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About the Personal Librarian service

Welcome to the Australian National University (ANU) and your new journey in research.

The ANU Library is a fantastic resource, but its size and complexity can be overwhelming for new students. The Personal Library Program is here to help you get the most out of your experience with the ANU Library during your time at ANU.

To assist with your first year at ANU, every Higher Degree Research student is assigned a Library staff member who will:

send you email updates about the Library
answer your Library questions
assist you in locating Library resources
answer your questions about where to start your research.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with your Personal Library contact for any information about the ANU Library and ANU Archives; resources available to you from other libraries; and digital services, such as data and text mining.

Personal Library Contacts

Below is a list of all of the Personal Librarian service contacts.

Personal Librarian service coordinator: Margaret Prescott (margaret.prescott@anu.edu.au / 02 6125 2981)

Alisha Nolan		alisha.nolan@anu.edu.au	02 6125 7053
Anne Newton		anne.newton@anu.edu.au	02 6125 4564
Broderick Proeger		broderick.proeger@anu.edu.au	02 6125 4210
Candida Spence	Candida is part of the ANU Library’s Digital literacy training, working as a digital literacies skills trainer for Postgraduate and Higher Degree Research students and specifically focuses on information management, and Word for academic writing.	candida.spence@anu.edu.au	02 6125 4965
Cathy Bruton		cathy.burton@anu.edu.au	02 6125 1744
Farshad Moradi		farshad.moradi@anu.edu.au	02 6125 3087
Fonny Kyle	As an Information Access Officer at the Menzies branch Fonny supports the University’s teaching and research by planning and developing information services and ensuring access to resources from across Asia and the Pacific to ANU staff and students.	Fonny.kyle@anu.edu.au	02 6125 8575
Fran Antioch		frances.antioch@anu.edu.au	02 6125 0625
Friederike Schimmelpfennig	Frieda is the Information Access Coordinator for East Asia (China, Japan, Korea). One focus of her work is helping students to develop a good understanding of research methods and evaluating the quality of resources. “Finding stuff” is one of her passions, so reference requests are welcome!	friederike.schimmelpfennig@anu.edu.au	02 6125 5581
Jacky Clements		jacky.clements@anu.edu.au	02 6125 5797
Jaisy Antony		jaisy.antony@anu.edu.au	02 6125 3693
Jason Murdoch	Jason “fell” into librarianship quite unexpectedly, after working in a variety of industries such as film, TV, hospitality and airlines. His primary role is as a trainer with the Digital Literacy team. As an information junkie, Jason loves supporting members of the ANU community in their research and scholarship, helping them to make the utmost of the Library’s broad and diverse range of information and knowledge resources.	jason.murdoch@anu.edu.au	02 6125 8193
Jo Boyanton		jo.boyanton@anu.edu.au	02 6125 4259
Kathryn Newton-Doull		kathryn.newton-doull@anu.edu.au	02 6125 3445
Loredana Nardi Ford		loredana.nardi-ford@anu.edu.au	02 6125 8225
Luciana Panei		luciana.panei@anu.edu.au	02 6125 4475
Megan Taylor		megan.taylor@anu.edu.au	02 6125 0684
Miyuki Matthews	Miyuki is an Information Access Officer at the Menzies branch focusing on East Asian collections. Miyuki also works user services area which involves borrowing issues.	miyuki.matthews@anu.edu.au	02 6125 7903
Rebecca Barber		rebecca.barber@anu.edu.au	02 6125 3311
Tom Foley		thomas.foley@anu.edu.au	02 6125 8835
Wan Chitravas	Wan is the Information Access Coordinator for South East Asia, South Asia and the Middle East. Wan works closely with academics and students to meet their information needs.	nithiwadee.chitravas@anu.edu.au	02 6125 3515