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:

• The University of Queensland (UQ) the lead University.
• University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA), Australian Capital Territory
• University of Sydney, New South Wales
• Monash University, Victoria
• Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
• University of Wollongong, New South Wales
• James Cook University (JCU), Queensland
• Flinders University, South Australia
• Deakin University, Victoria
• University of Western Australia (UWA)
• University of Tasmania (UTas)
• University of Canberra( UC), Australian Capital Territory

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

• Professor John Hay, Former UQ Vice-Chancellor, AC, UQ
• Professor Richard Fotheringham, Executive Dean of Arts, UQ
• Professor David Carter, UQ
• Dr Leigh Dale, UQ
• Mr Keith Webster, University Librarian, UQ
• Ms Kerry Kilner, UQ
• Professor Bruce Bennett, AO, UNSW@ADFA
• Professor Paul Eggert, UNSW@ADFA
• Ms Jan Gordon, UNSW@ADFA
• Professor Elizabeth Webby, AM, Sydney
• Professor Robert Dixon, Sydney
• Mr Ross Coleman, Sydney
• Mr John Arnold, Monash
• Associate Professor Tracey Bunda, Flinders
• Associate Professor Robert Phiddian, Flinders
• Professor Clare Bradford, Deakin
• Ms Anne Horn, Deakin
• Associate Professor Cheryl Taylor, JCU
• Associate Professor Wenche Ommundsen, Wollongong
• Associate Professor Delys Bird, UWA
• Professor Dennis Haskell, UWA
• Dr Toby Burrows, UWA
• Dr Philip Mead, UTas
• Professor Kerry Mallan, QUT
• Professor Annette Patterson, QUT
• Ms Carolyn Young, QUT
• Professor Belle Alderman, UC
• Ms Margy Burn, NLA

• Kerry Kilner, Executive Manager, UQ (2002- ), Content Manager, UQ (2000-2002)
• Carol Hetherington, Content Manager, UQ (2002- )
• Julie Murray, Administrative Officer, UQ



• Tessa Wooldridge, Web Page Manager, UNSW@ADFA (2003-2009)

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.

• Kerry Kilner, UQ
• Carol Hetherington, UQ
• Kent Fitch, Developer, Project Computing Pty Ltd, (2000- )
• James Cole, Developer, UQ (2008- )
• Jonathan Hadwen, Developer, UQ (2009- )



• Dr Marie-Louise Ayres, Project Manager, UNSW@ADFA (2000-2002)
• Annette McGuiness, Content Manager, UNSW@ADFA (2000-2003)
• Edgar Crook, Content Manager, UNSW@ADFA (2002-2003)

• 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)

The AustLit Content Team comprises expert librarians, researchers and bibliographers from across Australia.

• Current Team Members
  
  • Faye Christenberry, UQ
  • Linda Hale, UQ
  • Carol Hetherington, UQ
  • Leila Ismail, UQ and Deakin
  • Joan Keating, UQ
  • Kerry Kilner, UQ
  • Sophie Maalsen, UQ
  • Dr Roger Osborne, UQ
  • Dr Irmtraud Petersson, UQ
  • Joanne Sawyers, UQ
  • Amanda Taylor, UQ
  • Robert Thomson, UQ
  • Carol Wical, UQ
  • Dr Clay Djubal, UQ
  • Lesley Banson, UQ
  • Jane Rankine, UNSW@ADFA
  • Kay Walsh, UNSW@ADFA
  • Tessa Wooldridge, UNSW@ADFA
  • Terry O'Neill, Monash
  • Christopher Wood, Monash
  • Dr Ernie Blackmore, Wollongong
  • Elizabeth Hodgson, Wollongong
  • Dr Michael Jacklin, Wollongong
  • Clara Ichov, Deakin
  • Trish Lunt, Deakin
  • Juliet O'Conor, Deakin
  • Christine Oughtred, Deakin
  • Michelle Preston, Deakin
  • Amy Cross, QUT
  • Gillian Barrett, JCU
  • Dr Sylvia Kelso, JCU
  • Jacqui Stockdale, JCU
  • Tully Barnett, Flinders
  • Yaritji Green, Flinders
  • Charles McLaughlin, UWA
  • Jake Milroy, UWA
  • Belinda Gamlin, UC
  • Dr Melinda Jewell, UNSW
  
  
• Past Team Members
  
  • Anne Chittleborough, Flinders
  • Dr Gillian Dooley, Flinders
  • Veronica Gee, Flinders
  • Judy Gibb, Flinders
  • Dr Louise Poland, Monash
  • Lyn Roman, Monash
  • Yvette Holt, UQ
  • Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Hardy, UQ
  • Bill Casey, UQ
  • Dr Ben Myers, UQ
  • Jim Cleary, UQ
  • Rebecca Carter, UQ
  • Dr Toni Johnson-Woods, UQ
  • Peter Knox, UQ
  • Cathy Leutenegger, UQ
  • Dr Stephany Steggall, UQ
  • Jennifer Huntley, UNSW@ADFA
  • Philippa Wicks, UNSW@ADFA & UC
  • Rebecca Kemble, UC
  • Gaynor Evans, UC
  • Dr Nathan Garvey, University of Sydney
  • Miri Jassy, University of Sydney
  • Lenore Smith, JCU
  • Jennifer Wellington, JCU
  • Anna Wallace, JCU
  • Dr Linda Wight, JCU
  • Dr Jane Frugtneit, JCU
  • Jo Richardson, UTas
  • William Dolley, Deakin
  • Annette Butcher, Deakin
  • Frances Robbins, Deakin
  • Peta Hanley, Deakin
  • Dan Midalia, UWA
  • Carolyn Moylan, UWA
  • Dr Ralph Spalding, UTas
  Dr Tony Stagg, UTas

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.