Category Archives: implementation 2009

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, collaboration, hr, knowledge transfer, library management systems, publishing, repositories, research | Comments (0)

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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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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