We have developed a Digital Library (DL) framework that can be used to create and update a digital library from a collection of documents and a spreadsheet managed by you. The library is hosted on GitHub as a static website so it doesn't require frequent security updates. Documents with different levels of access can be made available:

• Open access documents can be stored in the repository for easy, reliable access,
• Conditional access documents can be made available on request,
• Journal publications can be made available via a link to the journal,
• Physical documents, not yet scanned, can be made available on request,
• Library documents can be listed with a link to the library, and
• We can add custom features too.

Discussions around environmental values and management, and potential development in northern Australia, generate considerable debate. It is important that all members of our community have access to relevant published material. Often, information on environmental issues and values is not easily located. Some of this may be behind pay walls or may have had limited circulation, especially for older reports and materials. Genuine public participation requires easier and more equal access to all relevant information.

North Australia Water Resources Digital Library provides a platform which compiles and provides access to key scientific reports, publications and data on previous research for 4 selected river catchments in northern Australia where pressure for increased water utilisation is high – Ord (WA), Daly-Katherine (NT), Gilbert (QLD) and lower Fitzroy (QLD). This platform provides access to previous scientific publications and research which has primarily taken place in these catchments. In the future, we would like to extend this digital library to additional catchments.

PACific programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis

The development of this robust, reliable digital library, is an on-going project supported by the eResearch Centre and the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library.

Our goal is to assist in achieving and documenting the elimination of lymphatic filariasis in the Pacific Region. We contribute to this by collating, synthesizing, and disseminating information on filariasis in the Pacific, in published or unpublished papers and reports, with a focus on the PacELF period from 1999 up to the end of 2020. The digital archive is supplemented by our collection of hard copy documents including the personal collection of Dr Kazuyo Ichimori, housed at James Cook University's Bebegu Yumba Campus in the JCU WHO Collaborating Centre for Vector-Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases (WHO-181) in Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

This marine proof-of-concept database is the most comprehensive and systematic compilation of marine systematic conservation planning (SCP) studies to date.

The database provides a platform for compiling and accessing information about SCP initiatives, exchanging scientific advice, best practices, tools, and lessons learned. It allows standardised reporting for increased transparency, consistency, and comparability of information, including repeatable methods and justification of planning decisions. It also provides a full and consistent coverage of the primary literature on marine SCP, and is a key step in creating a centralised repository of planning exercises worldwide.

The database contains data from aerial surveys for dugongs undertaken by JCU in nine broad regions along the Australian coast since 1984: Shark Bay (WA), Exmouth (includes Ningaloo) (WA); Pilbara (WA); the Gulf of Carpentaria (NT and QLD); Torres Strait (QLD); northern Great Barrier Reef (QLD); southern Great Barrier Reef (QLD); Hervey Bay (QLD), and Moreton Bay (QLD).