5 Faculty Team Operations

1999 was the second year for the Library’s information services to be delivered on a cross-campus basis (FADIB model). Faculty Teams continued to focus on active liaison with staff and students, including the provision of Information Literary skills programs on site and via the Web, completion of Library Impact Statements, attendance at Faculty Boards, and the use of email to alert faculty members to relevant information such as database trials and new acquisitions. The teams met on a regular basis throughout the year. The main issues dealt with related to the book and serial budget and the purchase and placement of material. The monitoring of budgets proved quite difficult due to the implementation of Voyager. A further complication was that staff needed to get used to the different budget distribution which was no longer campus-based.

Following the resignation of Nicholas Pengelley on 1 November, Barbara Jacoby assumed responsibility for the Faculty Team of Information Technology.

The Gippsland Curriculum Collection was renewed. Some weeding took place and much new material was purchased. The Peninsula and Gippsland nursing collections were upgraded. The availability of student texts was improved through the purchase of additional multiple copies.

The Arts and Education faculty teams participated in a combined workshop on Collection Development at the end of the year which included staff from the University of Melbourne.

Law Library staff continued their involvement in legal research teaching during 1999, assisting Petal Kinder, the Law Faculty's coordinator of the legal research program, in delivering web-based training to Law students. Nick Pengelley and Lisa Smith attended the Law Faculty's mid-year retreat, and Lisa also attended the Faculty's operational planning day at Berwick in October.