Yumma Darruwa Ngunnawal

SIS acknowledges that our services are delivered from Ngunnawal and Ngambri country.

We acknowledge and celebrate the First Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and pay our respect to the elders past and present.

I encourage you to watch the 2024 ANU Reconciliation lecture delivered by Ms Selina Walker a Ngunnawal woman, emerging elder, and proud granddaughter of Senior Ngunnawal Elder Aunty Agnes Shea OAM. Ms Walker spoke about reconciliation as a young human rights movement that requires shared accountability and knowledge to achieve true reconciliation.

Congratulations to Professor Steven Roberts, Dean, ANU College of Business and Economics for being awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Reconciliation Award. His work towards the University’s Reconciliation Action Plan has seen an increase in the average headcount of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at the College of Business and Economics He has been an amazing leader in this space.

An interesting ABC program - Dr Tyson Yunkaporta hails from the Apalech clan of far north Queensland, founder and director of the Indigenous Knowledges Lab at Deakin University, Melbourne, and the author of Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous thinking and Dr Anna Halafoff on Soul search.

ANU COVID-19

COVID inspections are no longer required. If you see supplies are running low of hand sanitiser or masks do let the relevant people know in your building.

Please read all the messages from the University about COVID 19.

All COVID updates will be communicated to staff and students via the ANU On Campus email newsletter. You can find previous staff On Campus and student On Campus editions online.

WHS

Sheren is continuing to undertake great work – letting you know about a current project. Tom is leading SIS involvement.

Proposed Changes to the WHSMS Handbook

The Safety and Wellbeing team is currently revising the Work Health and Safety Management Systems (WHSMS) Handbook to ensure it aligns with the University’s policies and procedures, aiming to streamline our policy library and optimise the use of existing procedures.

The proposed changes to the Handbook are based on information from sources including the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011, Comcare’s National Audit Tool, Safe Work Australia, ANU policies and procedures, and practices from other tertiary institutions, including the Group of Eight.

Furthermore, as you are aware, we have been tasked by the VC to review and reduce the number of policies, procedures, and other related documentation. As part of this process, the Safety and Wellbeing team will undergo the following:

1.     Revising and rewriting the WHSMS Handbook.

2.     Reviewing and combining procedures of a similar nature. For example, the following procedures will be revised and consolidated where applicable:

o   Work Health and Safety Management System Management Review.

o   Work Health and Safety Communication and Consultation.

o   Work Health and Safety Legal and Other Requirements.

o   Work Health and Safety Planning, Objectives, Targets, and Programs.

o   Work Health and Safety Documentation Management.

o   Work Health and Safety Reporting.

This will reduce the number of procedures held by Safety and Wellbeing, simplify processes, and eliminate ambiguity and confusion. The handbook will become a supplementary document to these procedures.

Proposed Changes to WHS Reporting

The following procedures and the WHSMS Handbook chapter have been revised to reflect the new changes to WHS reporting requirements:

·       Work Health and Safety Planning, Objectives, Targets, and Programs (ANUP_015818)

·       Work Health and Safety Reporting Procedure (ANUP_015819)

·       WHSMS Handbook Chapter 4.4 WHS Review and Reporting.

Next Steps

From 1 October, Quarter 3 reporting (July through September) will require only the Due Diligence report to be submitted in Figtree.

Consultation

A two-week consultation period on the proposed changes will commence on 01 August 2024 and conclude on 16 August 2024.

For any questions or further information, please contact whs@anu.edu.au.

Thank you,

Sheren Al-Obaidi 

Manager: Safety Management​ Systems and Audit 

Next SIS Staff meetings

China in the World Auditorium

9.30 to 11am

#3 Tuesday 3 September

Christina Page, WEG, will present on psychosocial risks.

#4 Tuesday 3 December

LSCC

The next meeting is Tuesday 13 August. We have a vacant position in the category of members between the levels ANUO1 and ANUO4 – if you are interested let me know.

