About the library
Swinburne University of Technology has five campus libraries in Melbourne: Hawthorn, Prahran, Wantirna, Croydon and Lilydale; and one in Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Our values are:
- a focus on the customer
- collaboration and partnership
- the importance of information and knowledge in human society
- equity of access to information
- open processes
- a commitment to staff learning, growing and being creative
- a commitment to be open and responsive to change
Facts about the library
The library has
- PC workstations (422)
- Laptops (403)
- Mac laptops (178)
- Mac workstations (18)
- Network printers (20)
- Scanners (17)
- Photocopiers (17)
- User plug-in network points (65)
- AV workstations (9)
- Self-checkout units (8)
- Seats - total (1519)
- Seats in study/meeting rooms (182)
- Study tables (304)
- Seats - study tables (605)
- Group study rooms (27)
- Carrels (211)
- Casual seats (232)
In 2008 there were
- Traffic - people entering the library (2,069,000)
- Traffic - people entering the Hawthorn Late Lab (112,000)
- Equipment loans (169,000, an increase of 24%)
- Loans (first time book loans) (228,000, an increase of 9%)
- Journals including electronic journals (68,000 unique titles)
- Books and other items (478,000 in 2008, of which 135,000 were electronic)
Library Services
- Information resources: access to print and digital information resources from Swinburne and elsewhere by borrowing, online access, onsite use, reciprocal access, inter-campus and off-campus deliveries, and copying.
- Information literacy training: library orientation and skills in finding, evaluating, organising and using information.
- Information access services: liaison, reference, and other personal information services - onsite, offsite and online.
- Space and facilities: places and facilities for students to study, meet in and use library resources and PCs.
- Provision of wireless access to the Swinburne network.
- Evaluation of services through customer feedback surveys - part of the Library Management Information Framework.
Senior staff
- Director, Information Resources - Derek Whitehead
- Deputy Director and Manager, Information Support Sevices - Gary Hardy
- Information Services Manager, Prahran - Kim Tairi
- Manager: TAFE Library and Information Services - Helen Reid
- Information Services Manager, Lilydale & Healesville - Anatolij Lisov
- Manager, Online Services and Strategies - Teula Morgan
- Information Resources Manager, Sarawak, Malaysia - Dayang Zarina Abang Ismail
- Liaison librarians
Contact Us
For full contact details please see the contact page.