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Library Executive

Andrew Wells, University Librarian & Director Information Resources

Andrew Wells has worked at senior levels in university, state and national libraries in Australia. From 1996 to 2001, he worked at the National Library of Australia as Assistant Director-General, Resource Sharing Division. During this period, he directed the successful implementation of Kinetica (formerly Australian Bibliographic Network). He has held senior positions at the State Library of New South Wales and was the Deputy Head Cataloguer at UNSW in the mid 1980's. Andrew has been active in the library profession over many years, contributing to many advisory and policy committees including the ABN Standards Committee, the Australian Committee on Cataloguing and the National Resource Sharing Policy Group.  Andrew holds a BSc (University of Queensland) and an MA (Macquarie University). Andrew is also on the Executive of the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL).

Howard Amos, Deputy University Librarian

Although a qualified Librarian, Howard Amos has spent most of his career in the IT community working for library software vendors and in the telecommunications sector. Prior to joining the University of NSW Library Howard held a number of positions with a global telecommunications company and worked at the State Library of NSW between 1992 and 1999. While at the State Library Howard was responsible for the development of ILANET the first internet based network for libraries outside of the academic sector and also the establishment of NSW.net. Howard has 20 years experience in library automation, telecommunications and digital library services. Howard joined UNSW Library in 2005 as Director of Library IT and is leading the challenge to align resources with the needs of the digital environment. Howard holds a BA (University of Canterbury) and a DipIM (UNSW). He is an associate member of the Australian Computer Society.

Janet Fletcher, Director Information Services

Janet began her tertiary library career as a reference librarian at James Cook University Cairns. In1998-2002 she was the network services librarian at Southern Cross University and most recently she was manager of Information Access, Macquarie University 2002-2006. Janet commenced at UNSW in the position of Director Information Resources UNSW in December 2006. Over the years Janet has established a wealth of experience in providing innovative library services with an excellent record in staff management and a strong focus on customer service. Janet holds a BEd, Secondary (UMelb) and a MSc (Edith Cowan).

Contacts & Location

   
 Staff Title Email Phone
Mr Andrew Wells University Librarian, Director Information Resources a.wells@unsw.edu.au (02) 9385 2615
Mr Howard Amos Deputy University Librarian h.amos@unsw.edu.au
(02) 9385 2615
Ms Janet Fletcher Director Information Services janet.fletcher@unsw.edu.au (02) 9385 2615
Staff: Directory
Location:
Executive
Level 5, Library Building, Kensington
Mailing Address: Library Administration
UNSW Library
The University of New South Wales
Sydney 2052 Australia