LA TROBE LIBRARY YEAR IN REVIEW

2012

latrobe.edu.au/library CONTENTS

In 2012 we have strengthened our engagement with the University community to ensure that we continue to provide collections, services and spaces which meet the changing research, learning and teaching needs of students and staff. Jenny Peasley University Librarian

From the library leadership team 1 Library committee and management team 10 2012 snapshot 2 Donations 11 Teaching and learning partnerships 4 Professional and research activities 12 Research and research support 6 Key library statistics 13 Staffing and sustainability 8 FROM THE LIBRARY LEADERSHIP TEAM

The Library is integral to the academic goals of the University and collaboration and partnerships are essential to the success of our services.

In 2012 our collaboration across campuses, The Library’s special collections continued with students and staff and with our wider to attract and underpin research. The Hagar community, led to new and improved services donation contributed to the Library’s already to support research, learning and teaching. well‑regarded South Asian collection, adding historical depth to many areas of the Indian The Library collaborated with the University’s collection. Digitisation of selected key Research Services on a survey to identify key research materials added to the Library’s areas of improvement in research support, collection of unique materials available online. successfully integrated research training into the Research Smart training program, and The Research Online repository grew to house contributed to Research Week and Open almost 2,500 of the University’s open access Access Week activities. research outputs, and made a significant contribution to the University’s Excellence The Student to Student Learning Assistance in Research (ERA) submission. Jennifer Peasley Initiative, a joint Library and Academic Repository staff also contributed to the University Librarian Language and Learning Unit program, establishment of a research data metadata continued successfully at all campus libraries store, funded by the Australian National Data in 2012. The Student Learning Advisers Service (ANDS). (SLAs) – experienced, successful and trained Jennifer Peasley was students who help their fellow students with The Library contributed to community appointed University study and library queries – handled more engagement, with library membership Librarian in October, than 8,500 queries over the year. made available to secondary school students at all campuses, an increase in following the retirement Meeting the changing needs of our students, the range of online databases available staff and researchers is an ongoing challenge of Professor Ainslie Dewe. to alumni, and participation in the first as we develop library learning spaces. National Year of Reading. Higher degree by research (HDR) students benefited from the opening of a specialist The outcomes of our efforts to respond study space at the Campus to student and staff needs and provide Library, and all students benefited from the improved services and support were refurbishment of the silent study space on validated in the results of our biannual the top floor. At the Campus, floor Client Satisfaction Survey, where the space was reconfigured to create group Library recorded an overall score of 81.2 study and outdoor study spaces. We also per cent, an improvement in performance responded to student feedback for more of 3.9 per cent since 2010, placing us in access to learning spaces by extending the top 25 per cent of libraries surveyed opening hours on weekends and during over the previous two years. examination periods. We look forward to continued collaboration Online services continued to grow and partnerships in support of the Geoff Payne Kerryn Amery with library resources and support now University’s Future Ready Strategic Plan. Associate Associate embedded in students’ learning workflows Librarian, Librarian, and the Learning Management System. Infrastructure Information A major project to redevelop the Library’s Services Services website, involving extensive input from students and staff, resulted in a more intuitive interface to library services and resources.

Library year in review 2012 1 2012 SNAPSHOT

FEBRUARY MARCH §§ Library page for new students §§ Student Learning Adviser program in online orientation site, implemented at all campuses Ready4Uni latrobe.edu.au/library/sla latrobe.edu.au/library/essentials §§ Library collaborates on events for §§ Student IT Help Desk hours Research Week extended (Melbourne) §§ Research Smart training page upgraded §§ Library goes cashless to include all classes for researchers JANUARY (Melbourne) latrobe.edu.au/library/research-smart §§ New silent and group study spaces §§ Freddie Hagar donation §§ Peer review component of the University’s created (-) of books on India received Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) §§ New carpet and study desks in silent from USA submission completed study area, and additional computer workstations (Melbourne) §§ Extended opening hours confirmed WE EXTENDED OPENING HOURS AND SAID FAREWELL TO AINSLIE DEWE

