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.

We are preparing for the presentation to the Kummargii Yulendji Symposium 2024, which you can find out more about here.

First Nations Fellowship Program 2025 - ACSES applications are currently open via ACSES (Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success). The fellowship is worth up to $230,000. Applications close 27 September.

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

Safety moments

Please take a moment in your next team meeting to have a safety moment to reflect on safety in your work area. You can find out more in this Linked In article.

SIS Staff meeting

Thanks to Christina Page from WEG for her great presentation on psychosocial issues. It is online together with the reports from me, Tom and Kathryn.

Next SIS Staff meeting

#4 Tuesday 3 December, China in the World Auditorium

9.30-11 am

LSCC

The next meeting is Tuesday 8 October.

Buildings

Symonston

Done and dusted! Visits will be organised and a video taken when that is possible. Amazing work by a fantastic team.

Art & Music Library

Shelving is coming in and the team are doing fabulous work! A news item will be out shortly.

University Research Committee

The meeting held last week had agenda items including:

·       Practice Led Research Working Group Update

·       AI in Research Working Group Update

·       Research Value Stream - Digital Uplift Update

·       External Project Agreements and Funding Policy and Procedure

Immersia 2024

Immersia is a unique concept that will showcase CAP research excellence differently. Immersia is all about cultural immersion for that real-time experience of all the cultural and research diversity of the college. A great tour of the Menzies Library is part of the program.

Roxanne Missingham and Heather Jenks SIS Professional Development Prize

The call for applications for the Roxanne Missingham and Heather Jenks SIS Professional Development Prize will be out shortly. Do consider nominating.

SIS individual and group award 2024

Do consider nominating your colleagues for an award. The call for nominations will be out shortly.

CAUDIT Library IT Community of Practice

CAUDIT has updated the old Library IT email list to a Teams Community of Practice site, Library IT Community 
Please join to discuss current topics of interest and build a network for increased skill development around library technology issues. They welcome anyone with an interest in this topic, from beginners to experts. 

You can find information about accessing community spaces to ensure you have good engagement with your community on the CAUDIT website.

Ruth Baxter and David Coupe are leading this great initiative.

CAUL & CONZUL

Bill Le Blanc, Chief Information Officer (Library & IT) will be retiring from the University of South Australia on Friday 27 September 2024. Tony Dalwood will act as UniSA CIO (Library and IT).

Maureen Sullivan, University Librarian Griffith University is retiring on Friday 29 November.

Copyright

·       SPARC has partnered with our colleagues at Authors Alliance on a collaboration  designed to address critical legal issues surrounding open access to scholarly publications. The collaboration has two components. The first is to produce a series of white papers clarifying legal pathways to open access in support of the OSTP Memorandum. The second component of the collaboration will include an update of the SPARC Author Addendum and supporting materials.

·       When copyright collides with a vision: The tale of Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Shaolin’. Find out about the world’s first public listening session to hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan’s seventh studio album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin at MONA.

·       Copyright and AI in Australia Copyright Agency CEO, Josephine Johnston and Dr Rob Nicholls delivered this webinar covering varieties of AI (including Generative AI), and application of Generative AI by copyright users in Australia.

·       UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship and the UCL Copyright team have published two blog posts looking at the challenges around copyright and works created with generative AI tools: How Does Copyright Apply to AI-Generated Works?, Perceived Challenges, Suggested Approaches and the Role of Copyright literacy.

·       Comparative Report on the National Implementations of Articles 15 & 17 CDSMD – 14 New Countries Article 15 (the press publishers’ right) and Article 17 (the special copyright liability regime for “online content-sharing services providers” (OCSSPs) are interesting reads.

Feedback

Thanks so much for your kind message! ANU library has been absolutely indispensable for my teaching and research in the last 30 years. I owe you great deal.

Thanks again and all the best,

Tana

From Zoe – a professional placement student from CSU

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Roxanne Missingham

Director, Scholarly Information Services

Coming events

Immersia 2024: Tour of the Menzies Library Asia-Pacific collections

When? Wed, 18 Sep 2024.

