Wednesday 9 November 2016

Organisational structure of The University of Sydney Library and a few figures

The university's annual report for 2015 states:
"As Australia’s first university our reputation spans more than 160 years. In 2015, we were ranked in the top 0.3 % of universities worldwide, including 45 in the QS World University Rankings. We taught more than 33,000 undergraduate and 21,000 postgraduate students, including more than 10,000 international students from more than 140 countries. With more than 3400 academic staff, and 70 research and teaching centres, we offered the widest range of academic programs of any Australian university."

My day at The University of Sydney was spent in the Fisher Library.
When I talked to various colleagues everybody told me about the changing of their organisational structure last year. Unfortunately I don't have a picture or pdf of the chart, only a print version.
The most interesting thing is that they established teams for Research Support Services (mainly working an research data management and data analysis/bibliometrics) and for Information and Research Skills (among others working on models/concepts for information literacy support and training, working on curriculum mapping (very new thing!) and developing a research skills framework). 
Under the University Librarian there are one director each for:
Academic Services
Central Services
Access Services
Site Services

Under the Academic Services there are two associate directors, one for Research Services Development and one for Academic Services.
The four liaison teams are located under the associate director for Academic Services and the teams have academic liaison librarians, assistant librarians and librarian graduate trainees.
Read more about the Academic liaison librarians here: https://library.sydney.edu.au/contacts/subjectcontacts.html 

(more information about research support services and learning support services in other blogposts)

And here you have a few facts about the Fisher Library:
It supports the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the Business School and the Faculty of Education and Social Work. It has 24/7 access for students and staff using student or staff cards, an assistive technology room, the Digital Scholarship Studio, a kitchenette and vending machines, 5 Bookable meeting rooms, 4 bookable multimedia rooms, a Scansnap bookscanner, Rare Books exhibition space, silent, quiet, and group work study zones.

Last not least two more pictures of the campus:





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