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1. Purpose of the collection
The Library collects in the fields of Human Movement studies primarily to support the teaching and research needs of the School of Human Movement Studies.
2. Primary user groups served
The School of Human Movement Studies offers undergraduate courses with a specialisation in human movement studies within the Faculty of Health Sciences. The School offers two four year Bachelor of Applied Science degrees in Exercise Science and Health and Physical Education. It contributes to the three year BSc (Human Movement Science) degree within the Faculty of Biological & Chemical Sciences and the three year BA (Sports Studies) degrees within the Faculty of Arts.
Postgraduate courses are offered within the following Faculties:
- Biological & Chemical Sciences (BSc(Hons) and MSc research degrees in the areas of exercise physiology, biomechanics, motor control, sport & exercise psychology and health promotion. The School contributes to the coursework PGDipSc in the fields of human movement science, exercise management and nutrition. It also contributes to the MScSt degrees in the same fields of exercise management and human nutrition. as well as the management of physical activity in disease control, prevention and rehabilitation.
- Arts (BA(Hons) in the field of sports studies, and (MA) research masters.
- Social & Behavioural Sciences (MEdSt) jointly taught by the Graduate School of Education and the School of Human Movement Studies, in the field of health and physical education focusing on contemporary educational issues of relevance to the health and physical education teacher. (MPsychSport&Ex) is jointly taught by the School of Psychology and the School of Human Movement Studies. The degree is specifically designed to allow graduates to obtain registration by the Psychologists Board of Queensland membership of the College of Sport Psychologists within the Australian Psychological Society.
PhD studies are possible in any area of specialisation within human movement studies.
There are two Centres within the School of Human Movement Studies. The Centre for Physical Activity and Sport Education (CPASE) was established in 1989 as a Category 1 Centre, and Centre for Olympic Studies established in 2000.
The Library buys materials to support the needs of the following primary user groups:
- Undergraduate and postgraduate students of the School of Human Movement Studies. Areas of teaching include: biophysical foundations of human movement, socio-cultural foundations of human movement, developmental & applied principles of human movement studies, psychology of sport and exercise, motor learning & performance, biomechanics, exercise physiology, personal fitness, exercise management: appraisal, guidelines & prescription, history of sport & physical activity, sociology of sport, movement instruction, curriculum design and evaluation, sports medicine of physical activity, organisation & administration of sport and physical activity, health promotion & education
- Academic and research staff and postgraduate students of the School of Human Movement Studies. Areas of research include: Biomechanics/bioengineering; Exercise physiology/exercise management; Health & physical education; Motor control; Socio-cultural aspects of human movement studies; Sport & exercise psychology; Physical activity and health.
3. Description of existing collection
The Library has an extremely varied collection in this area. Resources in sports or exercise physiology, sports medicine, and sports psychology are very strongly supported by the university's general collections in physiology, medicine and physiotherapy, and psychology.
The Library subscribes to the major indexing services including the central title, Sport discus, which is strong in Australian content (supplied by the National Sport Information Centre, Canberra) despite its Canadian origins. Other indexes, such as Psyclit, Medline, and Sociofile complement Sport discus for stronger coverage of areas such as sports psychology and sports medicine or sports sociology.
The collection is divided between the Social Sciences and Humanities, Biological Sciences, Herston Medical (and other medical libraries) and Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Libraries.
4. Interdisciplinary relationships
Human movement studies shares common areas of interest with other subject areas such as psychology, education, sociology, physiology, physiotherapy, ergonomics and kinematics.
5. Scope of current collecting
1. Languages collected
The bulk of the collection is in English, though no languages are excluded.
2. Geographical areas collected
No geographical area is specifically excluded.
3. Chronological periods collected
No chronological periods are specifically excluded.
4. Types (formats) of material collected
No types of material are excluded. The emphasis is on journal and monograph literature.
5. Publication dates
The emphasis is on collecting recent publications. Older publications may be purchased to support teaching and research.
6. Special considerations:
At present no special considerations have been identified.
7. Conspectus
Substantial parts of those collections were assessed as being of research level in the library's assessment of its collections by the Conspectus method in 1993-94. Greatest strength is in academic periodicals on scientific bases of sports performance, sports psychology, physical training and supporting fields. Areas such as physical training, sports, teaching, research and some individual sports were rated at intermediate introductory or intermediate augmented level with Australian sport best and very weak for sports not popular in Australia. The collection is weak for periodicals and yearbooks specific to individual sports.
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