Derek Field and the University of Queensland

Janine Schmidt

Derek (Fred Derek Osmond) Fielding was appointed James Forsyth University librarian at the University of Queensland on 28 June 1965. Derek, having begun his working life in the Sheffield City Libraries, emigrated to New Zealand where he became the deputy university librarian at the University of Auckland. He then re-emigrated to Australia and arrived at the University of Queensland from Western Australia, where he had held the post of deputy university librarian at the University of Western Australia. Derek Fielding was appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Services) at the University of Queensland, the first appointee to that position, on 1 August 1992. He relinquished his position as University librarian from that time. Within the portfolio of Academic Services were the library, the Prentice (Computer) Centre, TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language), Continuing Education, Student Support Services, the Student Health Service, Chaplaincy and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit. He retired from the university on 31 July 1994 and the title of University Librarian Emeritus was conferred on 31 December 1994.

The wider role
Derek Fielding had a long and distinguished career at the university and while his major contribution arose from his role as university librarian during the crucial years of the development of the university, he was also outstanding in other roles.

Derek was vice-president of the University of Queensland Staff Association in 1969 and president from 1970-1972. He was a member of the University of Queensland Senate from 1972-1982. He was a member of the Academic Committee of Senate and also of its Buildings and Grounds committee. He was a member of the Professorial Board (later known as the Academic Board). He chaired numerous committees within the university and was a member of its Planning Committee. Derek Fielding chaired the Review of Academic Organisation at the university which took place in 1981 and 1982 and was also a member of the Review of University Administration in 1988.

During his time at the University of Queensland, Derek made many distinguished contributions to the profession at large, including his work with the Australian Library and Information Association, the Australian Advisory Council on Bibliographical Services and its successor the Australian Council of Library and Information Services. He also became involved with the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties. His work on copyright is legendary. He worked tirelessly for CAUL (the Council for Australian University Librarians) and further emphasised the value of co-operation in the delivery of library and information services through his work with BULOC (Brisbane University Libraries Office of Co-operation), later known as QULOC (Queensland University Libraries Office of Co-operation). Derek himself noted these contributions in the following way when he wrote in July 1992:

After twenty-seven years as University Librarian I shall leave the Library with considerable regret and many memories. It has been the dominant influence in my life throughout that time and many of the other activities in which I have been involved within the University and outside it have grown out of the role of University Librarian as I perceived it. Even my role in the civil liberties movement in the 1970s originated in concern about the censorship to which libraries, and individuals, were then subject.[1]

The library focus
Derek Fielding was at the University of Queensland Library for 27 years. He is, and probably will always be, its longest serving university librarian. He was a figure larger than life within the university. His leadership role was outstanding; his contributions extensive. Under his oversight, the library's resource base, and particularly its collections, grew. While his work throughout the university was exceptional, it is his activities in the library which remain his major contribution to the university. When he was awarded his Fellowship of the then Library Association of Australia in 1970, it was said of him:

Australian librarianship owes much to Britain and a surprising amount to Britain by way of New Zealand. Mr Fielding exemplifies the good sense and the capacity for hard work that Australia has learned to expect of those who come after this two-stage peregrination. Since going to Queensland, Mr Fielding's energy and persuasiveness have lifted his library to second place by size among the Australian University libraries, a remarkable feat in view of the somewhat discouraging record of the University concerned, in earlier days in relation to its Library.

The Board would not regard a good, or even perhaps an outstanding, performance by a librarian of his duties as by itself grounds for recommending the Association's highest distinction. It has been impressed, however, in Mr Fielding's case by the additional evidence that can be adduced of his quality as a librarian. First, in relation to development in his particular speciality, Mr Fielding has displayed a flexibility of mind and a determination not to be hampered either by tradition or by the apparent size of problems... Mr Fielding has shown a keen interest in library administration... With reference to the development of libraries and librarianship in Queensland, the Board has been made aware that Mr Fielding's contribution has been highly significant. In this State where, for a variety of reasons, there has been a continuing, urgent need for promotion work in the broadest sense, Mr Fielding has demonstrated determined leadership... In public testimony, in direct negotiation with Government, and in the unremitting exercise of pressure on the responsible authorities, Mr Fielding has carried out a difficult and at times invidious task with determination and skill.[2]

When Derek Fielding began at the University of Queensland, his predecessor, Barry Scott, had commanded the library in an acting capacity from 1963-1964 following the resignation of Harrison Bryan. Harry had left the University of Queensland to become the university librarian at the University of Sydney, going on to the distinction of becoming the director-general of the National Library. Following Harry's departure from the University of Queensland, the university, then under the Vice-Chancellorship of Sir Fred Schonell, took its time in determining an appropriate successor. Barry Scott, who had made a significant contribution as deputy, became acting university librarian for two years, resigning in 1964 to become the Foundation university librarian at Macquarie University. His work at Macquarie ended tragically when he died of cancer in 1970 at the age of 40.

