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VALA2020 Session 13 Kneebone

A subject vocabulary for social policy and research

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 13
Thursday 13 February 2020, 11:25 – 11:55

Les Kneebone
  • Information Architect
  • Analysis & Policy Observatory

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The Analysis & Policy Observatory (APO) maintains subject vocabularies that populate and validate metadata in its grey literature repository. In consultation with agencies active within social science and research data management, APO is revising and consolidating the existing vocabulary, using standards for constructing controlled vocabularies such as Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS). In this paper, work to establish an interoperable and reusable vocabulary relevant to policy and research metadata communities is reported. Both manual approaches to refining the subject vocabulary top layer, cleaning up the tail of single use terms, and reference techniques for automating thesaurus construction using a graph technology are outlined.

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VALA2020 Session 13 Mamtora

Towards better and freer access to research collections: new systems, policies and training programs

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

Jayshree Mamtora
  • Formerly Research Services Coordinator
  • Formerly Charles Darwin University
Prashant Pandey
  • Director of Library Services
  • Flinders University

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This paper describes the strategies Charles Darwin University Library has undertaken in working with the Research Office towards building its research outputs and making them more openly accessible. It has migrated its research collections into a single, new, integrated interface; developed new policies and consolidated existing ones; and to this end, rolled out a training and educational program.

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VALA2020 Session 12 Splawa-Neyman

Data Management Appraisal Project: how do you track research in a school with over 1,000 researchers?

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 12
Thursday 13 February 2020, 12:00 – 12:30

Patrick Splawa-Neyman
  • Health Data Librarian
  • Monash University

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Monash University Library and Monash University’s School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine jointly appointed a Health Data Librarian to the Data Management Appraisal Project (December 2018 to December 2019). The project objective was to ascertain current data management practices in the School. The result was the creation of a data management tool consisting of a research catalogue, data management plan and GDPR checklist. The tool will allow the School to report on where data is stored and who is responsible for it, while assisting researchers to comply with the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research

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VALA2020 Session 12 Williams

Making researchers’ lives easier and managing risk at the University of Adelaide: developing and implementing an integrated online research data management planning tool

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 12
Thursday 13 February 2020, 11:25 – 11:55

Andrew Williams
  • Manager Research Data
  • The University of Adelaide

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This paper details the implementation of an integrated online research data management planning tool at the University of Adelaide in order to increase Policy compliance, provide reporting functionality, and provide value to researchers, including by:

  • integration between the research data management planning tool and other systems (PeopleSoft, Research Master, and records management) to reduce the effort required to complete a data management plan and push it automatically through required workflows
  • automated provisioning of data storage
  • training and support for researchers to provide guidance on good data management practices and improve awareness of data management tools at the University.

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VALA2020 Session 10 Williams

Will the people that follow in your footsteps know why you were wearing those shoes? Documenting your digitisation and digital collections processes

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 10
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 15:20 – 15:50

Kimberley Williams
  • Digital Curation Specialist
  • University of Sydney

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Knowledge sharing is central to the way libraries see themselves as institutions. We are content creators, provide high-resolution digital surrogates to our clients, and open up access to our unique, valuable and special collections in a way we have never been able to before. We can digitally reunite our items across the globe and let people play and experiment with our collections. That said, we also need to remember to leave contextual information for those that follow in our footsteps as to why we made the decisions we made, and how exactly we went about creating our collections.

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VALA2020 Session 10 Barker

Wikipedia and Library Collections

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 10
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 14:45 – 15:15

Geoff Barker
  • Senior Curator, State Library of New South Wales

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The State Library of New South Wales has worked on Wikimedia related projects for over seven years and was one of the first libraries globally to create a formal policy integrating Wikipedia into its organisational workflow. This paper discusses current Wikimedia projects managed by the Library, and introduces new directions for library engagement with Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata platforms

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VALA2020 Session 9 Sommerfeldt

Looking to the future to learn from the past: using specialist imaging technologies to aid research into historic books and manuscripts at the University of Sydney Library

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 9
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 11:25 – 11:55

Julia Sommerfeldt
  • Manager, Rare Books & Special Collections
  • University of Sydney Library

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Current trends within academic libraries see many divesting substantial amounts of their print collections. Within this environment, rare and special collections can stand out as significant and unique features distinguishing one University Library from another. In the last two years, Rare Books & Special Collections (RBSC) at the University of Sydney Library has initiated and supported several multi-disciplinary and cross-institutional research projects using specialised imaging technologies to investigate historic books and manuscripts. This paper will examine and evaluate the inception and early stages of several ongoing projects, focusing on the potential benefits and limitations of these non-destructive techniques.

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VALA2020 Session 8 McLean

Office without walls: the move to a mobile working environment for staff at Casey Cardinia Libraries

This session is sponsored by Bibliotheca

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 8
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 10:50 – 11:20

Michelle McLean
  • Information Services Coordinator
  • Casey Cardinia Libraries

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This presentation will explore the journey of Casey Cardinia Libraries’ staff, as they moved from working in offices with desktop computers and fixed landlines, to working mobile. The focus is on Regional Support staff, but this paper will also explore how branch staff were impacted. CCL’s move to mobile working has involved a range of changes, including new software, hardware and new ways of working, and this paper will explore them and the implications of these changes on the staff involved, on the work they do and on the people they serve.

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VALA2020 Session 7 Beardmore

Building STEM capabilities at Melbourne Polytechnic: a case study of EAL students

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 7
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 12:00 – 12:30

Meredith Beardmore
  • Liaison Librarian
  • Melbourne Polytechnic
Dali A. Lenoir
  • Library Officer, Melbourne Polytechnic
  • Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
Peter Kenneally
  • Library Officer, Melbourne Polytechnic

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STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is a vital skillset for all citizens in a rapidly changing and information-rich world. The connection between STEM and libraries is gathering momentum, yet the role of academic libraries in supporting STEM is under-represented in the literature. The Melbourne Polytechnic Academic Library & Education Research Team (ALERT) was developed to explore this gap and suggest a framework for STEM literacy support in academic libraries. The methodology for a future case study of STEM activity for EAL (English as an Additional Language) learners will also be outlined.

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VALA2020 Session 7 Mitchell

Providing students with the ‘WIL’ to live, work and succeed: creating a digital literacy learning module with a future-proof approach

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 7
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 11:25 – 11:55

Ellyse Mitchell
  • Liaison Librarian
  • Deakin University
Deirdrie Gregory
  • Liaison Librarian, Deakin University

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With the increasing rate of technological advances in the modern workforce, employers require digitally literate graduates. However, digital literacy is difficult to define, making it a challenge to create future-proof resources that resonate with students. This paper outlines the creation of an online module that aims to prepare students for their placements and beyond. Collaborating with work integrated learning (WIL) academic staff, Deakin University Librarians developed a module that moves away from traditional digital literacy, and redefines it in a real world context, to encourage future-thinking in students around the importance of digital literacy in the workplace

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