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The client services division of a university library provides operational services and support, focusing on timely, efficient, and effective solutions. The division is divided into three areas: customer services, data services, and resource acquisitions and digital access. Customer services delivers a range of services from managing facilities to ensuring accessibility of collections. Data services is responsible for metadata provision, standards and quality control, and discovery service provision. Resource acquisitions and digital access team acquires and ensures accessible relevant materials to support the university's teaching, learning, and research activities.
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Thhe Client SServices Division provvides the LLibrary’s coore operational seervices andd support. TThe teamss within thee division ddeliver a vaariety of froont of housse and related services which directly afffect or imppact upon tthe Libraryy customerr when usinng any of the Libbrary facilitties, on or off campus, and/or aaccessing its collectioons.
A key aim off this Divisiion is the pprovision oof timely, effficient andd effective sservices and support, utiilising neww technologgy whereveer possiblee, to enhance and impprove our sservices, mmaximisingg seelf-service ooptions to enable cusstomers grreater acceess Libraryy services aand/or materials at aany timme and fromm anywhere.
Thhe division is divided into 3 areaas:
Eaach of the aareas abovve is headed by a Maanager. Thhe Manageers work coollaborativeely within the Division as wwell as acrooss the widder Libraryy and University, the key focus of this colllaboration beeing to maxximise oppportunities ffor servicee developmment, explooit technoloogy and deeploy sectoor annd other iniitiatives to enhance the Library services aand ensuree an excelleent studennt exxperience. The Clientt Services Division iss led by thee Head of CClient Servvices, one of the Libbrary’s threee Divisionn Heads.
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Thhe Divisionn Head andd Managers are all mmembers off the Librarry’s Exxtended Maanagemennt team, thee core aimm of which is to lead thhe strrategic devvelopment of the Librrary.
1) The Custtomer Servvices Teamm
Thhe servicess deliveredd by the Cuustomer Seervices teaams are maany and vaaried, ranging from maanaging Library faciliities to maintaining thhe availabiility and acccessibility of the Librrary coollections. AAll teams hhave a commmon focus, which iss to deliver high standdards of cuustomer seervice.
Thhe Customer Servicees team commprises
Custoomer Suppport
A keyy part of this team’s sservice is pproviding frrontline firsst-line enquuiry supporrt to customers via aa multitude of channeels (e.g. facce to face, email, phoone, etc.). Working closelly with the other secttions of thiss team andd across thhe Divisionns, Custommer Support providdes essenttial guidancce and suppport to all students tthroughoutt the course of their studiees.
Collecctions
The ccore aim off this team is the timeely provisioon of requirred materiaals ensurinng these arre accesssible to cuustomers aas requiredd.
One ppart of the team activvely managges the phyysical colleections (priint and muultimedia) withinn the Librarry and storres (internaal & externnal). Radio Frequencyy Identificaation (RFIDD) and oother technologies ennable greatter stock mmanagemennt and maxximise selff-service foor the issue and reeturn of maaterials.
Anothher section of the team enabless customerrs to accesss materialss not held by this Librarry by searcching for annd acquirinng requiredd materialss from otheer libraries.. This teamm have ensured greater access to a wwide varietyy of articless held by otther libraries by particcipating in aa collaboraative consoortia arranggement, (AArticle Reacch) availabble via the Librarry’s Libraryy Managemment Systeem provideer, Innovativve. In addiition, to aidd and improove studentts’ access to core teaaching matterials, thee team digittise requireed articles or book chapters uunder the LLibrary’s Course Extrracts servicce.
Facilitties
The reemit of thiss team hass been exppanded connsiderably to provide support too all Libraryy facilitiies, both on and off ccampus. A core respoonsibility iss to maintaain as safe and securre study environmeents througghout the aadvertised opening hhours. The team also supports the deevelopmennt of the Libbrary facilitties, workinng closely with the CCommunity Engaggement teaams to enssure the faacilities are developedd in responnse to changing needds and reequiremennts of the reespective ccommunitiees.
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3) Resourcee Acquisittions and Digital Acccess
Thhis team is primarily ffocused onn the acquiisition of reelevant andd reqquired matterials to support the teaching, learning aand researcch acctivities of tthe Universsity, providding the reqquired techhnical suppport for acccess to eleectronic coontent by our customeers, managging the acccess in linne with anyy licence teerms and cconditions.
Thhis team, leed by the RResource AAcquisitionns & Digitall Access MManager, undertakes a variety oof acctivities all connectedd with the aacquisition and provission of Librrary materiials, includding:
Collecction, processing andd publicatioon of coursse and module Readding Lists Acquiisition of reequired prinnt and elecctronic/digiital materiaals Liaisoon with collleagues wiithin the Library and University about the purchase of print and electrronic resouurces Electrronic resouurce licence management, ensuuring approopriate acccess to thee Universityy’s electrronic resouurces Mainttaining apppropriate acccess to thhe Library’ss electronicc resourcees, ensuring required technical infrasttructure available to mmanage thhe access aas necessaary Workiing with providers annd customeers, providiing advice and guidaance on accessing electrronic resouurces and/oor access cconcerns
Thhe Divisionn is manageed by Heather Greenn, Head of Client Serrvices.