Library Staff Award Winners 2006

The 2006 winners of this award are:

• Footscray Park Library Staff for their contribution to the terrific Library Annual Customer Service Survey result. Victoria University Library is in the top 25% of academic libraries benchmarked by Ambit (34). In 2005, we were in the top 50%. Most of the respondents in the survey were Footscray Park students who obviously value the service by the friendly, approachable and professional Footscray Park Staff.

Footscray Park Library Staff accept their award.

• John Prentice (Senior EIS Officer) who is tucked away in a quiet corner of St Albans campus library. John is the Library's Electronic Information Services Officer. John has been with the library for many years in various guises however it is for his work in the Electronic Information Systems and Services (EISS) team that he has won the Victoria University Library Staff Quality Award for 2006.

He is an important part of the EISS team and often juggles many different projects. In 2006 he totally revamped the library's online database and forms for collecting statistics about annual library training. This data is invaluable for reports and keeping track of the high volume of classes offered each year by our liaison staff.

John did a tremendous job and his hard work, diligence and friendly demeanour is appreciated by all his colleagues.

 
John Prentice accepts his award from Philip G Kent, University Librarian.

• Jenny Comley for her excellent contribution and collaboration in the B.Ed program (HEB1010 Language, Technology & Education).

Jenny has been teaching and tutoring in this course for six years and has co-presented a paper on her work at Learning Matters. She has made a significant individual contribution to student learning and is always willing to share her expertise with her colleagues.

Jenny is the Campus Librarian at Melton and her work embedding information literacy into the curriculum of the course is a benchmark for other library staff working in this area. The Library will be encouraging her to apply for the 2007 Vice-Chancellor awards.

Jenny Comley accepts her award from Philip G Kent, University Librarian.

 

• A special mention was given to John Tripotseris the Reference Librarian at City Flinders Learning Commons to acknowledge the great work he does at City Flinders. For the last three years John has been most nominated library staff member.


John Tripotseris and University Librarian, Philip G Kent.