The University of Adelaide Library

The University of Adelaide Library comprises:

• the Barr Smith Library, North Terrace campus
• the Elder Music Library, Hartley Building, North Terrace campus
• the Law Library, Ligertwood Building, North Terrace campus
• the Roseworthy Campus Library, Roseworthy Campus
• the Waite Library, Waite Campus, Urrbrae

Library physical holdings (print and microform) exceed 2 million items which support research strengths of the University including the health sciences, biological sciences, physical sciences, environmental sciences and social sciences. A substantial proportion of the collection is located in the Universities Research Repository South Australia (URRSA), located on Flinders University campus and shared with the libraries of Flinders University and the University of South Australia.

Library electronic holdings include access to an estimated 25 million journal articles, covering more than 20,000 e-journal titles.

The Barr Smith Library is the main library of the University and provides collections and services to support Schools or Disciplines not specifically served by the branch libraries. The Barr Smith Library supports the branch libraries with central services, including acquisition, cataloguing and management of new materials including electronic resources, purchase of supplies and equipment, management information, and library systems.

Administratively the Barr Smith Library is structured into functional areas:

• Research and Reference Services - research help services, research librarians, information literacy programs, collection development
• Lending Services & Document Delivery - lending, collection maintenance, membership services & document delivery
• Acquisition - Books and Journals teams - ordering and receiving material for the library and preparation of items for the cataloguing process
• Metadata Services - cataloguing items for the collection & collection control (processing, weeding etc)
• Library Administration - the University Librarian; central support services; computing systems development and support