10.1 Architecture

10.1.1 Purpose of the collection

The Library collects in the field of Architecture primarily to support the teaching and research needs of the School of Geography, Planning and Architecture. Resources in this area are also used to a varying extent by other schools in the University: School of Engineering, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, School of Social Science, and School of English, Media Studies and Art History.

The School of Geography, Planning and Architecture offers undergraduate degree courses leading to the Bachelor of Architecture and the Bachelor of Design Studies. Masters degrees may be taken by course work or thesis. The masters’ degrees offered are Master of Design Studies, Master of Architectural Studies and Master of Architecture. Candidates for doctoral degrees are also accepted.

10.1.2 Primary user groups

The Library buys Architecture materials to support the needs of the following primary user groups:

• Undergraduate and postgraduate students of the School of Geography, Planning and Architecture. Areas of teaching include:
• history of architecture
• behaviour/environment studies
• architectural design
• architectural technology
• environmental design
• architectural computing
• architectural management
• construction management
• landscape architecture
• aboriginal environments
• Research needs of staff and postgraduate student in the School of Geography, Planning and Architecture. Areas of research include:
• environmental design and technology
• environment and society
• history and theory of architecture
• architectural design

The School of Geography, Planning and Architecture also houses the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre whose areas of research include Aboriginal culture, environment and architecture.

10.1.3 Description of existing collection

• The collection contains approximately 7,000 monograph titles. The Library has a reasonably strong collection of architecture periodicals including the major English language titles as well as the most important foreign language journals. The Reference Collection includes major dictionaries, encyclopaedias, bibliographies and indexes (including Avery Index, Architectural Periodicals Index and Austrom-Arch electronic databases and Arts &Humanities Citation Index from 1986 onwards as part of the Web of Science database). Access is also provided to relevant interdisciplinary databases.
• The Library maintains a Resource File for trade material and catalogues, which is managed and accessed by a computerised technical information service, Archway.

10.1.4 Interdisciplinary relationships

There are several interdisciplinary links with architecture. These include:

• Engineering (building science and construction)
• Geographical sciences (urban planning, environmental studies and landscape architecture)
• Archaeology, classics and ancient history (architecture of antiquity)
• Anthropology (culture studies, especially relating to Aboriginals)
• Fine arts/history (architectural history/theory)
• History of art

1. Languages collected

The majority of the collection is in English although many architecture publications are dual language (e.g. English/Japanese, English/Spanish). The Library holds most major foreign language architecture periodicals.

Some foreign language material is collected to support teaching and research needs. Language is not always a consideration in architecture as some items are acquired for the value of their illustrations.

2. Geographical areas collected

No geographical area is specifically excluded.

3. Chronological periods collected

No chronological period is excluded.

4. Types (formats) of material collected

No types of material are excluded. Collection contains books, videos, slides, tapes etc. Back issues of periodicals are mainly in microform.

5. Publications dates

The emphasis is on collecting recent publications. Older publications are purchased to support teaching and research areas. Significant primary source materials are collected regardless of publication date.

6. Special considerations

Substantial historical collections of drawings from Queensland architects’ offices are held in the Fryer Library.

7. Conspectus

The overall collection is rated at Level 3aF.

The collection is fairly strong for twentieth century architecture, with an emphasis on individual architects and their works including a number of complete published archives. To support this area in particular, the library holds a substantial audiovisual collection including videos, tape/slide sets and slide sets.

Other areas of strength include architecture of the ancient world, nineteenth century architecture, architecture of Great Britain, architectural design and drawing, architectural details and urban design.

Australian architecture is rated at 3bE and includes substantial historical collections of drawings from [Qld] architects’ offices.

In the area of construction, the Conspectus categories of design and construction, houses, environmental and sanitary engineering of buildings, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and lighting also rate consistently at level 3A.

10.2 Engineering and Technology

10.2.1 Purpose of the collection

The Library purchases resources on engineering and technology to support research and teaching activities in the School of Engineering, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, and associated centres including the Technology Management Centre. Some sections of this material are also relevant to teaching and research in the School of Physical Sciences, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, and the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering.

10.2.2 Primary user groups served

The School of Engineering offers undergraduate courses in: Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Computer Systems, Electrical and Electronic, Environmental, Materials, Mechanical, Mechanical and Space, Minerals Process, Mining and Software. Five dual degree programs are available combining the Bachelor of Engineering with a Bachelor of Arts, Business (Management), Commerce, Economics or Science.

