Library/Scholarly Information Services Report to second update …€¦ · Ensure libraries support IARU researcher, academic staff and student visitors to our institutions, such

Library/Scholarly Information Services Report to second update 2012

Our environment

Students Come using new technologies

Need skills and information to

support learning and teaching and

research

Academics and

Researchers

Are using new forms of scholarly communication

Need information, skills and new

forms of support e.g. Epress

Community Can be engaged with the university

in new ways

Increasingly benefit from access to the scholarly output/conversation and

collections

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International trends

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•  overall university strategies and directions: supporting excellent teaching and research AND the wider community and making a global impact

•  specific challenge in supporting research through advice and services in research data management

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•  creating and managing and agenda for change and the abilities, skills and expertise that are required in staff

•  scholarly communication/publication changes are extraordinarily significant

•  library as publisher - includes digitisation, institutional repositories and assistance in research data management

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Summary of actions agreed 1   Ensure libraries support IARU researcher, academic staff and student

visitors to our institutions, such as the student exchange program, by communicating with IARU contact officers in our institutions  

All  

2   Support staff exchanges/ placements to improve knowledge and understanding  

All  

3   Draft a paper for review by members to inform the IARU governing board of issues in scholarly publication including the unsustainable price increases of library materials and repositories.  

Roxanne  

4   Organise meeting for late June 2013  

Michael  

5   Compile report of research data management activities at each university and to explore the Library’s role in relation to this issue.

Michael  

5   Compile a list of loan entitlements & disciplinary actions of each library.  

Sylvia  

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Ebooks

•  79,693 acquired last week including –  Cai, K. G. (2011). Cross-Taiwan Straits Relations Since 1979: World Scientific Publishing

Company. –  Charlesworth, H. (2006). No Country Is an Island: University of New South Wales Press. –  Lindenmayer, D. (2010). Temperate Woodland Conservation and Management: CSIRO

Publishing. –  Mackie, V. C. (2003). Feminism in Modern Japan: Cambridge University Press. –  Ozanne, E. E. (2007). Longevity and Social Change in Australia: University of New South

Wales Press. –  Pannell, D. J. (2011). Changing Land Management: CSIRO Publishing. –  Sutton, P. (2003). Native Title in Australia: Cambridge University Press. –  Venardos, A. M. (2005). Islamic Banking & Finance in South-east Asia: World Scientific

Publishing Company. –  Winterton, G. L., H. P. (2003). Australian Constitutional Landmarks: Cambridge University

Press. –  Wong, J. B. (2010). China's Reform in Global Perspective: World Scientific Publishing

Company

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ANU  College  0%  

Joint  Colleges  of  Science    0%   Law  

0%  

Business  and  Economics  

2%  

Arts  and  Social  Sciences  6%  

Engineering  and  Computer  Science  

6%  

Physical  and  MathemaDcal  Sciences  14%  

Medicine,  Biology  and  Environment  

20%  Asia  and  the  Pacific  

23%  

Other  27%  

ANU  E  2%  

HERDC  income  2010  

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 100,000    

 200,000    

 300,000    

 400,000    

 500,000    

 600,000    

2003   2004   2005   2006   2007   2008   2009   2010   2011  

ANU  Library  

Loans  

Shelving  

Reference  

Reviews and change •  Art and Music Library building project

commenced this week •  Space Services change management has

commenced •  Admin review of Library/SIS 4th quarter

this year •  Collection issues to be discussed with

technical services staff and collection managers for development of plan

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