkish, Abstract in English) (TÜBİTAK Social Sciences Research Group - Project No: SOBAG-105K096). Ankara, 2006. (vi, 33 p.)

National Projects

• B. Yılmaz. Public Libraries Regional Seminars. (General Directorate of Libraries and Publications, Goethe Institute-Turkey, Hacettepe University Department of Information Management, Turkish Librarians’ Association partnership). 2006-

Infrastructure Projects

• B. Yılmaz, Ö. Külcü and Y. Ünal. The Project of Accelerate the Circulation of Turkish Culture through Exchange of Skills in Information Technology. (Hacettepe University Scientific Research and Development Office. Project No: 09A701003).
• Ö. Külcü. Analysis of Records Systems and Developing Records Retention Programs in Universities at the Example of Hacettepe University. (10 October 2008 – 10 October 2009)
• Y. Tonta and İ. Soydal. Usability Evaluation in Web Information Systems. (Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit. Project No. 06 A 701 002).
• A. Çelik, H.K. Bahşişoğlu, D. Şahin, P. Al, Ç. Topuz and L. Boz. Hacettepe University Library Automation Project. (Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit. Project No. 05 A 701 005).
• S. Kurbanoğlu, B. Akkoyunlu, N. (Özenç) Uçak, G. Kızılkaya and F. Demirbaş. Digitization and Indexing of the Journal of Hacettepe University Faculty of Education. (In Turkish, Abstract in English) (Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit. Project No. 06 A 701 001). Ankara, 2007. (6 p.).
• N. (Özenç) Uçak, S. Kurbanoğlu and F. Demirbaş. Digitization and Indexing of the Journal of Hacettepe University Faculty of Letters. (In Turkish, Abstract in English) (Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit. Project No. 04 A 701 002). Ankara, 2006. (7 p.).
• Y. Tonta, M.E. Küçük, U. Al, G. Alır, K.L. Ertürk, N.E. Olcay, İ. Soydal and Y. Ünal. Hacettepe University Electronic Theses Project: Digitization of Master, PhD and Proficiency Thesis and Providing Full-text Access via Internet (In Turkish, Abstract in English) (Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit. Project No. 02-G-064). Ankara, 2006. (xi, 56 p.).

International Projects

• Ö. Külcü, A. Yılmaz, H. Uzun Külcü, T. Çakmak ve Ö. Dalkıran. InterPARES 3; The International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems (May 2007-May 2011) (47 p.)