Engineering schools offer Graduate Certificates, Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters (coursework) higher degrees in Engineering, Technology Management and Mineral Resources. Research higher degrees are offered in Engineering, Master of Engineering Science and Doctor of Philosophy.

The research of staff and graduate students of the various schools and centres covers most areas of engineering. These are listed below by discipline.

Chemical Engineering (including the Computer Aided Process Engineering Centre), Advanced Wastewater Treatment Centre, and Technology Management Centre. The school participates in several cooperative research centres (CRCs), including the CRCs for Black Coal Utilisation, International Food Manufacture and Packaging, Sustainable Tourism, Mining Technology and Equipment):

Civil Engineering:

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (including the Centre for Sensor Signal and Information Processing, in which the school is a partner):

Mechanical Engineering:

Mining Minerals and Materials (including Cooperative Research Centre for Alloy and Solidification Technology (CAST), Centre for Mining Technology and Equipment, Sir James Foots Institute of Mineral Resources, in which the school is a partner, and Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre), Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre:

10.2.3 Description of existing collection

The majority of the collection is housed in the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences & Engineering Library, although older less-used material may have been withdrawn to the on-campus warehouse. Material on printing will most likely be in Social Sciences & Humanities Library ; material classified in TX, TT and parts of TS is most likely to be at Gatton Library.

The total engineering and technology collection contains approximately 37,000 monograph titles and 1290 current periodical titles. The collection is particularly strong in older material, including long runs of journals of many of the engineering societies and organisations. In 1992 a standing order was placed for the IEEE (Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) conference plan and IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) transactions. The full text database ACM Digital Library (Association for Computing Machinery), which contains articles, published in ACM periodicals and proceedings since 1986, is available through the WWW. The full text of 1100 Elsevier Science journals is available through the WWW as Science Direct.

The reference collection includes an extensive collection of recent handbooks, specialist and general encyclopaedias, dictionaries and indexes. Engineering Index is held from 1896 to 1989 and Chemical abstracts from 1907 onwards. Electrical and Electronics Abstracts, Computer and Control abstracts, Physics abstracts and their earlier titles are held from 1898 to1968. Government reports announcements and index and earlier titles are held from 1966to 1982. Currently most indexes are held in electronic format, either as a networked CD-ROM or through the World Wide Web (WWW). Networked databases include AESIS, Applied Science & Technology Index (1990-), Compendex (1987-), Engineering & applied science index, GeoRef (1796-), INSPEC (1969-), NTIS (1983-). The Materials Science collection of databases from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, which includes the major metals, materials and mechanical engineering databases is available through the World Wide Web (WWW). The specialised mining database IMMage, from the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, is available through the library network. OSHROM, the suite of six occupational health and safety databases is available from 1960 onwards as well as OHS Online. The major mathematics database , MathSciNet, is available on the WWW as is SciFinder Scholar, the Web version of Chemical Abstracts. The current awareness database Current contents is available from 1994 onwards as well as access to the table of contents alerting service SwetsNet. Web of Science, the Web version of Science Citation Index, is available from 1986 onwards and the print version is held from 1961onwards.

Australian standards are available in print to 1999 and electronically thorough the WWW as Australian Standards Online. A complete set of ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) standards is held. The British standards collection is current to 1997 when the subscription was cancelled.

The engineering and electronic product and equipment databases, Australian Engineering File Online and Australian Electronics File are both available electronically.

10.2.4 Interdisciplinary relationships

The engineering collection is supported by titles in physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, environmental science, earth sciences and medicine.

10.2.5 Scope of current collecting

1. Languages collected

Foreign language monographs are not normally collected. Some foreign language journals are received on exchange

2. Geographical areas collected

Not relevant to engineering and technology

3. Chronological periods collected

No chronological period is excluded

4. Types (formats) of material collected

Patents are not collected but are supplied free of charge via document delivery to postgraduate and research staff. No material is excluded because of its format.

To ensure timely access to core journals by teaching and research staff, journal titles which become available in electronic format, particularly those of professional organisations such as the Institute of Physics and the American Mathematical Society, are purchased unless costs are prohibitive.

The purchase of multimedia packages which support teaching and learning in the subject area is encouraged and is increasing.

5. Publication dates

Collecting focuses on current imprints. Retrospective purchase of items such as back runs of journals may be made to support new research programs.

6. Special considerations

None.