WE REFURBISHED THE SILENT STUDY SPACES AT ALBURY-WODONGA AND MELBOURNE CAMPUSES

JULY §§ Refurbished silent study spaces on Level 3 launched by the Vice-Chancellor §§ Extension of weekend opening AUGUST SEPTEMBER hours trialled §§ Professor Ainslie Dewe farewelled §§ Postgraduate study space for HDR §§ Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow as University Librarian students opens and Carlton FC coach Mick §§ David Mann Library at §§ Self-submission form implemented Malthouse, addressed Library Albury‑Wodonga Campus for research repository staff on leadership celebrated its 10th anniversary latrobe.edu.au/researchonline §§ Australian Film Festival held in §§ Library began listing and Library to encourage discussion evaluation of the Dardalis Archives for international students of the Hellenic Diaspora

2 Library year in review 2012 APRIL MAY §§ Research Materials Digitisation §§ New Collections web pages go live program underway latrobe.edu.au/library/collections §§ Australian National Data §§ Biannual Library Client Satisfaction Service (ANDS) funded Survey conducted research data metadata store §§ Research support survey conducted, project commenced in collaboration with Research Services §§ Library provided training for staff from Vietnam National JUNE University Library §§ First stage of Library website review completed §§ National Year of Reading activities were conducted during the year §§ Group and outdoor study spaces opened at Bendigo

WE ESTABLISHED OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL MEMBERSHIPS PROGRAM

WE OPENED NEW STUDY SPACES AT BENDIGO AND THE LOUNGE WAS LAUNCHED DECEMBER §§ Final testing of new library website completed §§ Loan period for University staff OCTOBER NOVEMBER extended from 28 to 90 days §§ Jennifer Peasley appointed new §§ Customised search service for latrobe.edu.au/library/borrowing- University Librarian researchers established and-ebooks §§ Open Access Week celebrated latrobe.edu.au/library/custom-search §§ Secondary school memberships §§ Launch of Charles La Trobe Lounge program established (Mill Park §§ Skills Essentials project completed, Secondary College students in collaboration with Academic pictured above) Language and Learning Unit (ALLU) latrobe.edu.au/library/ latrobe.edu.au/skills-essentials yourschool

Library year in review 2012 3 TEACHING AND LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS

Embedding opportunities for students to build information literacy skills at point of need in the curriculum is an ongoing goal for the Library.

EXTENDED OPENING HOURS SPACE IMPROVEMENTS AT BENDIGO TRANSFORMING STUDENT INCREASES CAPACITY The Bendigo Campus is growing and library LIVES THROUGH LEARNING In response to student feedback, and to space has reached capacity. In 2012 a increase capacity to meet growing student limited area of floor space was reconfigured University action areas 2012 demand, extended night time opening was to create three group study rooms and implemented at the Melbourne Campus an outdoor balcony area was refurbished to enable access for students and some Increasing student enrolments Library from the start of semester 1, effectively providing 24/7 access weekdays additional suitable space for group work. Creating pathways for during semester. The ground floor opens as a The Library continues to advocate for the under‑represented students study hall Monday to Thursday 10pm to 8am redevelopment and expansion of library and Friday 6pm to 12 midnight, in addition facilities at the Bendigo Campus to meet Ensuring higher rates of retention to normal opening hours. For security, the needs of students studying at the and success students register their student cards online University’s second largest campus. and use these to access the Library during extended hours. Several hundred students Library actions 2012: used the facility each night, increasing during pre-exam periods. §§ Extend opening hours at Melbourne and Bendigo to maximise space for Weekend opening hours were also extended increased student cohort at the Melbourne and Bendigo Campus §§ Build the case for extending Bendigo Libraries, and semester break opening hours Campus library to match seating ratios were extended to accommodate research at Melbourne students and those taking summer and winter classes. §§ Collaborate with Curriculum Teaching and Learning Centre (CTLC) to manage Bendigo Library at capacity a University learning objects repository §§ Review and advise on the process for centralised ordering of multiple copies PEER TO PEER MENTORING required across campuses SUPPORTS STUDENTS §§ Collaborate with the Academic The Student to Student Learning Assistance Language and Learning Unit (ALLU) Initiative, a collaboration between the to provide Student Learning Advisers Library and the Academic Language and §§ Continue to develop information Learning Unit, was implemented at all literacy tools for new students, and campus libraries in 2012. Based on the embed information literacy skills Melbourne Campus Library idea that students are sometimes more into the curriculum, in collaboration comfortable seeking help from peers rather with Faculties than academic staff, high achieving and §§ Redevelop the Library website and experienced students are trained as Student improve access to digital resources Learning Advisers (SLAs) to provide initial §§ Review audiovisual and reserve assistance and/or referral to students for collections against best practice a range of library, academic and general study‑related issues. SLAs handled more § § Improve mobile delivery, online than 8,500 queries from students across booking systems and service points all campuses during the academic year. latrobe.edu.au/library/sla

