Library contacts and hours
Need to talk to someone? Have a question? Find the contact details you need from the information below.
The Robertson Library - Dunedin
| 135 Union Street East P.O. Box 56 Dunedin 9054 |
ask.library@otago.ac.nz |
03 479 3793
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The Robertson Library supports the learning of Otago Polytechnic and University of Otago students and staff. Use the Robertson Library for access to: quality resources to support your study; warm, comfortable spaces for individual and group study; student computers and printing, copying and scanning facilities. You can also ask the helpful, knowledgeable Library staff for assistance.
Study spaces in the Library have been reorganised with 1 metre distancing in effect.
Robertson Librarian
| Paula Whitelock | Paula.Whitelock@otago.ac.nz | 03 479 3806 |
| Madi Ojala | Madi.Ojala@otago.ac.nz | 03 556 7550 |
Library hours
Robertson Library
Library staff are available for queries between the hours of 8.30am and 9pm (or until earlier closing time). Outside of this time the Library is a study space only.
Lending services
Library Client Services staff can assist you with:
- Finding your way around the library
- Finding resources to support your studies
- Using the student computers and printing/copying facilities
- Using the interloan/document delivery service
- Accessing Library resources when studying at a distance
| Client Services | ask.library@otago.ac.nz | 03 479 3793 |
We recommend that you contact the Library with any information queries between 8:30am - 5.00pm Monday to Friday.
Information services - Subject librarians
Subject Librarians provide additional support to students and staff.
Contact your Subject Librarian for help finding and evaluating scholarly literature and other reliable information sources to complete assignments and conduct research.
For staff, Subject Librarians can run Library sessions and workshops to foster the development of student research skills.
Paula is Subject Librarian for the following subjects:
Building and Engineering
Nursing
Occupational Therapy
Midwifery
Natural Resources
Social Services
Animal Health
Capable NZ - in any of the above subjects
Contact Paula
Paula.Whitelock@otago.ac.nz 03 479 3806
Madi is the Subject Librarian for the following subjects:
Architecture
Art
Business and Tourism
Computing and IT
Design
Food and Hospitality
Sport and Exercise
Contact Madi
madi.ojala@otago.ac.nz 03 556 7550
Interloan service
| interloans@otago.ac.nz | 03 479 8376 |
Request books and articles that aren’t held in the Robertson Library (or the University of Otago Libraries) using the Get It Interloan Service. In most cases the service is free and you can make your requests online.
Library services for distance students
| ask.library@otago.ac.nz |
0800 347 826 or 0800 DISTANT (NZ only) +64 (0)3 479 8940 |
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If you're taking a distance paper or studying outside Dunedin (permanently or on temporary placement), you can request books and articles held in the Robertson Library and the University of Otago Libraries using Library Search Ketu. You can also make use of the Interloan Service and contact a Subject Librarian for assistance with using the Library databases etc. Students studying through the Cromwell and Auckland campuses can also use this service.
Central Campus
Library access, help and support
Lending services
The Robertson Library on the Otago campus is accessible to staff and ākonga on the Central campus.
Items in the Otago Polytechnic and University of Otago library collections can be requested via the Library catalogue, delivered by courier and returned to a freepost address. More information about this is on the Distance learners page.
If you have a current staff or student ID, you can visit these libraries and borrow from the collections.
Information/research services
For assistance using the Library catalogue and searching Otago Polytechnic's online research collections (databases), please contact us:
| ask.library@otago.ac.nz | 0800 347 826 (24 hour answerphone) or (03) 479 3793 |
Study spaces
For information about study spaces on the Central campus, please contact:
| central@op.ac.nz | 03 445 9900 or 0800 765 9276. |
Library regulations
Admission to the Library and to the use of its material is conditional upon the observance of these regulations and of such directions as may from time to time be given by the University Librarian.
For the regulations on eligibility, borrowing, user conduct and definitions please visit the OU Library regulations page.
Copyright guidelines
The Otago Polytechnic has a CLNZ print license and a Screenrights educational license.
CLNZ print licence
This is a licence to copy from printed published works, beyond the limits set by the Copyright Act. For more information visit the CLNZ website.
Screenrights educational licence
This Screenrights licence has been established under provisions in the New Zealand Copyright Act. It provides educators with access to an important educational resource while ensuring payment to the rightsholders who make the programmes teachers and academics want to use.
Article Databases and E-Journals
Full text article databases and e-journal subscribed to by the Library are subject to separate licence agreements. Each agreement is different – staff wishing to copy or download electronic full-text articles for print or online course packs should consult the Library as to whether the specific database licence agreements permit this.