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VALA2016 Session 9 Burrows

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Libraries and the digital humanities: partnership, collaboration and shared agendas

VALA2016 CONCURRENT SESSION 9: Pathways
Wednesday 10 February 2016, 10:50 – 11:20
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2016-proceedings/vala2016-session-9-burrows

Toby Burrows

King’s College London, UK

Deb Verhoeven

Deakin University, Vic

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Abstract

Digital humanities is a rapidly growing global interdisciplinary field, reflected in a proliferation of conferences, events, journals, associations, research centres, grants, and courses. Digital humanities has a high profile because of its collaborative activity in building tools, developing services, carrying out projects, and producing ground-breaking research findings. There is a high level of interest from the library community in the digital humanities. This paper looks at the relationship between libraries and the digital humanities from an Australian perspective. The paper draws on the authors’ involvement within the digital humanities community, and especially their experience with developing HuNI: the Humanities Networked Infrastructure, a major digital infrastructure service for the humanities.

 

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VALA2014 Session 10 Burrows

Linking and sharing data in the humanities and creative arts: building the HuNI Virtual Laboratory

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 10: Digging Culture
Thursday 6 February 2014, 11:40 – 12:10
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-10-burrows

Toby Burrows

University of Western Australia

Deb Verhoeven

Deakin University, Vic

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The Humanities Networked Infrastructure (HuNI) is one of the national Virtual Laboratories that are being developed as part of the Australian government’s National e-Research Collaboration Tools and Resources (NeCTAR) programme. This paper examines the methodologies and technical architecture being deployed by HuNI to link and share Australian data in the humanities and creative arts.

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VALA2012 Session 6 Crocker

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Engaging student spaces: Library in the Deakin Online Learning Environment

VALA2012 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Big Ideas
Tuesday 7 February 2012, 15:15 – 15:45
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2012-proceedings/vala2012-session-6-crocker

Sharee Crocker

Deakin University, Vic

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Tuesday, February 07, 2012, 3:15 PM AUSEDT, 30 Minutes 36 Seconds.

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Recently Deakin University implemented a new Learning Management System, Desire2Learn (D2L). D2L is a new generation e-learning platform that offers an intuitive interface and allows for a flexible approach to learning. Deakin University Library partnered with faculties during the transition to D2L, and through that systemic collaborative approach, had the opportunity to embed library resources into the University’s LMS. This paper concentrates on the work undertaken by Deakin University to integrate library resources and services into D2L. You will discover how the library created information widgets, and built systemic partnerships with academic staff and University divisions for the benefit of the wider student body.

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VALA2004 Session 8 Tucker

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Integration of information literacy training into engineering and technology education

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 8: Information Literacy
Wednesday 4 February 2004, 14:00 – 14:30

Barry Tucker

Faculty of Science and Technology Librarian, Deakin University
http://www.deakin.edu.au/library

Stuart Palmer

Senior Lecturer in Technology Management, School of Engineering and Technology, Deakin University
http://www.deakin.edu.au

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Information literacy has become an important skill for undergraduate students due to societal changes that have seen information become a valuable commodity, the need for graduates to become lifelong learners, and the recognition that information literacy is an underpinning generic skill for effective learning in higher education. This paper describes a sequence of purposefully designed activities to help students learn and practice information literacy skills that were integrated into a first-year engineering and technology study unit as a core element of the unit syllabus. A formal evaluation of these activities was planned and undertaken in semester 1 2003.

VALA2000 Session 10 McKnight

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Creating an Electronic Research Archive – Turning a Good Idea into a Reality

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 10: Archiving
Friday 18 February 2000, 11:55 – 12:30

Sue McKnight

University Librarian and Senior Associate assisting the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Deakin University
http://www.deakin.edu.au/library


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The development of digital archiving technology has opened up many possibilities for enriching the research environment, by making available on the WWW resources that were previously available to only those who could physically access known collections or documents. This paper outlines the political, legal and technological hurdles that have to be overcome to make a virtual research archive a reality. In describing the development of the Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library, which will be a physical and virtual research archive, the complex issues of gaining support for major projects, developing the business plan and identifying what will be included in the library and related projects, copyright issues, and identifying and developing strategic partnerships with owners of physical items and similar research archives will be explored. Descriptions of the major projects, for which the Library is seeking funds, are included.

VALA2010 Session 16 Clancy

VALA20120Usability testing: a client-centred approach to innovation

VALA 2010 CONCURRENT SESSION 16 – Usability/Portability
Thursday 11 February 2010 14:20 – 14:50
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Kat Clancy

Library Web Developer, Deakin University
http://deakin.edu.au/library

Michelle Watson

Web Cataloguing Librarian, Deakin University
http://deakin.edu.au/library

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Systematic usability testing of the library website was unheard of at Deakin University Library three years ago. However, over the last two years, a large scale usability testing program has evolved and various methodologies have been trialled and tested by the team. This paper discusses the methodologies used by the team, and the changes that were made to the Library’s search interfaces as a result of the studies. The paper provides useful insights on what we did right, and on what we need to do differently in future usability studies.

VALA2008 Session 11 Owen

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperDeakin Library website 2.0: iterative change for maximum gain

VALA 2008 CONCURRENT SESSION 11: Websites
Thursday 7 February 2008 11:55 – 12:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2008-proceedings/vala2008-session-11-owen

Sue Owen

Associate Librarian, Client Services, Deakin University Library
http://www.deakin.edu.au

Kat Clancy

Web Developer, Deakin University Library
http://www.deakin.edu.au

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The purpose of library websites is evolving. Deakin University Library originally undertook to redevelop its website to provide improved access to information, resources and services and to better meet clients in their space. The first phase redeveloped the library homepage and top level link pages. During this time, social networking applications were becoming part of higher education. There were new choices: the Library website and search tools could undergo significant metamorphosis; adopt Web2.0 functionality and move from being the public face of the online library to the public space of its online community, with students and staff as active partners in its development.