A Joint Use Library in the Red Centre of Australia

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A Joint Use Library in the Red Centre of
Australia

• Sonia Sumner and
• Jayshree Mamtora
• Charles Darwin University
• Australia

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Introduction

• Case study of joint use library in the
• Red Centre of Australia
• Alice Springs Campus Library
• Serves three sectors higher education,
  vocational education and secondary school
  education

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Background

• Northern Territory is 1.35 million sq km, five
  times the size of the UK
• Population 200,000
• Resource based economy
• Indigenous population 30 of total

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A Taste of Alice Springs
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Looking East
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From ground level
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Sunday Todd Mall market
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Aboriginal art gallery
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Cultural presentation
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The Ghan
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Desert scenery
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Rainbow Valley
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Glen Helen Gorge
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Ellery Creek
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After rain Sturts Desert Rose
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Sturt Desert Pea
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Charles Darwin University

• Established in 1951
• In 1989 Northern Territory University formed
• In 2003, became Charles Darwin University (CDU)

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Alice Springs Campus
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Campus Map
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A few shots of the Campus
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In the Higher Ed area
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Lecture Theatre
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Info Shop Student Services
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Senior Secondary College
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Alice Springs Campus Library

• 1987 Joint use Library established
• 1993 Name change to Centralian College
• 2003 Merged with CDU
• 2005 Senior Secondary college reverted to NT
  government
• 2007 College introduced Year 10 schooling

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Study tables looking across to the Information
Desk
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The Senior Secondary School computers in the
Library
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The Library today

• Current situation
• Challenges
• The Future

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Current Situation

• Student population
• Senior Secondary 620
• VET 3463
• HE 172
• Library Clientele
• Collection
• 32,000 (excl textbooks)
• Staffing

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Library clientele

• Senior secondary students
• Vocational students (VET)
• Higher Education students
• Research students

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Collection

• Varied collection from primary to research
• Teacher resource collection
• Fiction collection
• Textbook collection

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Staffing

• Full-time Campus Librarian
• 3 full-time paraprofessionals
• Casuals

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Challenges

• Differing needs
• Indigenous students
• Maintaining relationships with stakeholders

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Differing needs

• Shared space
• - varying study needs
• Levels of assistance
• Opening hours
• Collection

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Indigenous students
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A welcoming space
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Welcoming spaces in the Library
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Collection
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Library staff
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Relationships with stakeholders

• 2 institutions - CDU and NT Education Department
• 3 stakeholders Main Campus Library at Casuarina
  (Darwin), Centralian Senior Secondary College,
  Alice Springs Campus

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The Future

• Extension to building
• Importance of having a Memorandum of
  Understanding in place
• Networking with other libraries

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ALIA Biennial Conference,2-5 Sept 2008, Alice
Springs