The early days
The university library at the University of Queensland, like most in Australia, had a slow beginning. When Derek Fielding was appointed, he was its fourth university librarian.

After his first year as university librarian he wrote:

In 1965 the University Library was in retreat before the demands of increasing student numbers, the growth of post-graduate research, and the proliferation of new teaching departments and of new specializations in existing departments. The retreat was showing signs of becoming a rout. Ordering and accessioning of books were in arrears, the library's accounts were in disorder and the Reader Services in the Main Library had virtually broken down. The lines of defence began to hold late in 1965, and during 1966 a considerable amount of lost ground has been recovered. This was partly due to the completion of long-term building plans, and partly to a much needed infusion of extra staff which permitted procedural changes to be made.[3]

An article about the University of Queensland Library[4] prepared for visitors to the Library Association of Australia Conference held in Brisbane in 1967 noted the following. In 1966, there were 14 305 students of whom 800 were postgraduate. The university received the lowest financial allocation per student from the Australian Universities Commission of all universities. Expenditure on library materials was just under $295 000 - placing it fourth after Sydney, New South Wales and Monash. The library held 460 000 volumes, with 40 000 being added each year. There were 13 500 serial titles and 120 staff of whom 23 were professional librarians, with 61, just over half, working in Reader Services. The Main Library had just been increased from two floors to seven and housed Arts and Social Sciences material and the Fryer Memorial Library. Reader places had been doubled in 1966 to 879. There were 13 other libraries on the St Lucia campus and two unstaffed collections. There were numerous other small libraries elsewhere.

In describing the library in 1967, Derek provided several early indications of his aspirations for the library at the University of Queensland. He stated:

The Conference visitor to the University of Queensland will not find it easy to see all the university libraries. He will not find sophisticated computer applications, although in this respect he may be more successful if he returns in a few years time. In 1967, he will find an organization which is striving hard to meet the increasing variety and depth of demand, and where much effort is going into plans for the future. If he concludes that the University of Queensland has left behind the unfortunate period when its library was viewed with a mixture of pity and despair by university librarians in other states, we think he would be right.[5]

The aims alluded to here were more clearly outlined in the topics identified for his tour of North American libraries in March 1968. These were:

To study the administrative organisation of large university libraries with particular reference to the use of data processing methods for technical processes and the relationships of central and departmental libraries

To study the design of university library buildings, particularly for separate undergraduate libraries

To discover what is being done to instruct academic staff and students in the use of libraries and sources of information

To evaluate the implications for university libraries of developments in non-print communication media in the form of recordings, videotapes, computer retrievable information.[6]

The branches and the buildings
Derek's achievements at the University of Queensland were many. As his successor, from perhaps a personal perspective, I would name his greatest as the amalgamation of the smaller branch libraries into cohesive large branches. The development of small departmental branch libraries at the University of Queensland mirrored the developments at both the University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne, and indeed of major British universities whose achievements many early university librarians in Australia sought to emulate. Derek began the process of amalgamation soon after his arrival and in January 1967 a new Clinical Sciences Library was opened in the new Clinical Sciences Building attached to the Royal Brisbane Hospital. Associated with the establishment of this library was the work he did in forming joint university and hospital libraries at each teaching hospital, with these joint libraries providing effective information access to both hospital and university staff to this day. This emphasis on co-operative development and ensuring that the scarce resources available in Queensland went as far as possible were constant themes.

In early 1967, agreement was reached on the establishment of a Joint Biological Sciences Library which was to be the first of the large new Branch libraries. It amalgamated three libraries and two departmental collections. This library was constructed in 1975 and opened in 1976. It was followed by the establishment of the Physical Sciences and Engineering Library, now known as the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library, in January 1990. Closing small libraries is never easy and the establishment of these libraries pays tribute to Derek's determination, persuasiveness and negotiation skills. As the financial constraints of the late nineties and now of the new century really bite, his work on forming viable libraries, larger in size and more suited to the multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research environments in which universities currently operate, has come into its own. The larger and more viable sizes of these branch libraries have enabled a continued emphasis on funding the collections rather than funding the operations of small departmental libraries.

