tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48035048583874792802024-03-13T19:57:03.959+11:00proACTive blogProActive BlogKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-68109928592846785782018-05-21T14:01:00.000+10:002018-05-21T14:01:04.407+10:00Happy Library and Information Week!So, it's 2018, and the times are a-changin'!<br />
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We've recently had a change-over in committee, and are having a make-over with our online presence. We're starting fresh with a new blog, so from now on, please direct your browser to: <a href="https://aliareactivate.wordpress.com/">https://aliareactivate.wordpress.com</a><br />
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- Our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/activealia/">Facebook Group</a> for connecting with one another and managing your PD calendar with us.<br />- Our <a href="https://twitter.com/ACTive_ALIA">Twitter account</a> for those of you who prefer to tweet.<br /><br />And, of course, we still have <a href="https://www.alia.org.au/elists/aliaactive">our e-list</a> where we will send regular details of upcoming events.<div>
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lib_idolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09887547089876625807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-48003977773083881112017-08-01T22:30:00.001+10:002017-08-01T22:30:38.175+10:00Noel Butlin and ANU Archives Tour July 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Maggie Shapley (ANU archivist) led the tour of the ANU and Noel Butlin Archives on 26 July 2017. A small crowd of librarians and records managers turned up to explore the repository situated over the Parkes Way Tunnel. Maggie explained that the Noel Butlin Archives centre had originally been designed as an underground carpark so it is not designed in its floor loadings to carry the heavy compactuses of purpose built Archives. The staff have done a great job of storing the various collections in archival quality storage boxes and making do with the shelves they had . Various numbering systems has been changed and started by different archivists. Under Maggie a major achievement has been pulling of all these diverse systems into the one relational discovery system.<br /><br /><u></u><u></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Maggie and Sarah Lethbridge the Senior Archivist had gone to some pains to draw out interesting items in their collections to show us on the tour and we all enjoyed the show and tell. The Noel Butlin Archives is a mixture of company records and union records so many family historians use the Noel Butlin Archives to find out about their ancestors involvement in certain unions or firms as well as academic researchers doing formal research into such organisations. The range of topics researched include</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt;">industrial relations, immigration, working women, indigenous employment, architecture, economic history, family history, social history in Australia and the Pacific, and on particular industries such as agriculture, timber, shipping, mining, brewing, advertising and finance </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The ANU Archives holds corporate as well as personal papers of ANU academics. Several interesting collection items were the research and mapping of the many pubs in Sydney based on the Tooth company records and the pamphlets and photos of the spartan ANU campus and sparse settlement of Canberra of the 1940s used to market ANU and to entice British academics to migrate to Canberra. To me personally a very interesting collection were the unions banners used by various trade unions as part of their Mayday celebrations. I was also intrigued to see the very old minute books of one of Australian’s earliest trade unions , the stone masons of New South Wales. The collection of old sporting trophies from the old forestry school reminded me of the stories my mother an old Canberra girl use to narrate. Learning about how they physically treat the collection by freezing to keep pests like silver fish out was another interesting aspect. It certainly beats reading about such things . The physical process of digitising various memorable papers and other items in the collection was an eye opener for me. Afterwards all of us remarked how much we had gained from going on the tour and discovering for ourselves the ANU and Noel Butlin Archives.</span></div>
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Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-84971311907452939342017-06-08T19:32:00.001+10:002017-06-08T19:32:12.522+10:00Kym Holden library leader and volunteer 2017<div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 5pt;">
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More than 50 librarians, archivists, information professionals and interested community members attended a presentation on 20<sup>th</sup> February by Karen Smith Yoshimira, Senior Project Officer, OCLC on <i>Linked data - bringing the world closer together</i>.<u></u><u></u></div>
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The full presentation is available online <a href="https://informationonline.alia.org.au/content/linked-data-bringing-world-closer-together.">Linked data: bringing the world closer</a><u></u></div>
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Karen started by reminding us that i<span lang="EN-US">n 2006, Tim Berners-Lee published a blog post in the w3c web space. It featured an image that became an icon of the linked data movement: the coffee cup with the five stars. She drew our attention to two points:</span><u></u><u></u></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">*The text: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">make links to things. Use a special kind of identifier [called a URI] to name things; include more URIs so people can discover other things. URIs: Identifiers that are persistent, unique, resolved with existing web protocols.</span><u></u><u></u></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">*The insight:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> This appears to be describing hypertext, but it is different from the web we know. It is about things in the world. URIs are collection points for information about them. By interacting with the web, we are getting information about objects, and not just reading documents.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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She noted that from the research of Lynn Connaway (<i>The Library in the life of the user) “</i><i><span lang="EN-US">Students’ information searches have evolved from browsing books in the stacks to submitting online queries to Google because is quicker.”<u></u><u></u></span></i></div>
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Taking a deep dive into <span lang="EN-US">Google knowledge Card and WorldCat she explored how unleashing bibliographic information can add to the user journey increasing visibility of works and linking translations.</span><u></u><u></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The linked data sites mentioned in the OCLC 2015 International Linked Data Survey for Implementers provided a rich set of examples that she discussed including Europeana, the Digital Public Library of America, National Diet Library projects, German National Library projects and Pratt Institute Linked Jazz project.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Her summary remarks inspired us all to look at how we can use linked data to achieve greater visibility and access to the digitized resources from the GLAM sector:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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A group of us gathered at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) , Signadou campus <b>Monday 24 October 2016 </b>to visit the interim library. ACU Canberra is transitioning to a new library building but until that happens some contingency measures have been put in place. Helena Zobec the campus library manager lead a tour of the interim portable library building . This building was needed so space could be freed up for the nursing labs and to house a growing collection. The collection has been accommodated well in this “big shed “ of a demountable and an airlock corridor put in place to link the library access and computer labs to the demountable building. <u></u><u></u></div>
