Birmingham City University – facts & figures

• Five different colleges were brought together in 1971 and became the City of Birmingham Polytechnic

• University status was gained in 1992 and we became the University of Central England. In 2007 the university changed it’s name to Birmingham City University

• Birmingham City University currently delivers more than 1000 courses

• We have 24,600 students from 80 countries and 3155 staff • 67% of our students are commuter students

BCU and our libraries Photos of 4 libraries

Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences

Mary Seacole Library

Librarian teams at the Mary Seacole Library

Customer Services Librarians Staff HelpDesk, 24/7 Livechat service, outreach Learning, Teaching and Research Services librarians Information Literacy session, 1-2-1 tutorials, workshops Collection Management and Academic Engagement Librarian

Purchasing and managing resources, Reading List Online, Academic Engagement

Mary Seacole Library Learning and Teaching Team

3.5 full time equivalent librarians since September 2019 have: • Delivered 531 tutorials – equates to 443 hours of teaching • 344 hours worth of Information Literacy teaching in the classroom • Given Library induction sessions to 2,537 students (there is also an

introductory video)

High Achievers Recognition Scheme https://harsbcu.co.uk/

Mary Seacole Customer Services team

3 Full Time Equivalent librarians 2 library supervisors 7 library advisors Some figures for 2017-18: 14,970 students visited the Mary Seacole Library (MSL) Helpdesk 2417 1-to-1 sessions with a Customer Services Librarian at the MSL Helpdesk 2747 Chat enquiries (we have a 24/7 Chat service) – staffed by whole of Customer Services Librarian team (6 FTE)

Collection Management team

2 Full Time Equivalent librarians Our role: We have a policy of buying electronic first especially with journals Responsible for the resources for the Schools we support – books, ebooks, journals and databases Managing the collections through purchasing and discarding resources Deliver training on use of Reading Lists Online (electronic reading lists) Academic Engagement – developing closer ties with the Schools we support

Academic Engagement

The Collection Management team will establish regular meetings with key academic colleagues to • promote Library initiatives; • analyse the usage of reading lists and resources, the take-up of information and digital

literacy sessions, drop-ins, opening hours and usage of space and so on; • establish future resource requirements and the likely implications thereof on L&LR

subject budget allocations; • discuss and agree how allocated budgets should be spent to maximise student

satisfaction, value for money as well as providing a coherent collection of well-used resources to support teaching, learning and research;

• establish the requirements of future course developments and research initiatives and jointly plan accordingly;

• manage and fine-tune the collections to reflect the current and future needs and direction of the faculties, schools and departments.

Academic Engagement

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Library website https://www.bcu.ac.uk/library