Annual report 1996

1 Introduction

• 1.1 Achievements
• 1.2 Concerns

2 Quality Assurance Activities

• 2.1 Distance Education Survey
• 2.2 Document Delivery Survey

3 Library Buildings

• 3.1 Humanities and Social Sciences Library
• 3.2 Peninsula Campus Library
• 3.3 Gippsland Campus Library

4 Virtual Library Service Developments

• 4.1 Electronic Reserve
• 4.2 Audio on Demand and Video on Demand
• 4.3 OVID Expansion
• 4.4 Public Access Workstations
• 4.5 PALS
• 4.6 Network Database Access

5 Collection Development and Management

• 5.1 Exhibitions

6 Information Services

• 6.1 Lending and Reference Services
• 6.2 MONINFO
• 6.3 Document Delivery Services

7 Publications and Publicity Unit

8 Rare Books

• 8.1 Cataloguing
• 8.2 Significant Users

9 Technical Services

• 9.1 Reduced Costs
• 9.2 Improvements to Library Catalogue
• 9.3 Virtual Library Directions
• 9.4 ABN (Australian Bibliographic Network) Response Times
• 9.5 PALS Library System
• 9.6 Serials Reorganisation

10 Systems Developments

11 Human Resources and Management

• 11.1 Staff Development
• 11.2 Management Training Program
• 11.3 Affirmative Action
• 11.4 Lunchtime Activities
• 11.5 Recruitment and Staffing
• 11.6 Salaries Budget
• 11.7 Position Descriptions
• 11.8 Occupational Health and Safety
• 11.9 Facilities and Buildings
• 11.10 Other Activities

Highlights from the Branch Libraries

12 Humanities and Social Sciences Branch Library

• 12.1 Major Initiatives
• 12.2 User Education
• 12.3 Accommodation and Refurbishment
• 12.4 Acquisitions
• 12.5 Other Activities

13 Biomedical Library

• 13.1 Major Initiatives
• 13.2 User Education
• 13.3 Accommodation and Refurbishment

14 Hargrave Library

• 14.1 Major Initiatives
• 14.2 User Education
• 14.3 Accommodation and Refurbishment
• 14.4 Acquisitions

15 Law Library

• 15.1 Major Initiatives
• 15.2 User Education
• 15.3 Accommodation and Refurbishment

16 Caulfield/Peninsula Branch Library

• 16.1 Major Initiatives
• 16.2 User Education
• 16.3 Accommodation and Refurbishment
• 16.4 Acquisitions

17 Gippsland Campus Library

• 17.1 Major Initiatives
• 17.2 User Education
• 17.3 Accommodation
• 17.4 Acquisitions

18 Berwick Campus Library