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Helena told us of the challenges in moving the collection into the demountable to make sure it was in the correct <b> Dewey</b> order when reshelved and the issues faced when using a demountable building that is poorly insulated and can be very hot in summer. She recounted how these issues had been managed and to some extent overcome to make the best use of the interim building. Helena also told us of the challenges of planning for the new multi-use building that is being designed to house both the library and to service other uses. The new building will<b> </b>be a joy to work in for library staff and <b>w</b>ell used by <s> </s>the students<b>, </b>offering space to expand the collection, private and group study areas and more room for the information commons areas. What was interesting was that the new library will at long last have a separate tea room for library staff who currently eat at their desks or in the rose gardens if the weather is fine. It was an enjoyable library tour and I was glad I had gone along to see the interesting architecture of the former convent building on the campus<span style="color: #1f497d;">..</span></div>
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Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-28082238957619032342016-08-03T23:02:00.001+10:002016-08-03T23:14:34.262+10:00Parliamentary Library innovations synopsis 26 July 2016<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A good crowd turned up to hear Sam Spencer and Liz Luchetti of the Parliamentary Library present on the innovative products they have created or adapted to the needs of their politician clients. Liz presented on the overview of what the parliamentary library does and how it must rigorously meet the demands of their select clientele. She explained how the library canvassed to understand the needs by surveying their users each year as well as keep a finger on the day to day pulse of what users requested . Sam gave us a picture of the new products they had created in the past year such as streaming news for their clients to access on mobile devices in their electorates well outside the infrastructure of the Parliament House. Sam gave a rundown on how he is morphing the Parliamentary Handbook in an elegant extensible online version that can harvest data on individual politicians from other sources .</span><br />
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Many of you came to our interesting and to me
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archival collections here in Canberra. Kylie Scoope from the National
Library Manuscripts collections and Rhonda King from the National
Archives of Australia catalogued for us interesting items in their
collections. Kylie focused on items that touched on body parts such as the
locks of hair saved in the Macquarie family collection or Patrick White’s
beret and glasses. Rhonda took a gleeful look at gems
like the Marmalade files and intelligence reports on suspected
individuals, Many there said it was a fun and illuminating session
for them as many are unaware of the great jewels held by the
various archives. Now those not present can enjoy these
presentation as well. We are so lucky to have great speakers in Canberra<o:p></o:p></div>
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Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-20835256313411959242016-04-21T01:16:00.003+10:002016-04-21T01:16:27.212+10:00Active ALIA Program of events<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the 7 October we had the Active ALIA tour of the ACT Heritage Library with a small interested group turning up to experience the delights of the Heritage Library. Antoinette Buchanan the Heritage Librarian gave us an expose of current challenges facing the library and how much progress the small team have made on processing their manuscript collection . The purpose behind the Heritage Library is to “<span style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20.48px;">help tell the stories of Canberra and its people. We collect, preserve, promote and provide access to the documents that record the lives of Canberrans at home and in the wider community.” This was very evident in Antoinette's discussion of the library team's current work and their collection emphasis.</span></span></div>
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Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-67915669485228494992015-08-31T19:56:00.001+10:002015-09-05T01:43:07.456+10:00Midwinter Dinner 27 August 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The annual Librarians Midwinter Dinner was held on 27 August
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stuart Ferguson
who retired from the University of Canberra as the principal lecturer of </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Master of Information Studies spoke at the dinner. Stuart developed the two strands of this degree in librarianship and records management</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">. Stuart reflected on his long career over 30 year in Great
Britain, then South Africa and then onto Australia. He outlined the changes in
the profession he has seen in that period.</span><br />
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<br />Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-87403403248970335592015-08-31T19:35:00.002+10:002015-09-05T01:24:27.155+10:00How researchers can protect themselves from publishing and conference scams<br />
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<em>Roxanne Missingham, University Librarian at ANU and AOASG’s
Deputy Chair, provides practical advice to researchers on how to prevent
exploitation through being published in a journal, or participating in a
conference, that could be considered “predatory” or “vanity”.</em><br />
With the evolution of open access, enterprises have emerged that run
conferences and journals with low or no peer review or other quality
mechanisms. They approach academics, particularly early career
academics, soliciting contributions for reputable sounding journals and
conferences.<br />
On 2 August, the ABC’s Background briefing highlighted the operation of this industry, <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/predatory-publishers-criticised-unethical-unprincipled-tactics/6656122">Predatory publishers criticised for ‘unethical, unprincipled’ tactics”</a> focusing
in particular on one organisation, OMICS. There is little doubt that
the industry has burgeoned. The standard of review in such unethical
journals can best be described by the example of the article written by
David Mazières and Eddie Kohler which contains basically the words of
the title repeated over and over. The article was accepted by the <em>International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology</em> and the review process included a peer review report that described it as “excellent”. You can see the documentation<a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/20/bogus-journal-accepts-profanity-laced-anti-spam-paper/"> here</a>. Not only will these publishers take your publications, they will charge you for the pleasure (or lack of).<br />
Jeffrey Beall, librarian at Auraria Library, University of Colorado,
Denver, coined the term “predatory publisher” after noticing a large
number of emails requesting he submit articles to or join editorial
boards of journals he had not heard of. His research has resulted in
lists – <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/">“Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers”</a> and <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/">“Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access journals”</a>.<br />
While Beall’s lists have been the <a href="http://crln.acrl.org/content/76/3/132.full">subject of some debate</a>,
acknowledging publishers that are low quality is important to assist
researchers. The debate on predatory publishing does not mean that open
access publishing is poor per se. There are many high quality open
access publishers, including well established university presses at the <a href="http://www.adelaide.edu.au/press/">University of Adelaide</a>, the <a href="http://press.anu.edu.au/">Australian National University</a> and <a href="http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/about">University of Technology, Sydney</a>.<br />
Ensuring the quality of the journals you submit to and conference you
