The Library Representative is a member of academic or administrative staff appointed by a School, a Department or a Faculty to liaise with the Library for what concerns the acquisition and use of Library resources and other Library-related matters. If you are a student or a member of academic staff, you can contact your Library Rep by accessing the List of Library Reps (QMUL login is required).
As a Library Rep, you may be asked to liaise with the library on behalf of your School or Department in a variety of areas. Below, we have provided some FAQs to help you clarify who to contact within the Library and Archives.Information for Library Reps
Help to publicize the library’s resources, services and events, by keeping staff and students in your School or Department up to date with library news and developments. You can also encourage other members of staff to engage with the library by:
Each school is given a target allocation of the book budget. This is based on spend in previous years and publishing data received from suppliers. Throughout the year, spend is monitored and target allocations adjusted accordingly. The subscriptions budget is centralized – schools do not have their own allocation. If you have any questions about resource provision, please contact:
Please note: some Schools/Departments prefer their library representative co-ordinates book orders, so check with the outgoing library rep about the preference for ordering books in your School/Department.
Yes, we have a contract in please with John Smiths Bookshop. Please contact Jenni Morton (jenni.morton@johnsmith.co.uk).
If you would like to suggest that we subscribe to a new title, please fill the new subscription request form.
To identify books, journals or databases available that are relevant to your discipline, see the subject pages on the library website. Alternatively, try the Library Search to carry out a quick search across all of our resources at the same time. For help in finding or searching resources available through the library, contact your faculty librarian (see point 9 for details).
If you are unable to access an electronic article, journal or book that the library subscribes to, please contact us.
Reading Lists Online is a web-based system designed to manage reading lists through a single online application.
Copyright guidance information is available on the copyright page. For specific enquiries about copyright, please contact library-copyright@qmul.ac.uk.
Information about the inter-library loan service, with FAQs, is available on the ILL page.
The Archives hold records of the College, other private papers and records of organizations dating from the 18th Century to present day. The Archives team are able to help with accessing and using the collections as well as providing record copying and other outreach services. For more information email archives@qmul.ac.uk.
The Repository and Research Information Team manage institutional systems to support the recording and sharing of research publications and data and help researchers to meet open access policy set out by Research Councils UK and the Association of Medical Research Charities, including processing requests for open access publishing from block grants awarded to the College for these purposes.
To contact the team, email: scholarlycommunications@qmul.ac.uk.
Research Support coordinate a range of training activities designed for researchers, including literature searching and the critical review, open access and open licensing, copyright, data management, provided through the framework of the Centre for Academic and Professional Development.
Each Faculty has a liaison librarian whose role is to develop and deliver information literacy skills support to students throughout the curriculum, either through in-class presentations or workshops or through the delivery of online learning materials. We also provide one-to-one support to students researching for assignments through drop-in sessions and appointments. Contact us to request a presentation or workshop for your class. The liaison librarians for each faculty are:
For information about all of the above and more, investigate the Using Library Services and Self Service sections of tSelf Servicehe Library Website and the Library Landing Page on QMplus.
Click below for an updated list of Library Reps (QMUL login required)