Buildings

Symonston

Fabulous progress continues. 93.5% there. WOW! Monographs can now be requested for retrieval. Work continues on a number of issues including security and overall collection management issues.

Art & Music Library

The retrieval services from the collection at the Art & Music Library continues. Work will occur in August and September on shelving including the removal of the compactus and work to accommodate the new shelving.

Academic Quality Assurance Committee

AQAC has continued to lead strategic discussion and review matters to ensure quality education. The recent meeting included the following items:

·       TEQSA Update - July 2024

·       eForms Transition Project Update

·       Interim and Unresolved Grade Report 2023 and earlier

·       Report on Progress, Attrition and Completion

·       Accreditation

·       Report of the Admissions Working Party

·       Recommendation to amend the Policy English language admission requirements and post-admission support.

Learning and Teaching Committee

LTC met last week with a very broad agenda. The recent meeting included the following items:

·       Learning and Teaching Website - Verbal

·       AI Assessment Guide - Verbal

·       TEQSA Update and Institutional Approach to

·       Assessment Working

·       Learning & Teaching + Student Experience Value

·       Employability Framework Progress

·       Proposed Amendments to VC L&T Awards

·       ANU Library Guide to Transdisciplinary Problem

·       SELT Alternatives Trial - Verbal

·       CLT Support Progress Update

·       Learning Ecosystem Principles.

2nd anniversary of Alma implementation

Last week was the anniversary – the years have gone quickly and there have been many major achievements. Last week we celebrated Rapido. As of mid-July 2024 we reached the 10,000 (completed lending requests for other libraries) and 20,000 (completed borrowing requests for ANU Staff and Students).

Wonderful having this to be able to provide the ANU community with continued access during relocation of print repository and all the hail remediation activities!!

Neurodiverse friendly study rooms launched

Professor Grady Venville announced the official opening of two new study spaces designed to better accommodate the needs of neurodiverse students in the Chifley Library.

Around a million visits to ANU libraries occur at present – over 50% visit the Chifley Library. Students at ANU have a range of diverse needs that we are committed to find spaces that are the best fit for their needs.

The study rooms in our libraries have had a one size fits all and now thanks to SSAF funding and F&S we are able to offer 2 new reading rooms that are designed to best meet as far as possible the needs of neurodiverse students

We are deeply grateful to Florence Cooper and Griffin Wright the ANUSA Disabilities Officers (ANU Disabilities Student Association) who provided great advice about the elements that should be in the room to provide a solution that both gives students agency and creates a space that is suitable.

University Experience, Lisa, Larissa and other team members gave great advice and inspiration.

Thank you to John Mangos from F&S who oversaw the project, to the Director, Jeremy Matthews for his support, all the wonderful tradesmen who undertook a wide range of work (including dealing with the odd surprise in the building) to make this happen.

Thank you to the Student Services Council for considering the funding and Student Services Amenities Fund team for their financial and philosophical support.

Thank you to Tom Foley, Alisha Nolan, Broderick Proger, Sam Farrell, Brian Kenady and Vanessa Galloway the many SIS staff who passionately and patiently have worked on this project. Read more here.

Law Library making a difference!

Legal Research and Writing in Week 3 saw a guest speaker, ANU alumni Hugh Griffin who is the founding Partner of Hazelbrook Legal.  Hugh spoke at our (very) early Monday morning classes at 8am and 9am, and was very well received by the students who had lots of questions about what employers are looking for in a junior lawyer. Anne and Joshua were very glad to hear him advise the students that Google is fine to give you some idea of a direction but then it’s time for serious research in databases.

Can we also say a big thank you to Alisha Nolan for teaching law students how to find Company Information in Week 2, heroically covering the early Monday morning (reminder 8 and 9 am!) and late Fridays (3 & 4pm).

Thanks to the Careers & Employability team who made this visit happen.