The achievements in relation to library buildings at the University of Queensland were remarkable and prodigious. The newly formed large branch libraries were all housed in new facilities - the Central Medical Library at Herston, the (Dorothy Hill) Physical Sciences and Engineering Library and the Biological Sciences Library at St Lucia. The Architecture and Music Libraries were combined in the building housing the Architecture and Music Departments - strange bedfellows to some, but the juxtaposition has served the university well.

One of Derek's major contributions was the creation of a separate Undergraduate Library and the building of the central library. In 1968 the University Senate submitted an amended proposal to the Australian Universities Commission for provision in the 1970/72 triennium for the construction of the first stage of a new central library and the conversion of the present Main Library Building into an Undergraduate Library.

In his Library Annual Report for 1969 Derek wrote:

... that the Australian Universities Commission had accepted the University's request for $2 million for the first stage of a new central library was a heartening sign of relief to come. Planning proceeded on the basis outlined in my 1968 report which was to construct a new building to house the major portion of central library stock, the reader service areas for reference, public catalogue, new periodicals and rare books, the library staff associated with technical services and administration and a reasonable number of seats for those using books and journals housed in the new library... Although Central Library Stage 1 will not immediately solve all of the university library's problems it represents a major step in this direction. The road to a satisfactory solution will be long and expensive but it must be travelled if the University of Queensland is to maintain satisfactory academic standards.[7]

The new central library opened for business on 8 January 1973. Derek noted in his Annual Report for that year:

... the occupation of Stage 1 of the Central Library Building and the opening of the Undergraduate Library in the vacated Duhig Building... permitted innovations in library service similar to the simultaneous opening of two new major libraries... Improved facilities and new services inevitably stimulated new peaks of demand. [8]

The research and teaching carried out in pure and applied sciences focussed on the laboratory. Derek's work ensured that the focus in the humanities and social sciences recognised the library as the laboratory and appropriate resources flowed.

Other building work also occurred. The Law Library was extended in 1990, with the assistance of donated funds, by the construction of a most remarkable additional floor on the roof. This also provided extra storage space for the growing collections of the library as a whole. Before ceasing his work as university librarian Derek obtained approval for a warehouse to house 400 000 volumes. This was opened in 1996.

The information technology focus
Derek's early interest in the applications of information technology, or 'data processing' as it was then known, has already been indicated. He took a keen interest in the early development of MARC and the use of online cataloguing, as well as the use of online circulation systems. Automation was introduced at an early stage at the University of Queensland library and the library's early introduction of an integrated library management system, the PALS system, was imaginative and farsighted. An in-house interlibrary loans management system was also developed years before other systems were even thought of. Some elements of this system continue today in a neighbouring institution and its existence at UQ led to later system implementations, particularly in document delivery.

The library converted its collection from the Dewey Decimal Classification System to the Library of Congress Classification System. An initial assessment recommended against this but a reconsideration led to this major change being undertaken - the availability of machine-readable cataloguing data, the advantages of improved subject and item specificity and cost savings were important factors. The University of Queensland library was an early adopter of new information technologies and online searching, particularly in the science areas and enhanced services to users.

The services
Derek's interest in specialist services to undergraduate students was explored in his early visits abroad. Library services had previously focussed on research support. As teaching and learning methods changed, the needs of undergraduate students became paramount. Derek's comments in his 1967 Annual Report reflect his concerns:

If we are to run a library rather than a self-service bookstore, the number of professional staff available for reference work must be considerably increased... An important part of a student's education is instruction in the sources of information and library techniques.[9]

He created a specialist service for undergraduates with Readers' Advisers serving their interests. This was an outstanding contribution to the specialist services area for undergraduate students in this country. His views are well summarised in his 1970 Annual Report:

Reference work should be the most dynamic of the library's activities, going out to meet the reader with offers of personal assistance and group instruction, keeping people informed of new publications and reference tools, aggressively selling the library to the great majority of readers who have little idea of how this expensive resource can be effectively exploited. [10]

Although over the years this service has been changed, it is because times and needs have changed. The emphasis on information skills programs and the focus on undergraduates have remained.

Derek Fielding was well known to generations of students. He enjoyed working with students and shared many of their passions for causes, although he did not always appreciate their exuberance.

