Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
“To build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation” [1]
University libraries are valuable partners in technology, research, and innovation. The services and expertise libraries provide for research infrastructure, research data management, scholarly publishing, resource discovery and description, and open knowledge all help to foster sustainable research outcomes and innovation.
Many of UniSQ Library’s services and facilities support the development of ‘industry, innovation, and infrastructure’. The Library contributes to the creation, access, and exploration of scholarly knowledge, and delivers training programs to promote research and innovation. The Library’s Makerspace is also a key site of innovation and development. It is a creative community site which hosts digital fabrication technologies, and provides expertise and hands-on learning for research, curriculum, or personal projects.
Innovation in the Makerspace
Steph Piper (Coordinator, Community Engagement) talks with Emilia Bell (Coordinator, Evidence Based Practice) about how the Makerspace supports entrepreneurship across UniSQ, transforming ideas into business and freelance work. Steph describes the role this has in graduate employment and its contribution to the wider community (such as through the design and creation of bespoke disability equipment).
- United Nations. (n.d.). Industry, innovation, and infrastructure: Why it matters. https://web.archive.org/web/20220610182029/https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/9_Why-It-Matters-2020.pdf ↵