propose papers for is important to assist you in developing your
research profile and building your career.<br />
And don’t forget, traditional publishers can also have problems of quality. For example, in early 2014 Springer and IEEE <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/publishers-withdraw-more-than-120-gibberish-papers-1.14763">removed more than 120 papers</a> after
Cyril Labbé of Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, France,
discovered computer-generated papers published in their journals.<br />
<strong>How can you prevent this happening to you?</strong><br />
Three major tips are:<br />
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<li><strong>If you haven’t heard of the journal or conference </strong>check Beall’s list or ask your local librarian</li>
<li><strong>Don’t believe the web site</strong> – ask your colleagues
and look at indicators of journal impact. A library’s guide to
Increasing your research impact with information on <a href="http://libguides.anu.edu.au/content.php?pid=499217&sid=4105640">Journal measures and tools</a> can help you</li>
<li><strong>Don’t respond to unsolicited emails </strong>– choose the journals you wish to submit to.</li>
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If in doubt contact your local Library or Research Office.<br />
The Australasian Open Access Support Group is committed to supporting
quality open access publishing and will continue to provide information
through this web site and in our <a href="https://twitter.com/openaccess_oz">twitter</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/buKSZv">newsletters</a> and <a href="http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/australian_oa_community">discussion list</a>.<br />
Roxanne Missingham, University Librarian (Chief Scholarly Information Services), The Australian National University, Canberra.Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-36321571617464500732015-07-15T23:29:00.003+10:002015-07-15T23:30:33.521+10:00Celebrating Gillian Currie’s 3 decades at the NGA Research Library<br />
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After working at the National Gallery of Australia’s Research
Library for well over 3 decades, Gillian Currie (Acquisitions Librarian) retired
on 11 March 2015 to enjoy some much-deserved relaxation (and some library
volunteering!). J. Margaret Shaw, former
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In February 1979 a newly qualified and very young Gillian
Currie joined a small team located in a warehouse at Fyshwick. In Gillian’s words we were<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>“…in the round spaceship building in Fyshwick that had as its
neighbours various sex shops and other salubrious businesses. For a 22
year old straight out of library school it was quite an experience”. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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The task facing this group was to create a research library
for the National Gallery of Australia, then known as the Australian National
Gallery. Initially and officially, Gillian’s
appointment was as a cataloguer/reference librarian but of course in the early
days, no-one was strictly limited to their defined duties whether in the
Research Library or beyond. Panic
stations could cover anything from filing ephemera, re-shelving or moving the
entire library or helping to mount works for an exhibition. It was not unheard of for the Chief Librarian
to find her entire staff missing when an emergency arose. With the move to the new building in Parkes
things became more formal but those with Fyshwick memories felt very
privileged. Between 1979 and 11 March 2015, Gillian went
on to hold virtually all senior positions in the Research Library at one time
or another. In particular, her contribution
to collection development, particularly to the rare books collection, greatly
enriched the holdings of the Research library.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In addition to showing signs of becoming a notably talented
librarian, Gillian brought with her considerable political experience and
knowledge of work-place relations and related matters gleaned from her role as
National Secretary of Australian Young Labor. This proved to be a great benefit
both to the staff and the management of the Gallery as her emphasis on
negotiation for the good of all parties rather than confrontation worked to
everyone’s benefit. Nevertheless, the
sight of Gillian and colleagues demonstrating outside the building did awaken
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“<i>[T]he then union delegate of the Professional Officers’ Association
(which covered Librarians, Curators and Conservators in the Public Service),
dumped the role of union delegate on me. As she was my boss, I could
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Outside the Gallery, her participation on behalf of all
government librarians was to prove of great benefit. Gillian was immediately drawn into the
initial moves by the Librarians’ Group of the POA to increase wages and
conditions for government librarians.
This developed into a full scale and successful Librarians Work Value
case, the first of a number of moves to improve the position of librarians
during the 1980s with Gillian at the helm as President of the Canberra Branch
of the POA and later CEO and Federal President over-seeing the amalgamation of
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As well as her professional and political skills, Gillian
brought to the job personal qualities which made her a pleasure to work
with. The most noticeable of these were
loyalty, both to her colleagues and to the Gallery, sympathy for her fellow staff
members throughout the organisation and willingness to take time to assist
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Above all, I doubt if any of her colleagues will fail to miss
her sense of humour and the infectious laughter which could help make a tough
day better. This last quality helped her
to deal with some of the more outrageous queries which do, at times, face an
art reference librarian or the demands made on staff in a new building with a
few teething problems such as mushrooms in the reading room which she crawled
under a bench to remove.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She leaves behind many friends all over the building – some
of whom have shared picnics at which frustrations could be taken out on a
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Gillian’s professional reputation is not just known to her
colleagues. She has been admired,
respected and sought out by those external users of the Research Library as a most
knowledgeable, skilled and determined reference librarian whose in depth
familiarity with the Research Library’s collections will make her sorely missed
– although the National Gallery’s loss is the National Portrait Gallery’s gain
as she has joined the voluntary team of librarians, including me, working to
create a focussed library for this institution. She has already started to expand my
cataloguing skills by passing on her experience!<o:p></o:p></div>
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J. Margaret Shaw, Volunteer Librarian, National Portrait
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(2011, May 5). Shows cut as
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Currie, G., & Shaw, M.
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Documentation: Bulletin of the Art Libraries Society of North America, 21</i>(2),
32-34.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Merger set, now the real work begins. <i>The
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Social workers lift bans for office space investigation. <i>The Canberra Times</i>. p. 3. Retrieved from <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127205941">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127205941</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Currie, G. Demonstrating the
Library’s value at the National Gallery of Australia Research Library, in Abid,
A.B. (2007). <i>Art Museum Libraries and Librarianship.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Currie, G. (1992). A nice job
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collection management system: web based bibliography on photographic resources
relevant to the Asia/Pacific region. In Art libraries: Bonding past and future.
