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- Library Contacts
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For general enquiries on our library services please email library@abdn.ac.uk and your query will be passed on to the appropriate team/staff member. You can also phone our Information Centre on 01224 273330.
Service Managers
Director of Digital & Information Services
Brian Henderson 01224 27 3345 University Librarian
Simon Bains 01224 27 3384 Head of Museums & Special Collections
Neil Curtis 01224 27 4304 Service Contacts
Book Ordering bookorders@abdn.ac.uk 01224 27 2577 Cataloguing cataloguing@abdn.ac.uk 01224 27 2592 Circulation Manager Marion Blacklaw 01224 27 3767 Copyright Officer Mary Mowat 01224 27 2592 Disabilities Co-ordinator Lena Papadakou 01224 27 2589 Distance Students - Education Courses distancelib@abdn.ac.uk 01224 27 2572 Distance Students - Other Courses Eleni Borompoka 01224 27 3848 Electronic Resources Manager Ross Hayworth 01224 27 2029 Evening & Weekend Staff Manager Marion Blacklaw 01224 27 3767 Heavy Demand (The Sir Duncan Rice Library) Alyson Petrie 01224 27 2586 Inter-Library Loans inter-library-loans@abdn.ac.uk 01224 27 2581 Journal Ordering Olga Malkovskaya 01224 27 3910 Library Collections Projects Terry Forbes 01224 27 3815 Lending Services Marion Blacklaw 01224 27 3767 Special Collections Centre Joint Acting Heads:
01224 27 2928
01224 27 2972
Teaching Resource Collection Elaine Fitzgerald 01224 27 4265 - University Librarian and Head of Library Services
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Simon Bains
Simon is University Librarian and Head of Library Services. He arrived at Aberdeen in 2019 from the University of Manchester, where he had been Deputy Librarian and Head of Research Services since 2011. Simon has 25 years of experience working in academic and research libraries, including leadership roles at the University of Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland.
Simon is an active member of national and international academic library networks, with a particular interest in how libraries support researchers and develop effective scholarly communications and digital research services. He has led work for Research Libraries UK on Open Access publishing and has represented the academic library sector in national policy discussions on open research.
The Library, alongside its partner professional services in the Directorate of Digital and Information Services, is a critical and highly-respected contributor to the student and researcher experience at Aberdeen and Simon is looking forward to leading its development in response to the University’s new strategic plan.
Tel: +44 (0)1224 273385
Email: simon.bains@abdn.ac.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonjbains
Personal Assistant: Lynne Kirton
Email: l.kirton@abdn.ac.uk - Contacts - All Site Libraries
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Library Contacts
General Library Enquiries - library@abdn.ac.uk, Tel: 01224 27 3330
See below for contact details of Library Staff based at our different sites. A detailed list of other library contacts can be found on this webpage under the Other Library Contacts tab
The Sir Duncan Rice Library
Special Collections Centre
Medical Library
Taylor Library
The Sir Duncan Rice Library
University of Aberdeen, Bedford Road, Aberdeen, AB24 3AA
Email: library@abdn.ac.uk, Tel: 01224 27 3330
Floor 1
Information Centre library@abdn.ac.uk 01224 27 3330 Inter-Library Loans inter-library-loans@abdn.ac.uk 01224 27 2581 Floor 2
Serials serials@abdn.ac.uk 01224 27 3910 Floor 3 - Archaeology, History, Travel Geography.
