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THE VIRTUAL CAMPUS: KNOWLEDGE  MANAGEMENT IN THE  CURRENT RESEARCH  ENVIRONMENT Professor E T Brown Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor The University of Queensland

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THE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT  - THEN AND NOW The nature of research programs Communication and exchange of information with other researchers Information and knowledge management services Publication

RESEARCH APPROACHES in science and technology Laboratory experiment Theory or mathematical analysis Computer-based numerical analysis Field sampling, testing or measurement

EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS THEN Physical experiments Manual reading, recording,     and plotting of data: automatic recording of analogue signals Hand calculation to process and interpret data Manual reading and recording of field data: some simple automatic recording NOW Computer simulation On-line digital data collection, control, processing and plotting PCs and software packages used for data analysis Automated recording of field data and digital data transmission from field to laboratory or office

COMMUNICATION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION THEN Surface and air mail Personal visits Occasional telephone calls Post hard copy documents NOW e-mail Facsimile for both correspondence and documents Reduced telephone costs; electronic discussion groups; bulletin boards e-mail of data files, text, colour diagrams

INFORMATION SERVICES THEN Personal visits to libraries Hard copy books and journals; some microfilm/microfiche Some hard copy abstracting services(e.g. KWIC indexes) Hard copy ILLs Photo-copying of selected material NOW Remote access electronic catalog, search, document ordering services Much material available electronically Electronic databases and  abstracts Electronic ordering and transmission of ILLs Printing of hard copy from office computer

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INFORMATION SERVICES THEN Personal visits to libraries Hard copy books and journals; some microfilm/microfiche Some hard copy abstracting services(e.g. KWIC indexes) Hard copy ILLs Photo-copying of selected material NOW Remote access electronic catalog, search, document ordering services Much material available electronically Electronic databases and  abstracts Electronic ordering and transmission of ILLs Printing of hard copy from office computer

AUSTRALASIAN VIRTUAL ENGINEERING LIBRARY A gateway to quality Australasian engineering and IT resources Project partners: University of Queensland Queensland University of Technology University of Melbourne University of New South Wales Monash University CRC for Mining Technology & Equipment CRC for Enterprise Distributed System Technology The Institution of Engineers, Australia in collaboration with Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library National Library of Australia

PUBLICATION PROCESSES THEN Handwriting, typing (mathematics a problem) Card indexes of references Hand drawing Chemical processing of photographs; photo-copying Hard copy submission Hard copy publication NOW Word processing including mathematics References on databases Computer-based drawing and graphics routine. Specialist packages (e.g. AUTOCAD) available for more complex tasks Digital cameras; electronic transmission of digital images Electronic or floppy disk submission Electronic journals, books, reports, conference proceedings on CD-ROM

CURRENT RESEARCH IN THE VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY ageing biotechnology cultural studies distributed systems drug design and development earthquake simulation human factors and applied cognitive psychology hypersonics indigenous health

CURRENT RESEARCH IN THE VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY marine science molecular genetics natural systems management population health rural and regional development sustainable exploitation of mineral resources sustainable tourism tele – medicine tropical rainforest ecology

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IGC MEMBERSHIP Chairman Charles Fairhurst, USA Commission E T Brown, Australia Emmanuel Detournay, Belgium/USA Ghislain de Marsily, France Victor Nicolaevskiy, Russia J.R Anthony Pearson, United Kingdom Lloyd Townley, Australia

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TEST AREA 4 Southern rim, Murroroa 21 underground nuclear tests Total yield of 750 kt TNT Total volumes Cavities, 5million m3 Chimneys, 40 million m3 Damaged zone, 700 million m3

IGC ORGANISATION Chairman In Minneapolis Also member of IAEA Radiological Study team based in Vienna Stability subgroup Members in Brisbane, Cambridge(UK), Minneapolis, Moscow Hydrology subgroup Members in Cambridge(UK), Minneapolis, Paris, Perth Consultants Itasca Consulting Group, Minneapolis, USA EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland French Liaison        Secretariat  – in Paris         – in Minneapolis

IGC EXPERTISE Applied mechanics Atoll geology Geophysics including seismology Hydrology and hydrogeology Nuclear chemistry Nuclear blast mechanics Numerical modelling Petroleum engineering Rock mechanics and rock engineering

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IGC TASKS Study background documents on atoll geology and test program Review previous studies and carry out original analyses of nuclear blast mechanics Evaluate monitoring data Numerical modelling of subsidence and slope stability Numerical modelling of heat and water flows through atoll Continuing liaison with French authorities and IAEA Radiological Study Prepare comprehensive report

IGC COMMUNICATIONS Commission and subgroup meetings Individual meetings e-mail, facsimile and occasionally telephone Computer-mediated movement of files of scientific data Some hard copy documents Report compiled and published electronically

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CONCLUSIONS The virtual campus is here in research Research teams are now undertaking large scale collaborative, inter-disciplinary projects Modern information and communication technologies are essential to research Researchers require immediate and remote access to information Researchers in science and technology (will soon) expect fully electronic access to all materials Our libraries are responding magnificently to this challenge but in Australia are being frustrated by the costs of materials and the lack of a national support policy