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://cit.edu.au/hospitality_tourism_events/cit_restaurant"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic";">http://cit.edu.au/hospitality_tourism_events/cit_restaurant</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Bookings: </b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:karna.o%E2%80%99dea@naa.gov.au"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic";">karna.o’dea@naa.gov.au</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Cost: </b><span lang="EN-US">$30
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Wednesday 17<sup>th</sup>
June on a dark, wet, wintery Canberra night a fabulous exhibition opened at the
University of New South Wales Canberra Academy Library to warm our hearts and
minds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about who we are in relation to our past. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was designed to create a personal identity journey, commemorating Anzac
History, honouring the past and celebrating our future by exploring reflections
of a 100 year old war on the generations of the present. It reflects the
intertwined relationship of Turkey and Australia connected almost a century
ago, by a war. Through the Gallipoli War both nations suffered enormous change,
one uniting around the loss and destruction while the other was falling apart,
yet to be born as a new nation from its ashes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the experiences on individuals, from the Anzac letters the soldiers wrote to
their loved ones, to exploring the reflections of a war on the generation of
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identity journey, creating a very personal insight into Anzac History,
honouring the past and celebrating our future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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from both Turkish and Anzac sides have been created for the project. The
website notes that “descendants, selected to be a part of the project, were
asked to either wear or hold on to a representative in order to build the
bridge between today and the past. These representatives may be their
Grandfather’s uniforms (or part of the uniform), medals, watches, boots, etc.,
an object to represent their connection to the past.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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grandson of Gunnery Officer Mustafa Niyazi is the subject of one of the
beautiful portraits. He is shown with a gas lamp which is a family heirloom.
The website quotes his voice”100 years after the Dardanelles War, in which my
great grandfather served as a gunnery officer, The Descendants Project has been
a moving project for me as it traces the friendship forged during the war
between the two nations and reveals the undiscovered documents, veterans, and
martyrs…I was proud to be part of this project”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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July 2 for an Artist’s Talk</b>
– RSVP details can be found at: <a href="http://lib.unsw.adfa.edu.au/exhib/descendants/index.html">http://lib.unsw.adfa.edu.au/exhib/descendants/index.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-86186631148858633232015-07-01T16:10:00.003+10:002015-07-01T16:18:46.078+10:00Libraries in the semantic web Professor Marcia Lei Zeng<div class="MsoNormal">
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Information Science, Kent State University (<a href="http://marciazeng.slis.kent.edu/">http://marciazeng.slis.kent.edu</a>)
gave a fascinating presentation on Libraries in the semantic web at ANU Library
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In looking at projects she had led focused on turning
metadata into linked data she took us through a project on AGRIS that uses
controlled vocabulary to link with resources – a brilliant combination of data
and text. She suggested that the library catalogue was no longer the central
access point and described a flipped model which allowed exploration of
external data sources such as DBPedia-Wikipedia, statistical collections and
more. She described how hidden access points in the catalogue can bring in much
richer information and knowledge through library data, with the example of 5xx
fields.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Positing “big text” as the library “bid data” source, she
looked at oral history integration through <a href="http://www.unmulitmedia.org/">www.unmulitmedia.org</a>
which could include hyperlinking automatically in the transcript – an example
she used to describe the difference between findability and accessibility. In
exploring the concept of the “Internet of things” she used the COGNITO
intelligence API as an example of contextual linking of data and opening up of
finding aids to connect rich data. She described the work of the Linked Open
Data-- Libraries, Archives, and Museums (LAM) Research Group
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metadata resources in the Linked Open Data (LOD) Universe</span></li>
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semantic analysis tools, testing and compared 3 tools using of 45 archival
finding aids drawn from 16 repositories and build the workflow into a tool</span></li>
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deliverables including creating local KOS by creating micro-thesaurus, handling
special cultural heritage situations (e.g., unknown artists, unidentified
creators, un-named objects) for LOD data and Guidelines for creating local name
authorities for archival finding aids</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She illustrated her big text data use scenarios with the
brilliant Nature Video. (2014, July 31). <i>Charting
culture </i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gIhRkCcD4U">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gIhRkCcD4U</a>
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Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-3025751303373155202015-04-27T11:38:00.002+10:002015-04-28T00:19:48.412+10:00Stuart Ferguson Career highlights because he is soon to retire<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga from 1990 until 2008 when he moved
to the University of Canberra. During
this time he completed his PhD, was author or editor of a number of books
(including <i>Computers for Librarians</i>
which went to three editions and <i>Libraries
in 21<sup>st</sup> Century</i>, a foundation text book still in use), and was the
long-time director of the Centre for Information Studies at CSU. As coordinator of the Master’s program Stuart laid
the foundations for what later became the Information and Knowledge Management
specialisation now offered as part of the MIS program at CSU. Stuart became Associate Head of School in 2007
and acted as head in 2008 before his move to the University of Canberra.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the LIS curriculum. His contribution to
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– his commitment to developing the professionals of the future is clearly
evident in his career – and as someone who participated in advisory and review
committees for courses at CSU and the University of Canberra I was always
inspired by his commitment to making sure that education was closely tied to
the needs of the contemporary library sector.
He has been a passionate support of all his students, a truly kind and
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connecting to the profession – he never turned down an invitation from ALIA to
speak and we were very fortunate to have him attend nearly every ALIA ACT event
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participating in professional activities.