7. Conspectus

Overall the engineering and technology collection is rated at 3AE. There are particular areas of strength rated at 3B which closely relate to research areas in the engineering schools. These include: human engineering, ergonomics, systems engineering, engineering economy, engineering mechanics, acoustical engineering, vibration, fluid mechanics and dynamics, standards, structural analysis, engineering geology, rock and soil mechanics, tunnels and tunnelling, protection of harbours and coasts, highway engineering, network theory, production of electrical energy or power, dynamo electric machines, transmission of electric power, computer networks, radio telecommunication, radar, electronic apparatus and materials, microwaves, computer engineering and hardware, semi-conductor devices, mining engineering and metallurgy, fermentation science and technology, manufacture of chemicals, clay industries, ceramics, glass.

10.3 Computer Science

10.3.1 Purpose of the collection

The Library purchases computer science material to support research and teaching activities in the School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Some of these materials are also pertinent to research and teaching in the School of Physical Sciences and the Software Verification Research Centre (SVRC). The material is also used by the Co-operative Research Centre for Distributed Systems Technology (DSTC), the Centre for Information Technology Research (CITR), the Centre for Software Maintenance and the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and Computing.

10.3.2 Primary user groups served

The School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate subjects for inclusion in the following courses:

• Bachelor of Information Environments (Ipswich Campus)
• Bachelor of Information Technology
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Engineering
• Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology
• Postgraduate Diploma in Science
• Graduate Certificate in Cognitive Science
• Master of Information Technology Studies
• Master of Science Studies
• Master of Information Systems
• Master of Information Technology

The School also offers facilities for research leading to the awards of:

• Master of Science
• Master of Arts
• Doctor of Philosophy

The major research interests of the School and Research Centres include:

• algorithms and data structures
• cognitive science
• data modelling
• distributed systems
• high performance computing
• human computer interface
• information systems
• intelligent systems
• knowledge representation
• legal informatics
• logic programming
• metaprogramming
• object oriented programming
• parallel computation
• programming languages
• real time systems
• safety critical software
• software engineering
• software maintenance
• software verification
• theoretical computer science

10.3.3 Description of the collection

The majority of the collection is housed in the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library, although less-used material may have been withdrawn to the on campus warehouse. Many additional resources particularly in the area of cognitive science are available in the Social Sciences and Humanities Library. The Ipswich Library has a computer science collection to support the Bachelor of Information Environments Degree.

The monograph series Lecture notes in Computer Science, Workshops in computing, and IFIP transactions A,B,C are received on standing order. The library also receives all IEEE journals and major IEEE conferences. Publications of the Association for Computing Machinery are received as part of the Library’s membership of the Association and are available online as part of the ACM Digital Library. The full text of 1100 Elsevier Science journals is available through the WWW as Science Direct.

The reference collection includes Collected algorithms from ACM and the IEEE Software Engineering Standards.

Current awareness services are facilitated by databases such as and the Web of Science, and Alerting services such as Swetsnet.

The INSPEC database incorporates Physics abstracts, Computer and control abstracts and Electrical and electronics abstracts. The Library maintains access to INSPEC via the Library database network from 1969 onwards. Other databases which are available and are relevant to computer science include Computer ASAP, Proquest Computing , MathSciNet, Expanded Academic and Compendex.

10.3.4 Interdisciplinary relationships

Overlap occurs with several other areas such as mathematics with respect to algorithms and psychology with respect to cognitive science and human computer interfaces.

Material on applications of computing to other subjects can be found with the relative subject literature throughout the library system.

10.3.5 Scope of current collecting

1.Languages collected

Current material collected in computer science is in English, whatever its country of origin.

2. Geographical areas collected

Not relevant to computer science.

3. Chronological areas collected or excluded

Not relevant to computer science.

4. Types (formats) of material collected

The collection is mainly in printed format. CD-ROMS accompany an increasing number of texts. A small collection of videocassettes is held for undergraduate teaching. Software itself is not collected. To ensure timely access to core journals by teaching and research staff, journal titles which become available in electronic format are purchased unless costs are prohibitive.

5. Publication dates

Collecting focuses on current and recently available imprints.

6. Special considerations

None

7. Conspectus

The collection is rated 3B in those subject areas which correspond to the research interests of the school and we would continue to collect at this level.

10.4 Earth Sciences

10.4.1 Purpose of the collection

The Library purchases resources on earth sciences to support research and teaching activities in the School of Physical Sciences and associated centres, including the Queensland University Advanced Centre for Earthquake Studies (QUAKES) and the W. H. Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre. Some sections of this material are also relevant to teaching and research in the School of Engineering, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture and the Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation.

