Interested in learning about digitising your research for future access?
A seminar, Introduction to Digitisation, will be held :

Friday 16 November 2007,
9.00am to 12:30pm
at the Library Conference Room,Duhig Building, Level 1.
Morning tea and lunch are included.
Learn about Metadata, standards, preservation & sustainability,
tools, services & software, copyright & licencing issues, housing & access,
outsourcing & commercial options.
Speakers: Andrew Long, Manager, Preservation Standards, National Library of Australia
& Belinda Weaver, Manager, UQ eSpace digitial repository.

RSVP:  espace@library.uq.edu.au or tel 07-336 58281

All staff are invited to attend a forum to be held in Research Week – Open Access and the Changing Nature of Scholarly Communication.

A number of speakers will discuss open access policies, changes in scholarly communication and UQs responses.

Speakers include: Anthony Austin and Kylie Pappalardo, QUT; Professor Michael Pender, UQ; Professor Max Lu, UQ; Professor David Adams, UQ; Professor Alan Lawson, UQ; Keith Webster, UQ.

The Forum will be held on Monday 17 September 2007 1.15pm to 5pm in the Seminar Room, Level 4, Sustainable Minerals Institute, Sir James Foots Building.

For further information, contact Rosemary Newsham (E: r.newsham@library.uq.edu.au; T: (07) 3365 6551).

National Engineering Week is being celebrated this month - the official week is from 18th to the 26th August. The Library is participating with a display in the Library foyer. Thanks to Associate Professor Michael Smart and his team for the loan of the Scramjet modules which will also be on display. We hope you enjoy the display.

Are you an undergraduate student studying at The University of Queensland?
If so, you may like to apply for the UQ Library Excellence Award.

Presented each year to up to three UQ undergraduates who demonstrate excellence in the use of the Library to enhance their studies, this prestigious award is worth $500 cash per winner. The prize is an acknowledgment of how Library resources are used to support teaching and learning.

How to apply:
Submit a 500-700 word essay to the University Librarian, UQ St Lucia, demonstrating how Library resources were used to produce an excellent assessment outcome.

Provide two statements of support from academic staff with your essay, indicating excellent use of Library services and collections.

Selection Criteria
Sophistication, originality and/or unusual depth or breadth in the use of Library resources, databases, primary resources and materials in all media.

Evidence of significant personal learning and the development of a habit of research and inquiry that shows the likelihood of persisting in future.

Exceptional ability to locate, select, evaluate and synthesise library resources and to use them in the creation of a project in any media that shows originality and/or has the potential to lead to original research.

Judging Panel
University Librarian and Director of Learning Services
Chair, Library Committee of the Academic Board
UQ Student Union Representative

Closing Date
October 1, 2007. The award/s will be announced on November 16, 2007.
(Note: Staff employed by The University of Queensland are ineligible to apply for this award.)

• For more information, please contact Ms Heather Todd at:

h.todd@library.uq.edu.au