Author Archives: Margaret L Ruwoldt

Grants for history scholars

17 March 2009 – 6:14 am

Call for applications: grants for research into the history of the University of Melbourne.

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Digital course packs becoming popular

12 March 2009 – 6:25 am

Each semester, course coordinators across the University compile lists of recommended reading for individual subjects. Often these are articles and extracts from books, and traditionally they have been photocopied and bound into a single volume that the student must purchase.
Launched as a pilot project in 2007, the Readings Online service now provides free digital reading [...]

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Simpler, smarter searching

5 March 2009 – 6:18 am

Have you had a bad experience in the past with using SuperSearch or the online library catalogue?
Responding to feedback collected last year from students and staff, our fabulous Library Systems team spent this summer making changes to SuperSearch and the online catalogue.
From the start of Semester One 2009, searching for a journal article or library [...]

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Information Futures priorities for 2009

2 March 2009 – 6:30 am

Last year, following a wide-ranging consultation process, the University formally adopted Melbourne’s Scholarly Information Future: a 10-year strategy.
The aspirations and principles in the Scholarly Information Future strategy have now been incorporated with the University’s long-term vision, known as Growing Esteem.
Some funding was allocated for 2009, to enable us to start implementing the Scholarly Information Future [...]

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Operational initiatives in 2009

28 February 2009 – 6:25 am

The University has allocated special funding for six Scholarly Information Future strategic initiatives during 2009.
In addition, the University Library and the IT Services division have incorporated Scholarly Information Future goals into their operational plans for 2009.
The list below is from the University Library’s operational plan for 2009. These are examples of Scholarly Information Future initiatives [...]

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