PAPER PRESENTED AT Queensland University of Technology Library has pursued

strategies which have allowed it to take a leading role within the University in providing electronic resources for students. This has been achieved by taking an innovative and entrepreneurial role in the provision of digital resources to support teaching and learning. Key roles that Library staff now play include the giving of expert advice on copyright and consideration in the provision of course resources, interpreting licensing agreements and their impact on resource provision, scanning and database creation. These new roles have lead to a gradual widening of the skills base of many Library staff, and the evolution of new and interesting jobs for Lending Services and Library Resource Services (Technical Services) staff. At QUT, the process has been evolutionary, and has occurred incrementally as a natural result of the strategies adopted by the Library to meet demand, and improve services. It has also occurred as a result of having to do more with less, an