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VALA2020 Session 15 Thomas

Pathways for linked data integrations with the FOLIO library services platform

This session is sponsored by Bibliotheca

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 15
Thursday 13 February 2020, 2:20 – 2:50

Christie Thomas
  • Head, Data Management Services
  • University of Chicago Library

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The University of Chicago Library is currently engaged in a number of small- and large-scale linked data projects. At the same time, the Library is an active member of the FOLIO community, contributing to the development of the open source software and planning for implementation. This paper will introduce the FOLIO project, explore how participation in linked data activities informed FOLIO development, and examine potential pathways to linked data adoption in libraries with FOLIO.

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VALA2020 Session 11 McQuillen

Innovative machine learning as a positive driver for digital disruption through automation in systematic review management: a review of available tools and their utilisation in Australia

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 11
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 15:25 – 15:50

Sarah McQuillen
  • Academic Librarian, Division of Health Sciences
  • University of South Australia Library
Kasthuri Anandasivam
  • Academic Support Librarian, Division of Health Sciences
  • University of South Australia Library

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Librarians at the University of South Australia (UniSA) investigated systematic review (SR) software that incorporate machine learning technologies. The aim was to compare the capabilities of the University’s current tool ‘Covidence’ with alternatives used in Australia, to improve efficiencies during SR workflows. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to identify over 180 tools, many designed to accelerate a single task only. Covidence and ‘Distiller’ were found to offer the broadest range of features. As Covidence has been more widely adopted by Australian libraries, the authors conclude that ongoing access to Covidence is useful for cross-institutional SR conduct in Australia.

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VALA2020 Session 11 Mercieca

Open Educational Resources – who has the role of adoption and adaptation of OERs?

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 11
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 14:45 – 15:15

Paul Mercieca
  • IM Program Manager
  • RMIT University
Laki Sideris
  • Product Development Manager
  • Informit, RMIT Training

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The development of Open Educational Resources (OERs) aims to support educational material that can be shared and reused under a creative commons licence. Emerging models recognise that OERs are not just resources that can be located and simply included in course work, but are resources that can be modified, changed and then re-shared for use by others. The management of OERs is often supported by library services, but what is the current practice of the academic community? This paper discusses issues drawn from interviews with academics from a university case environment, and this information can assist libraries in developing policy on OER management.

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VALA2020 Session 8 Thompson

Adventures in technology: experiences in facilitating a youth-led library website project

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VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 8
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 11:25 – 11:55

Sarah Thompson
  • Branch Manager, Manly Library
  • Northern Beaches Council Library
Michaela Wagland
  • Digital Producer
  • Northern Beaches Council Library

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In the current social and technological environment, public libraries have rapidly evolved in responding to, understanding and facilitating the versatile needs of the community. While more creative digital programs and facilities are being offered, they are always not structured for digital literate youth. Libraries need to change the way they engage with youth and technology by providing connected leaning and youth-led programming where young people can create, learn and collaborate. We explored this in our award winning project, Tiny Doors, which featured website creation as a major component of the project.

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VALA2020 Session 4 Feighan

Putting the student in the library driver’s seat: implementing student co-design with existing library platforms to build engaging blended learning outcomes

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 4
Tuesday 11 February 2020, 12:00 – 12:30

David Feighan
  • Information and Library Services Manager
  • Mentone Girls’ Grammar School
Ellie Beni
  • Head of Year 7 and science teacher
  • Mentone Girls’ Grammar School

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This paper focuses on a school library’s approach to using existing online platforms and services to scaffold learning by enabling students to directly curate content into the library’s portal. The goal of this pilot project is a student co-designed and blended learning program to teach students how to: use collections and the literature, cite and reference, and introduces the peer review process. This enables the library to move from a passive role, being the source of quality curated collections, to a more strategic partner and collaborator role that is directly involved in delivering value by improved student learning outcomes.

