Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia Queensland (IPWEAQ)

IPWEAQ Knowledge Center

Member Organization · Australia

Information Resources Department

https://ipweaq.intersearch.com.au/ipweaqjspui/

Mark Lamont, Director, Information Resources
Phone: 0413 396 989
Email: mark.lamont@ipweaq.com

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The mission for the knowledge centre from its genesis and planning stage was for it to act as a storage repository for information vital to the public works section. An essential part of that was to create the repository as the first point of publication for professionals in the field to be able to share and enhance their own work, and in turn to draw on and learn from the efforts of their colleagues.

Publishing activities began: 2016
Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
Open access focus: Central to mission
Portion of Open Access publications: Some
Publishing Languages: English

Program Organization

Organization of publishing services: Organization (e.g., non-profit association, library consortia) that provides or supports library publishing activities on behalf of its library members
Advisory/editorial board: Yes
Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 7
Individual people: 7
Students: Graduate student(s)
Funding sources: Grants; library materials budget; library operating budget; sales revenue

Publishing Activities

Conference papers and proceedings
Databases
Educational resources
Expansive digital publications
Journals
Multimedia
Newsletters

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 12
Campus-based faculty-created: 9
Contracted by external groups: 8
Peer-reviewed: 7

Highlights

Top Publications:

Street Design Manual (monograph)
Queensland Urban Drainage Manual (monograph)
Lower Order Roads Design Guidelines (monograph)
Engineering for Public Works Journal (journal)
Construction and Maintenance of Infrastructure Supervisors Handbook (monograph)

Disciplinary Specialties:

Public works (civil) engineering
Road design and maintenance
Transport safety and planning
Flood and stormwater management
Native title and aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage

Partners

Internal partners: Campus departments or programs; graduate students
Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: No
Program’s openness to working with external partners: Open to working with any external partner
Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: Publications that address issues across the entire public works sector with a particular emphasis on engineering for that sector
Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

audio
data
images
multimedia
text
video
visualizations

Software & Platforms:

DSpace
locally developed software
WordPress

Additional Services:

author advisory - other
author advisory - copyright
Developmental and/or substantive editing
audio/video streaming
cataloging
dataset management
digitization
marketing

Digital Preservation Strategy:

In-house

Policies

Additional Information

Future Plans:
The IPWEAQ Knowledge Centre has seen a doubling in usage over the last 12 months. While its primary role is to be the first site of publishing for papers, articles, and proceedings from various conferences, the intention going forward is to also act as an intermediary space, intersecting with academic engineering journals and advocating on behalf of our contributors for wider publication opportunities within those journals. It has also proven to be a site of knowledge generation with users accessing and sharing information. This has been particularly effective with a shift to more professionals within the sector working from home and needed remote access.