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VALA2022 Onsite Session 7 Massey

What is the product in academic publishing? Or, Why people in the Open Access debate are all talking about different things.

This session is sponsored by AIP Publishing

VALA2022 CONCURRENT 7

Tuesday 14 June 2022, 16:35 – 17:05

Graham Massey
  • Manager Information Resources and Collection Services
  • Victoria University

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Abstract

This paper contends that we have not made the progress towards Open Access that we might have expected since the Budapest Open Access Initiative in 2002. It applies Philip Kotler’s concept of a ‘Product’ to Academic Publishing and scholarly communications to explain how the different stakeholders derive value from the process.

Biography

Graham Massey is a professional Librarian with over 20 years experience working in Academic Libraries in Australia and the UK. He has a degree in Business Management and a Masters in Librarianship. He has had many roles including customer service, subject liaison, library and system management, and now manages the library collections, and the cataloguing and acquisition of information resources, at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.

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VALA2022 Online Session 10 Cook

Linked Data in Koha

VALA2022 CONCURRENT 10

Wednesday 15 June 2022, 12:30 – 13:00

David Cook
  • Prosentient Systems

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Despite the concept of Linked Data being over ten years old, it has yet to make a practical impact in the library world. Libraries prize standards and best practices, but there is no clear leader in the field and many Linked Data implementations appear experimental or isolated. Nonetheless, stakeholders in Sweden, Norway, the United States of America, and Australia are working to integrate Linked Data into the open-source library management system Koha. There are many challenges, but developers are collaborating globally to overcome them.

 

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VALA2022 Online Session 12 Narcis

From herders to facilitators – Library staff transition and the transformation of the Library Tour

VALA2022 CONCURRENT 12

Thursday 16 June 2022, 12:00 – 12:30

Samantha Narcis
  • Senior Manager, Client Services
  • University of Adelaide Library
Jaime Royals
  • Senior Manager, Collections and Access Services
  • University of Adelaide Library
Jordana Feek
  • Metadata Quality Coordinator
  • University of Adelaide Library

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The University of Adelaide Library has transformed the traditional library tour to a gamified, self-guided tour. Users work either independently or collaboratively, participating actively in their quest for information and discovery of library services and spaces. This paper sets out the transformation and the transition of library staff, outlines the rationale behind the change, the implementation process and highlights some considerations and benefits in moving to the new self-service model.

Biography

Samantha Narcis is the Senior Manager, Client Services at the University of Adelaide Library and has been in this role since June 2018. After more than 15 years of working in various Human Resources (HR) roles both overseas in Dubai and in Adelaide, Sam took a leap of faith going from providing HR advice to business leaders, to providing strong and positive operational leadership in a different industry- the world of Academic Libraries. Sam believes her love of reading and books might have helped with the transition just a bit! Sam currently leads the Library’s Client Services team in delivering key front-line services to Library users and facilitating access to the Library as a safe and welcoming space spanning across 3 campuses. Her portfolio includes a diverse set of responsibilities carried out by the front-line Service Delivery team, “Ask Library”, the Metadata Project team and the Collections and Facilities team. Sam is a firm advocate for a One Library ethos and with her team strives to put the user experience at the forefront of everything they do (within the University of Adelaide Library).

Jaime Royals is currently the Senior Manager, Collections & Access Services at the University of Adelaide. Jaime has worked in several roles at the University Library including as a Liaison Librarian and as the Manager of Learning and Teaching Innovation. She has a keen interest in developing and innovating library services in collaboration with stakeholders, in line with best practice and with an evidence-based approach. She is also partial to terrible dad jokes!

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VALA2022 Onsite Session 19 Potter

A library social media manifesto

VALA2022 CONCURRENT 19

Thursday 16 June 2022, 09:15 – 09:45

Ned Potter
  • Academic Liaison Librarian
  • University of York, UK

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Abstract

Since the pandemic began there has been a profound shift in the way we engage with library users. Community has become more important than ever before, and taking risks and showing personality online has been rewarded with more engagement and interaction. But now a lot of libraries report engagement slowing down a little – how do we refresh and re-energise?

This talk examines the way in which social media platforms can work together and separately to truly become part of our communities. We’ll discuss how rough edges can be more engaging than polished perfection; how Instagram has grown in importance (whilst also becoming more complicated to use…); what truly matters in terms of measuring impact; and how to build a larger following for key library messaging. We’ll also talk about the importance of dialogue, and using social media to listen as well as talk.

The talk is framed as a social media manifesto – universal for all library sectors – covering purpose, coordination, approachability, empathy and analysis.

