Academic library representatives

The academic library representative is a designated member of academic staff in each school who has responsibility for library matters. Their role includes the following:
 

• relaying information from Library Services to colleagues in the school about new and existing services, including new collections, new electronic resources etc.
• gathering information about school needs relating to library collections and services and communicating these to the library
• communicating library-related problems within the school/ department and relaying issues for follow-up action to the Library
• working with academic colleagues to ensure that reading-lists and other requests for learning support materials are submitted to Library Services in good time for the academic sessions
• coordinating book and journal subscription suggestions from the school/ department
• working with the library on any relevant policy documents, such as Collection Policies
• participating in Academic Library Liaison Group meetings