Stuart it is wonderful to be able to celebrate your contribution! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-75425798566658961032015-03-01T00:20:00.000+11:002015-03-01T00:26:25.141+11:00Active ALIA War Memorial Research Centre tour November 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
As a kid growing up in Canberra my poor dad use to take me
and my 3 older brothers to the War Memorial during the holidays. It was free
entertainment and free needed to be considered when you had 7 kids to provide
for. At the time my focus was very narrow and I had three-four ports of call
during my visit. I had to see Sandy the only light horse that had returned to
Australia, the horse that a light horse trooper was mounted on in the long
glass cases of World War 1 uniforms and the camel also ridden by a mounted
trooper, The other was two dogs, one a terrier how had been someone’s pet in the
trenches in France and a German shepherd who had been a messenger dog. My dad
use to take me around these animal exhibits probably to ensure I kept quiet
when he viewed the things he wished to see. So my child hood memories of the
War Memorial are as you can see very intense and very narrow.<o:p></o:p></div>
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To my shame I must admit that my last trip to the War Memorial
is also about 3 years ago when I went with my mother to see the War brides
exhibition. The impetus for going was to view a wedding dress made out of a
parachute silk someone she knew from Queanbeyan had worn. So I really only knew
that the research centre existed in that this good in the mythical sense rather
than as a user of the collection. However this mythical sense at least meant I
was aware of the importance of the War Memorial research collections <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Most
librarians understand that the research collections at the Australian War
Memorial are a key resource for researching Australia's involvement in the
First World War and subsequent wars. The Research Centre holds a variety of
materials to support this research, including official records, private records
including diaries and letters, manuscripts, books, serials, maps, leaflets,
music and more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The library tour that was guided by Jennifer Milward is my
second one for Active ALIA in about 5 years. Jennifer and Jenny another
librarian took us, a group of about 15 very keen librarians around the back scenes
of the research centre. We were guided through the hard copy collection of
field diaries kept by military units and allowed to view several. However what
was of most interest for many of us were the personal artefacts of soldiers from
oversees. Several discussed the silk postcards that were sent home form the front
in France to relatives back in Australia. Two on the tour said that their
grandmother and mother treasured similar because they had them as personal
mementos of grandfathers, great uncles who had fought in the trenches. We also had a view of artefacts such as the Changi
prison entertainment programs. The
putting a very brave face on
horrific living conditions in a
crowded prison brought home to me the
stoicism of many intimates. What I found very poignant was an autograph book of
autographs collected by an Australian nurse amongst her colleagues and other
medical staff in World War 1. What was pointed out was that a number of those
who had signed her book had died on overseas services and several of these had
died on the way home of the Spanish influenza. I found it moving and also
ironic that those who had served with dedication and survived the war, then
died on the way home. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What came across form Jennifer and Jenny was their
enthusiasm and enjoyment in working at
the War Memorial with the diverse
collections and their sense of heritage
value. Other tour goers echoed these sentiments:<o:p></o:p></div>
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a lot bigger than I expected. I had no idea that it consisted of so many
interlinked rooms. I also had no idea there were around 35 staff including
volunteers. <o:p></o:p></div>
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were shown to us were very interesting. I loved the Thai-Burma railway
engineering diagram and the story around this. I also loved the Changi Prison
theatre programs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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collections was really interesting and I am sure it touched the heart of
everyone there. The librarians are passionate and sensitive to their material
and what a wonderful job it would be to be part of the preservation team – very
rewarding. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-71196509879807902922014-10-13T03:29:00.000+11:002014-10-13T03:31:17.055+11:00Active ALIA tour of the Australian War Memorial Research Centre 19 November 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-AU">This year marks the 100<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the start of the
First World War. This significant anniversary has led to a substantial increase
in research being conducted on this conflict. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">The Research Centre at the Australian War Memorial is a key resource for
researching Australia’s involvement in the First World War. The Research Centre
holds a variety of materials to support this research, including official
records, private records including diaries and letters, manuscripts, books,
serials, maps, leaflets, music and more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">To find out more about this rich collection, join Jennifer Milward for a
45-minute tour of the stacks and insight into the variety of items available
for viewing in the Reading Room.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Due to space restrictions in the stacks, the group must be limited to 15
people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the stack areas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(Wednesday 19<sup>th</sup> November, 4.00pm)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Meet at the bottom
of the stairs to the Lower level in the Memorial, just outside the Afghanistan
exhibition<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Free parking is available in the Underground car park beneath The Terrace Café
and above ground on Treloar Crescent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-15258388363457405302014-06-13T20:30:00.003+10:002014-07-08T23:32:05.256+10:00Active ALIA Midwinter dinner 28 July 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
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Yes it is that time of the year fast approaching when
the Active ALIA Midwinter dinner looms for an evening of fellowship and
conviviality across all library sectors .<o:p></o:p></div>
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Damian Lodge the new ALIA President will join us and talk
about his plans for ALIA under his leadership<o:p></o:p></div>
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Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-45309853445807829972014-04-02T22:33:00.001+11:002014-04-02T22:33:11.691+11:00Libraries, MOOCs and Online Learning Seminar 19 March 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The
Australian Library and Information Association, the Council for Australian
University Librarians, OCLC and the State Library of Queensland presented a
one-day seminar on Libraries, MOOCs and Online Learning on 19 March 2014<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Professor
Marnie Hughes-Warrington, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, (Academic), Australian
National University </span></b><span lang="EN-AU">emphasised
the value of MOOCs as part of a change to reach new audiences, particularly
those without easy access to education. MOOCS assist in overcoming
barriers, eg not enough physics teachers out there. At ANU the Sanskrit
MOOC demonstrates using a language other than English to engage with
international communities. Over half of the students registered are in
India. Many students enrol from around the world - 88 countries.
Other major reasons for MOOCS are to enable individuals to enjoy education and
to push the current boundaries. She characterised librarians as open access
warriors and noted that our university content is content for everyone. She
noted the need copyright reform to enable us to educate everyone. Librarians
are taking a positive role and need to take the next step to remind the world
that information should flow more freely and that it is a gift to the world. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Beverley Oliver, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), Deakin University</b>,
described the policy and practice settings for Deakin’s initiatives. Deakin
seeks to offer a brilliant education where you are and where you want to
go. She emphasised that we live in a digital world. Key issues include
experience and trust. Innovators are heading to engaging the students rather
than focusing on the technology. Deakin Connect was established to test
assessment and educational models and business model. Students are asked
to make learning evidence. Deakin uses badges - students gave them to
each other. The university seeks to learn from the innovation and rewrite the
education experience. Delightfully she called for innovation for
learning at the digital frontier to more effective, efficient, accessible,
engaging learning and rewire the mothership (the university).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Margaret Sheil, Provost and Professor of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne</span></b><span lang="EN-AU">, placed Elearning within university
strategy. The intention is to explore online learning at scale, transforming on
campus service and producing post graduate courses. Coursera has led to
significant engagement, with much learnt. The University looks to go wholly
online for graduate programs. She noted that learners are more mature. The
University is responding to a changing student cohort. She advocated that
"We are in there" to learn with the result that the university can
respond appropriately. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Phillip Long, Executive Director of Innovation and Analytics, University of
Queensland</span></b><span lang="EN-AU">, gave a
very insightful analysis of MOOVD and their use with detailed analysis of
metrics. He began by commenting on what the academy is learning. The origin of
books in Bologna was used in the classroom as a part of peer learning. Over more
recent years there has been integration of media and introduction of the
“Flipped classroom”, and new joint teaching moving from 200 to 600 students
with multiple teachers. Developments have proved can do active learning
at scale. MOOCs need to be a whole of institution initiative not just
technology enabled teaching, edX expands reach, provides for collaborative
innovation with top research institutions, explore best practice and creates
improved use of technology. UQ are interested in improving on campus
experience, expanding access to quality education and advancing research. New
models include Berkeley which delivers of SPOC (small private online learning)
of high quality. MITx courses used to supplement their class experience. 55% of
students much prefer online assessment. The results of MOOCs are a reduced
number of students flagged for falling behind. A major factor in MOOC
development ahs been research into how long videos should be. A sweet spot is
6-9 minutes. Lecturer need to know more about how to should present
slides. Research shows Khan style slides more effective and preferred. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He provided
tantalising other findings - level of maths skills correlates with achievement
in MOOCs as does working offline with so does and time spent on homework,
although too much time on homework is correlated negatively with achievement. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Completion
rates need to be considered in a different frame – for example categorising as
auditors, behind, on track, out - some switch across, volatile and changing
streams. Compared to first 2-3 weeks of traditional university classes.