4 Library year in review 2012 THE MELBOURNE CAMPUS LIBRARY IS NOW OPEN 141 HOURS PER WEEK DURING SEMESTER, DOUBLE THE OPENING HOURS PER WEEK IN 2010.

INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS STREAMLINING RESOURCE AT POINT OF NEED ACQUISITION ACROSS CAMPUSES Embedding opportunities to help students The Library continues to seek more efficient build information literacy skills at point ways of operating, including developing of need in the curriculum is an ongoing centralised resource acquisition for all goal for the Library. Continuing its active campus libraries. In 2012, a pilot project participation in the University’s curriculum to centralise ordering of multiple copies renewal process, the Library completed was completed. three Design for Learning projects to develop Student Learning Adviser resources for embedding information literacy in the curriculum including a BEST PRACTICE COLLECTION research practices survey, community‑design NEW, MORE USER‑FRIENDLY approaches to creating online video to MANAGEMENT WEBSITE support skill development for the Inquiry/ Building on the popularity of new Research graduate capability, and flexible commercial streaming video services, The redevelopment of the Library website online learning modules in health sciences. such as Kanopy, high‑use but dated format was a key project undertaken in 2012. The audiovisual resources were converted to site was completely rebuilt including new appropriate formats or streaming licenses. information architecture, rewritten content, Commercial streaming platforms, such as and reworked key processes all informed IMPROVING ACCESS VLEARN and Alexander Street Press were by extensive user testing with students TO DIGITAL RESOURCES trialled, evaluated and used from semester 2, and staff. The site was also moved into the Further progress was made towards 2012. The Library also investigated new ways University’s approved content management ensuring all digital scholarly resources to improve access for students to Reserve system and branding. The result is a are available via a single search interface, (high demand course related) materials. simpler, more task‑focussed site that has including e‑journals, e‑books, databases and made it easier for students and staff to items in the University’s research repository, help themselves to find resources, services Research Online. Additional databases, and facilities. The site redevelopment also IMPROVING SERVICES, journal titles and e‑book collections were improved the mobile user experience and added along with better access to local BROADENING STAFF SKILLS online study room booking system. Australian content. The Library responds to changing student needs by continually exploring ways to improve service and broaden staff skills SUPPORTING NEW STUDENTS LEARNING OBJECTS REPOSITORY in line with changing operational needs. TO BUILD ACADEMIC SKILLS Service point staff began contributing to Preliminary work was completed on a the Library’s Chat and other online services To help new students develop the academic learning object repository to support the enabling other staff to focus on providing and information literacy skills to make a University’s Radical and Future Learning new services for researchers. successful start at university, and support strategies. The Library will provide an online and blended learning, the Skills indexed, searchable resource with rich Essentials online learning modules were metadata and storage capacity for La Trobe designed and implemented by Faculty staff to find and reuse learning objects Librarians and the Academic Language when designing courses. This resource of and Learning Unit. La Trobe‑created content will not only be a latrobe.edu.au/skills‑essentials searchable store of digital objects to support learning and teaching at the University, but also a place where quality online content will be made available to the wider world to promote La Trobe’s values of quality teaching and learning.

Library year in review 2012 5 RESEARCH AND RESEARCH SUPPORT

Collaborating to provide research skills training, consulting to develop new services for researchers, and building the capacity to manage research data were priorities for 2012.