Email: subjectteam@abdn.ac.uk , Tel: 01224 27 2590
Information Consultant - Arts and Humanities Ewan Grant 01224 27 2587 Senior Information Assistant Louise Faustino 01224 27 2590 Information Assistant Sarah Todd 01224 27 2590 Floor 4 - History of Art, Languages, Literature, Music, Performing Arts
Email: subjectteam@abdn.ac.uk , Tel: 01224 27 2590
Information Consultant - Arts and Humanities Ewan Grant 01224 27 2587 Information Consultant - Music Claire Molloy 01224 27 4813 Information Adviser Eleni Borompoka 01224 27 3848 Senior Information Assistant Louise Faustino 01224 27 2590 Information Assistant Sarah Todd 01224 27 2590 Floor 5 - Business, Engineering, Physical and Life Sciences
Email: subjectteam@abdn.ac.uk , Tel: 01224 27 2589
Principal Information Consultant - Engineering, Physical and Life Sciences Susan McCourt 01224 27 3287 Information Consultant - Business School Janet MacKay 01224 27 2572 Principal Information Assistant Lena Papadakou 01224 27 2589 Information Assistant Lucy Drysdale 01224 27 2589 Floor 6 - Economics, Education, Social Sciences
Email: subjectteam@abdn.ac.uk , Tel: 01224 27 4265
Information Consultant - Education and Social Sciences Claire Molloy 01224 27 4813 Distance Learning Service for Education Students distancelib@abdn.ac.uk 01224 27 4569 Senior Information Assistant Jenna Storey 01224 27 4265 Information Assistant Elaine Fitzgerald 01224 27 4265 Information Assistant Laura Bain 01224 27 4265 Floor 7 - Computer Science, Divinity & Religion, Philosophy, Psychology
Email: subjectteam@abdn.ac.uk , Tel: 01224 27 4265
Principal Information Consultant - Computer Science and Psychology Susan McCourt 01224 27 3287 Information Consultant - Divinity, Religion, Philosophy Ewan Grant 01224 27 2587 Senior Information Assistant Jenna Storey 01224 27 4265 Information Assistant Elaine Fitzgerald 01224 27 4265 Information Assistant Laura Bain 01224 27 4265 top Special Collections Centre
The Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen, Bedford Road, Aberdeen, AB24 3AA.
Email: speclib@abdn.ac.uk, Tel: 01224 27 2598
top Medical Library
University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD.
Email: medlib@abdn.ac.uk, Tel: 01224 43 7870
www.abdn.ac.uk/library/using-libraries/medical-library-127.php
Information Consultant & Site Services Manager Mel Bickerton 01224 43 7876 Supervisor Rebecca Hankinson 01224 43 7874 Scholarly Communications Officer Joanna Adams Senior Information Assistant Alison Borthwick 01224 43 7870 Senior Information Assistant Felicity McLean 01224 43 7870 Senior Information Assistant Gemma Vazquez Risco 01224 43 7870 Information Assistant Marinella Johnston 01224 43 7870 Information Assistant Xiaoli Wang 01224 43 7870 top Taylor Library and European Documentation Centre
University of Aberdeen, Taylor Building, Aberdeen, AB24 3UB.
Email: lawlib@abdn.ac.uk, Tel: 01224 27 2601
www.abdn.ac.uk/library/using-libraries/taylor-library-126.php
Information Consultant Janet Mackay 01224 27 3892 Site Services Manager Nicola Will 01224 27 3166 Principal Information Assistant Ross McClure 01224 27 2601 Senior Information Assistant Anne McLean 01224 27 2601 Senior Information Assistant Zita Szabo 01224 27 2601 Senior Information Assistant David Ridley 01224 27 2601 top - Information Consultants
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Mel Bickerton Information Consultant Medical and Biomedical Sciences Ewan Grant Information Consultant Divinity & Religious Studies, History, History of Art, Language & Literature, Modern Languages, Philosophy Janet MacKay Information Consultant Business and Law Susan McCourt Principal Information Consultant Archaeology, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computing Science, Engineering, Geography, Geology, History & Philosophy of Science, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology Claire Molloy Information Consultant Anthropology, Education, Gender Studies, Music, Politics and International Relations, Sociology Eleni
BorompokaInformation
AdviserGeneral Support Mel Bickerton
Medical Library, Foresterhill Campus, m.bickerton@abdn.ac.uk, Tel: 01224 43-7876 Activities include information skills instruction for both staff and students, support to Library Representatives and attendance at relevant School meetings. Ewan Grant
The Sir Duncan Rice Library, Floor 3 (Room 306), e.grant@abdn.ac.uk, Tel: 01224 27-2587 Activities include information skills instruction for both staff and students, support to Library Representatives and attendance at relevant School meetings. Also Library documentation and website. Janet MacKay
The Sir Duncan Rice Library, Floor 4 and Taylor Library, j.i.mackay@abdn.ac.uk, Tel: 01224 27-2572 (TSDRL) and Tel: 01224 27-3892 (Taylor) Activities include information skills instruction for both staff and students, support to Library Representatives and attendance at relevant School meetings. Also Library documentation. Susan McCourt
The Sir Duncan Rice Library, Floor 5 (Room 506), s.mccourt@abdn.ac.uk, Tel: 01224 27-3287 Activities include information skills instruction for both staff and students, support to Library Representatives and attendance at relevant School meetings. Claire Molloy
The Sir Duncan Rice Library, Floor 6 (Room 606), c.a.l.molloy@abdn.ac.uk, Tel: 01224 27-4813 Activities include information skills instruction for both staff and students, support to Library Representatives and attendance at relevant School meetings. Also service to distance students in Education. Eleni Borompoka
The Sir Duncan Rice Library, Floor 4 (Room 406), eleni.boro@abdn.ac.uk, Tel: 01224 27-3848 Activities include information skills instruction for staff and students with a particular focus on the Find It Fast! information skills series, Library documentation. - Academic Library Representatives
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School Liaison and Teaching
At the University of Aberdeen each School has a Library Representative who administers a Library Resource Allocation Budget and liaises with the Library through our team of Information Consultants.
