Learn about our vision, core purpose and service principles, and meet our executive and management teams.
There are four Library sites in Melbourne and two Library sites in Vietnam. There is a Makerspace at the City campus and the RMIT University Archives are at our Bundoora campus. Each Library provides a range of study environments, including flexible group study areas and silent individual study spaces. All our libraries have extensive computer facilities, wi-fi access and long opening hours.
Library Executive
David Howard - Executive Director, Library Services david.howard3@rmit.edu.au
Anne Lennox - Associate Director (Learning, Teaching and Research) anne.lennox@rmit.edu.au
Arlene O’Sullivan - Associate Director (Collections) arlene.osullivan@rmit.edu.au
Jack Dunstan - Associate Director (Quality and Engagement) jack.dunstan@rmit.edu.au
Rex Steiner - Senior Manager Library Services (Vietnam) rex.steiner@rmit.edu.vn
Library Management team and service areas
Melbourne
Executive Director, Library Services: David Howard
Business Partners
- Library Business Partner, STEM: Jessica Dickson
- Library Business Partner, DSC: Charles Barnett
- Library Business Partner, CoBL: Lenny de Vries
- Library Business Partner, VE College and RMIT Training: Jessie DiBlasi
Responsible for:
- Business partnership
- Stakeholder relationship management and engagement
- Strategic advice and initiatives
- Business improvement
Consult your Business Partner on Library service delivery and strategic opportunities for collaboration with the Library. We can work with you to:
- Understand your business needs and future directions to ensure Library services and resources are well aligned and relevant
- Deliver and evaluate customer-focused and fit-for-purpose Library services for the RMIT community
- Represent the Library on College and School committees, working groups and projects
- Advise on strategic initiatives and emerging trends from the College to develop future Library service delivery and resourcing
Learning, Teaching and Research team
Associate Director, Library Services (Learning, Teaching and Research): Anne Lennox
- Manager, Study Support: Tanya Bramley
- Manager, Library Services (Teaching): Pauline King
- Manager, Library Services (Research): Tristan Badham
- Senior Coordinator, Library Concierge and Peer Mentoring: Mel Kidman
- Senior Coordinator Information Literacy: Kim Taylor
- Senior Coordinator, Copyright: Rebecca Rata
Responsible for:
- English Language Development
- Literacy writing
- Information literacy
- Peer mentoring
- Study Support Hub
- Copyright services
- Reading List services
- Library Microcredentials
- Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Research writing support
- Publishing services
- Research Data Management (RDM)
- Research Repository
- Research training
Quality & Engagement team
Associate Director, Quality and Engagement: Jack Dunstan
- Senior Coordinator, Information Services: Daniella Hutchings (acting)
- Senior Coordinator, Website: Mike Brooks
- Manager Digital Learning: Dr Lisa Cianci
- Senior Coordinator, Library Communications and Engagement: Jack Dunstan (acting)
- Senior Coordinator, Continuous Improvement: Anna Bicknell
- Coordinator, Administrative Services: Mirella Basile
Responsible for:
- Ask the Library
- Orientation
- Digital learning design and development
- Learning Library, a Digital Learning Object Repository
- Learning Lab, and other learning object assets
- Administration
- Communications and engagement
- Promotions
- Web services
- Business improvement
- Business intelligence and reporting
- Internal audit compliance
- Excellence and innovation.
- Strategic projects
- Planning and digital strategy
Collections team
Associate Director, Collections: Arlene O'Sullivan
- Manager, Acquisitions and Access: Amanda Martimbianco
- Senior Coordinator, Collection Development: Alice Fahey and Karthik Babu
- Senior Coordinator, Monographs and Digital Collections: Rachel Salby
- Senior Coordinator, Subscriptions: Melissa Payne
- Senior Coordinator, Discovery Systems and Facilities: David Witteveen
- Coordinator, Acquisitions Services: Emily Wagner
- Archivist: Rachel Tropea
- Senior Coordinator, Library Sites: Steve Thomas
Responsible for:
- Archives
- Collection development
- Digital collections
- Library systems
- Acquisitions
- Cataloging
- Collection maintenance
- Document delivery
- Library Makerspace
- Facilities and equipment
Vietnam
Library Services team (Vietnam)
Associate Director, Library Services (Vietnam): Rex Steiner
- Senior Campus Librarian, Beanland Library: Van Pham
- Senior Campus Librarian, Hanoi Library: Trinh Thu Ha
- Digital Services Librarian: Chau Do
Responsible for:
- Beanland Library (SGS)
- Hanoi Library
- Research support
- Teaching support
- Liaison librarians
- Administration
- Facilities and equipment
- Library systems.
Our Vision, core purpose and service principles
Vision
- We will be dynamic and innovative in the co-creation of knowledge.
- We will lead where required, partner as needed and collaborate with all those who seek to build academic success for our students and impact for our researchers.
- We will think globally and act bravely in our delivery of quality information, learning and research services.
- We will put our students and staff at the centre of everything we do.
Core purpose and service principles
We shape the education and research experience, transforming how students and staff discover, access, use and create knowledge.
- We will help the University deliver its goals
- We will be a nexus for inspiration, learning and collaboration
- We will offer a global experience
- We take the Library to our users
- Our solutions will be sustainable, scalable and replicable
- We will put the scholar at the centre
- Our services and collections will be institutionally and culturally fit for purpose
- We will be easy to use
- We will invest in our people. They are the key to our success.
