About USQ Library

There are three functional areas within USQ Library.

Library Experience

The Library Experience team provides learning spaces, information services, and a premium digital experience for USQ students and staff. The team gathers and analyses evidence to improve library services and better understand our students and academic staff. 

Content

The Content team provides access to content, advice and support on intellectual property rights, manages USQ created learning objects and research outputs, and ensures data quality across our various content systems.

Learning and Research

The Learning and Research team works with academic staff to support their teaching and research, and with students to support them to develop the skills to succeed at University. The Learning and Research team provides peer support, education support, and research support services, as well as co-curricular and entrepreneurship opportunities via the USQ Library Makerspace. 

Education Portfolio Matrix Engagement Model

This model provides support for USQ students and staff via unique approach that brings together librarians, learning advisors, program consultants and educational designers into a discipline support team. The development and design process for this model won the 2018 Good Design Award in the Educational Services category.  

USQ Makerspace

USQ Makerspace was the only Australian University exemplar featured in the 2018 NMC Horizon Report Higher Education for its Maker-kits which are mailed out to remote and regional students who can then participate in Makerspace activities online.

Evidence-based practice

USQ Library is committed to becoming an evidence-based practice library and encourages staff to engage in practitioner-research. Examples of our staff publications are published in our ePrints research repository.

Open Textbook Network

USQ Library was the first academic library in the southern hemisphere to join the Open Textbook Network, an alliance of higher education institutions working to improve access, affordability and academic success through the use of open textbooks. USQ Library has published its first open textbook via the USQ PressBooks platform - Social Science Research: Principles, Methods and Practices (Revised edition). The text will be used for the course CIS8500: Applied Research for Information System Professionals.