1. Reorganising to Succeed
Peter Hickey
University College Dublin
LILAC: Parallel Session: 11.45-12.15: 26 March 2013

4. 7 Colleges screen. Add in
UCD image full
90+ Subject
Dis ciplines

5. Top 30
Target
Campus
Consolidation
& Development
2 new libraries

6. Library Strategy 2010-2014
The mission of UCD Library is to organise the University’s
information to inspire engagement and learning, to enable its use
in promoting research and innovation, and to contribute to the
preservation of Irish cultural heritage.
It is the vision of UCD Library to be the University’s centre for
information and knowledge management services and expertise,
creating dynamic environments that inspire learning, catalyse
innovation, and enable the creation of new knowledge. UCD
Library
UCD Library is the University’s organisational knowledge centre
and, as such, the heart of a dynamic knowledge enterprise and a
key to its success. In supporting the University’s mission, it also
embraces UCD’s core values of excellence (Ad Astra) and its
commitment to equity and fairness (Comhthrom Féinne).

8. 5 Libraries

10. Economic Downturn
Budget: 28.7% since 2008
Staffing: 17%
(30% reduction in Librarian team)

12. Information Collection
Information
Literacy Development
services:
- Desk support
- Consultations
- Guides
Liaison Subject
with
Schools & Expertise
academics
Research Services:
Accreditations Institutional Repository
New Skills Annual reports Bibliometrics
E-Learning Promotions G.I.S.
Social media Datasets

15. College Liaison Librarian Role
College Relationship
•Develop and manage
•Advocate and promote
•Identify opportunities to collaborate
•Represent College/school
perspectives to help inform library
decision making

16. College Liaison Librarian Role
Teaching & Learning
•Develop Library strategy to support
university T&L agendas
•Develop, coordinate and deliver teaching
supports
•Develop resource toolkits and online
supports
•Develop specialist skills in thematic areas
•Develop expertise in best pedagogical
practice.

17. Lead Responsibilities
• Welcome & • PBL/EBL
Orientation • Plagiarism
• Learning Support • Systematic &
Menu Literature reviews
• E-Learning • Reference
• Measurement & management
Assessment • Games for learning
• Task & Finish • Learning journals,
Projects social media

18. UCD Education Strategy
Implementation plan

19. Academic Buy in
Deputy Registrar
Academic Workshop
Graduate Diploma in University
Teaching & Learning feedback
Teaching & Learning Committees
Programme Boards

20. Review of current practice

21. College breakdown
College Breakdown
250
200
150
All other Levels
100
UG
50
0
Agriculture, Arts & Celtic Business & Engineering Health Human Sciences
Food Science Studies Law & Sciences Sciences
& Veterinary Architecture
Medicine

22. Level breakdown

23. Type of Session

24. For Whom?

26. 2012 CONUL National
Survey on Academic opinion

28. With whom? strategy
New
Shopping Basket Which module?
Retrieving
When?
Reusable learning When
Evaluating
objects Level
Communicating
(tutorials, videos, guides,
games, quizzes, Mappingwhat Level?
handouts, etc.)
At competencies
Expected
Samples Explicitly taught
(Learning objectives, Encouraged
assessment ideas) Required
Evaluated
Needs assessment

29. Learning Support Support Menu
Learning
Strategy Learning Needs
Learning Support
Menu
Retrieving Evaluating Communicating
Resources
Suite My students need to develop skills on
Documents Avoiding Citing Reference
Plagiarism Sources Software
Bibliometrics Writing a thesis
Copyright Research Writing an
Susan Boyle 2013 Compliance Repository
Susan Boyle 2013 assignment

30. Our Guiding Principles
a. Focus on programme
b. Engage with core modules only
c. A curriculum driven process
d. Focus on consultation over delivery
e. Focus on quality over quantity
f. Encourage self directed learning
g. Develop measures to gauge learning
h. Support model which is flexible and
customisable

31. • Role of the professional Librarian
• Effectiveness of relationship role
• Concerns over workloads
• Loss of subject expertise

32. • Bringing five teams
together
• Office moves
• Timelines & prioritisation
• Managing Semester 1
• Relationship
responsibilities
• Lead Responsibilities
• New Service model

33. Questions?
Thank you,
Peter Hickey