Anne Newton

Law Library

CAUL & CONZUL

·       Kate Conway has been appointed University Librarian at Edith Cowan University

·       Congratulations to Martin Borchert, Director & University Librarian, UNSW, voted in as the incoming CAUL Board Director.

Copyright

The US Copyright Office has released Part 1 of Artificial Intelligence Report – it concludes “The Copyright Office agrees with the numerous commenters that have asserted an urgent need for new protection at the federal level. The widespread availability of generative AI tools that make it easy to create digital replicas of individuals’ images and voices has highlighted gaps in existing laws and raised concerns about the harms that can be inflicted by unauthorized uses.

We recommend that Congress establish a federal right that protects all individuals during their lifetimes from the knowing distribution of unauthorized digital replicas. The right should be licensable, subject to guardrails, but not assignable, with effective remedies including monetary damages and injunctive relief.

Feedback

Dear Law Library Services,

I just wanted to pass along my feedback about how wonderful Joshua Bell was in assisting me with my research. I was looking for an old edition of Peppercorn and Joshua was so thorough in his search and he discussed his findings with me every step of the way. Eventually we found the edition I was looking for and it has made a huge difference to the work I was putting together. If it weren’t for Joshua’s wide knowledge of library systems and clever thinking, I would still be struggling with my search.

Libchat feedback thanks to Aimee

In June 2024, 84 people used the ratings button at the end of a chat. 97.6% rated us ‘Good’ or ‘Excellent’.

Special mention goes to Jerome and Amanda:

“Jerome very helpful and quick.”

“Very helpful service. Amanda was excellent and was able to help me out immediately. Thanks.”

We also received a chat to say thanks:

Hi there! I've never used this function before, but a friend told me that there were REAL LIBRARIANS on the other side! I've actually found just what I was looking for, but wanted to just say a quick thank you for all the hard work you guys do behind the scenes - it's greatly appreciated by us humble students! All the best, Jonathan

Here is some of the other lovely feedback that hasn’t made it to the monthly emails in the first half of 2024:

ANU librarians are the best, as always!

Such a fabulous resource with wonderful, helpful people!

Awesome service

Acknowledging excellent help! Thank you

Really great service and response time. Thanks!

Super helpful! how did she find this?? crazy

Super quick expert help!

You folks provide a fantastic service. Unbelievable really.

Roxanne Missingham

Director, Scholarly Information Services

Coming events

IFLA Presidents meeting

·       30 September to 3 October 2024

·       Brisbane

·       More information is available online

International Conference on AI for Libraries, Archives, and Museums (AI4LAM) (Fantastic Futures)

·       15 to 18 October 2024

·       Canberra

·       More information is available online

Opening the Archives conference

·       22-25 October 2024

·       Christchurch, NZ

·       Hosted by the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA), Archives & Records Association of NZ Te Huinga Mahara (ARANZ) and the Pacific Regional Branch of the International Council of Archives (PARBICA)

·       More information is online

From HR

Professional Staff Scholarship Scheme (PSSS) and Professional Staff Development Endowment Fund (PSDEF) – Open on 1 July to 9 August 2024

The Professional Staff Scholarship Scheme (PSSS) funding supports identified career development priorities that contribute towards the professional growth of individual staff.

The Professional Staff Development Endowment Fund (PSDEF) is used to support short courses, conferences and comparable professional development initiatives that do not lead towards a formal qualification.

ARDC

Finalists Announced for the 2024 ARDC Eureka Prize for Excellence in Research Software

Congratulates to the finalists for the 2024 ARDC Eureka Prize for Excellence in Research Software.

Redesigning Consent for Health and Medical Research

The launch of a new, simplified participant information and consent form (PICF) template is set to improve how participants engage with health and medical research studies nationwide.

Safeguarding Cultural Heritage: The Essential Role of Archiving and Data Management

Dr Julia Colleen Miller provides insights into her role as senior data manager for the Language Data Commons of Australia (LDaCA). She talks about digitisation, handling born digital files, collaboration and access.