Where?  Menzies Library, 2 McDonald Road, Acton ANU (Meet in the lobby)

More details About the program are available on the  website.

IFLA Presidents meeting

When? 30 September to 3 October 2024.

Where?  Brisbane

More details are available on the website.

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

When? 15–18 October 2024.

Where?  Canberra

More details are available on the website.

IIIF Australia Showcase & Workshops

When? 15-16 October, 2024.

Where?  Canberra

More details. The IIIF Consortium and the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) are organizing a series of IIIF events alongside the AI4LAM Fantastic Futures conference. Day 1 will feature presentations from the IIIF executive, national and international institutions; Day 2 workshop will provide hands-on sessions to get started in adopting IIIF and Glycerine workflows. You must be a registered attendee of FF24 to attend. Information is on the website.

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) conference

When? 22-25 October 2024.

Where?  Christchurch, NZ

More details. The theme is: Opening the Archives. Early notice is online.

First Nations roundtable

When? Tuesday 19 November, 11am AEDT

Where?  Online

More details. A focus on international rights sales for First Nations titles, with participants from Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Free for members, and staff of APA member companies. More information is available on the website.

ARDC

Improving Indigenous Research Capabilities Through Data

The Improving Indigenous Research Capabilities project, part of the ARDC’s HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons, is set to expand with a new 4-year partnership. Read more here.

Unlocking the Potential of Clinical Trials Data with Health Data Australia

The re-use of clinical trials data can help researchers answer new research questions, validate existing research, and advance learning and education. Read more here.

Groundbreaking Data Sharing Project to Better Inform Environmental Assessments

A new project will enable cumulative environmental impact assessments in 2 priority development zones: Pilbara and Cockburn Sound in WA. Read more here.

Drill Hall Gallery

Events

Euan Macleod: Flux

Date: 12 September – 3 November, 2024

Curators: Bradley Hammond, Director, Orange Regional Gallery, with Tony Oates and Anne-Marie Jean.

Venue: Drill Hall Gallery

In Flux Euan Macleod presents a series of en plein air paintings made on Haupapa Tasman Glacier in New Zealand’s South Island, alongside a suite of studio works whose grand scale emulates their site of inspiration.

Macleod’s fascination with potentially dangerous environments recurs as he paints this sublime and inhospitable world of minerals, rock and ice. His climbers, often alone or linked by a rope to a companion figure or guide are metaphors through which the connection to and reliance on another human being is amplified.

Adjoining the glacier paintings are 200 works from an ongoing series Macleod has made of his friend Geoff Dixon. The portraits, created almost daily over the FaceTime app, began in 2021 during Covid lockdowns as a way of maintaining a connection with Geoff, who had recently lost his partner. The two continue to meet regularly with over 450 portraits to date. Find out more here.

Euan Macleod beneath Aoraki Mt Cook NZ Feb 2023 Photo by Bradley Hammond.

The Drill Hall Gallery website is here.

ANU Press and open access

Chief Scientist’s Open Access Report out now

The Chief Scientist report on OA is now online. The report is about journal articles where there is an Australian lead. It recommends:

Recommendation 1: The Australian Government should develop and implement a strategy to maximise access to academic journals for the Australian community.

Recommendation 2: The Government should undertake further analysis to develop the preferred model that will deliver the greatest benefit for Australia, from both an economic and social perspective.

cOAlition S

cOAlition S has announced the release of a new pricing framework designed to foster global equity in scholarly publishing. It aims to enable discussion, promote greater transparency and inspire publishers and other service providers to implement more equitable pricing across different economies. 

APCs

Haustein, S., Schares, E., Alperin, J.P., Hare, M., Butler, L-A., and Schönfelder, N. (2024) "Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023". arXiv. The article is available online. 

Open Access publishing in Africa

EIFL have released a report, Landscape of no-fee open access publishing in Africa, that provides an overview of open access (OA) journals in Africa that do not charge fees for either authors or readers (often referred to as Diamond OA journals). 
The report is based on survey responses from 199 journals, 21 institutional, national and continental platforms that host Diamond OA journals. It also includes 25 country reports with information about current funding and financial sustainability approaches and challenges, institutional in-kind support, incentives, collaborations among Diamond OA journals, needs, and strategies to advance Diamond OA in Africa. 

