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Rockhampton Library
Rockhampton Library

The Rural Clinical School Library in Rockhampton is collocated with Queensland Health Library services at the Rockhampton Hospital Health Sciences Library. The service provides resources and support to the teaching, learning and research needs of UQ staff and students in the Faculty of Health Sciences in the region.








 Contact Us

General Enquiries
Email: k.lasserre@library.uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 4633 9713


Loans Enquiries
Email: k.lasserre@library.uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 4633 9713


Fax     +61 7 4633 9701

Location
Demountable 3, Rockhampton Base Hospital

Postal address
UQ Liaison Librarian,
PO BOX 4143,
Rockhampton,
QLD 4700



Executive Manager, Engineering and Sciences Library Service
(located in Biological Sciences Library)
Heather Todd
Email: h.todd@library.uq.edu.au
Phone: 3346 4394



Manager, Health Sciences Library Service
(located in Herston Health Sciences Library)
Lisa Kruesi
Email: l.kruesi@library.uq.edu.au
Phone: 3365 5354


Liaison LibrariansArea(s) of responsibility
 
Kaye Lasserre
   Email: k.lasserre@library.uq.edu.au
   Phone: 4633 9713
     
Medicine (Rural Clinical School) - CQ  

Location and Layout

The Rockhampton Hospital Health Sciences Library is located in Demountable 3 on the grounds of the Rockhampton Base Hospital complex.

Clients may access the collection, including books, videos and multimedia CDs. The loans/information desk is located at the entrance of the Library. Computers are available for access by UQ students and staff to the library catalogue, databases and the internet, word processing, email and computer assisted learning packages.


Opening Hours

The Library is open from 8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday to Friday. These hours may vary on occasion. The University of Queensland Liaison Librarian may not be in attendance at all times. Twenty four hour access is available via proximity card. Please see the library staff for further details.

Opening hours for other UQ Libraries are available from the Library website.


Book returns

The returns trolley is located in the Library desk. No external returns chute is available at this time.


Computers and Email

Five computers are available for accessing the UQ library website including the online catalogue, databases and internet. Email facilities are available on all terminals. Three computers are for the exclusive use of UQ affiliated staff and students.


Disability support

The Rockhampton Hospital Health Sciences Library is accessible by wheel-chair. Staff are always ready to provide any assistance should it be required.


Exhibitions and Displays

Small exhibitions and displays can be arranged through the RCS Liaison Librarian.


Study areas

Individual and group study areas available within the The Rockhampton Hospital Health Sciences Library.


General Collections

The Rockhampton Hospital Health Sciences Library is a collocated library service with collections maintained respectively by the University of Queensland Library and Qneensland Health. Over 900 items are held in the UQ Rockhampton collection. The collection covers all medical areas of relevance to third and fourth year MBBS students, including: general medicine, genetics, anatomy, pathology, imaging, psychiatry, anaesthesia, orthopaedics, gynaecology, obstetrics, paediatrics, dermatology and pharmacology, medical law and rural health. The Queensland Health Library maintains a collection of over 1500 items including 11 active journal subscriptions held on-site.

Additional hardcopy information resources are available from the other 13 branch libraries of the University of Queensland Library via the document delivery service.

For further information see the collection development policy.


Specialised Collections

The Rockhampton Hospital Health Sciences Library houses a small historical medical collection donated by the late Dr Neil Gardener.


Suggest a Purchase

Members of the University of Queensland Library may suggest items to be added to the Library's collection.

Schools and Centres may also contact their Liaison Librarian, to make a suggestion for purchase.


What's New

New resources are displayed on the New Books Display trolley next to the Loans Desk. These items may not be borrowed for a period of two weeks.

For information on the latest issue of a journal search the library catalogue.


Loan enquiries and pickups

Enquiries about loans, problems with library records and requests for items held at another campus library can be made with the RCS Liaison Librarian. Held items and items requested from the warehouse or other can be collected from the RCS Liaison Librarian.


Lost Property

Lost property will be held for two weeks in the Library and then given to Rockhampton Hospital Security.


Printing and Copying

Black and white network printing is available on all computers. A photocopier with collating and double-siding features is available.

All copying is subject to copyright restrictions.


Multimedia

A video player and a DVD player are available for viewing teaching and learning resources. The use of the multimedia equipment can be booked at the Loans Desk. At all other times, usage is on an availability basis.

Television programs useful for teaching, learning and research are copied and placed into the Library's collection. The Library also works closely with the Central Video Replay Service (CVRS).

Visit the Multimedia Service for more information.

 
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