Improving standards of student behaviour in the library were temporarily marred by an outbreak of fire-works in toilets and the sprinkling of explosive material on library floors. Since it is virtually impossible to police the building without changing the whole atmosphere of the library and employing security staff an open letter was issued to students pointing out that if library staff had to be diverted to disciplinary control the library would have to reduce opening hours. Good sense prevailed and the disturbances ceased. With these difficulties as with other library problems excellent co-operation was received from the Students' Union.[11]

The collections
The collections grew under Derek's stewardship and one cannot mention the strength of the research collections at the University of Queensland without also noting the major contribution of Spencer Routh. Derek found the money and Spencer ensured it was spent wisely and well. They formed an excellent partnership. The collections grew in Derek's time from 359 896 bound volumes and 12 343 periodical titles in 1964 to 1 449 172 bound volumes and 20 121 periodical titles in 1991. All of us who seek to serve in university libraries recognise that the collections remain long after the individuals depart. They remain the lifeblood of excellent libraries.

Derek also recognised the value of audiovisual materials in the support of teaching and learning. The University of Queensland library has one of the best audiovisual collections in the country and its off air copying service remains a valuable aid to teaching. It also now constitutes a vital research resource.

The Fryer Library continued its growth under Derek's stewardship. Established by the English Department in 1927 as a tribute to Jack Fryer it grew as a significant research resource for students of English, history and government.

The collections of the Thatcher Memorial Library grew to support the external teaching of the university. It is perhaps a matter for regret that government policy curtailed the University of Queensland's excellent emphasis on distance learning and the Thatcher Memorial Library was closed in 1993.

The co-operative focus
Derek's influence in the academic library sector in Queensland extended beyond the University of Queensland. He was one of the founding members of BULOC, the Brisbane University Libraries Office of Co-operation, in April 1991. BULOC's founding mission was to provide a framework for initiating and promoting co-operative ventures between member libraries and to foster collaboration between the libraries and other appropriate information organisations. Early BULOC ventures included the setting up of an Asian Script database for which a DEET grant of $190 000 was obtained. This was eventually rolled over into the National Library of Australia's CJK Project. Another DEET grant was received for the establishment of access to each others' library databases using a common search strategy. Other BULOC projects included a study of co-operative storage needs to the year 2005, and an examination of means of improving document supply between the three universities.

The success of BULOC's operations over its first two years provided the foundation on which a larger group could operate. In May 1993, with the changes to the wider university system, BULOC was transformed into QULOC with six new members - the Australian Catholic University, Bond University, the University of Southern Queensland, James Cook University of North Queensland, the University of Central Queensland, and from over the border, the University of New England - Northern Rivers (now known as the Southern Cross University).

The staff
Another of Derek's major achievements was his ability to choose excellent staff and to provide an appropriate environment and suitable encouragement for their development. Many went on to make significant achievements elsewhere. Again he noted himself:

Whatever the Library may have achieved in the last 27 years has been the result of the teamwork, dedication and pursuit of ambitious objectives by library staff. I have been very fortunate in being able to rely with confidence on the advice of library colleagues who have also been friends. [12]

During Derek's time at the University of Queensland library he was assisted by various deputy librarians. They were Sid Page, John Cummings (later known as Kathryn Cummings), Eric Wainwright, Earle Gow, and George Eichinski. The role of the deputy was strategic within the library. The deputy took care of staffing, planning and much of the day to day running of the library. Derek undertook policy development, influenced the university as a whole and patiently established the library as a key force within the university.

The University of Queensland library has produced probably more university librarians than any other university library in Australia. His first deputy, Sid Page (March 1966 - August 1972) went on to become the Foundation university librarian at Griffith University, when it was established in 1972. John Cummings became the librarian at the Sydney College of the Arts in 1977. Eric Wainwright became the university librarian at the University of Adelaide in 1981 and went on to become the deputy director-general at the National Library of Australia and subsequently the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Information Services & Technologies) at James Cook University. Earle Gow, with whom Derek had also worked at the University of Western Australia, became the university librarian at LaTrobe University in 1986. Other librarians who became university librarians and worked at the University of Queensland library during Derek's time were Margaret Cameron, Sue McKnight and Christine Crocker. Margaret Cameron was library assistant and Thatcher librarian at the library from 1964-1965. After also working at Macquarie University Library (1969-1977), she became Foundation university librarian at Deakin University in 1978. Sue McKnight became university librarian at Deakin University in 1996, after spending her early days at the University of Queensland library as Systems Librarian. Christine Crocker was librarian of the Thatcher Memorial Library and went on after a stint at Deakin University Library (1985-1990) to become university librarian at the University of Tasmania.

