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UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
PRATT-SILS SUMMER SCHOOL 2007
UCL Library services background
Liz Chapman
Deputy Director of UCL Library Services
UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
OUTLINE
UCL libraries background – focussing on people
ComplexityCostsConstraintsCommunication
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/
UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
Statistics
4.5million items in collections13,000 current serials200 library staff 19,000 students4000 academic staff
UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
UCL Multi-site services
Main Library
Science Library
15 other library sites
1 outside London
8 in hospitals – joint services
UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
•Archway Library •Cruciform Library •Eastman Dental Institute Library •Environmental Studies Library •Human Communication Science Library •Institute of Archaeology •Institute of Child Health Library •Institute of Laryngology and Otology Library & Royal National Institute for Deaf People Library
•Institute of Neurology Library •Institute of Ophthalmology Library •Institute of Orthopaedics Library •Main ( Wilkins) Library •Royal Free Hospital Medical Library, UCL Library Services •School of Slavonic and East European Studies Library •Science Library
•Special Collections Library
•Store
UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
COMPLEXITY
Supporting research and teachingContinuous revolution – never a dull moment
Partners Universities and NHS
Academic Support Group – UCL Subject LibrariansDepartmental adherencePolicy:www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/content/cmp/CMP_introduction.doc
UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
COSTS
Budget c.£9m ($18m)
Duplicated infrastructure – staffing levels
Duplicated services – local or central?
Transport of materials
Sites and store
e helps e-normously
UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
2005 – 2006HEFCE Expenditure
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Salaries
Books
Serials
ematerial
UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
CONSTRAINTS
Physical distance – physical presence
Politics – local v. central
Staff release from sites
Opening hours
UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
COMMUNICATION: library staff
Intranet – LibNet
Email - Liblist
Newsletter – internal and external - COP
Meetings – cpd – IiP – conference
Staff Liaison Group
Flexi-clock
Common online calendar
Sites Coordinator - DATS
Exhibitions - COP
UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
DEVELOPMENT
Innovative work in context
M25, SCONUL, CURL, LIBER, ALA
Bidding culture Repository, digitisation
Fundraising
Research with SLAIS and othersSuperbook project
Global profile for London’s Global University
UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
It’s all about people
Communication
Consultation
Change
Concern
Creativity
A work in progress
Our newest UCL Site Library opened for SSEES in August 2005