10.4.2 Primary user groups served

The School of Physical Sciences offers a number of undergraduate degrees including B.Sc., B.Sc. (Hons), B.Sc.App. (Environmental Sciences), B.Sc.App.(Geophysics) and Postgraduate Diploma in Science. In addition to the degrees offered, the School teaches a number of interdisciplinary and service courses for Agriculture, Civil Engineering, Mining, Minerals and Materials Engineering. These courses encompass a wide range of earth science subjects such as mineralogy, petrology, stratigraphy, palaeontology, palynology, structural and economic geology, tectonics, sedimentology, groundwater, geochemistry, mineral and fossil fuel exploration and marine geology.

Research staff and graduate students of the School and Centres. Their areas of research include:

• Isotope Analysis, Trace Element Chemistry and Geochronology
• Resources Exploration
• Surficial Processes and Palaeoclimatology
• Exploration Geophysics
• Mining Geology and Geostatistics
• Seismology and Computational Geophysics

Earth Sciences PhDs available in the following areas:

• isotope geochemistry, geochemistry and crustal evolution
• igneous and metamorphic petrology and geochemistry
• structural geology and tectonics
• economic geology
• petrology, geochemistry, geochronology of weathering profiles
• exploration geophysics
• seismology, physics of earthquakes, geophysical simulation, earthquake hazard, and earthquake prediction
• environmental geochemistry
• sedimentology and organic petrology
• palaeobiology and micropalaeobiology
• mining geology and geostatistics

WH Bryan Centre. Post graduate studies in Mineral Resources, specifically:

• Geostatistics
• Mine optimisation and planning
• Quantitative resource assessment and GIS
• Mine geophysics
• Advanced technologies: neural computing, genetic algorithms, animation, virtual reality

QUAKES research interests:

• Queensland earthquakes
• Earthquake simulation
• Fracture simulation
• Wave simulation
• Earthquake hazards

The study requirements of students in vertebrate palaeontology, enrolled in courses offered by the School of Life Sciences:

The study requirements of students enrolled in Marine Geology a new interdisciplinary subject.

10.4.3 Description of existing collection

The majority of the collection is housed in the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences & Engineering Library, although some related material is in Biological Sciences Library and Social Sciences and Humanities Library. Some of the older less-used material may have been withdrawn to the on-campus warehouse.

The geology collection contains approximately 12,000 monographs and an extensive range of periodical titles, a large proportion of which are received by gift or exchange. The collection is particularly strong in palaeontology, palynology, regional geology, petrology and geophysics.

There is a substantial map collection of over 30,000 sheets, some with explanatory notes.

The reference collection includes an extensive collection of recent handbooks, specialist and general encyclopaedias, dictionaries and indexes. Engineering Index is held from 1896 to 1989 and Chemical abstracts from 1907 onwards. Physics abstracts and its earlier titles is held from 1898 to 1968. Currently most indexes are held in electronic format, either as a networked or local CD-ROM or through the Internet. Networked CD-ROM databases include GeoRef (1796-), AESIS, Geobase, SciFinder Scholar (1967-), Compendex (1987-), Engineering & applied science index, INSPEC (1969-), NTIS (1983-). The current awareness database Current contents is available from 1994 onwards as well as access to the table of contents alerting service SwetsNet. Science Citation Index is held as a stand alone CD-ROM from 1988-1993 and as part of Web of Science, is available via the Web from 1986 onwards. is networked from 1994 onwards. Local CD-ROMs include QLID (Queensland Land Information Directory), and GEOROM. The full text of 1100 Elsevier Science journals is available through the WWW as Science Direct.

10.4.4 Interdisciplinary relationships

The earth sciences collection is supported by titles in civil and mining engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, environmental science and biological sciences eg soil sciences.

An agreement exists with the Library of the Queensland Department of Minerals and Energy, whereby a number of publications received on exchange are redirected to the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library.

10.4.5 Scope of current collecting

1. Languages collected

Both monographs and periodicals are acquired in a wide range of languages. Japanese and Chinese language materials have been purchased with specially sought funds.

2. Geographical areas collected

No geographical area is excluded, but the collection principally supports the geology of Australasia, the Pacific Rim region, North America, China, Africa and the Antarctic. Exchange agreements have given extensive coverage of the government geological publications of the USA and Canada

3. Chronological periods collected

Material is collected relevant to all geological periods.

