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Liaison Librarians
Each School and Department has a Liaison Librarian who is your contact with the Library. Liaison Librarians provide support for research and teaching undertaken at the University. How can your liaison librarian help you?
University staff and graduate students can request an individual research consultation using the Arrange a Research Consultation form. Please note: due to technical issues the form may not work off-campus.
Please note: during the Easter break, from Friday 6th April to Tuesday 10th April inclusive, we regret that University staff will be unavailable to provide Research Consultations.
| Architecture, Building and Planning (includes Melbourne School of Design) |
Architecture, Building & Planning Librarian Melanie Lazarow mlazarow@unimelb.edu.au +61 3 8344 4271 Architecture, Building & Planning Environments |
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| Arts (includes Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences) |
Arts Librarian Sabina Robertson sabinar@unimelb.edu.au +61 3 8344 5717 Deputy Arts Librarian & Information Literacy Services Co-ordinator Asia Institute Japanese Language & Studies Indonesian Language & Studies Culture & Communication Historical & Philosophical Studies Languages & Linguistics Social & Political Sciences |
| Business and Economics |
Business & Economics Librarian Business & Economics
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| Education |
Education Librarian Education Education & Media |
| Engineering |
Engineering & Sciences Librarian Engineering |
| Law |
Law Librarian Information Librarian Electronic Services Librarian Liaison Librarian Liaison Support Librarian Law Research Service Adviser Law Research Service Manager
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| Maps |
Maps Curator |
| Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences |
BioSciences Librarian General Practice & Nursing Physiotherapy & Social Work Dentistry, Neuroscience, Psychology & Psychiatry School of Medicine School of Population Health & Rural Health Research Support Librarian |
| Melbourne School of Graduate Research |
Research Consultant - MSGR |
| Melbourne School of Land and Environment |
MSLE Librarian Resource Management & Geography Forest & Ecosystem Science Agriculture & Food Systems |
| Science |
Sciences & Engineering Librarian Botany Chemistry Earth Sciences Genetics Information Systems Information Systems Mathematics & Statistics Optometry & Vision Sciences Physics Zoology |
| Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music |
Music, Visual & Performing Arts Librarian Art Contemporary Music Film & Television Music Theatre Performing Arts (Theatre, Production, Dance) Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Melbourne Conservatorium of Music |
| Veterinary Science |
BioSciences Librarian Veterinary Science - Parkville Campus Veterinary Science - Werribee Campus Veterinary Science - Werribee Campus Carolyn Boyle cboyle@unimelb.eduu.au +61 3 8344 9584 |
How can your liaison librarian help you?
- Offer individual research consultations
- Advise on the best sources of information for your research, research strategies, effective use of online databases, strategies for staying current and setting up alerts
- Assist with library tools for measuring journal and researcher impact
- Select new materials for purchase to support your research
- Advise on contributing to UMER, the University of Melbourne e-Prints Repository
- Assist in sourcing subject content for the curriculum
- Develop supporting content for LMS subject pages
- Provide required texts and recommended readings in a variety of formats
- Select new materials for purchase, including journals and electronic resources, guided by collection policies
- Discuss curriculum changes and help source new material to support your teaching
- Organise Library orientation sessions for new students
- Arrange subject-specific information skills sessions for lecture or tutorial groups, including advanced training on discipline-specific databases.