ANU Press and open access

Launch of Ginko Village

A wonderful launch of Tamara Jack’s Ginkgo Village: Trauma and Transformation in Rural China at CIW. Thanks to Elouise and all who contributed to the great celebration.

Research Talk: Open access monographs

In the latest episode of Research Talk, Joe Deville and Lucy Barnes discuss the transformative world of open access monographs.

New titles

After Neoliberalism Authored by: John Quiggin

Rebellion at Coranderrk Authored by: Diane Barwick

Open repository

The role of institutional repositories in Plan S: A conversation with Sally Rumsey

The Repositories Group of Australian Scholarly Communications Community of Practice  is pleased to present this session by Sally Rumsey, cOAlition S ambassador, on the role of institutional repositories in cOAlition S. The recording is here. The slides are here.

THANK YOU TO ITS

Thank you to everyone in ITS for your fabulous work improving the performance of DSpace.

Impact story: Engineering the world’s highest cited cat, Larry

Larry is a legend but if marketing can achieve this are rankings credible?

Larry did not care much at all about his accomplishments until he was compensated for his efforts.

Recent additions

Identifying research priorities to improve the health of incarcerated populations: results of citizens' juries in Australian prisons. (The Lancet Publishing Group, 2021) Simpson, Paul L; Guthrie, Jill; Jones, Jocelyn; Butler, Tony

Strategies used for implementing and promoting adherence to antibiotic guidelines in low-and lower-middle-income countries: A systematic review. (MDPI Publishing, 2021) Foxlee, Nicola; Townell, Nicola; Heney, Claire; McIver, Lachlan; Lau, Colleen

Healthy tourism initiative in the age of COVID-19 in Indonesia. (Medknow Publications, 2021) Wirawan, I Md Ady; Sutarsa, I Nyoman; Astuti, Putu Ayu Swandewi

Gram-negative neonatal sepsis in low- and lower-middle-income countries and WHO empirical antibiotic recommendations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (Public Library of Science, 2021) Wen, Sophie C H; Ezure, Yukiko; Rolley, Lauren; Spurling, Geoff; Lau, Colleen; Riaz, Saba; Paterson, David; Irwin, Adam D

Role of direct oral anticoagulants in gastrointestinal cancer associated thrombosis "practical issues in clinical practice"—narrative review. (AME Publishing Company, 2021) Jain, Ankit; Amira , Mohammad; Manoharan, Sathya; Mahmood, Shahid; Yip, Desmond

Training from Governance

Dear Colleagues

We are pleased to announce that the following CGRO training is now live on HORUS and taking enrolments. Please see the details of the sessions below.

Governance at ANU – CGRO09

Wednesday 14 August, 10.00am to 11.30pm, Mills Room, Chancelry  

More information here

Manage Risk Workshop – CGRO12

Thursday 15 August, 10.00am to 11.30am, Mills Room, Chancelry  

More information here.

Being a Committee Secretary – CGRO10

Wednesday 4 September, 10.00am to 11.30pm, Online

More information here.

Enrolment on HORUS

To enrol in the workshop, login to HORUS and search the training catalogue for the workshop's HORUS code.

If you have any difficulty enrolling, please contact our office.

Regards,

Phillip Tweedie

University Secretary

Drill Hall Gallery

Events

Cathy Zhang: Medium of Wonders, pop-up exhibition at CIW Gallery

Cathy Zhang is an artist, ceramicist, sculptor, and jewellery maker. She sculpts forms which oscillate at the edge of the functional and the speculative, taking cues from vessels and the human, environmental, and technological bodies behind their creation. This two week solo presentation of emerging artist and ANU Alumna Cathy Zhang will be held at the ANU Centre on China in the World Gallery.

