The AGSM

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The AGSM Its Library

• Australian Graduate School of Management
• September 2002
• Mary Anne KennanFrank Lowy Librarian

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The AGSM
The Australian Graduate School of Management is
one of the top business schools in Australia.
AGSM was ranked first in Australia for the MBA
(67th out of 100 worldwide) in 2002, MBA (E)
(13th out of 50 worldwide) in 2001, and Executive
and Corporate Programs (27 May 2002) by the
Financial Times (UK) AGSM was ranked 6th in
Asia and 1st in Australia with the University of
Queensland Business School by Asia Inc (August
2002)
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History

• 1970 Cyert report recommends establishment of a
  national institution of excellence in management
  education.
• 1975 - Faculty and staff recruitment commences
  _at_ UNSW.
• 1977 First classes commence, MBA, MPA and
  executive education. First PhD students enrol.
• 1989 GMQ 1992 GDM.
• 1993 MBA (Executive).
• 1999 AGSM became a school of both UNSW and the
  University of Sydney (HKMBA).

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Campus

• 1975 school begins in UNSW campus buildings.
• 1981 AGSM building opened dedicated post
  graduate campus.
• 1996 building extension and refurbishment
  completed.
• 2000 Hong Kong office opened.
• 2002 Sydney CBD campus opened.

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Programs

• Full time MBA
• MBA Executive
• Graduate Certificate in Change Management
• Graduate Diploma in Management
• PhD
• Executive programs and corporate education

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Full Time MBA

• Currently 269 students who complete in 15-18
  months
• Generalist program- GMAT entry
• 25 female
• 35 international students
• Average age of students 30 years old
• Average work experience (professional or
  managerial) 6 years
• Broad range of academic and professional
  backgrounds
• Exchange program with 31 top business schools
  world wide

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MBA Executive

• Currently 2518 students who complete in 2 and a
  half to seven years.
• Various entry points (GCM, GCCM).
• Can start by doing single courses.
• Taught face to face simultaneously in 11
  locations in 6 Australian capital cities.
• 34 female.

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HKMBA

• Very successful program.
• We have a fully staffed office in HK.
• Part-time MBA program.
• Most teaching is done by full time faculty flying
  to HK to teach in intensive mode.
• About 300 students.
• We are looking to grow the program and extend it
  beyond HK.

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The Library

• In July 1975, Pamela Taylor was appointed ASGSM
  Librarian.
• In 1994 the Library was renamed the Frank Lowy
  Library after Frank Lowy, Executive Chairman and
  co-founder of Westfield.
• In 1995 the Library moved to renovated and
  extended premises.

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Facilties

•          10 public access PCs, 2 additional
  public access PCs dedicated to Bloomberg and
  Reuters
•          Meeting room with multimedia equipment
•          4 public printers
•          4 student and 2 staff photocopiers
•          Approximately 60 study desks and
  carrels
•          Current newspaper and serials reading
  space

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Resources

•          Skilled information professionals
  comprised of 9 librarians and 6 library
  technicians
•          34,000 books, 940 current print serial,
  journal and newspaper titles, 7300 working papers
•          Annual reports of the top 500
  Australian companies, some going back to the
  1950s
•          28 electronic full text and abstract
  databases, plus access to 289 via the UNSW
  Library
•          196 electronic journals, plus access to
  thousands of additional titles via the UNSW
  Library
•          Web based catalogue and access to
  digitised resources accessible 24/7 from any
  location
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Services

•          Research for Faculty and staff,
  research advice for all AGSM students via e-mail,
  web, face-to-face and telephone
•          Information literacy work shops and
  guides for students
•          Class and subject based information
  literacy
•          Inter-library loan and document
  delivery for Faculty and staff
•          Identification, evaluation,
  acquisition, retrieval, organisation of
  information sources, negotiation and maintenance
  of licences and agreements, database creation and
  management, information storage and preservation

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Thank You

• Any questions or comments?