4. Types (formats) of material collected

All forms of material are collected, although printed books, periodicals and maps predominate. Microfiche and electronic formats (CD-ROM and floppy disks) are included. All University of Queensland Honours theses from the School of Life Sciences are held in addition to higher degree theses. Other unpublished material is not collected.

Selected Internet sites are catalogued.

To ensure timely access to core journals by teaching and research staff, journal titles which become available in electronic format, are purchased unless costs are prohibitive.

The purchase of multimedia packages which support teaching and learning in the subject area is encouraged and is increasing.

5. Publication dates

No publication date is excluded. Gaps in serials and out-of-print monographs are actively sought from donation funds.

6. Special considerations

None.

7. Conspectus

Earth Sciences collection was assessed as a Level 4 collection. A number of the previous exchange agreements have ceased as other institutions reconsider their exchange programs. Where possible subscriptions have been taken out to continue previous exchange agreements. Continued collection will probably be at a Level 3B.

10.5 Geographical Sciences

10.5.1 Purpose of the collection

The Library collects in the fields of Geographical Sciences and Planning primarily to support the teaching and research needs of the School of Geography, Planning and Architecture. Resources in this area are also used to a varying extent by other schools in the University, including School of social Science, School of Life Sciences and School of Physical Sciences.

10.5.2 Primary user groups served

The Library buys geographical sciences material to support the needs of the following primary user groups:

• Undergraduate and postgraduate students of the School of Geography, Planning and Architecture. Areas of teaching include:
  • Environmental processes and management, including climatology, biogeography and geomorphology.
  • Regional and urban analysis and policy, including an understanding of theories of urban form and structure, basic analytical and methodology skills for urban and regional models and policy making process for urban and regional planning and governance.
  • Geographic information systems and remote sensing, including GIS and their management, remote sensing, basic surveying, spatial analysis and computer cartography.
  • Planning and development with core studies in planning theory, process and practice, valuation principles and property appraisal, and specific strengths in heritage and urban design, tourism, environmental planning, developing countries and the application of geographic information systems.

• Research needs of staff and postgraduate students in the School of Geography, Planning and Architecture. Areas of research include:
  • Environmental processes and management, including environmental studies, environmental inventory and quality monitoring, impact assessment, information management for catchment management planning and floodplain management.
  • Urban and regional analysis, including economic and urban geography, location theory, rural land use and settlement, population studies, applied demography.
  • GIS and remote sensing, including soft photogrammetry, image classification and processing, data integration and data modelling.
  • Urban and regional planning and development which includes environmental planning and impact assessment, tourism and heritage conservation, planning methodologies, property studies and real estate and development.

The school also has one research unit and three research centres:

• Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
• Environmental Management Centre (EMC)
• Applied Population Research Unit (APRU)
• Australian Key Centre in Land Information Studies (AKCLIS)

10.5.3 Description of existing collection

The Library has a varied collection in this area. Material housed in the Social Sciences and Humanities Library includes general geography, cartography, geomorphology and geographical history in both monographs and journals. A large selection of material on environmental processes and management, and remote sensing can be found in a number of other Library branches. The majority of the collection for planning and property studies is housed in the Architecture/Music Library. The Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library and the Gatton Library also house material of interest in this area. This includes urban transportation, resources management and outdoor recreation. A comprehensive reference collection includes a wide range of bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and indexes. There are also a range of electronic databases available that are relevant to the study of geographical sciences and planning. These include GeoRef, Geobase, Architectural Periodicals Index, Avery, Urbadisc, Austrom and Heritage and Environment. Access is also supplied to relevant interdisciplinary databases.

10.5.4 Interdisciplinary relationships

1. Related subject areas

The majority of courses are administered by the Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture. Resources for Geographical Sciences are collected primarily in the Social Sciences and Humanities Library, while resources for Planning and Property Studies are collected in the Architecture and Music Library. The geographical sciences and planning collection is supported by titles in architecture, commerce and economics, sociology, government and law.

10.5.5 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. The emphasis is on:

• Australia
• Asia/Pacific area generally
• Developing countries

3. Chronological periods collected

No chronological periods are specifically excluded although the emphasis is on the present.

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

The School of Geography, Planning and Architecture is unique in Queensland, and Australia, in combining in one school the disciplines of geography and geographic information science (GIS) with urban and regional planning, real estate and development, and environmental management.