New titles

Made in China Journal: Volume 9, Issue 1, 2024

Open repository

The citation black market: schemes selling fake references alarm scientists

The ways in which researchers can artificially inflate their reference counts are growing. Read this article in Nature by Dalmeet Singht Chawla.

Recent additions

·       Usage-based perspective on argument realisation: A corpus study of Indonesian BUY verbs in applicative construction with -kan (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 2023) Rajeg, Gede Primahadi W; Arka, Wayan

·       Hedging, Alignment, and Unintended Consequences The Geopolitical Meaning and Outcomes of Thailand's Procurement of Chinese Submarines (Air University Press, 2024) Raymond, Greg

·       Australia and the US nuclear umbrella: from deterrence taker to deterrence maker (Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024) Dean, Peter; Fruehling, Stephan; O'Neil, Andrew

·       Key Findings of the Pacific Attitudes Survey: Vanuatu (Dept. of Pacific Affairs, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, The Australian National University, 2024-09-03) Mudaliar, Christopher; Leach, Michael; Baker, Kerryn; Barbara, Julien; Vaha, Milla; Kotra, Krishna Kumar; Leodoro, Trevor

·       The Collective Logic of (Chinese) Hegemonic Order (Frank Cass Publishers, 2024) King, Amy

Keeping up to date

LJ Talks to Dr. Colleen Shogan, Archivist of the United States

Dr. Colleen Shogan took the oath of office as the 11th Archivist of the United States, the chief administrator of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), in May 2023. She is the first woman to permanently hold the role. Since then, Shogan has been working to make NARA’s holdings more accessible to researchers; members of the public who want to look up the history of their families, communities, or presidents; and anyone who wants to see the United States’ founding documents up close. Lisa Peet’s article offers good insights.

2024 survey of college instructors

IthakaS+R share findings from their 2024 survey of college instructors across the United States to offer a snapshot of the shifting dynamics of college teaching. The survey not only includes relevant questions from earlier versions of the US Faculty Survey but also takes a deep dive into current trends and key topics, including what services are available to support faculty teaching, the materials and tools faculty use, and where more institutional support would be valuable.

Key findings include:

• While instructors view the library's most important role as a buyer of scholarly resources needed for teaching and instruction, they also recognise the library's role in supporting student success.
• The majority of instructors are confident in their ability to develop their own courses and lesson plans, and half of instructors would like to adopt new pedagogies or approaches that take advantage of technology.
• Half of instructors are using open educational resources (OER) such as textbooks and video lectures in their classes, but less than 20 percent are creating their own.
• The majority of instructors turn to their college or university for assistance with IT-related needs or software support, supporting students with non-curricular needs, and with improving their pedagogical practices.

Consumer Data Right

Good summary from King & Wood Mallesons. Since the Treasury’s consultation between August and October 2023 on draft amendments to the Competition and Consumer (Consumer Data Right) Rules 2020 (CDR Rules) to expand the CDR regime to the non-bank lending sector, legislative development in relation to the CDR regime paused while the Government focused on improving awareness and take-up of the CDR regime in the banking and energy sectors. 

On 9 August 2024, the Assistant Treasurer announced a ‘reset’ of the CDR regime by:

• introducing proposed enhancements to the consent and operational processes in the CDR Rules;
• releasing the ‘Consumer Data Right Compliance Costs Review Report for the Department of the Treasury’ conducted by Heidi Richards for the Treasury in December 2023 (Costs Review);
• writing to the Data Standards Chair to clarify the Government’s expectations for the development and implementation of data standards;
• announcing its intention to expand the CDR to non-bank lending in early 2025; and
• requesting advice from the Treasury over the next twelve months on a way forward for a full and formal ban of screen scraping.

On 15 August 2024, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Bill 2022 (the Action Initiation Bill) passed in the Senate, after being before Parliament since late 2022.  However, the Government has indicated that it will not ‘turn on’ any specific types of actions until the CDR ecosystem is on a more sustainable footing.