The present
The current mission of the University of Queensland library is

We link people with information, enabling the University of Queensland to achieve excellence in teaching, learning and research.

The sound foundation laid by Derek has been built on, and hopefully extended, as the university grows and the times change. The library's commitment to excellence, to principles of equity and integrity, its dependence on teamwork and personal responsibility, its encouragement of flexibility and innovation, and its emphasis on open communication and staff development continue the Fielding tradition. The development of innovative services and programs and the continued emphasis on the strength of the collections ensure the integration of the library's activities into the university's teaching, learning and research outcomes.

The university now has three main campuses at St Lucia, Gatton and Ipswich, as well as associated research and teaching activity in various locations throughout Queensland. There are 29 000 students of whom approximately 20 per cent are postgraduates and 4 500 academic and general staff. The library's clients include groups with whom the university has formal links, such as the Co-operative Research Centres, staff of the major teaching hospitals, other universities and the wider community. The Faculty structure has changed and the library relates closely to the Faculties - Arts; Biological and Chemical Sciences; Business, Economics and Law; Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture; Health Sciences; Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science; and Social and Behavioural Sciences.

Work on the facilities has continued. The Dorothy Hill Geology Library was amalgamated in 1997 into the Physical Sciences and Engineering Library to become the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library - a difficult process, which led to enhanced respect for Derek's achievements in library amalgamation. A link was built between the former undergraduate library and the former Central Library. These branches were then merged to become the Social Sciences and Humanities Library in 1998, which also includes the former Audiovisual Service. The Fryer Library was moved into the refurbished Duhig Building, which also houses an Electronic Information Centre. A notable inclusion was Tanya's Cloister Café which provides an appropriate environment for students of the coffee club generation to relax and study in an informal environment. New libraries have been constructed at both the Mater and Princess Alexandra Hospitals, the former using refurbished premises. An initial small library at the Ipswich campus will be expanded into a new Resource Centre to be constructed in 2002. Refurbishments of all branch libraries have occurred. An extension of the Biological Sciences Library will take place in 2002-3. These changes have occurred to ensure that information service delivery matches client needs, particularly the changed needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students, to provide appropriate facilities for new information technologies, to provide cost-efficient and effective services in an increasingly difficult financial environment and to accommodate staff in ways which optimise their effectiveness. Signage has been emphasised in all libraries as a way of directing users to find their way. The use of the same colours and design emphases provide a unity to the library and a consistency for users, who increasingly use a range of branch libraries as study and research become more interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary.

Staff and students access services in the library's branches from office, laboratory, home or other locations. New information technologies have been embraced enthusiastically by the library thus continuing the Fielding legacy. In 1995 the library purchased the Innopac system, provided by Innovative Interfaces Inc. The previously manual acquisitions system was automated and progressively modules for interlibrary loan and document delivery have been added. The library was the first in Australia to obtain Silverplatter's Electronic Reference Library software to mount its on-site databases. Databases available remotely are also integrated into service delivery. University of Queensland users remain the top users of various databases for which CAUL has negotiated purchase. The website has been progressively developed to its current size of over 6000 pages. The library has coined the Cybrary to describe its combination of physical space and cyberspace in service delivery and won a national university teaching award in 1998 for this. The library proclaims its services as any place, any pace, and any time. There continues to be an emphasis on information skills training programs. Over 40 000 people attended programs in 2000. Sessions include specialist postgraduate training, ISRAP (Information Skills for Researchers and Postgraduates), programs in the use of the personal reference database software, Endnote, classes on Getting Started in the Cybrary, and specialised lunchtime sessions. In 2000, the library won a second national institutional teaching award for its AskIT service, which provides IT help and training across all campuses. Changing client needs continue to be the focus of service delivery.

In August 1999 the UQL Cyberschool was officially launched as a service to all Queensland secondary schools. Discounted prices have been negotiated to 8 databases and together with a tailored version of the library's website, services are made available to 100 schools throughout Queensland. Community service continues to be an emphasis.

The collections continue to expand, embracing new formats as well as continuing the old. The emphasis on multimedia resources remains. E-books, e-journals and indeed e-everything continue to be acquired. Links are provided to appropriate Internet sites. Gateway projects in agriculture, literature, law and engineering guide users to appropriate Internet resources. The Library's Collection Development Policy has recently been produced and is a vital document in the shaping of the library's collection. The library expends 47 per cent of its $22 000 000 on the collections, one of the highest of all university library expenditures in Australia. The collections now comprise over 2 000 000 volumes, 19 000 videos, over 400 networked databases, over 8 000 e-journals and over 125 000 e-books, including Early English Books Online and NetLibrary. The collection growth is slowing as the dollar devalues and prices escalate beyond the library's ability to pay.

