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Crossing the threshold (literally):
An academic library exchange program
between Canada and Australia
Jennifer Thomas - Liaison LibrarianRyerson University
&Queensland University of Technology
Burleigh BeachGold Coast, Queensland
Christmas Day, 2014
Scenic CavesBlue Mountains, OntarioFebruary, 2015
The major difference!
Comparing Ryerson and QUT*
Students 38,950 (total enrolments) 45,575 (total enrolments)
Staff 2,480 (FTE) 4, 534 (FTE)
Library Staff 95 (FTE) 153 (FTE)
No. of campus libraries 1 4
Library budget as % of uni budget 3.04% 3.64%
Print books 462,694 352,484
Ebooks 574,314 453,069
Online databases almost 400 346
LMS Millennium / Summon Millennium / SummonFaculties
Faculty of ArtsTed Rogers School of ManagementFaculty of Communication & DesignFaculty of Community ServicesFaculty of Engineering & Architectural ScienceFaculty of ScienceYeates School Graduate StudiesContinuing Education
QUT Business SchoolQUT Graduate School of BusinessCreative Industries Faculty (CI)Faculty of HealthFaculty of EducationScience and Engineering (SEF)Faculty of LawContinuing Professional Education
*Based on most recent figures available Matching colours represent matching courses or faculties
Award-winning building projects
Science and Technology PrecinctQUT, 2014
Student Learning CentreRyerson, 2015
Technological background and focus
1993
1989
Conclusion
As at 7 April 2015
… the same taste in
istock photos …
differences
“Be Different in This Forked Up World” by jeffsmallwood on Flickr
Liaison Librarian model
• Liaison with faculty is largely individual
• Liaison Librarians have specialisations based on the Library’s organisational areas:
- Borrowing and Lending Services- Collections Services- Library Information Technology
Services- Library Learning Services
• A selection of Liaison Librarians take on research support activities
• Library instruction transitioning to reflect the ACRL Threshold Concepts
• Liaison Librarians work in Faculty teams
• Liaison Librarians have one of the following specialisations:
- Research Support- Teaching and Learning Support- Information Resource Management
• All Liaison Librarians take on research support activities
• Library instruction based on an “Integrated Literacies” model, i.e. combination of information literacy and academic skills support.
… transforming the library’s image from that of a place where works are consumed to that of a place where
works are created.
Makerspaces
Slatter and Howard, 2013.
Slatter, Diane & Zaana Howard. (2013). A place to make, hack, and learn: makerspaces in Australian public libraries. The Australian Library Journal, 62(4), 272-284, DOI: 10.1080/00049670.2013.853335
The Oculus Rift!
Fruit juice machine
“takeoff” by Quika Brockovich on Flickr
Future goals
