UQ ERA rating in 2012: Not assessed

UQ ERA rating in 2010: Not assessed

Preamble

The University of Queensland (UQ) Library is committed to supporting the University's research, and teaching and learning agenda. UQ librarians maintain subject assessments based on the Commonwealth Government Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative's Field of Research codes. The assessments reflect current trends at UQ, and respond to changes in direction through regular updating.

Purpose of the collection

UQ Library's collection in this area supports the teaching and research activities of staff and students in the Schools of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies; History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics; and English, Media Studies and Art History. The Schools are part of the Faculty of Arts.

Description of the collection

The Library's collection may be searched via the Web.

The Library holds print and electronic book titles in the area. Experienced librarians develop the collection, and welcome input from academic staff.

Relevant print collections are grouped under these classification number/s: P-PM.

The Library subscribes to journals in the area. Many are available in electronic format. 59% of titles in the ERA journal list are held by UQ Library.

Key titles accessible at UQ are:

• Classical Philology
• Deutsche Sprache
• English Language Notes
• German as a Foreign Language
• Spanish in Context
• Journal of French Language Studies
• Language Matters
• MLN (Modern Language Notes)
• Nihongo no Kenkyu
• PMLA
• Romance Quarterly
• Russian Language Journal
• Target: International Journal on Translation Studies
• TESOL Quarterly
• Transactions of the Philological Society
• Translating and Interpreting Studies
• Yuwen Jianshe

UQ Library offers online databases in this subject area. These include:

• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
• MLA International Bibliography
• Bibliography of Asian Studies
• L'Année Philologique
• Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature

Additional formats relevant to the area:

• Oxford English Dictionary Online
• Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries Online
• Oxford Language Dictionaries Online

Scope of current collecting

1. Languages collected or excluded

The following languages are taught at UQ:

Research activity in many of the above languages is limited or non-existent.

2. Geographical areas collected or excluded

Collection activity is based on language areas, as per previous item.

3. Chronological periods collected or excluded

In the case of the modern languages taught at UQ (including English) there is little interest in mediaeval and other pre-modern forms of those languages.

4. Types (formats) of material collected

Material is collected in both print and electronic format.

5. Publication dates

Current collecting focuses on material published in the last five years, but earlier material will be acquired to fill gaps in the collections as required.

6. Special considerations

This document relates to collection development in the pure and applied linguistics of specific languages, including English. Collection development in pure and applied linguistics, when not limited to a specific language, is covered by the Subject Assessment for FoR 2004 (Linguistics).

Academics working in the foreign language disciplines within the School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies are usually involved in teaching those languages, but their research interests are often more focussed on literary or cultural studies. Academics teaching ancient languages in the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics normally have research interests in ancient history or religion, rather than language studies.

Updated: December 2012