Biography

Ned Potter is an Academic Liaison Librarian at the University of York, and a Trainer for various organisations including the Bodleian and the British Library. He has worked with Libraries across four continents, providing marketing and communication expertise. His book The Library Marketing Toolkit was published by Facet in 2012. Ned can be found online at ned-potter.com and on Twitter at @ned_potter.

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VALA2022 Onsite Session 26 Cain

Creativity and cross-institutional collaboration in the DigiDex Community of Practice

VALA2022 CONCURRENT 26

Thursday 16 June 2022, 15:00 – 15:30

Kat Cain
  • Manager, Digital Literacy Programs
  • Deakin University Library, Geelong Waterfront
Karen Miller
  • Coordinator, Learning Success
  • Curtin University Library
Kristy Newton
  • Digital Literacies Coordinator
  • University of Wollongong Library

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Responding to industry need, the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) sector-wide approach to developing digital dexterity established a unique practitioner-led network and Community of Practice (CoP). This paper focuses on how a core-group (Digital Dexterity Champions) within the cross-institutional CoP has self-formed a flourishing learning culture that fosters creativity. We explore aspects underpinning the creative collaboration evident within the Champions culture. In sharing stories of creative library practice, we highlight the generative power of initiatives that nurture a sharing culture. We argue for the value of supporting cross-boundary spaces that enable individuals to work creatively together.

Biography

As a Digital Literacy Programs Manager, Kat Cain explores innovative digital teaching and learning initiatives for the Library division. Kat has a broad background in both academic and public library sectors but with an underpinning work focus on creativity, literacies, and learning. The other recurrent theme in Kat’s history is an interest in how technologies, people and learning weave together. Having been involved in Digital Dexterity work since 2018 has allowed Kat to bring all of these elements together.

Dr Karen Miller is the Learning Coordinator at Curtin University Library. Incorporating a ‘maker’ approach to learning and using both old and new technologies, she develops learning programs, interactive activities and resources designed to develop information literacy and digital dexterity. She helped establish the Curtin Library Makerspace and continues to play a role in its activities and development.

Kristy Newton is the Digital Literacies Coordinator at University of Wollongong (UOW) Library, and has a passion for supporting people to be autonomous, confident, and discerning in digital spaces. She works collaboratively with staff across the institution in the development of digital literacy support resources and services, as well as supporting UOW Library staff through a well-regarded Library Digital Dexterity program.

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VALA2022 Onsite Session 25 Johnston

Peer support for learning technologies: supporting students throughout COVID-19 and beyond

VALA2022 CONCURRENT 25

Thursday 16 June 2022, 15:00 – 15:30

Dr Nicole Johnston
  • Edith Cowan University
Danielle Degiorgio
  • Edith Cowan University

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This paper is an overview of a peer support service for learning technologies at Edith Cowan University (ECU) Library. The online chat service successfully filled a gap in support for students who were transitioning to online study during the COVID-19 crisis. From 2020 to July 2021, the service received over 2,500 face-to-face and online queries with the majority of queries being about Blackboard and Microsoft Office. An evaluation of the program has shown that although online peer programs are successful at supporting students in times of crisis, students still prefer to receive support from peers face to face.

Biography

Dr Nicole Johnston is the Associate University Librarian of Digital and Information Literacy at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia. Previously, Nicole was a Lecturer of Library and Information Studies at Edith Cowan University and University College London in Qatar. Nicole has also worked as a librarian in various roles in Australia, Ireland and Dubai. Nicole is currently a member of the ALIA research advisory committee and a recent recipient of the ALIA Research Grant Award.

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VALA2022 Onsite Session 24 Amohia

Open source library software: the gift that keeps on giving back

VALA2022 CONCURRENT 24

Thursday 16 June 2022, 14:10 – 14:40

Aleisha Amohia
  • Koha Development Lead
  • Catalyst IT

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Libraries exist for people to find stories, information, and resources – for communities. It makes sense then that library systems should be designed by communities too. Libraries and open source software are similar in nature, which makes open source library software, such as Koha (the first of its kind globally), the perfect choice. This paper will describe the similarities between libraries and open source software, and the significance of both being designed by and for communities. To support this it will discuss the example of the Catalyst Open Source Academy, which has facilitated the addition of approximately 70 young people to the ever-growing list of Koha contributors, strengthening Koha for over 15,000 libraries around the world.