We rely on academic staff to inform us of the resources you require to support your research and teaching programmes. The team is available to discuss your information needs and how we can best meet them.
School / Centre / Institute
Library Representative
Information Consultant
Business School
Business School
Dr Naser Makarem
Janet MacKay
Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences
Dr Cath Jones
Susan McCourt
Centre for Early Modern Studies
CEMS
Prof. Karin Friedrich
k.friedrich@abdn.ac.ukEwan Grant
Divinity, History & Philosophy
Classics
To be confirmed
Ewan Grant
Divinity & Religious Studies
Dr Michael Laffin
History
Dr. Hannah Burrows
hannah.burrows@abdn.ac.ukHistory and Philosophy of Science
Dr Ben Marsden
b.marsden@abdn.ac.ukSusan McCourt
History of Art
Dr Helen Pierce
h.pierce@abdn.ac.ukEwan Grant
Philosophy
Dr Luca Moretti
l.moretti@abdn.ac.ukEducation
Education
Laura Colucci-Gray
l.t.gray@abdn.ac.ukClaire Molloy
Engineering
Engineering
Dr Aniruddha Majumder
a.majumder@abdn.ac.ukSusan McCourt
Elphinstone Institute
Elphinstone Institute
Ms A. Sharman
Claire Molloy
Geosciences
Archaeology
Rebecca Crozier
rebecca.crozier@abdn.ac.ukSusan McCourt
Geography and Environment
Dr Piotr Niewiadomski
Geology and Petroleum Geology
Prof. John Parnell
j.parnell@abdn.ac.ukLanguage, Literature, Music & Visual Culture
Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Studies
Prof. Ralph O'Connor
r.oconnor@abdn.ac.ukEwan Grant
English
Dr Elizabeth Anderson
Film and Visual Culture
Dr Katya Krylova
katya.krylova@abdn.ac.ukFrench
Dr Bruno Tribout
b.tribout@abdn.ac.ukGerman
Dr Tara Beaney
tara.beaney@abdn.ac.ukSpanish & Latin American Studies
Aura Celis del Valle
Music
Dr Philip Cooke
p.cooke@abn.ac.ukClaire Molloy
Law
Law
Mr Scott Styles
Janet MacKay
Medical Sciences
Medical Sciences
Dr Allison Carrington
Mel Bickerton
Medicine & Dentistry
Dentistry
Dr Rosa Moreno Lopez
Medical Journals Fund
Dr Derek Scott
Medicine Phases - MBChB
Dr Stephen Davies
Medical Research Themes
Prof. Martin Collinson
Natural & Computing Sciences
Chemistry
Dr John Plater
m.j.plater@abdn.ac.ukSusan McCourt
Computing Science
Prof. George Coghill
g.coghill@abdn.ac.ukMathematical Sciences
Dr Will Turner
w.turner@abdn.ac.ukPhysics
Dr Alessandro Moura
a.moura@abdn.ac.ukPsychology
Psychology
Dr Jacqui Hutchison
jacqui.hutchison@abdn.ac.ukSusan McCourt
Research Institute for Irish & Scottish Studies
RIISS
Prof. Cairns Craig
cairns.craig@abdn.ac.ukEwan Grant
Rowett Institute of Nutrition & Health
Rowett
Dr Nigel Hoggard
Mel Bickerton
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Dr Nancy Wachowich
Claire Molloy
Politics & International Relations
Dr Dimitrios Anagnostakis
Sociology
Dr Rhoda Wilkie
- Library Management Structure
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Our Library Management Structure Chart provides an overview of our management team. If you would like contact details for one of these managers, please look in our Staff Directory.