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The Australian Literature Resource
 
AUSTLIT PARTNERS AND CONTRIBUTORS

AustLit represents a unique collaboration between Australian universities, the National Library of Australia (NLA) and the Australian Research Council.

AustLit is led by The University of Queensland which has provided enormous support and funding to enable the successful delivery of its services to the research and education sector in Australia and internationally.

As an element of national research infrastructure, AustLit is a demonstration of the way contemporary scholarship in the humanities is engaging with new technologies and new methods of sharing research results. The high value of AustLit to the international Australianist research community has been realised through the work of the AustLit Advisory Board, the AustLit Team, and many others who have given generously of their time and professional knowledge to support the creation of the AustLit service.

The following Australian universities are currently contributors to AustLit:

In addition, the National Library of Australia provided technical and legal assistance to AustLit in its development phase and continues to provide advice and access to its services. All library holdings data provided by AustLit is drawn from The National Bibliographic Database via the LibrariesAustralia service by kind permission of the National Library. Author images are also provided by kind permission of the National Library, via its Pictures Catalogue, and by PictureAustralia services.

The Australian Research Council has provided vital financial assistance for the establishment and development of AustLit through its Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Scheme. Funding has also been received through the internal grant schemes The University of Queensland, University of New South Wales@ADFA and James Cook University.

In addition, the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), through the NeAT program, has provided funding for technical developments in 2008 and 2009. See the Aus-e-Lit website for further details.

The Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) has also funded the Teaching Aust. Lit. Project, to investigate the needs of teachers and students in relation to Australian literature.

Many of the partner libraries also give generously of staff time, privileged access to collections and technical expertise.

AustLit Advisory Board

AustLit is governed by an Advisory Board made up of distinguished Australian academics and information professionals. Current members of the Board are:

Management Team
Development Team
The AustLit Development Team manages the ongoing content and technical development of AustLit, and aims to provide users with the best possible Australian literature resource discovery service.
Aus-e-Lit Development Team
  • Roger Osborne, Project Manager, Aus-e-Lit, UQ (2008- )
  • Anna Gerber, Senior Software Engineer, Aus-e-Lit, UQ (2008- )
  • Andrew Hyland, Software Engineer, Aus-e-Lit, UQ (2009- )
  • Christopher Davoren, Software Engineer, Aus-e-Lit, UQ (2008-2009)
Content Team
The AustLit Content Team comprises expert librarians, researchers and bibliographers from across Australia. Thank you also to those who provided professional assistance and/or content during AustLit's initial development phase:
  • Sally Batten
  • Kathy Curtis
  • Debbie Hebda
  • Bernadette McDermott
  • Ben Miskin
  • Megan Williams
  • Merja Sirkka
  • Jackie Forge
  • Lee Evans
  • Margot Love
  • Anne-Marie Boyd
  • Dr Vanessa Kirkpatrick
AustLit has benefited from the contributions of many researchers and librarians over the last 20 years. A large number of separate projects built individual datasets relating to Australian literary history and these datasets were merged in 2000 to form the basis of AustLit's current content. It is impossible to name here all of the individuals who have made AustLit the rich resource it is today, but the ongoing value of their contributions is recognised.