Biography

Aleisha Amohia (Te Ātihaunui-a-Papārangi) (she/her) is a Koha Developer at Catalyst IT in Wellington, New Zealand. She has been working on Koha since 2014. Aleisha recently graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Management and Information Systems).

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VALA2022 Onsite Session 22 Tindall

Making it happen: a pathway to digital preservation at the University of Adelaide Library

This session is sponsored by Open Athens

VALA2022 CONCURRENT 22

Thursday 16 June 2022, 09:55 – 10:25

Alexis Tindall

  • Manager, Digital Innovation
  • University of Adelaide Library

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The University of Adelaide Library has developed a Digital Preservation Strategy and Roadmap as part of its commitment to expert information management, collection management and preservation, and support for information resource discovery. This paper describes the collaborative development of the Strategy and Roadmap, which drew on the resources and peer network of the Digital Preservation Coalition. Successful delivery of the Digital Preservation Strategy and Roadmap will involve cultivation of a skilled, aware and collaborative workforce. It will depend initially upon the development, adoption and refinement of improved and new processes, but should, in time, become part of business as usual.

Biography

Alexis Tindall joined the University of Adelaide Library as Manager, Digital Innovation in April 2020. Prior to that she worked with the Australian Research Data Commons, and related projects, to support data-enabled humanities, arts and social sciences research, delivering strategic projects and training around data and research infrastructure. She has extensive project management experience in diverse environments. Before joining the eResearch community, she worked in natural history and social history museums, and is passionate about digitisation, open scholarship and improving digital access to GLAM collections and research data.

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VALA2022 Onsite Session 21 King

Gittin’ techy with it: our journey using Gitbook and crowdsourcing to build a modern not-quite-technical skills guide

VALA2022 CONCURRENT 21

Thursday 16 June 2022, 09:55 – 10:25

Sara King
  • Training and Engagement Lead
  • AARNet
Emma Chapman
  • Team Leader, Information Literacy
  • Auckland University of Technology
Nica Tsakmakis
  • Senior Librarian
  • Australian Catholic University
Mia De Francesch
  • Learning Success Advisor
  • Curtin University
Leah Gustafson
  • Digital Capability Advisor (Arts, Education and Law)
  • Griffith University
Ruth Cameron
  • Coordinator, Digital Library Programs
  • University of Newcastle
Katie Mills
  • Library Manager (Research and Academic Engagement)
  • University of Western Australia

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It all started with a tweet in late 2019: ‘Is there a book that teaches modern not-quite-technical computer skills?’. When mentioned during a CAUL Digital Dexterity meeting, others jumped on board to turn this idea into a reality. Collaboration started in 2021 to create a freely available, changeable resource that could be open to all. Come along to our virtual presentation and learn about our journey towards this ever-growing digital book – forks in the road, merging lanes, dead ends, speedbumps, and all!

Biography

Dr Sara King is the Training and Engagement Lead for AARNet. She is focused on outreach within the research sector, developing communities of interest around training, outreach and skills development in eResearch. She is passionate about helping others develop the infrastructure and digital literacies required for working in a data-driven world, translating technology so it is accessible to everyone.

Nica Tsakmakis is Acting Senior Library Coordinator at the Australian Catholic University (Brisbane Campus) and Co-convenor CAUL Digital Dexterity Champions Community of Practice. She is a certified Library Carpentries instructor and has just completed developing a new Arts unit about literature in a digital world. Nica trained as a rare book librarian and was shocked to learn how excited she was about digital literacy and how she can help inform others about it.

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VALA2022 Onsite Session 20 Ahearne

Learning together: four principles for digital literacy learning in libraries

VALA2022 CONCURRENT 20

Thursday 16 June 2022, 09:15 – 09:45

Teishan Ahearne
  • eLearning and New Technologies Facilitator
  • Moreland City Libraries

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In an increasingly online world, where inequalities have been amplified by COVID-19, public libraries play a crucial role in addressing the digital divide. This paper argues that libraries must look to theory and practice in other fields to develop pedagogically sound digital literacy programs that authentically respond to community need. Drawing on Paulo Freire, Lev Vygotsky and work experience, I developed the Four Principles for Digital Literacy Learning in Libraries. The principles do not dictate the type of library programming but rather guide the pedagogical approach and are intended to be practical and easily applicable.

Biography

Teishan Ahearne is a library worker and media trainer who has a passion for learning and empowering communities. Teishan is the eLearning and New Technology Facilitator at Moreland City Libraries where they coordinated Moreland’s digital literacy programming. Teishan has worked with both adults and youth to support them learning technology in a variety of settings including public libraries, community radio, and community projects.

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