 

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VALA2020 Session 14 Salisbury

A league of champions: building staff digital dexterity

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 14
Thursday 13 February 2020, 1:45 – 2:15

Fiona Salisbury
  • University Librarian
  • La Trobe University
Heather Jenks
  • Associate Director Library Services
  • Australian National University
Kat Cain
  • Manager, Digital Literacy Programs
  • Deakin University
Karen Miller
  • Coordinator, Learning Success
  • Curtin University
Ashley England
  • Team Leader, Arts & Social Sciences
  • University of Technology Sydney
Jaime Royals
  • Manager, Learning & Teaching Innovation
    The University of Adelaide
Jay Glaisyer
  • Senior Manager, Student & Community Outreach & Engagement
    La Trobe University
Hugh Rundle
  • Manager, Member Services
    CAVAL

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As key contributors in the endeavour to build student digital capability, university library staff must be capable and confident in the digital environment. In addressing this need, the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) Digital Dexterity program has taken a sector-wide approach to sustain a unique community of practice (CoP). Established as a partnership between CAUL and CAVAL, the CoP includes 52 institutionally nominated Digital Dexterity Champions. This paper outlines how the CAUL Digital Dexterity Capability team has fostered the CoP, encouraging collaboration and the exchange of knowledge, supporting collective learning and grounding digital dexterity in real world practice.

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VALA2020 Session 4 Chadwick

New values: supporting value-added data through the SCIS APIs

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 4
Tuesday 11 February 2020, 11:25 – 11:55

Ben Chadwick
  • Manager, Research and Information Services
  • Education Services Australia

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Until 2017 the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS) used the library industry standards MARC-21 and z39.50 to transmit data to subscribers’ local school library systems. SCIS launched a new platform in July 2017 and a set of APIs in March 2018, for the first time offering alternative transmission options compliant with ubiquitous web standards. These developments enabled SCIS to add value to its data, remove impediments to access, support on-the-fly provision of metadata for online resources, and pave the way for further innovations around RDA. This paper describes the new SCIS online services and the factors driving them.

 

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VALA2020 Session 14 Tindall

Digital Skills for the future: learning from the eResearch Skilled Workforce Summit

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 14
Thursday 13 February 2020, 2:55 – 3:25

Alexis Tindall
  • Senior Research Data Specialist
  • Australia Research Data Commons
Matthias Liffers
  • Research Software Skills Specialist
  • Australian Research Data Commons

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In July 2019, the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) co-presented an eResearch Skilled Workforce Summit with the Council of Australian University Directors of Information Technology (CAUDIT) and Universities Australia, focussed on the development of the digitally skilled workforce essential for research in the 21st century. Stakeholders came together around an interest in developing an Australian research workforce composed of both digitally skilled researchers and research support professionals, to maximise research impact. In this presentation, the ARDC Skilled Workforce team shares some of the key outcomes of the event.

 

 

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VALA2020 Session 6 Heterick

Connecting primary sources and secondary literature: the South Asian Open Archive (SAOA) and JSTOR collaboration

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 6
Tuesday 11 February 2020, 2:45 – 3:15

Bruce Heterick
  • Ithaka

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In late 2018, JSTOR and the South Asia Open Archive (SAOA) began a collaboration to bring to light rare and unique materials from and about South Asia as an open access collection on the JSTOR platform. The SAOA collection was formally launched in October 2019 and in its first sixty days on the JSTOR platform, has had nearly 10,000 visitors from over 2,000 institutions in 134 countries. This paper discusses the discovery and research impacts that are being evaluated by connecting primary source materials with the secondary literature (journals and books) on the same platform and by getting this important scholarly content “in the flow” of researchers and out of its silos.

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VALA2020 Session 12 White

Practitioner and researcher collaboration through a student Master’s paper

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 12
Thursday 13 February 2020, 10:50 – 11:20

Hollie White
  • Lecturer
  • Curtin University
Janice Chan
  • Coordinator, Research Services
  • Curtin University
Amy Cairns
  • Librarian: Engineering
  • Edith Cowan University

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Australian library practitioners perceive that research performed by library researchers is often irrelevant and unaligned to what they need. Practitioner and researcher collaboration is one solution to address this issue. This paper explores a collaboration between an academic library and a library and information studies department that focuses on practitioner-relevant research conducted by a master’s student pursuing a Degree by Coursework. Using autoethnographic and critical reflective practice techniques, three different perspectives – an academic librarian, a library school researcher, and a master by coursework student – on the research collaboration will be presented and explored.

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