DIGITISING COLLECTION TREASURES CUSTOMISED SEARCH SERVICE CREATING NEW AND The research materials digitisation initiative, The LibReST (Library Research Support Trial) USEFUL KNOWLEDGE known as Collection project, undertaken in 2012, explored how the Treasures Online, aims to make some of the Library could further develop research support University action area 2012 Library’s rare and fragile resources more services. The project looked at how faculty accessible to researchers around the world. librarians could better support researchers Following on from the successful digitisation by working with academic staff in the Faculty Increasing the quantity and of works by William Sylvester Walker and of Health Sciences who were conducting quality of research output Melbourne Planning Commission maps from preliminary literature reviews for grant the 1920s, more than 400 out of copyright applications or funded projects and included items were sent for digitisation in 2012. conducting advanced literature searches. Library actions 2012: These files are being loaded and made A customised search service for grant accessible progressively. applications and funded projects, available § § Investigate digitisation opportunities to researchers across all Faculties, began latrobe.edu.au/library/treasures from the Library’s special collections operating in October attracting more than latrobe.edu.au/library/about-us/ §§ Provide bibliometric and research a dozen requests in the first three months. current-projects impact data in collaboration with latrobe.edu.au/library/custom-search Faculties and Research Services §§ Provide library research skills training, including research data management, in collaboration with Research Services INCREASING RESEARCH VISIBILITY §§ Review and advise on best practice The University’s research repository, management of the Library’s physical Research Online, continued to grow and stored collections develop. Online research repositories have §§ Promote the University’s research been shown to be one important means repository, Research Online as the of increasing the University’s profile and source of publications data for the visibility leading to improved reputation. University’s academic staff profile In line with the Australian Research Chronicles of Early Melbourne Council’s (ARC) Open Access Policy and §§ Develop research repository the National Health and Medical Research functionality, to manage research data BUILDING RESEARCH SKILLS Council (NHMRC) revised policy, La Trobe §§ Demonstrate capacity to manage researchers are required to lodge journal research data sets for the purposes of Combining the Library’s research skills article post prints (the version of the article compliance with the Australian Code seminar series, Research Smart, with that sent to the publisher for typesetting) in the for the responsible conduct of Research of the Research Education Unit’s expanded University repository. An online self‑deposit and consistent with the University’s offerings raised awareness of all training form is now available. research data retention and disposal sessions available for researchers at all latrobe.edu.au/researchonline policy and procedures campuses. Promoted under the title ‘Research Smart: Classes, workshops and seminars for researchers’, the training offered covers library research skills, research data management skills, keeping up to date with literature in INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY discipline areas and software such as EndNote TOTAL OPEN ACCESS DOCUMENTS HELD and NVivo, and a wide range of other topics relevant to researchers. The Library and 2012 2,411 Research Services staff also collaborated 2011 1,753 to provide activities during Research Week. latrobe.edu.au/library/research-smart 2010 972

6 Library year in review 2012 ONLINE RESEARCH REPOSITORIES HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE ONE IMPORTANT MEANS OF INCREASING THE UNIVERSITY’S PROFILE AND VISIBILITY LEADING TO IMPROVED REPUTATION.

MANAGING RESEARCH DATA The Library’s Digital Infrastructure section made significant progress towards building the capability to assist La Trobe researchers to adequately store, manage and disseminate their research data. Building on two previous Australian National Data Service (ANDS) funded projects, the Library successfully bid for a further project to develop an institutional metadata store for research data collections. The University research repository, Research Online, will store research‑related metadata records and deliver them into the national Research Data Australia (RDA) system. This project complements other initiatives within the University, in particular work done by the eResearch Office.

BEST PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OF PHYSICAL COLLECTIONS Postgraduate informal study area While there has been a change of focus to providing and managing digital rather than print information resources, the Library has an ongoing responsibility to appropriately house and preserve its physical collections and treasures. Several collection moves were completed, a cull of low‑use items from the AV collection helped to make space for newer items, and changes were made in the on‑site store to provide space for special and vulnerable collections.

Research consultation Postgraduate study

Library year in review 2012 7 STAFFING AND SUSTAINABILITY

A flexible and high-performing workforce is essential for the Library to fulfil its mission and keep pace with the rapid rate of change in the world of information.