7. Conspectus

There is an excellent (level 4) worldwide coverage for geological maps and complementary topographical maps. Thematic maps and some other genres (eg. road maps and city maps) are little collected but there is a level 4 coverage of Australian material. Atlases score at level 1b.

General geography monographs and periodicals, cartography as well as geographical history and geomorphology (both periodicals and monographs) score at level 3b. Mathematical geography, physical geography and remote sensing score at level 2b, the latter being stronger in periodicals than either monographs or conferences. Physical geography is strongest in the Australian area. There are rich holdings of national serials in the area of North American regional geomorphology, but less reliable for state publications and diminishing coverage of monographs (level 3b). Central and South American geomorphology approaches level 3b, but has weaknesses in monographs and locally published material. There is a considerable strength in British material for c 1850-1975 and a few major periodical sets for continental Europe (level 3a). Regional geomorphology for Africa and Asia approaches level 3b, with monographs collection diminishing. Polar region geomorphology approaches level 4, for the Antarctic region. The tropics score at level 3a.

The description, evolution and environment of coasts scores at level 3b, with Australian material strongest, Reefs and islands score at level 3a overall, but reefs come close to a level 4 and Australian reefs definitely score level 4. Deserts and other arid regions score level 3a, with Australian material strongest. Mountains and other natural landforms and terrains score at level 2a. General hydrology scores at level 3a, as does geochemistry and regional hydrology for all areas except Central and South American (level 2a). There is reasonable coverage for Australia, but little for New Zealand.

Oceanography (general, methodology, history, research), both monographs and periodicals, along with sea levels, estuaries and seawater all score at level 3a. Chemical and physical oceanography along with dynamics of the ocean, all score at level 3b. Material on individual oceans (including the Pacific) all score at level 2b. Marine resources and pollution score at level 3a.

Meteorology, air mass, atmosphere and rainfall all score at level 3a, with clouds scoring level 2b, largely due to a very weak monograph collection. Weather forecasting and modification score level 2b, climatology level 3a and wind 1a (strongest in Australian material).

The overall rating for the collection in regional and town planning is 3aE with the Australian collection rated as 3b. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of this area the collection for these subjects covers a much greater range than that listed under regional planning in Conspectus. Included in this area is urban design, which scores at 3aE and landscape gardening and architecture at 2B. Parks and public reservation is rated fairly strongly at 3B.

The majority of material collected in the areas of Geographical Sciences is in the English language (E). However, there are some areas with a selection of material in other languages (F). They include:

• Atlases and Maps
• Cartography
• Geomorphology
• Dynamics of the ocean

10.6 Mathematics

10.6.1 Purpose of the collection

The Library purchases resources on mathematics to support research and teaching activities in the School of Physical Sciences including the Centre for Applied Dynamical Systems, Mathematical Analysis and Probability, (CADSMAP), Centre for Mathematical Physics, Centre for Statistics (CSTAT), Advanced Computational Modelling Centre (ACMC). Interdisciplinary research groups include Centre for Discrete Mathematics and Computing, Centre for Plant Architecture Informatics, Industrial Data Analysis Unit and the Non-Linear Studies Group.

10.6.2 Primary user groups served

• the School of Physical Sciences offers undergraduate subjects in pure mathematics (analysis, algebra and combinatorics), applied mathematics, scientific computing, financial mathematics and statistics. These subjects are available to students in several faculties and include service courses in mathematics to engineering students. The majority of subjects are for students pursuing B.A. or B.Sc., at pass or honours level, Postgraduate Diploma in Science (Mathematics), or Masters degrees by course work in literary studies or scientific studies. The school also offers postgraduate research degrees leading to M.A., M.Sc. or Ph.D.
• the research interests of staff and graduate students are listed below:
• high performance computing, visualisation of complex data sets, advanced informatics, high performance modelling and software development
• combinatorial designs, their relationship to algebras, to graphs and to error-correcting codes and their applications to various aspects of cryptography and computer security
• parallel computing, operations research, fluid mechanics, computational techniques, land management resources, drought monitoring, production of scientific software
• differential equations, convex and set-valued analysis and optimisation, nonlinear studies, wavelet analysis, dynamical systems and chaos, mathematical finance, Markov processes, networks and telecommunications theory, non-stationary time series
• design of analysis experiments, industrial statistics, biostatistics, medical statistics, applied stochastic models, data analysis and applied statistics, finite mixture modelling, computational statistics
• mathematical physics, especially Lie theory, quantum groups, quantum affine algebras, supersymmetry, supergeometry, knot theory, 3-manifolds, integrable models in statistical mechanics, foundations of quantum mechanics, algebraic methods in quantum chemistry, quantum field theory, quantum chaos, biomathematics

10.6.3 Description of existing collection

The majority of the collection is housed in the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences & Engineering Library, although older less-used material may have been withdrawn to the on-campus warehouse.