The financial environment in which the library operates continues to be a difficult one. Some aspects do not change. As Derek Fielding wrote in his Annual Report for 1969:

A steep rise in costs of books is indicated by the decline in the number of purchased new titles which were catalogued in 1969 (12 416 compared to 15&nsp;949 in 1968)... The decline in new titles purchased is not a healthy sign. The development of new fields of study and the extension of existing fields ought to cause a rise in new material. Certainly it is lack of funds and not any reduction in publishing which accounts for our comparative decline... The deterioration in the library's ability to purchase a reasonable proportion of published information is not generally understood and deserves comment. [13]

In responding to the challenges of changes in the client base, in teaching and learning, in technology and in the environment at large, the library has structured its organisation to maximise the distributed nature of its service delivery and the centralised work of planning and policy development so that it can continue to deliver customer focused innovative information products, services and programs of the highest quality integrated with, and central to, the university's teaching, learning and research activities.

In 2001 QULOC is a consortium of ten university libraries, with the State Library of Queensland having observer status. QULOC's six Working Parties undertake a range of co-operative activities - research projects, seminars, staff development workshops - and their meetings furnish an occasion for networking and information exchange amongst the tertiary library staffs in Queensland. A quick glance at the QULOC website shows that the Working Parties are facilitating progress across the sector in a number of areas that were ongoing concerns for Derek, referred to repeatedly in his Annual Reports - collection development, document delivery and reciprocal borrowing mechanisms between the universities, information literacy programs, information technology issues, staff training and development.

CAUL continues to provide a useful communication medium for all university libraries and opportunities for collaborative activities. Surveys carried out via CAUL continue to provide an effective source of data for service improvement. The negotiations by CAUL on database purchases have proved useful. CAUL maintains close working relationships with the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee and other relevant bodies in order to accomplish its mission. The co-operative emphasis initiated by Derek Fielding's work continues.

Conclusion
The legacy of Derek Fielding at the University of Queensland is multifaceted. His achievements have provided the basic building blocks of current improvements and activities and will remain for many years to come. Perhaps the final word on both the past and the present should be left to Derek:

Administering a modern university library resembles the labour of Sisyphus. Progress in one area such as book-purchasing power, seating or information service merely promotes a demand for more from staff and students. Improvements become accepted as normal and the new level becomes a platform from which the library is asked for more. The librarian in his turn must compete for a larger share of total university funds; these are unfortunately less than adequate even to maintain existing standards. [14]

Notes
[1] University of Queensland Libraries. Staff News. Special issue no 395 July 1992 p 1
[2] 'Fred Derek Osmond Fielding' The Australian Library Journal Vol 19 no 8 August 1970 pp 292-3
[3] FDO Fielding University of Queensland Annual Report of the University Librarian for 1966 Brisbane University of Queensland 1967 p 1
[4] FDO Fielding 'The University of Queensland Library' The Australian Library Journal Vol 16 no 3 June 1967 pp 105-107
[5] Ibid p 107
[6] Unpublished Report on Tour of North American Libraries January - March, 1968 noted at the meeting of the Library Committee in the Minutes of 26 July 1968 Item 7 p 11
[7] FDO Fielding University of Queensland Library Annual Report of the University Librarian for 1969 Brisbane University of Queensland 1970 pp 2-3
[8] FDO Fielding University of Queensland Library Annual Report of the University Librarian for 1973 Brisbane University of Queensland 1974 p 1
[9] FDO Fielding University of Queensland Library Annual Report of the University Librarian for 1967 Brisbane University of Queensland 1968 p 18
[10] FDO Fielding University of Queensland Library Annual Report of the University Librarian for 1970 Brisbane University of Queensland 1971 p 11
[11] FDO Fielding University of Queensland Library Annual Report of the University Librarian for 1968 Brisbane University of Queensland 1969 p 19
[12] University of Queensland Libraries Staff News Special issue no 395 (1992) p 1
[13] FDO Fielding University of Queensland Library Annual Report of the University Librarian for 1969 Brisbane University of Queensland 1970 pp 6-7
[14] FDO Fielding University of Queensland Library Annual Report of the University Librarian for 1970 Brisbane University of Queensland 1971 pp 15-16