32 Libraries: Opportunities and Challenges

Warren and Mahoney introduce the report by stating “While the library is widely recognised as an essential piece of infrastructure in every university, its potential to support a university in achieving its strategic goals appears to often be underestimated. With the right mission the library can play a pivotal role in relation to improving research outcomes, student experience, welfare and learning outcomes as well as supporting the advancement of digital scholarship, AI, and interdisciplinary research.

The academic library is at a critical point in its evolution. Without books, what is a library? When informal study spaces are appearing in every department across the campus, what is the library’s role in providing space for study?”

Key top four findings are around:

1. Enhancing the student experience to maximise student success

2. Managing the collection

3. Celebrating the importance of Special Collections

4. Creating spaces to support learning and teaching innovation

Working with First Peoples

This recorded session from Arts Hub and Creative Victoria offers practical knowledge and advice on how to work productively and respectfully with First Nations creative practitioners. Neane Carter, Terri Janke and Company gives a fabulous presentation to lead this important conversation. Watch the recording here.

Report on AI in music

Commissioned by APRA AMCOS this research by Goldmedia GmbH reveals some interesting issues:

·       Revenue risk: By 2028, 23% of music creators’ revenues will be at risk due to generative AI, an estimated cumulative total damage of over half a billion AUD$ (AUD$519 million)

·       AI adoption: Over half (54%) of those surveyed agree that AI technology can assist the human creative process, with AU and NZ songwriters and composers being early adopters

·       Income impact: 82% of music creators are concerned that the use of AI in music could lead to them no longer being able to make a living from their work

·       Cultural concerns: 89% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island music creators believe that AI will lead to an increase in cultural appropriation

·       Policy demands: 97% demand that policymakers should pay more attention to the challenges related to AI and copyright.

The Third Space in Higher Education

Thorpe, C., Partridge, H. The Third Space in Higher Education: A Scoping Review. Higher Education Policy (2024).

IFLA newsletter

IFLA newsletter Vol. 4, No. 8: Indigenous Matters The Indigenous Matters Issue August 2024 —  Vol. 4, No. 8 can be read online.

IFLA ARL “Hot Topics” Webinar: “Current & Future Literacies”

All videos and presentation slides from the IFLA Academic Research Libraries Section (ARL) “Hot topics” session “Current & Future Literacies: Libraries Leading Literacy Development”  held online on 13 August, 2024, are now available.

1. Presentation 1: AI in LIS Education in Uganda: A Response Strategy by Dr. Sarah Kaddu, Dean, East Africa School of Library and Information Science, here.
2. Presentation 2: Advancing Biblio-Equity: Digital Preservation and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in a Post-COVID-19 World by Alicia Wise, Executive Director of the CLOCKSS Archive, here.
3. Presentation 3: Advancing Literacy in the Digital Age: The Role of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library in Global Transitions by Lily Y. Ko, Head, Research & Learning Support, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library, here.

AI and Scholarship

EDUCAUSE has released a new podcast episode, “AI and Scholarship”, featuring CNI Executive Director Clifford Lynch as part of The CNI Interviews Podcast series. In the episode, he discusses the evolving impact of AI on scientific research and education. You can listen to the episode online here.

UK Towards a National Collection – new reports

Alma Economics (2024) report “Towards a National Collection: Total Economic Value of a unified digital collection” is available online.

Report User Research: UK Gallery, Library, Archive and Museum (GLAM) Digital Collections Infrastructure details the findings from a user study to identify arts and humanities researchers' needs and requirements, from across academia and Independent Research Organisations (IRO's), helping to define what should be included in a future UK digital collections infrastructure.

Key findings include:

• Digitisation and digital preservation: whilst researchers would welcome more digitised materials they have concerns about the long-term availability of such material
• Improved search and discovery: the importance of metadata accuracy and completeness, as well as the use of standardised practices were raised consistently as these underpin comprehensive search functionalities
• Connection and interoperability: responses highlighted the need to address substantial differences in the structure, content and coding of collections data presented from multiple sources across the cultural heritage sector.

News publishers vs. generative AI: Can copyright law keep up?

An interesting and balanced article – in summary much more to work through.

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