63% of Mathematical reviews core titles are held, a significant proportion from volume one onwards. A complete and current set of Lecture notes in mathematics is held. Standing orders are held for Translations of mathematical monographs, American Mathematical Society translations, series 2, Cambridge tracts in mathematics, Springer series in computational mathematics, L(ondon) M(athematical) S(ociety) monographs, Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, Applied mathematical sciences, Graduate texts in mathematics. The full text database ACM Digital Library (Association for Computing Machinery) which contains articles published in ACM periodicals and proceedings since 1986 is available through the WWW. The full text of 1100 Elsevier Science journals is available through the WWW as Science Direct

The reference collection includes an extensive collection of recent handbooks, specialist and general encyclopaedias, dictionaries and indexes. It is particularly strong in mathematical tables. Mathematical reviews is held in hard copy from 1940 to 1979. MathSciNet, the World Wide Web (WWW) version which includes Current mathematical publications, is available from 1940 onwards to anyone attached to the University of Queensland domain. Current index to statistics is held from 1979 onwards and Zentralblatt fur Mathematik und ihre Grenzbebiete from 1931 to 1992. Inspec (incorporating Physics abstracts) is available on the Library network from 1969 onwards. The current awareness database Current contents is available from 1994 onwards as well as access to the table of contents alerting service SwetsNet. Web of Science, the Web version of Science Citation Index, is available from 1986 onwards and the print version is held from 1961onwards.

10.6.4 Interdisciplinary relationships

The mathematics collection is supported by titles in physics, computer science and mechanical engineering.

10.6.5 Scope of current collecting

1. Languages collected

Foreign language monographs are not normally collected. Some foreign language journals are received by exchange or purchase. These include Russian titles too expensive in translation.

2. Geographical areas collected

Not relevant to mathematics.

3. Chronological periods collected

No chronological period is excluded.

4. Types (formats) of material collected

No material is excluded because of its format.

To ensure timely access to core journals by teaching and research staff, journal titles which become available in electronic format, particularly those of professional organisations such as the American Mathematical Society, are purchased unless costs are prohibitive.

The purchase of multimedia packages which support teaching and learning in the subject area is encouraged and is increasing.

5. Publication dates

Collecting focuses on current imprints. Retrospective purchase of items such as back runs of journals may be made to support new research programs.

6. Special considerations

None.

7. Conspectus

In the areas of current research interest, the level of collection was either 4 or 3b at the time of the Conspectus evaluation.

10.7 Physics

10.7.1 Purpose of the collection

The Library purchases physics resources to support the needs of the following primary user groups.

The undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programs of the School of Physical Sciences include: pure and applied physics, experimental physics, theoretical physics and astronomy.

There is a choice between B.Sc. degree and the B.Sc.App. (Physics) degree. The School offers a three year undergraduate course for the B.Sc. degree, which has traditionally been divided into two "streams" - a pass stream and an honours stream. The pass stream provides a general knowledge of physics suitable for positions in commerce and industry for which a general scientific background is an advantage, including teaching in schools. Study towards a higher degree is facilitated via the (M.Sc.) program after a successful completion of a PG.Dip.Sc.(Physics) or by virtue having passed a fourth year M.Sc.(Qualifying) course.

The honours stream is intended for students wishing to specialize in physics. A series of honours subjects leads after three years to a B.Sc. degree, and provides entry to the fourth year honours course and the postgraduate B.Sc.(Hons) degree. A student obtaining honours Class 1 or 2A may proceed to enrolment in the Ph.D. program. A student with 2B honours may commence the M.Sc. program.

10.7.2 Primary user groups served

The research interests of staff and graduate students of the School, the Centre for Laser Science, the Special Research Centre for Quantum Computing Technology and the Centre for Mathematical Physics are listed below. Some sections of this material are also relevant to teaching and research in the Centre for Magnetic Resonance and the Centre for Drug Design and Development.

