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Management and organisation

The University Library has six departments and a Library Office. The Library Director is in charge of its operations.

The organisation consists of six departments and a library office. The library office provides administrative support to the library and the library board.

The Library Director manages the library. The University Library's management team includes the Library Director and the department heads. 

All links on this page lead to the University's staff and address directory.

The Library Director is responsible for managing the library vis-à-vis the library board and the Vice-Chancellor. The director is also a member of the Vice-Chancellor’s Management Council.

Library Director at Lund University Library is Håkan Carlsson.

The Library Office is responsible for providing shared support for finance, HR, facilities coordination, management communication and quality work. The office provides management support with the aim of supporting the organisation’s operational objectives.

Acting head of office is Catta Torhell.

Library Office

The department is responsible for the University Library's physical collections, including making them accessible to users. The department handles donation enquiries and purchases, and supports the faculties in depositing materials.

The head of office at the department is Miriam Björkhem.

Department of Collections

The department is responsible for developing, managing, supporting, and administering all IT systems.

The head of office at the department is Åsa Forsberg.

Department of IT

The department is responsible for the University Library's user services. This includes external communications, the coordination of physical and digital information services, exhibition activities and the design of the public spaces.

The head of office at the department is Jenny Hallström.

Department of Library Services

The department is responsible for legal deposit, cataloguing and metadata development for new acquisitions and older materials.

The head of office at the department is Ewa Giniewska.

Department of Legal Deposit and Metadata

The department is responsible for preservation, storage planning, security in exhibition activities, image capture and coordination of the library’s digitisation process.

The head of office at the department is Kathleen Mühlen Axelsson

Department of Preservation and Digitisation

The department is responsible for infrastructure and support to Lund University regarding access to e-resources, open science, and bibliometrics.

The head of office at the department is Kristoffer Holmqvist.

Department of Scholarly Communication