motivation matters more in MOOCs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">UQ first 4
MOOCs are bio imaging, hyper sonics, the sciences of everyday thinking, tropic.
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Demographics
were analysed gender, education, age. UQ is interested in data that can
be collected from students - use clickstream. data - tincan or experience api,
that can combine with open badges. Open credentials - facts, skills
competency, mastery. Spaced learning over time is the most successful (rather
than cramming). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Average 17
minutes on feedback in the course studied. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">UQ learning
online has demonstrated that early adopters very different from mainstream
academics, academic subcultures are deeply held, with collaboration meaning
different things to different disciplines. He commented that the pact of MOOCs
was more aligned with tech start ups than academia, and breaking out of the
semester timeline frame is difficult. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The need
for Open access resources causes some problems e.g. image from researcher which
had been published in an Elsevier publication could not be used. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Copyright –
he noted that to date edX has not has to address a single DMCA take down
notice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Merliee
Proffit, Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research, USA</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"> reported on detailed research OCLC has
conducted into library involvement in MOOCs. Many have been involved in
online education for decades. experience had included online for
extension courses e.g. to remote students and public lecture put online. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The main
involvement of libraries is around copyright - several hundred hours for
clearance per MOOC, with opportunities to forge now collaborations with
faculty. Projects helped faculty to see librarians in new ways. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Libraries
are also getting engaged with how to put research skills into MOOCs. Are there
opportunities to improve library instruction? Interesting opportunity for
public libraries - stand to provide a significant role e.g. through offering
broadband and resources. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At a recent
seminar in Philadelphia themes were copyright, production and pedagogy,
resources.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Libraries
have expressed concerns about the weariness of the unfunded mandate, need for
scaling up information on copyright for faculty, that only a handful of
institutions doing analysis on use of resources and a common question is where
is the open in MOOC?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">MOOCs have
not resulted in more open access resources.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beyond
MOOCs challenges include working with educational technology staff (high
turnover), timeframe for planning online courses, improved online learning,
extending to learning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beyond
MOOCs - Penn State World Campus Program example, full online courses, access to
library including print. World campus library treated as its own library,
Promise to bring their campus library to all students. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Underlying
trend in shifting of payment for university education to states rather than
individuals and families. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Robert
Gerrity, University Librarian, University of Queensland</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"> reported on the CAUL MOOC survey.
68 per cent of respondent libraries are participating in MOOCs. Library
are involved in supporting - 78 per cent yes. Major roles copyright clearance,
identification of owners, license negotiation, delivery if information literacy
content. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Positions
involved - copyright officer. Liaison librarians, University Librarian,
directors of service areas etc. full results clatac.wordpress.com. Areas
to follow up perhaps registry, deeper survey - resources used e.g. hours and
compare with other countries e.g. North America. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Roxanne
Missingham, University Librarian (Chief Scholarly, Information Officer),
Australian National University</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"> – slides are online at <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/roxannemissingham/moocs-missingham">http://www.slideshare.net/roxannemissingham/moocs-missingham</a>
- focused on the need for libraries to rethink their roles – to “shake, rattle
and roll” – open up collections, change scholarly publishing, create new
partnerships and . <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr Cathy
Stone, Open Universities Australia. owned by a group of Australian universities.
Students across Australia, overwhelming supported by FEE-help. Most students
enrol in individual undergraduate units. Open 2 study - 49 4 week courses
online and free to all. non accredited. All delivered by universities. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Worked with
4 public libraries in NSW to promote and support students. OUA connect library
sessions held. OUA publicised to students, libraries promoted sessions to
students. 20 students attended at least one session. demographic analysis
undertaken. Feedback overwhelming positive. Post pilot survey generally
positive feedback. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5 per cent
of total student cohort living within he library regions attended at least one
session. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Expanded to
9 NSW and 6 Victorian public libraries in 2013. More added 2014 -
semester 1 and 2.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was most
successful where libraries run a welcome to your library session at the
beginning of a session. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.open.edu.au/library">http://www.open.edu.au/library</a>
connect <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Astrid
Bovell, Copyright Communications Officer, The University of Melbourne</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"> reported on actions to support
MOOCs at the University. MOOCs require careful copyright management.
Complexities of undertaking content clearance for individual resources for MOOCs,
particularly because of the “M”. Easier to get clearance from small
players. difficulties of finding who owns the copyright. One BBC extract
took 4 months to clear.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Melbourne
is in second year of getting clearance, it is still very labour intensive. Additional
complexity as publishers may change their mind about a clearance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asked
librarians for support - offered training and spread the load and up skilled
staff. Over 400 hours spend on clearances last year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">S<b>andra
Rothwell, Manager Teaching and Learning Service, University of Queensland</b>
reported that UQ began working closely with MOOC creators in the last 18
months. Bob Gerrity made contact with UQX and creators of MOOCs. Significantly
less work provided by the Library than Melbourne. Issues include finding
publishers who only had print rights, resources where it was extremely
difficult to find copyright owners and getting a timely response from owners.
