Library organisational structure

Organisational Structure

UOW Library - Organisational Structure (PDF 53 KB)

Our values

Excellence

• Actively listen and respond to the needs and expectations of our clients and stakeholders.
• Design and deliver outstanding services noted for their high quality and relevance.
• Take pride in continuously enhancing our performance.

Integrity

• Gain the trust and respect of others through ethical, principled and considered actions; be truthful and honest.
• Be transparent and responsible for plans, decisions and communications.
• Advocate on behalf of clients for the best possible access to information.

Courage

• Face issues and opportunities with honesty, energy and a determination to succeed.
• Encourage and support risk-taking within the parameters of the vision, mission and goals of the Library and those of the University.
• Be prepared to acknowledge and learn from mistakes.

Collaboration

• Optimise available skills, knowledge and resources for mutual benefit and success.
• Seek out and embrace opportunities to engage with others to enhance efficiency, effectiveness and outcomes.

Transformation

• Exercise initiative to assess and adjust practices for relevance and value.
• Actively seek out and implement creative and innovative solutions aligned to agreed priorities and new and emerging standards of excellence.
• Respect past achievements and learnings in the context of being a learning organisation.
• Be accepting and embracing of change.

Our vision

Our unifying aspiration

Advancing truth, integrity and trust through open, equitable, accessible pathways to information and knowledge and lifelong learning initiatives.

Our purpose

We are essential for the accessibility, dissemination, use, creative engagement and management of information aligned to the UOW mission and purpose.

We are a Digital-First Library. We strive to lead and advance open, equitable and inclusive digital access models for information and knowledge for a University that is highly networked and global in its outlook.

We do this by:

• Fostering open, equitable, accessible models to information and knowledge services and resources; prioritising digital access to content and services.
• Engaging and partnering with students and staff to identify collaborative solutions to user needs and expectations.
• Being welcoming, inclusive and culturally safe in all Library spaces (physical and digital).
• Promoting knowledge integrity through protocols and Aboriginal ways of knowing for the organisation and description of collections.
• Facilitating development of contemporary and emerging literacies.
• Working with our community to understand how these literacies impact their use of scholarly, media, government, and other types of information in their daily lives.
• Advancing research initiatives through knowledge-based services, infrastructure, networks, standards, and best practices that enable digital and open access to scholarship and research now and for future generations.
• Investing in our people: who are recognised as respected knowledge workers and are forward looking, curious and constantly learning and growing.

Our culture

The shared expectations, attitudes and values for our ways of working.

• We are human-centred in our ways of working:
  • where diversity and inclusivity are respected
  • where people are safe to be authentic
  • where inquiry and curiosity are valued
• Our work is purposeful and user-centred:
  • We seek to understand needs and expectations to shape solutions
• We collaborate with students, staff and communities on UOW priorities and challenges
• We are agile in anticipating the future and invested in developing our capabilities for performance and value
• We share governance and accountability for the performance of the Library across our portfolios and teams.
• We foster the development of attitudes and capabilities of all staff through our Thriving Library Capabilities Framework.