BEST PRACTICE SERVICE DELIVERY STAFF DEVELOPMENT PLAN SUPPORTING AND REWARDING As part of the Library’s continuous IMPLEMENTED STAFF EXCELLENCE improvement cycle, internal quality After a major report by external consultants assessments focussed on service points. and the development of a comprehensive University action areas 2012 Improvements implemented at the Staff Development Plan aligned with Melbourne Campus included: University’s Capability Framework, priority Attract and retain the best staff §§ rationalising the number of service points areas identified in the plan were addressed and implementing a ‘triage’ system to during 2012. These included: Invest in staff development reduce queues and waiting times at the §§ establishing a Library Staff Development Inquiry Desk Committee (SDC) and Team Leader §§ moving to a cashless payment system Support Group Library actions 2012: §§ improving the room booking and access §§ devolving of a portion of the staff §§ Evaluate current service point system, eliminating the need for key lending. development budget to section and processes and services to ensure campus managers best practice standards and a high §§ providing training in the new, quality experience University‑wide performance development §§ Evaluate current collection provision system, customer service, management and management processes and essentials, information technologies, services to ensure alignment with writing for the web, and marketing the requirements of an increasingly library services. complex digital future §§ Implement the Library’s staff development plan, including staff EVALUATING RESOURCE learning plans ACQUISITION CHANGES An evaluation was conducted to ensure that new processes supporting resource acquisition across three campuses, implemented following an organisational restructure in 2010, were appropriately aligned for the digital environment. Major themes addressed and implemented included changes to the staff profile and associated training, workflow improvements, The ‘triage’ service improved intercampus communication, and increased use of vendor resources to support selection of materials. These changes released staff time to focus on customer service improvements and research support, and permitted more timely access to information resources.

8 Library year in review 2012 LA TROBE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IS IN THE FIRST QUARTILE (TOP 25 PER CENT) OF LIBRARIES SURVEYED IN THE 2012 CLIENT SATISFACTION SURVEY. WE RECORDED AN OVERALL SCORE OF 81.2 PER CENT, AN IMPROVEMENT OF 3.9 PER CENT SINCE 2010.

2012 Client Satisfaction Survey, conducted biennially by InSync Surveys.

LOANS OF PRINT BOOKS AND SERIALS, AV MATERIALS REFINING APPROVAL PLANS 2012 377,533 Approval plans are agreements created in OPERATING SUSTAINABLY partnership with library resource vendors AND ETHICALLY 2011 420,658 to supply shelf‑ready materials based on 2010 507,302 profiles which reflect the teaching and University action areas 2012 research disciplines of La Trobe University. E-BOOK DOWNLOADS These profiles include e‑books as well as print books and help to ensure core materials are Become a sustainable organisation 2012 438,979 supplied to the Library and reach the shelves, or are made accessible online, faster than 2011 358,048 ever before. They also allow for release of Library actions 2012: staff time to focus on supporting research, 2010 285,407 § teaching and client service. § Pilot internal quality assessment templates across the Library E-JOURNAL ARTICLE DOWNLOADS §§ Participate in the University‑wide green 2012 3,598,134 GREEN AUDIT ASSESSMENT audit assessment 2011 3,306,598 §§ Investigate approval plans from A staff survey examining the Library’s vendors for monograph purchasing 2010 2,602,458 operations to identify areas where we could operate more sustainably was conducted in April 2012 as part of a University‑wide VISITS TO LIBRARY initiative. Changes were implemented to 2012 1,753,182 reduce energy use and waste, particularly of paper and printer peripherals. 2011 1,709,681 2010 1,558,499 INTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT PILOT PRINT BOOKS AND AV MATERIALS In line with the University’s Internal TOTAL ITEMS HELD Quality Assessment (IQA) process, the Library continues to develop its service 2012 1,561,326 improvement framework. In 2012, several 2011 1,558,336 key IQA templates were used to review key service points and functions to identify 2010 1,563,876 areas for improvement.

