Category Archives: collaboration

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 [...]

By Margaret L Ruwoldt | Also posted in Refining our Strategy 2009 | Comments (0)

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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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 [...]

By Margaret L Ruwoldt | Also posted in archives, hr, implementation 2009, knowledge transfer, library management systems, publishing, repositories, research | Comments (0)

Can you picture that?

28 November 2008 – 4:13 pm

The Director of eResearch, Professor Leon Sterling, and the Melbourne Research Office are offering a $10,000 development grant in 2009 for University of Melbourne researchers to create an innovative demonstration of the visualisation capabilities of our OptiPortal facility.
Developed in partnership with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and with funding from the Victorian state [...]

By Margaret L Ruwoldt | Also posted in research, technology | Comments (0)

23 things and an avatar

28 November 2008 – 11:22 am

Staff of the University Library are participating in a “23 things” program this month, learning about social media and online teaching by completing a series of self-paced modules.
This week’s topic is blogging, and this post is my demonstration that I know how to blog ;-)
It’s also the debut appearance of my new avatar:

The “23 things” [...]

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