Down the partnership path: or following the yellow brick road at the DHPSE Library'

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Down the Partnership Path

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Following the yellow brick road at theDorothy
Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library
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The Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and
Engineering Library

• Supports the Faculty of Engineering, Physical
  Sciences and The Faculty of Chemical and
  Biological Sciences

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Partner or Perish? Why Collaborate?

• The New Academic Environment
• New Opportunities
• Showcase Library Strengths
• Serendipity

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Overview of Partnerships
AVEL-SKN
Dorothy Hill Research Centre
DHPSELibrary
Virtual School of Engineering
Consultancies
Undergraduate Site Learning Program
ENGG1000
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AVEL Sustainability Knowledge Network

• Engineer Librarian Partnership
• Multiple Universities
• Institute of Engineers, Australia
• Virtual Team

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The Virtual School of Engineering

• Faculty Library Partnership
• Aimed at Secondary School Students
• Online Problem-Based Learning
• Team Based Activities
• WebCt Platform

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Undergraduate Site Learning Partnership

• Library Industry Partnership
• Final Year Engineering Students
• 30 Sites 17 Organisations
• Library Supports Teaching and Learning through
  Informations Skills and Document Delivery
• Australasian Association of Engineering Education
  Award

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ENGG1000 Introduction to Professional Engineering

• Teaching and Learning Partnership
• School of Engineering Library
• Integrated Information Skills
• Project Based Learning
• 500 First Year Students
• Teaching, Assignments, Assessment

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The Dorothy Hill Research Centre

• Bequest from Dorothy Hill
• Student-Centred Research and Learning Space
• Flexible / Multi-Use Design
• Enabling Collaboration between Postgraduates,
  Industry, Faculty and Library Staff

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The Dorothy Hill Research Centre
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Partnerships at The University of Queensland
Library The Macro View

• Just Some Examples
• International
• CyberSchool
• GO8 and U21 (e.g. Eprints)
• ARC Funded Projects (e.g. WebLaw, AustLit)
• Consultancies (e.g. MiGate)
• and the list goes on.

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