Transcript The Olympic and Event Resource Project

The Olympic and Event
Resource Project
Jackie Edwards
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Background to the project
Australian Centre for Olympic Studies
 ACOS was officially launched by Helen
Brownlee of the AOC and Phil Coles of
SOCOG on 6th October 2005
 main donations come from the Director
Richard Cashman and members of the
Australian Olympic committee
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Helen Brownlee,
AOC and Rob
Lynch, Dean of
Business Faculty,
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Olympic and Event Resource Project
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our objective is to provide a unique study
and research environment for sport and
event management in Australia
our research profile has been extended to
the Asia Pacific region
collection includes print, online resources
and ephemera such as a Sydney Olympic
torch, Melbourne Commonwealth Games
banner, posters and other items
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The collection
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documents and publications relating to
SOCOG
post Games Reports from 1908
official result books for the 2000 Sydney
Olympics and Paralympics Games
bid books both successful and unsuccessful
for the Summer and Winter Games
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The collection
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20,000 slides from 1993-2000
7 photograph albums, 200 videos
unique material: the post games report from
the 1936 Berlin Summer and
winter Olympics are one of our prized
possessions
donations from Australian IOC member, Phil
Coles
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The Centre
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Opened by Helen Brownlee of the AOC and
Phil Coles of SOCOG on 6th October 2005
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Located at KC campus Library, meeting
such as plasma tv, DVD player
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Activities
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Ongoing:
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researching and harvesting relevant documents
and data from the internet
selecting relevant print resources
actively supporting University fellowships by
granting both Library and database access to
fellows
UTS hosted the NSW Olympic Academy in
2006
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Events
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Two annual fellowships
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Australian Olympic Research Fellow
2007 -Dr John D. Horne
Dr Horne is a Senior Lecturer, Sociology of
Sport and Leisure at The University of
Edinburgh
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Supporting fellowships
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Natalie Essig: Darmstadt University of
Technology, Germany
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Student fellowship 2006
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“Sustainability of Olympic Sporting Venues’”
Natalie Essig is currently completing her PhD in the Faculty
of Architecture at Darmstadt University of Technology,
Germany. Natalie’s dissertation will investigate the
sustainability of Olympic sports facilities, in collaboration with
the National and International Olympic Committee (NOC and
IOC) of Germany. The intention of her thesis is to develop an
international sustainability standard for Olympic Buildings that
incorporates architectural, social, environmental, economic
and energy benchmarks
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Australian Centre Event Management
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ACEM became part of the collection in 2006
began ordering and collecting materials for event
management
purchasing equipment and display cabinets
creating a resource for teaching and research in
event management
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The Library
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majority of the collection is available for loan to
students and researchers
this includes access by inter library loan
 many enquires are received from overseas –
Canada, Puerto Rico for example
unique and archival items are available for on
campus use only
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Facilities
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the Olympic and Event Studies Room was officially
opened by Alex Byrne, University Librarian
it may be booked for events, by organisations such
as the NSW Sports Academy
kitchenette
plasma TV and DVD player
data projector and adjoining seminar room
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Web links
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Web links
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Launch of the Australian Centre for Event
Management online community
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Australian Centre for Event
Management
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developing a research community
email alerts, RSS feeds and updates
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discreet collection from the Library catalogue and web pages
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recent submissions available easily
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UTSePress
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video streaming and audio files where possible
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unpublished theses and conference materials can be made
available
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abstracts and keywords added to the records
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web links can be captured rather than relying on current links
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Event management collection
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social, environmental and economic impacts of
events
event case studies
event bidding
planning and marketing of events
risk management in events
event evaluation
events and accessibility
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Maintaining the collection
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donations from academic and researchers
harvesting the web for quality resources
engaging students and researchers in the
community
support from corporate sponsors
collaboration with other institutions
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Future
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audio and videostreaming
live conferencing
developing the thesis and conference materials
collection
corporate sponsorship
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Issues
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copyright – ensuring items may be kept
sustainability – ensuring currency and relevance in
the collection
archiving materials
marketing our community
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Other online resources
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Tourism Research Australia
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Thanks
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many thanks to all the staff at KC for making the
project possible
we have received great support from ACOS, ACEM
and UTS
and thanks to staff and students at UTS for using
the resources
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