Scott Nicholls is a librarian with over 20 years’ experience in designing, developing and delivering services to meet the information needs of staff and students in higher education. He has a strong interest in how technological innovation can be used to better manage and deliver library services and has played a key role in a number of initiatives within the University including the extensive development of its electronic collections, the implementation of improved searching and discovery services, and the roll out of a unified library management system to better manage the acquisition of and access to library resources.

Scott is currently the Associate University Librarian (Research and Collections) at the University of Western Australia. He is responsible for a broad portfolio including collection and access services, research publication and data services, special collections, digitisation, records management and archives. He also oversees the library’s budget, planning processes, and major renovations projects, as part of the Library Executive team. Scott is focussed on continuing to develop processes, infrastructure, and staff skills and capacity to help drive innovation and improvement in services and achieve Library and University goals.