E-BOOKS TOTAL TITLES HELD 2012 346,718 2011 313,258 2010 45,462

Library year in review 2012 9 LIBRARY COMMITTEE AND MANAGEMENT TEAM

The Library Committee is a specific purpose committee of Academic Board with representatives from each faculty and campus. The Library’s campus consultative committees also contribute reports to Library Committee.

LIBRARY COMMITTEE Professor Simon Crowe, Chair Professor Ainslie Dewe, ex officio Professor Philip Broadbridge Dr Mary Kennedy‑Jones Dr Andrew Brookes, Bendigo Dr Pamela Wallace, Albury‑Wodonga Professor Tanya Fitzgerald, Education Dr Howard Nicholas, Education Dr Lillian Corbin, Business, Economics and Law Mrs Silvia McCormack, Business, Economics and Law Dr Helen Rawson, Health Sciences Ms Lynne Matheson, Health Sciences Dr Phillip Edwards, Humanities and Social Sciences Ms Laura Carroll, Humanities and Social Sciences Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow Mick Malthouse addressed library staff on leadership Dr Chris Pakes, Science, Technology and Engineering Dorota Pudlowski, Quality and Planning Manager Dr Peter Barnard, Science, Technology LIBRARY MANAGEMENT TEAM BA Macquarie, GradDipLib RMIHE and Engineering Professor Ainslie Dewe, University Librarian Ms Kerryn Amery, Associate University BSc Cant., Grad Dip (Arts Admin) RMIT, Fiona Salisbury, Learning and Research Librarian DipNZLS, FNZLIA, MCLIP, AALIA Services Manager BA Melb., GradDipLib MCAE, MLibInfoStud Mr Geoff Payne, Associate University Kerryn Amery, Associate University Melb, GradCertHE La Trobe, AALIA Librarian Librarian, Information Services Michael Wood, Digital Infrastructure Ms Jeanette Dazkiw, Bendigo Campus BA SwinburneUT, GDipLib MCAE, Manager (until 1 June 2012) Library Manager GradCertUnivLead&Mgt, MAppSc CSturt, AALIA BSc(Hons), DipEd, BEd La Trobe, GradDipLib Ms Linda Sheridan, Albury‑Wodonga RMIT, GradDipCompApp RMIHE Campus Library Manager Geoff Payne, Associate University Librarian, Simon Huggard, Digital Infrastructure Dr Peter Kipka, Chair, Melbourne Campus Infrastructure Services Manager (from 11 June, 2012) Library Consultative Committee BSc La Trobe, GradDipLib RMIT, GradDipCompSci La Trobe, AALIA BA Melb, GradDipLib, MCAE Mr Andrew Skewes, Chair, Bendigo Campus Campus Library Manager, Library Consultative Committee Alison Bates, Collection Provision Manager Linda Sheridan, BA La Trobe, GradDipInfStud MCAE Albury‑Wodonga Dr Susan Gilbert, Chair, Albury‑Wodonga BA, DipEd, MEd, La Trobe, GradDipLib CSturt, Campus Library Consultative Committee Lea Beranek, Collection Delivery and AALIA Ms Jayasree Pillai, Postgraduate Facilities Manager BA La Trobe, GradDipLib Melb. Jeanette Dazkiw, Campus Library Manager, Mr Andrew Smith, Undergraduate Bendigo Eva Fisch, Collection Development Manager Ms Shinead Borkovic, Undergraduate BA (Lib) RMIHE, GradDipEdT USQ, AALIA BA CUNY, GradDipLib RMIT, AALIA

10 Library year in review 2012 DONATIONS

We would like to thank our many benefactors for their generous donations and gifts of books, journals and collections which have both enriched and augmented our collections. Every gift is genuinely appreciated.

