Chapter 2 – Student and general information

University Library

This information is current as at January 2008. The latest information is available from the University Library.

The University Library supports the teaching, learning and research needs of UTS students and staff.

The Library provides a high-quality, client-centred service relevant to the information needs of the UTS community. It is innovative in its use of resources and technology and is a vibrant and dynamic organisation. The Library aims to empower users to become information literate, independent and self-sufficient.

Services are provided to the UTS community in two campus libraries, at other key locations around campus, to remote users and online.

Services

Library services include assistance with information retrieval and evaluation using electronic and printed sources, email reference services, telephone inquiry services, loans, reservations, inter-campus document delivery, inter-library loans from Australian and international sources, remote access to restricted Library resources, reciprocal borrowing, printing and photocopying.

UTSeScholarship

Established in 2004, UTSeScholarship provides an avenue for the publication of high-quality, peer-reviewed, scholarly publications in areas of priority to UTS through UTSePress and a secure, stable, digital home for the scholarly output of the University's staff and, where appropriate, students through UTSiRepository. UTSePress publishes scholarly journals, books and conference proceedings which are peer reviewed and growing in reputation and impact, harvested by and searchable via Google Scholar.

Digital Resources Register and Digitisation Service

The University's Digital Resources Register and Digitisation Service is managed by the Library and ensures digitised teaching resources comply with copyright law. The service locates, digitises, registers, and makes available for teaching, electronic copies of lecture notes, book extracts, journal articles and other print publications used for online teaching at UTS.

Information Skills program

The Library's Information Skills program is designed to develop the UTS community's information and research skills and includes training in finding, evaluating, managing and using information.

Librarians work in collaboration with academic staff to deliver course-related training programs. Introductory tours and classes and online tutorials are also available.

The Library coordinates the BELL program, a collection of online self-learning modules designed to enhance students' skills in areas such as assignment writing, project management, teamwork, ethics, academic writing and speaking, statistics, mathematics and information skills.

Information services

The University Library has a strong commitment to providing a high-quality information service through a team of Information Services Librarians who, in partnership with academic staff, assist students in achieving their educational and informational objectives. There are three teams focused on clusters of disciplines: Artsoc (arts, design, education, humanities and social sciences), Buslaw (business, law and regulation), and Scitech (engineering, health, information technology, nursing and science). Librarians provide assistance in person and by phone and email.

Inquiries

Pamela Leuzinger
Director, Library Client Services Unit
telephone +61 2 9514 3336
email Pamela.Leuzinger@uts.edu.au

Sally Scholfield
Information Services Manager
telephone +61 2 9514 3423
email Sally.Scholfield@uts.edu.au

Resources

The University Library houses more than 740,000 books, journals and audiovisual items.

Through its website and Supersearch the Library provides access to an extensive range of information resources including:

These resources can be accessed through public access computers in the Library, through computers connected to the UTS network and from remote locations via the Internet.

Inquiries

Fides Datu Lawton
Director, Library Resources Unit
telephone +61 2 9514 3335
email Fides.Lawton@uts.edu.au
http://www.lib.uts.edu.au

Campus libraries

Blake Library (City campus)

Blake Library, City campus, is located on the corner of Quay Street and Ultimo Road, Haymarket. It is open 85 hours per week during semester and for slightly reduced hours during semester breaks.

The Library collects and provides electronic access to material in a wide range of subject areas including architecture, building, biological, biomedical and environmental sciences, business, computing science, design, education, engineering, horticulture, humanities, information studies, law, mathematics, medical science, nursing, midwifery and health, physical sciences, social sciences and traditional Chinese medicine.

The Blake Library provides study areas, silent and group study rooms, presentation practice rooms, training facilities, wireless access to the University network and Internet and a Library-wide learning commons offering computers with the full suite of student software.

Baya Ng'ara Nura

Baya Ng'ara Nura is a learning place in which Indigenous students, along with non-Indigenous students, can study and learn together while drawing on Library resources and learning support. These words, in the language of the Eora nation, mean 'read' (Baya); 'listen, hear or think' (Ng'ara); and 'place or country' (Nura).

Baya Ng'ara Nura is located in the Blake Library and is specifically designed to welcome Indigenous students. It is dedicated to the spirit of the UTS Reconciliation Statement.

Australian Culture Lounge

The Australian Culture Lounge, in the Blake Library, features a collection of Australian literary classics. It enables students, especially international students, to sample some of the literature through which the Australian identity has been explored and expressed.

International and Cultural News Centre

The University's International and Cultural News Centre (ICNC) is housed in the Blake Library. The ICNC is designed to help students keep in touch with overseas news and practise their language skills. The ICNC's collection consists of overseas newspapers and magazines in a number of languages, cultural books and travel guides. ICNC provides access to international newspapers and magazines, language resources, travel guides and other relevant, interesting sites. It is located with the Lexicon, a state-of-the-art language learning facility.

Scholars' Centre

The Scholars' Centre, a dedicated centre for UTS postgraduate research students and staff, is located in the Blake Library. The Centre is specifically designed to enhance and complement scholarly research. The Centre is equipped with research desks, computers, laptop wireless access, reading areas and a meeting room, and provides a quiet, comfortable area from which students and staff can access the full range of Library services, state-of-the-art digital resources and up-to-the-minute software. Assistance from librarians is available at the nearby Research Help Desk.

George Muir Library (Kuring-gai campus)

The George Muir Library, Kuring-gai campus, is located on Eton Road, Lindfield. It is open 78 hours per week during semester and on weekdays during semester breaks. The primary collection topics are business, education, leisure and tourism, nursing, midwifery and health and a curriculum collection associated with education studies. The George Muir Library provides study areas, group study rooms, a presentation practice room, training facilities and a Library-wide learning commons offering computers with the full suite of student software.

Olympic collection

The University's Olympic collection is housed in a dedicated room in the George Muir Library. The Collection consists of material relating to the development of the modern Olympic Games including Olympic memorabilia, archival records and documents as well as the latest scholarly and industry publications.

Rare and Special Collections

The Rare and Special Collection Books is housed at the George Muir Library and consists of over 600 irreplaceable volumes, the majority of which are first editions. Subjects covered include early Australiana and the practice and history of Australian education, as well as a fine collection of children's fiction.

The Margaret Trask Bookmark collection, a collection of over 1,000 bookmarks from around the world, is also displayed at the George Muir Library.

Public program

The Markets Forum program is a series of topical and challenging presentations promoting the expertise of UTS staff and industry specialists to UTS and the broader community.

Inquiries

For general inquiries, loans, renewals and hours:

telephone +61 2 9514 3666
http://www.lib.uts.edu.au

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