Date: 19–30 August

Venue: The Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW) Gallery, China in the World Building #188, Fellows Lane, The Australian National University, Acton CIW Gallery opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm

An interview with Marie Hagerty

In this interview artist Marie Hagerty speaks with Lucy Chetcuti about her art practice, honed over the past 40 years. Chetcuti writes of Marie Hagerty's ability to create works of art that are entirely themselves, her internal drive and commitment, and the sustained quality of her artworks. As Hagerty's lifelong preoccupation with life drawing can attest, the human figure, its movement, volumes and form, underpin even her most abstract paintings.

Video: Howard Morphy interview

In March 2023 Howard Morphy, distinguished anthropologist and Emeritus Professor in the Research School of Humanities and the Arts at the ANU, was interviewed by ANU Art Collection Intern Scholarship recipient Talissa Smith. In this interview they discussed the origins of Professor Morphy’s long-term research on Yolgnu art, and significant Yolngu bark paintings in the ANU Art Collection by artists including Narritjin and Banapana Maymuru.

Keeping up to date

Unbundling

SPARC have published a series that seeks to support libraries that may consider unbundling from a journal package (or cancelling altogether) by sharing the increasing depth of experience that institutions have in pursuing this path. Each brief profile describes the context surrounding each library’s decision to leave a big deal and the preparation that went into this decision, how each institution ensured continuing access to materials and the campus response, as well as next steps and advice. See more here.

The 2024 ACRL/SPARC Forum will focus on “Learning from Libraries’ Growing Experience with Unbundling.” The Forum will be hosted on Thursday, September 12th, from 3-4:30pm ET / 12-1:30pm PT and will explore the increasing depth of experience libraries have with unbundling and how this experience can help institutions that may wish to consider a similar path.

Wiley and Oxford University Press confirm AI partnerships as Cambridge University Press offers 'opt-in'

The bookseller reports “Two further academic publishers have confirmed they have made deals with or are considering working with artificial intelligence (AI) companies a week after Taylor & Francis revealed it is set to earn £58m ($75m) from selling access to its authors’ work to AI firms…”

Reimagine Libraries: sparking collaboration for innovation to tackle libraries’ 21st century challenges

On 22 July, the LibrarIn project released a new policy brief, offering valuable recommendations for transforming libraries into centres of innovation and collaboration.

Giving Up the Good Fight?: Librarians and Information Literacy

An interview with Amber Willenborg and Robert Detmering. Daniel Pfeiffer writes: “Information literacy has become a watchword for librarians—not merely a pedagogical aim but a moral obligation in a digital and political landscape riddled with misinformation. The clear necessity of information literacy in society belies a more difficult question: Should librarians be the ones to take on the full weight of this mantle?” The interviewees are authors of a new paper examining this question through interviews with 20 academic librarians.

IFLA newsletter

The latest issue is now online - July 2024: Vol. 4, No. 7: The Development Issue. 

AI contract clauses: ASA points authors to publishers

The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has commented:

AI contract clauses: ASA points authors to publishers.

Publishers can expect further enquiries from contracted authors for clarity about their AI terms and practices, following the latest guidance from the Australian Society of Authors (ASA).

As local and international publishers begin to strike licensing deals with AI companies, the ASA ‘strongly encourage authors, illustrators and agents to negotiate for AI clauses to be added to publishing agreements.’ The ASA has ‘prepared suggested drafting to assist those negotiations’ pointing authors to ‘model clauses’ relating to ‘no Generative AI training or licensing without consent’ and ‘no substantial generative AI use without consent’.

The APA office remains in regular liaison with the ASA about AI issues, and we share an advocacy position on AI around copyright, transparency, and a pathway to licensing.

A Celebration of Diverse Spiritualities

22 August marks the UN International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief.

In this true spirit of inclusivity of diverse spiritualities, the volunteers of Isha Yoga Foundation will be offering a free event to promote overall health and general well-being through yogic practices.

No prior experience of flexibility is required. 

Please bring your yoga mat, wear loose and comfortable clothing, and maintain a gap of 1.5 hrs after any meals. Registration required, first come basis, venue capacity 50.

22 August 2024

11:30 am- 12:30 pm

ANU Sports Studio

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