Mission and organisation

The unit supports the university library in its efforts to digitise access to academic information resources and library-specific services. The unit holds technical expertise in areas closely linked to the library’s core mission, such as metadata and digital preservation. The unit’s work includes developing, managing, and operating IT systems that are central to library operations.

Contact: Camilla Gillén, Head of unit

The unit is responsible for providing support in information literacy for educational activities at basic and advanced levels. This support includes both individual guidance and teaching of student groups, as well as specialized support for students with reading impairments. The aim is to strengthen students’ ability to search for, evaluate and cite academic information. 

Contact: Jenny Kihlberg, Head of unit

The unit has overall responsibility for the use of the university library’s premises and coordinates work relating to the libraries’ public spaces. The unit is responsible for the library’s physical and digital information services. The unit’s remit includes also Facility and Transportation Services, responsibility for opening hours and staffing of information services, as well as the processing of loans from the collections.

Contact: Olof Gardell, Head of unit

The Library Office is responsible for providing strategic and administrative support to the library board, management and operations. 

Contact: Carin Bjarsch, Head of Library Office and Deputy Library Director

The unit is responsible for ensuring that researchers, lecturers and students have access to academic and artistic information resources across all of the university’s academic disciplines. The unit builds and develops the library’s print and digital collections in consultation with the university’s departments. The unit’s work includes negotiation of reading and publishing agreements, as well as services such as purchase suggestion and interlibrary loans.

Contact: Anna Isaksson, Head of unit

The unit is responsible for the long-term preservation and digitalisation of the University Library’s culturally and historically significant collections, and for developing and making these collections accessible as research infrastructure. Its purpose is to ensure access to unique source materials for current and future research, supporting both traditional and emerging research methods. The unit also includes KvinnSam, a university-wide research infrastructure at the University of Gothenburg.

Contact: Erik Boström, Head of unit

The unit is responsible for providing research-related support to researchers and doctoral students in areas such as information retrieval, publishing and research data management. The unit carries out bibliometric analyses on behalf of management at various levels within the university. The unit’s support encompasses both individual and group-based counselling, including teaching doctoral student groups, as well as digital services for publishing and making research results available. 

Contact: Anna Sjödahl Hayman, Head of unit