Appendix 4: General Library Committee

The General Library Committee (GLC) met four times in 2004. The committee provides a forum for advice and guidance to the University Librarian on the strategic operation and direction of the library, and acts as an advisory committee to the Academic Board.

Items discussed by GLC included:

• Facilities planning and redesign
  • Commencement of the Hargrave-Andrew Library refurbishment, incorporating design and functionality principles of the Facilities Master Plan
  • Initial planning for redesign of the Caulfield, Parkville and Matheson branches
  • Designing of the learning commons areas for Berwick and Malaysia campuses.

• The increase in the library's budget from the previous year, including eight per cent to enhance the library's collections. This was intended to improve the ranking of Monash University Library in the Group of Eight for collection spend per EFTSU.

• Progress in the ARROW (Australian Research Repositories Online to the World) project:
  • Appointment of Project Manager Geoff Payne, selection of VITAL software, continuing development of data models to manage content such as theses, working papers and images and for user interfaces and screen displays
  • Mandating of a copy of new Monash theses in digital format for the ARROW repository.

• 'Soft' launch of Monash University ePress containing History Australia and The Bible and Critical Theory electronic journals.

• Decision to disband the three GLC subcommittees, and to then provide the opportunity for representatives of all faculties to report at GLC meetings, and to form working groups to report to GLC on matters of significance as they arise.

• Training of information literacy library staff in student-centred teaching methods.

• Increases in library opening hours at Caulfield and Berwick libraries.

• Improvements to the library's website, development of a library-wide intranet and extension of the coverage of wireless networked areas in all branch libraries.

• The impact of electronic resources on learning and teaching methods, and the subsequent university-wide forum initiated by GLC.

• Continuing emphasis on quality service through the follow-up actions to the external panel's report on the quality of library services, consideration of the results of the Monash Experience Questionnaire, and quarterly reports to faculties on the performance of key quality indicators of services identified in the service level agreement with the faculties.

General Library Committee membership 2004

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