INDIVIDUAL DONORS STAFF AND STUDENT DONORS Atsuko Hanada Fitzpatrick Adrian Hyland, English HAGAR DONATION Author Anna‑Sohie Maass, Student Dr Robin Stewardson, In 2012, the Library was given a Elisabeth Paine Celine Lim, Student substantial collection of materials Cliff Picton, University Ombudsman Grant Szuveges, Melbourne Chess Club Inc. relating to India from the Lord David Ensor, of Staff Curzon Library of Frederick Hani Montan, Author , Office of the Vice‑Chancellor Atwood Hagar. Helen Sykes, Future Leaders Dorothy Smith, Science Education Frederick Hagar was a British wartime Ip ManYee, Author Esteban Alvarez, Student cryptographer and scholar of Indian Ken Coghill, Monash Governance George Liu, Public Health Studies who studied and worked at Research Unit Berkeley, Cambridge and Harvard. Howard Nicholas, Education Lee Theofanis Julie Andrews, Anthropology The Lord Curzon Library was Freddie’s private library which spread over Maria Stilburn Kerry Sullivan, Library most of his house in Marshfield Hills, Martin Jones Margarita Frederico, Social Work Massachusetts USA. Mary Rawson, Author and Social Policy Mark Staniforth, Archaeology It housed his collections in the areas of Michael Deegan, Infrastructure Indian, British, and Colonial American Michael Brown, Education Australia Coordinator history, and at his death in 2011 exceeded Mick Woiwod, Compiler Michael Dillon, Prosthetics and Orthotics 15,000 volumes. Professor Thomas Angelo, PVC (CAP) Mike Butcher, Author and Director, CTLC Murakami Yusuke, Associate Professor, Scheherezade O’Neill, Student Kyoto University Simon Barraclough, Public Health Nor Abd Rahman, on behalf Terence Spithill, Agricultural Sciences of Fadillah Mansor, Author Thi Hong Le Vu, Student Paul McCallum, Firefly Education Ziyu Zheng, Student Professor Craig Pearson, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute Raja Ratnam, Author DONOR ORGANISATIONS Richard Ciampa, on behalf of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) late Joseph (Giuseppe) Ciampa CAB International Ronald White Embassy of Turkey (Canberra) Sukru Ozbek, Author Game Council of NSW Zahiruddin Ahmad, Author International House of Japan Maleny Credit Union National Gallery of Australia Omani Consulate Royal Womens Hospital latrobe.edu.au/library/about-us/ Taipei Economic and Cultural Office gifts-and-donations University of the Sunshine Coast

Library year in review 2012 11 PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Library staff members are active members of their profession, and active researchers who work with their academic colleagues across the University to collaborate on research activity, including publications.

Sackers, Nicole CAVAL Reference Interest Oke, G., Salisbury, F. & Yucel R. (2012, June). MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL Group Committee, La Trobe University There’s a librarian in my student’s learning COMMITTEES EXTERNAL TO representative. space: Embedding information literacy in a first year biology subject. Paper presented THE UNIVERSITY Salisbury, Fiona IATUL Special Interest at RAILS8: Research Applications in Group on Information Literacy. Bates, Alison ARLAC (Academic Information and Library Studies Conference, and Research Libraries Acquisitions Adelaide, SA. Paper retrieved from Consortium) – Secretary, CAVAL Digital w3.unisa.edu.au/bim/rails8/Papers/ Interest Group, La Trobe University RAILS8GOFSRY.docx representative. Victorian Libraries Australia Tairi, K., & Oke, G. (2012, July). Librarians, Users’ Group, member. microblogging and PLEs as a PREZI. Beranek, Lea CAVAL Reciprocal Borrowing Paper presented at PLE Conference 2012, Executive Committee. BONUS+ Coordinator’s Melbourne, Vic. Retrieved from Committee. prezi.com/gqspoaaecur1/librarians- microblogging-and-plns/ Dazkiw, Jeanette VDX Users Group in Australia and New Zealand (VUGANZ), La Trobe University Library Delegate. Research inquiry VUGANZ Steering Committee, Chair. Dewe, Ainslie Deputy President, Council CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS of Australian University Librarians (CAUL). President, International Association Bolitho, C., & O’Luanaigh, N. (2012, December). of Technological University Libraries Where do engineering students really get (IATUL). IRU‑L (Innovative Research their information?: Using reference list analysis – Libraries) Group. to improve information literacy programs. Paper presented at AAEE 2012 Conference, Fisch, Eva CAVAL Archive and Research Melbourne, Vic. Paper retrieved from Materials (CARM) Advisory Committee. Lunchtime seminar aaee.com.au/conferences/2012/documents/ Iseman, Laura Libraries Australia Full‑Proceedings.pdf Cataloguer’s Interest Group Committee, Salisbury, F., Yager, Z. & Kirkman, L. (June, RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS member. Australian Innovative Users Group 2012). Embedding inquiry/research: Moving Committee, member. Salisbury, F. A., Karasmanis, S. M., from a minimalist model to constructive Robertson, T. A., Corbin, J. N., Hulett, H. Karasmanis, Sharon ALIA Health Libraries alignment. Paper presented at 15th M., & Peseta, T.L. (2012). Transforming Australia, Executive Committee, Treasurer. International FYHE Conference 2012, information literacy conversations to enhance Brisbane, Qld. Paper retrieved from Oke, Graeme CAVAL Seminar Committee: student learning: new curriculum dialogues. fyhe.com.au/past_papers/papers12/ Information Literacy. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Papers/11A.pdf Payne, Geoff Committee IT‑019 Information Practice, 9(3). doi: and Documentation, Information ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp/vol9/iss3/4 Technology – Learning, Education, Training Ambrose, I. (2012). The students have iPods: and Research, (Chair). an opportunity to use iPods as a teaching Pudlowski, Dorota IATUL Special Interest tool. In A. Mohamed Ally & G. Needham Group on Library Organisation and Quality (Eds.), M‑libraries 3: Transforming libraries Management. CAVAL Human Resources Group. with mobile technology (pp. 119–126). London: Facet Publishing.

