What is it about?
This article is an overview of the past and present library services and support aimed at researchers at the university. It touches on the new way to approach research support from discipline specific to a more function focused model.
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Why is it important?
The experience at Victoria University of Wellington provides a case study for changes to library research support model. Previously subject librarians would be the main library contact for staff covering all types of queries, there is now dedicated positions to remain authoritative and responsive to the research environment providing support and advice to all publishing researchers.
Perspectives
Research support services in the library is a fast evolving field. While New Zealand is not leading the way in this realm, it is responding to needs of researchers in this publish or perish environment. Ensuring the library is providing the appropriate services and resources remains essential.
Mrs Aubrey Kirkpatrick
Victoria University of Wellington
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This page is a summary of: Research Support at the Crossroads: Capability, Capacity, and Collaboration, New Review of Academic Librarianship, April 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2018.1460727.
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