School of Physical Sciences:

• ionospheric studies using satellite observations
• astrophysical studies of physical processes occurring in stars and planetary nebulae.
• Includes theoretical, radio and optical astronomy, theoretical physics of laser interactions, including quantum measurement, computation and communication
• experimental laser physics, ranging from far-infrared laser development to spectroscopy in the ultra-violet. Includes laser cooling and trapping, micromanipulation, laser flow diagnostics and laser chaos
• geophysics, including geographical exploration research, gravity research, earthquake strain studies, ore body delineation, airborne gravity and outburst prediction studies in deep underground coal mines
• solid state physics using X-ray crystallography and neutron scattering techniques
• marine physics - studies of estuaries and wind waves, time domain modelling of circulation an temperature, application of linear frequency-domain modelling of circulation
• condensed matter biophysics

Centre for Laser Science:

• laser physics
• mesoscopic quantum systems and atom optics.
• quantum optics. This includes: quantum computing and quantum cryptography;. quantum measurement and control; cavity QED and microlasers; squeezed light applications.
• future optical technologies, including: biological applications of optical tweezers; optical micro manipulation using donut beams; laser dynamics and patterns; laser diagnostics.

Special Research Centre for Quantum Computing Technology:

• solid state quantum computing
• semiconductor nanofabrication and atomic manipulation
• single electron quantum electronics
• quantum algorithms

Centre for Mathematical Physics:

• Quantum groups, quantum affine algebras
• Supersymmetry, supergeometry
• Knot theory, 3-manifolds
• Integrable models in statistical mechanics
• Foundations of quantum mechanics
• Algebraic methods in quantum chemistry
• Quantum field theory
• Quantum chaos

10.7.3 Description of the collection

The majority of the collection is housed in the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences & Engineering Library, although older less-used material may have been withdrawn to the on-campus warehouse. Many full-text resources are also available via the Library Web catalogue. Relevant, quality web sites are also sent for cataloguing and inclusion in the Web Catalogue.

The monograph series Lecture notes in physics and Topics in applied physics are received on standing order, from Volume 1 in each case. The collection is especially strong in the area of quantum optics, an area of excellence within the University.

The Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library maintains a strong core reference collection that includes Encyclopedia of physics, Encyclopedia of applied physics, Encyclopedic dictionary of physics and Zahlenwerte und Funktionen aus Physik, Chemie, Astronomie, Geophysik und Technik. Other reference material includes the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, the CRC Handbook of Laser Science and Technology and the Encyclopedia of Lasers and Optics. Current awareness services are facilitated by Web of Science, Current contents and Swetsnet electronic databases, and supplemented by Current papers in physics (in print). The full text of 1100 Elsevier Science journals is available through the WWW as Science Direct.

The INSPEC database incorporates Physics abstracts, Computer and control abstracts, and Electrical and electronics abstracts. The Library maintains access via the library database network from 1969 onwards. Web of Science, including Science Citation Index Expanded is available via the Web, from 1986 onwards. Other databases available and relevant to aspects of physics, include MathSciNet, GeoRef, Compendex and (although this has largely been superseded by Web of Science). SciFinder Scholar is also useful to those working in the Quantum area.

10.7.4 Interdisciplinary relationships

Theoretical physics is strongly supported by the mathematics collection, geophysics collection and the physics collection in the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences & Engineering Library. Staff and students of chemical, civil and mechanical engineering, as well as mathematics heavily use fluid mechanics material.

A wide range of clients within physical sciences and engineering generally uses applied physics material. Nanotechnology in particular is an emerging area with overlaps between Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

10.7.5 Scope of current collecting

1. Languages collected

Current material collected in physics is in English, whatever its country of origin.

2. Geographical areas collected

Not relevant to physics.

3. Chronological areas collected

Not relevant to physics.

4. Types (formats) of material collected

The collection contains mainly material in printed format. A small collection of videocassettes is held for undergraduate teaching. Patents, preprints and laboratory manuals are not collected.

To ensure timely access to core journals by teaching and research staff, journal titles which become available in electronic format are purchased unless costs are prohibitive. The Library has an especially strong collection of full text electronic journals in Physics, including journals published by the Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics.

5. Publication dates

Collecting focuses on current and recently available imprints. Retrospective purchase of selected items has occurred on previous occasions to support new research programs.

6. Special considerations

None.

7. Conspectus

The general Physics collection is currently at a 3b level. There are particular strengths in Spectroscopy and Quantum Optics, both of which are currently at level 4.