12 Library year in review 2012 KEY LIBRARY STATISTICS

LIBRARY SECTORS 2010 2011 2012 ORGANISATION LTU students (EFTSL)1 25,107.2 25,988.7 26,350.6

LTU staff (FTE)2 3,241.5 3,220.9 3,202.7

Total LTU clients 28,348.7 29,209.6 29,553.3 Other clients, including WIF TAFE population (FTE) 7,923 6,802.4 5,225.3

Total library clients 36,271.7 36,012 34,778.6 Total library staff (FTE) 123.9 125.2 117.8

EXPENDITURE Expenditure – information resources $9,252,597 $8,167,061 $10,625,735

Expenditure – operating including equipment $2,548,612 $2,561,780 $2,344,889

Expenditure – salaries $9,296,682 $10,236,367 $10,064,425

Total expenditure $21,097,891 $20,965,208 $23,035,049 SCHOLARLY COLLECTIONS Books and audiovisual materials – total items held 1,563,876 1,558,336 1,561,326

Serials – total volumes held 629,628 631,674 629,548

Total items/volumes 2,193,504 2,190,010 2,190,874 Current serial print/non‑print (AV) titles 2,371 1,574 1,121

Current serial electronic titles 90,881 123,6203 99,827

Total current serial titles 93,252 125,194 100,948 Total current e-books 45,462 313,258 346,718

Institutional Repository (Research Online) – total records held 24,179 24,403 29,427

Institutional Repository (Research Online) – total open access documents held 972 1,753 2,411

INFORMATION SERVICES Research inquiries 23,111 25,005 23,129

Information literacy sessions (F2F) 863 1,051 843

Information literacy session participants 14,370 13,670 12,221

Online information literacy tutorial use 40,968 366,285 378,361

Online subject guides (LibGuides) hits 404,858 419,344 436,316

Loans of books, serials, audiovisual materials 507,302 420,658* 377,533

Reserve loans 108,346 96,630 84,593

Intercampus loans and scanned documents 20,620 17,182 15,621

Loans to students and staff of other Australian institutions 12,016 11,366 8,691

Interlending and document delivery – items supplied 8,377 19,016 22,906

Interlending and document delivery – items received 11,616 14,359 13,791

E-books downloads 285,407* 358,048 438,979

E-journal article downloads 2,602,458* 3,306,598 3,598,134

Online video, audio, animation, etc. – total multimedia accessed (2012–) – – 13,681

Institutional Repository (Research Online) – total documents and records accessed (2011–) – 313,977 411,120

Library website visits (page impressions) 6,136,175 6,732,647 6,621,758

LEARNING SPACES Visits to Library (turnstile counts) 1,558,499* 1,709,681 1,753,182

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