Author Archives: Margaret L Ruwoldt

Invitation to comment

12 June 2009 – 2:34 pm

This post as a general invitation to you — student, staff or member of another university, as we want to hear what you have to say about “Reviewing Our Strategy,” the Growing Esteem consultation paper released in late May 2009.
To comment on the dicussion paper, or on any aspect of the Library’s involvement in the [...]

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Invitation: refining the Growing Esteem strategy

11 June 2009 – 12:18 pm

On 29 May the Vice-Chancellor released a discussion paper, Refining Our Strategy, and invited collaborative responses from staff, students, alumni and other stakeholders.
There have been significant changes in the world, and within the University, since the original Growing Esteem 10-year strategy was adopted in late 2005. The “Refining Our Strategy” consultation process is an opportunity [...]

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Librarian’s lecture a crowd-pleaser

21 April 2009 – 4:26 pm

Recently-appointed Philip Kent today impressed a crowd of more than 100 staff, students and Friends of the Library when he delivered his inaugural lecture as University Librarian.
As well as being the first annual University Librarian’s Lecture, the presentation was the first in this year’s Information Futures Forum series.
Almost half of the audience — 49 people [...]

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Research data management, an emerging role for academic libraries

26 March 2009 – 6:32 am

The capture and storage of research data, and its preservation over time, is an emerging challenge for universities and other research institutions.
The University Library has a leading role in establishing standards, procedures and services to help researchers preserve their original data. We were therefore delighted to meet Robin Rice, who visited this month.
In a meeting [...]

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E-research training for graduate students

19 March 2009 – 6:29 am

The Semester One 2009 program of UpSkills training for graduate research students is now available. It includes a series of seven e-research workshops:

E-publishing Your Thesis and Research Papers
Copyright, Your Thesis and Future Publications
Research Data Management – humanities
Research Data Management  – sciences
Tools for Collaboration and Networking – wikis, blogs and social bookmarking
Using the Web for Surveys
Legal [...]

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