She noted the importance of sharing responsibility. Copyright officer provided
template for requesting right to use in MOOC. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Sue
Owen, Director, Digital Scholarship and Deputy University Librarian, Deakin
University</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"> noted
that Deakin MOOCs have matured with greater engagement with the library.
The Library's key contribution was identifying open educational resources
(OER). About 25 per cent of exiting courses were online. Using OERs saved
developing big machinery around rights clearance. Have well developed a website
about open access and licensing, used DOAB, DOAJ, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Major work
occurred with development teams around digital literacy - one MOOC. Ann Horn,
UL, is the library leader.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Library
is actively involved in course enhancement and academic learning teams,
building on existing relationships. Learning resources created by the library
are reimagined and reworked, particular with less text, in MOOCs. Some exciting
developed are occurring with gamification, images, avatars.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Graduate
learning outcomes were introduced in 2013 – the library has carriage of
building student capability in digital literacy. Roles is to find, use and
disseminate information. Contributing to evidencing of skills e.g. scoop-it for
digital curation, producing a digital portfolio, use storify for presenting
tweets. Developing academics skills also an important agenda for
2014/15. Also addressing this in the MOOC environment. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Recordings
of presentations can be found at <a href="https://www.alia.org.au/events/2348/libraries-moocs-and-online-learning">https://www.alia.org.au/events/2348/libraries-moocs-and-online-learning</a>
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Missingham<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">University
Librarian</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Dear Colleagues</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> </span> <br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">You are all invited to
attend the following:</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> </span> <br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Canberra Data Citation
Workshop ANDS</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Wednesday, 9 April 2014 from
9:15 AM to 12:30 PM (EST)</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Event Details</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Venue:</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> RG Menzies Building 15, McDonald Room on this </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://campusmap.anu.edu.au/default.asp?script=true" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0062e1; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">campus map</span></a></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><br />
Getting there & parking:</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> Please be aware that parking
may be scarce. </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://facilities.anu.edu.au/services/transport?pid=2" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Bus, bike, taxi, parking</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Kindly hosted by The Australian National University, this networking
event is offered to colleagues working in support of research data management
who want to: step back and think about data citation, perhaps share big or
small thoughts, take in some information, and take away an idea of something
"to do next".</span><span lang="EN-AU">
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</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">The workshop will have speakers to help stimulate discussion, and plenty
of time for those good exchanges that bubble up with peers when you're away
from a desk.</span><span lang="EN-AU"> <br />
</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Note: your institution does not need to be minting DOIs to attend this
workshop. DOIs are preferred practice but not mandatory in any way for
effective data citation.</span><span lang="EN-AU">
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</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"> <br />
</span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Who will be sharing their experiences and
perspectives?</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Australian National Data Service </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://ands.org.au/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">ANDS</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms Roxanne Missingham, University Librarian
(Chief Scholarly Information Services) - ANU</span><span lang="EN-AU">
<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms Cynthia Love, Executive Manager, Information
Services - CSIRO</span><span lang="EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.plos.org/staff/ginny-barbour/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Dr Virginia Barbour</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, Medicine Editorial Director -
PLoS</span><span lang="EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://data.gov.au/user/piawaugh" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Ms Pia Waugh</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> - <a href="http://data.gov/" target="_blank">data.gov</a></span><span lang="EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dr Sue Fyfe, Director, Data Governance &
Services Section - Geoscience Australia</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"> <br />
</span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Who will be there?</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"> <br />
</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Universities, Government departments, Research Institutions<br />
Librarians, Research Office staff, Data Managers, Research Support Staff --
anyone with an interest in supporting the citation and reuse of data in their
organisation.</span><span lang="EN-AU"> <br />
</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"> <br />
</span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Why come along?</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"> <br />
</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Building a culture of data citation takes time, effort and some reflecting
with peers and information sharing. Reading about data citation is one thing,
whereas changing business processes and assisting with changes in scholarly
communication needs a community of thinkers and doers. Hear from speakers
and share thoughts with each other about : data citation practices, support
services, cultural norms and business processes.</span><span lang="EN-AU"> <br />
</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"> <br />
</span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">About your registration</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><br />
The workshop is free to attend and will run from 9.30-12.30 (registration open
from 9.00). <br />
As <b>places are limited</b>, if you register, and then find you can't attend,
please email <a href="mailto:karen.visser@ands.org.au" target="_blank">karen.visser@ands.org.au</a>
so we can open up your place to someone on the waitlist.</span><span lang="EN-AU"> <br />
</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"> <br />
</span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Preparing for the workshop</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><br />
Have a look through the ANDS resources on data citation:</span><span lang="EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">· </span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://ands.org.au/cite-data/index.html%20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0082bf; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">General Info</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">
on Data Citation and DOIs for data</span><span lang="EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Data Citation: for </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://ands.org.au/cite-data/institutions.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0082bf; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">institutions</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">
(institutions and data managers): for</span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://ands.org.au/cite-data/researchers.html#plan" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0082bf; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">
researchers</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> (researchers and custodians)</span><span lang="EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">· </span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Minting
DOIs for data using ANDS </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://ands.org.au/services/cite-my-data.html%20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0082bf; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">CiteMyData</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">
Service & DOI</span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://ands.org.au/cite-data/doi_q_and_a.html%20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0082bf; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> FAQ</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">When & Where </span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />
</span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Australian National University<br />
RG Menzies Building <br />
</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://campusmap.anu.edu.au/displaybldg.asp?no=2" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">http://campusmap.anu.edu.au/displaybldg.asp?no=2</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />
Acton, ACT 0200</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br />
</span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Wednesday, 9 April 2014 from 9:15 AM to 12:30 PM (EST)
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</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">regards</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br />
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</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Roxanne Missingham</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br />
</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">University Librarian (Chief Scholarly Information
Services)</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br />
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<!--[endif]--></span>Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-23039614484008273172014-01-17T22:45:00.003+11:002014-01-17T22:45:59.272+11:00AGLIN, ALIA URLs and Active ALIA are planning their training possibilities and want your ideas <div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-AU">Hello
colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">We hope you
all had a happy Christmas break and are looking forward to 2014.
