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Acknowledgements

The Southern Cross Resource Finder (SCRF) would not have been possible without the financial support of The Menzies Foundation, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne Vic 3002, Australia. The Foundation is a non-political, not-for-profit organisation to promote excellence in health research, education and post graduate scholarship by Australians.

Gratitude is extended to the University of Bath Library for the provision of the underlying database for the project. The free reuse of the ‘Tap into Bath’ database has been invaluable in saving both time and financial resources on development. Particular thanks go to Ann Chapman from UKOLN and Alison Baud from the University of Bath Library for their generous advice and assistance.

Thank you to the following organisations for providing images for the web site design:

The British Library - http://www.bl.uk/
  1. Portrait of a New Zealand man (Illustrator: Sydney Parkinson, Production: 1769), Record number 20002.
  2. Koala bears (Illustrator: John Gould, Production: London, 1845-63), Record number 1403.
  3. Atlas containing a Map of Australasia… by F. Proeschel, etc. ([ London], 1863, p. 3.) Maps 32.d.37.
Copyright of these images belongs to the British Library; further reproduction is prohibited.
Natural History Museum - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/piclib
  1. Banksia serrata (Artist, John Frederick Miller, [1773]) A7/326. © The Natural History Museum
National Maritime Museum - http://www.nmm.ac.uk/
  1. [ Southern Cross, Detail from globe], image GLB0099
State Library of Victoria (Australia) - http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/
  1. Aboriginal ceremony, with wallaby and emu (Artist: William Barak, Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1880-ca. 1890] ) Image Number: pi002833 La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria, Accession number (H29641)

Many thanks go to Paul Vetch, Martyn Jessop and Harold Short from the Centre for Computing in the Humanities for their professional advice and assistance.

Thanks to John Arnold (National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University), Cathrine Harboe-Ree (University Librarian, Monash University), Graeme Johanson (Director, Centre for Community Networking Research) and Margy Burn (Assistant Director-General, National Library of Australia) for their input in the initial planning stages.

Thanks must also go to Mrs Valerie Bloomfield, author of “Resources for Australian and New Zealand studies : a guide to library holdings in the United Kingdom” ( London, 1986) whose work supplied the foundation material for the project.

Thank you to Glenn Calderwood for his contribution to the project in February and March 2005.

Thanks must go to the librarians and academics who participated in the focus group in July 2004 during the research stage of the project. Particular thanks go to Terry Barringer and Sara Joynes who shared their extensive knowledge of libraries in the United Kingdom in initial discussions.

Thank you to all other librarians who assisted the project manager by providing information about collections.