UTS Library

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  UTS Central as viewed from Alumni Green (Broadway), University of Technology, Sydney
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  Blake Library (Haymarket Campus), University of Technology, Sydney
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  George Muir Library (Kuring-gai Campus), University of Technology, Sydney

The University of Technology, Sydney was originally known as the New South Wales Institute of Technology (1965–1988). At that time, library services were provided through the libraries of the Sydney Technical College (STC) and at the East Sydney Technical College (ESTC) from 1965 to 1971.

Other library services were established in:

• 1971 – Gore Hill Library opened in the Dunbar Building, Gore Hill.
• 1972 – James N. Kirby Library (Brickfield Hill) opened in the Anthony Hordern Building in George Street, Brickfield Hill.
• 1976 – Broadway Library opened and was located on the top floor of Building 4, Harris Street, Broadway.
• 1984 – Markets Library, Ultimo which was renamed the Blake Library (City Campus) in 2002 after Professor Tony Blake a past UTS Vice-Chancellor.
• 1990 – George Muir Library (Kuring-gai Campus) was named after the founding principal of the Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education.
• 2019 – Blake Library relocates to UTS Central at Broadway, Ultimo.

The Markets Library was the University's first purpose-built library. Originally planned to replace the Brickfield Hill Library, it was large enough to also house the Broadway Library collection. The architect Philip Cox, effectively combined old brickwork and the bell tower of the Sydney Markets into the design of the new building. The restored bell tower stands sentinel outside the library.[2] The Kuring-gai Campus Library was closed in late 2015 as UTS consolidated services at the city campus.

UTS Library is located inside UTS Central which is a 17-storey, glass-encased building that has redefined the southern gateway to Sydney’s CBD. The UTS Reading Room located across Level 5 & 6 is separate to the rest of the library spaces and has public access during library hours with entry via level 5 of UTS Central. The Reading Room is a triple-height space that opens to a large skylight and an uninterrupted glass facade fronting onto Alumni Green. This architectural feature of UTS Central, inspired by traditional scholarly spaces, creates a light-filled space for quiet work, reading and contemplation and a place where academics and students can engage with current research, exchange ideas and think deeply.

The double helix staircase is made from Australian steel and curved glass, the intertwining double helix staircase connects Levels 4 to 7 inside UTS Central. The double ribbon spiral was inspired by the shape of DNA double helix molecules. Visible from outside and inside the building, it is not only a design feature but also a reminder of how breakthroughs in science and technology have transformed our world.

Many library services are available online via the Library’s website. These include the library catalogue, borrowing information, referencing and writing help, interLibrary loans, and assistance via the Ask a Librarian service. 'Ask a Librarian' offers clients a number of ways to communicate with library staff, including face-to-face, online chat, and via telephone or email. Research consultation can also be arranged for postgraduate research students and staff.

The library has an active presence on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. In addition, the library maintains a YouTube collection of online learning modules, designed to enhance skills in assignment writing, project management, teamwork, ethics, academic writing and speaking, referencing, statistics, mathematics and information literacy.

Facilities include individual and group study areas, silent study rooms, discussion and group presentation rooms, assistive technology rooms with adaptive equipment and software, a Scholars' centre for postgraduate research students and staff, express catalogues and self-service loans machines. Internet access for mobile devices and laptops is available throughout the library, as well as printing and photocopying services. Library staff provide face-to-face assistance at the Level 7 Service desk and deliver a comprehensive information skills training program throughout the semester. The library allows access to casual day visitors (except during exam periods) and is also home to 300 general access computers for UTS students and staff.

The Library Retrieval System (LRS) is an automated storage and retrieval system for the library's low use items. The LRS currently houses (as of December 2019) approximately 640,000 items, whilst 125,000 of the more recent and regularly accessed items of the library collection remain sitting physically on shelves.[3] The system has capacity for around one million items, ensuring a long-term storage solution for many years to come.

UTS is only the second library in Australia to use this technology, though the technology has been tested and proven in around 30 libraries in the US. UTS Library's LRS is located underground and the first to combine ASRS with Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tagging, making it one of the most technically sophisticated library systems in the world.[4] The LRS forms part of the university's City Campus Masterplan,[5] which has seen a rollout of major new buildings and facilities. The facility is highly sustainable, having been constructed as part of the 5 Green Star design rated Thomas St project nearby. These sustainable features include sustainable concrete, high grade insulation and thermal control, a natural air cooling system, a natural light feature and waste minimisation and management during construction.

It is envisaged in the City Campus Master Plan[6] that the library will eventually be relocated to a new premises forming part of the UTS Central project on Broadway, at the heart of the university campus. The future library is planned to open to students in November 2019, relocating from Haymarket to building 2[7] on Broadway.

More information about the Library Retrieval System is available on the library’s website.[8]

The Library has adopted the Australian Information Literacy Standards as the basis for the information literacy framework and information skills programs at UTS. Collaboration between Library staff, academic staff and other professional units at UTS is required to integrate information literacy activities into courses and to achieve quality learning outcomes. Librarians work in collaboration with academic staff to deliver course-related training, integrated into the curriculum and delivered in appropriate online and face-to-face formats.

The Library aims to ensure that the UTS community has the information literacy skills to enable information retrieval and management, to undertake quality research and to develop effective lifelong learning skills.

UTS ePress is the digital, open access scholarly publishing arm of the university. The press publishes scholarly titles across a broad range of academic disciplines, including governance, history, law, literacy, international studies, society and social justice and indigenous studies. UTS ePress was established in 2004 to further open access to scholarly outputs, publishing peer-reviewed, scholarly literature in areas of strategic priority for UTS and beyond, attracting the involvement of scholars from around the world. The UTS eScholarship team are responsible for the management and publication of scholarly output through UTSePress. Published works are harvested by and searchable via Google Scholar. In addition, UTS eScholarship supports the data management of UTS and is home to the Australian Data Archive (ADA) NSW node and the national host of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Archive (ATSIDA).

• UTS Library
• UTS ePress
• Australian Data Archive (ADA)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Archive (ATSIDA)
• University of Technology Sydney
• Ultimo: 33°52′50″S 151°12′09″E
• Kuringgai: 33°47′25″S 151°09′39″E