Three Universities South Australia

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Three Universities - South Australia

• Robyn Walden, Patricia Scott, Jay Douglas

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Three different styles
Adelaide
UniSA
Flinders
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Adelaide

• sandstone university, research
  intensive,broad range of disciplines

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The University of Adelaide
Bonython Hall
Barr Smith Library
Waite agricultural campus
www.adelaide.edu.au
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Flinders

• -gum tree university, innovative research
  especially in non traditional focussed areas

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Flinders University
Magnificent city views
Bus service The Library
Built on steep hills in parklike setting
www.flinders.edu.au
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University of South Australia

• technological university, diverse distributed
  campuses, strong teaching focus and vocational
  emphasis

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University of South Australia
Three of the six widely spread campuses
Underdale campus
City west
The Levels at Mawson Lakes
http//www.unisa.edu.au
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Some of the special collections - Flinders

• Evatt collection
• http//www.lib.flinders.edu.au/resources/collectio
  n/special/evatt/
• Dunstan Collection
• http//www.lib.flinders.edu.au/resources/collectio
  n/special/dunstan/
• Eros Collection
• http//www.lib.flinders.edu.au/resources/collectio
  n/special/eros.html

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Some of the special collections - Adelaide

• Sir Mark Oliphant
• http//www.library.adelaide.edu.au/ual/special/oli
  phant.html
• Pacific Collection
• http//www.library.adelaide.edu.au/ual/special/pac
  ific.html
• Theatre Collection
• http//www.library.adelaide.edu.au/ual/special/the
  atrecoll.html

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Some of the special collections - UNISA

• Bob Hawke Library
• http//www.unisa.edu.au/hawke/library/

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Formal cooperationULSA and its committees

• http//www.lib.flinders.edu.au/ulsa/

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History of cooperation

• Courier service
• Paging service
• Reciprocal borrowing
• Resource sharing
• Staff development

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History of cooperation - URRSA

• Volumes are stored on three metre high shelves
  with very narrow aisles
• secure high-density accommodation for lesser-used
  volumes
• passively energy efficient
• low technology, and low in maintenance

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History of cooperation

• Document delivery
• Low request charges between the three libraries
• Agreed service delivery levels performance
  indicators
• Systems cooperation
• http//www.lib.flinders.edu.au/ulsa/sagulsa.shtml

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Simultaneous catalogue searching (via Flinders
catalogue)
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Simultaneous search results (via UniSA catalogue)
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Each library holding is shown as a separate line
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The future

• Benchmarking of Technical Services
• Consortial purchasing of monographs
• Planning days
• Overlap study

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NBD Count of our books and journals
Courtesy of Kinetica
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Count by library and DDC
Courtesy of Kinetica
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Disappearing collections

• Adelaide
• SARDI/PIRSA
• SAMHS
• Flinders Street Music
• Australian Mineral Foundation

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Disappearing collections

• Flinders
• Australian Theological College
• Australian Nursing Federation
• State Film and Video Collection
• Adelaide.Central School of Art

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Disappearing collections

• UniSA
• Australian Mineral Foundation
• SACON

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Contact us

• For further information, please contact any of
  us
• Robyn Walden
• robyn.walden_at_flinders.edu.au
• Patricia Scott
• patricia.scott_at_adelaide.edu.au
• Jay Douglas
• Jay.Douglas_at_unisa.edu.au