AGLIN, ALIA URLs and Active ALIA are planning their training possibilities for
2014. We are very keen to develop a program that will bring us all together to
be inspired, more knowledgeable and build our network with experts from a
wide range of sectors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Some
suggestions so far have included <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU">Latest
developments in intellectual property law<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU">Value
of digitisation 0 benefits particular in the humanities and social sciences<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU">New
technologies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU">What
is happening with Creative Commons<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU">An
activity for Information Awareness month <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">We need
your ideas to make sure that the program Is successful and meets your needs – we
would be delighted if you could take the opportunity to think about events
you’d like to attend and give us some ideas for interesting events and
workshops that will meet the needs and those of your colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Cheers and
thanks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Karna O'Dea</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br />
Active ALIA Convenor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-19258537002131904712013-11-19T23:05:00.003+11:002013-11-19T23:13:41.993+11:00Report on Taxonomy Workshop facilitated by Patrick Lambe<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Taxonomies are powerful instruments for breaking down
siloes and fostering collaboration and learning - not just for information
accessibility and navigation”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was one of the fortunate ones who attend Patrick Lambe’s
workshop on taxonomy development on 17-18 October 2013. This a rare opportunity to come my way and I enjoyed it . It is also a pleasure to get together with others who
enjoy the discipline of taxonomy. The reasons people had come to the workshop
were many, some were constructing or revitalising websites, others were looking
into devising the structure of content management system or in my case undertaking
a review of an existing thesaurus<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The workshop followed a set regime of theory on day one of what is a taxonomy and the various forms they can
take. Day 2 covered the practical aspects of
taxonomy creation. The workshop approach combines presentation of
frameworks and proven methods with interactive exercises and opportunities to
relate the content back to participants' own organisations. The exercises and experiential
teachings really caught my fancy and encouraged my thinking on methodology and ways to prompt stakeholder engagement with the taxonomy. I think an innovative aspect of Patrick Lambe’s approach is to stress that the taxonomy is a living
system requiring strong governance and evaluation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Karna O'Dea</span></span></div>
Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-50825426084677402632013-11-13T23:00:00.003+11:002013-11-19T22:11:48.985+11:00ALIA National Library & Information Technicians’ Symposium. <div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Congratulations to the fabulous team that brought us the ALIA National
Library & Information Technicians’ Symposium. The organising
committee Colleen Gammage (Convenor), Lucinda Bell, Noellen Newton, Naomi
Newton, Anita Godley, Shannon Ross, Leisa Stack, Catherine James, Sharon Doig,
and Debra Meany did truly remarkable work, with the assistance of ALIA National
Office staff, to deliver a world class event.</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">It provoked, informed and stimulated networking brilliantly.</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">The Library tours provided insights into a range of ACT libraries: The library tours were arranged by </span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">Michela Laus,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Bluebell Tour </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Menzies Library, ANU –
Hancock Library, ANU – CSIRO, Black Mountain – The Library and Gardens’
Library, Botanical Gardens – National Film and Sound Archives – AIATSIS </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Canberry Tour </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Gungahlin Public Library –
National Film and Sound Archives Warehouse, Mitchell – Australian Catholic
University, Watson – Heritage Library, Woden – The Canberra Hospital, Woden
– Geoscience </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Floriade Tour </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Chifley Library, ANU –
Menzies Library, ANU – Supreme Court, Civic – Legislative Assembly, Civic –
CIT Learning Centre, Reid Campus – CIT Training Library, Reid Campus – War
Memorial, Campbell </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">University of Canberra, Bruce
– Lu Rees Archive, UC – Radford College, Bruce (P-12) – Australian Institute
of Sport, Bruce – Department of Immigration and Border Control, Belconnen </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Burley Griffin Tour </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Australian Government
Solicitors, Barton – High Court of Australia, Parkes – National Gallery of
Australia, Parkes – The National Archives of Australia, Parkes – Museum of
Australian Democracy, Parkes – The National Library of Australia. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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perspective on the importance of reading, writing and libraries. He challenged
us to think about the new values of libraries based on the needs of society and
different communities, particularly those who need support and access to
information. My presentation can be seen at <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/roxannemissingham/alianlits-missingham">http://www.slideshare.net/roxannemissingham/alianlits-missingham</a>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">From the first day I came away with great ideas about smart approaches
to assist with copyright (thank you Vanessa Tuckfield), different ways of delivering
services – models of self service and extended hours (thank you Christine
Potter & Tim Leviston) and the radical contribution of cataloguing.</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">The afternoon panel focused on issues of demonstrating the value of
libraries, our significance, changing economic pressures in Australia and our
organisations, the future for library technicians in employment and ideas for
changes in education for library technicians.</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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from the committee and attendees! Do go to the website and follow links to the
Twitter stream, photos and the blog - <a href="http://alialibtech2013.wordpress.com/">http://alialibtech2013.wordpress.com/</a></span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803504858387479280.post-47581792863173556952013-11-05T19:19:00.000+11:002013-11-05T19:19:09.169+11:00Xmas drinks for ALIA URLS, AGLIN and ACTive ALIA members - all welcome!<div class="MsoPlainText">
<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Yes, the silly season is fast
approaching! Please join us for a drink and some Christmas cheer at our
combined end of year social event for all ACT library folk. Members of
ALIA URLS, AGLIN, OPALS and all who work in the library and information sector
are welcome. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Date:</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">
Wednesday 11 December<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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5.00pm – 7.00pm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Where:</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">
ALIA House Conference Room, 9-11 Napier Close, Deakin ACT (come and check
out the newly renovated conference room!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">For: </span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> Drinks
and nibbles <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">RSVP: </span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">
Please RSVP by Friday 29 November for catering purposes to Heather Clark, <a href="mailto:hclark@nla.gov.au">hclark@nla.gov.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Make a note of the date and
plan to come along for a fun evening of socialising and networking with friends
and colleagues – all welcome!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Aileen Weir, Convenor<br />
ALIA URLS (Universities and Research Libraries)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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