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.

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

The SIS Tier 2 induction training should be launched on Pulse very shortly. It will replace the paper induction form for new starters.

The module WHS Risk Management Training on Pulse is relevant to a number of SIS staff. This module aims to introduce all staff and HDR students to the University's Hazard Management Process and provides practical guidance on its application. It includes:

• An overview of the University's Hazard Management Process;
• Detailed guidance on how to conduct a Hazard and Risk Assessment;
• In-depth information on what control measures should be used;
• Guidance on the approval and review process of a Hazard and Risk Assessment; and
• An explanation of Safe Work Procedure.

This module is compulsory for staff and HDR students who conduct risk assessments during their work.

Roxanne Missingham and Heather Jenks Scholarly Information Services Professional Development Prize

Many thanks to Tom, Kathryn and Miquel for considering the applications for the Prize. I am delighted to advice that the following were successful:

1.     Amanda Valent – ALIA self-paced course on resource sharing

2.     Broderick Proeger – Aurora Foundation Virtual Leadership program

3.     Lucy Zhang – ALIA self-paced course on resource sharing

Tongan Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon Lord Vaea

Kathryn Dan met with Hon Lord Vaea, the Tongan Minister for Internal Affairs. The Minister has been tasked by His Majesty King Tupou VI of Tonga to establish an Archive in the kingdom. The visit was for relationship-building, learning and exchanging ideas about archiving as well as requesting support from the Australian Government. ANU Archives and PAMBU were key elements in the visit.

Philippines update

Library staff supported the Update run by the ANU Philippines Institute “Beyond Geo-Politics: The Philippines in the New Marcos Era” with a drop in desk, materials and other support. The thesis guide is almost ready for launch.

Thanks to Wan and all the Menzies staff who contributed to the Update.

Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC)

The November meeting, AQAC 6/2024 agenda included:

·       Inherent Requirements Working Party Report

·       Dean of Students Annual Report 2021

·       Academic Progress Committee Report 2023 26

·       Undergraduate Awards

·       Graduate Awards

·       CAP final notification for proposed renewal of an articulation agreement with Universitas Indonesia

·       CBE proposed renewal of an articulation agreement with Central University of Finance and Economics

·       CECC proposed renewal of an articulation agreement with Universitas Indonesia

Exhibition – history of AMP

AMP is celebrating their 175th anniversary. An event was held to celebrate the anniversary and launch the exhibition in the Menzies Library developed by Rachael Armstrong, ANU Archives. Speakers included Hon Pat Conroy MP Minister for International Development and the Pacific and Alexis George, CEO of AMP Limited.

Next SIS Staff meeting

#4 Tuesday 3 December, China in the World Auditorium

9.30-11 am

SIS Annual report

This year we have done an early SIS annual report so it can go to the last meeting of Academic Board in December. It recognises the fabulous work of everyone in the division in a very complex year. You have been amazing!

The statistics in the report are derived from the first three quarters reported statistics together with predicted last quarter statistics based on 2023 results.

You can read the report here.

Thanks to SIS comms for their work – particularly Nic and Michelle on the annual report.

Also, thanks to Kathryn and Tom for their excellent work on the report.

ANU Archives annual lecture for 2024 – ‘Islands, Archives and Ancestors’ with Professor Katerina Teaiwa

Professor Katerina Teaiwa reflected on her process of exploring several archives and collections connected to Australia’s long history of phosphate mining in the central Pacific. Over two decades she used creative methods to transform her research into textual, choreographic, visual and material forms that challenged colonial and extractive histories and narratives. Her interdisciplinary methods and activism are focused on repairing and safeguarding her ancestral island of Banaba in what is now Kiribati. 22 million tonnes of Banaban phosphate was extracted over 80 years for Australian and New Zealand fertiliser production and farming, transforming the island into an industrial wasteland.

APRA/AMCOS Music survey

The annual APRA/AMCOS Music surveys have been completed. The two surveys are undertaken in accordance with Schedule D of the Music agreement. They consist of an extract of our ‘Central Units’ system (Leganto) and the Print Music use report.

Many thanks to Paola Beretta for completing the survey responses.

Library Advisory Committee

The next meeting will be held on 27 November. Thanks to those assisting by preparing papers. The agenda includes:

2.1. Major division issues (budget)

2.2. SIS Annual report 2024

2.3. SIS Business Planning

2.4. SIS Client engagement plan

2.5. SIS Artificial Intelligence activities and report

2.6. Library report

2.7. Digitisation report

2.8  Archives and Records report             

CAUL & CONZUL

Iftikhar Hayat (Associate Director, Library & Study Skills) will be interim University Librarian at the University of Canberra, Professor Tania Broadley, Pro Vice-Chancellor Education & University Librarian completes her period at UC on Friday 1 November.

Copyright

Towards a Recommendation on Open Cultural Heritage initiative launched by Creative Commons.

To Support AI, Defend the Open Internet and Fair Use Joshua Levine notes “To date, there are 32 active lawsuits against AI firms claiming that data sets including copyrighted materials used during model training constitute wilful infringement of copyright.” He argues “Ensuring that training is protected under fair use, either through judicial ruling or legislative action, is integral to realizing the benefits of AI models for the citizens of the US, and around the world.” – you may not agree but this is an important debate.

Feedback

The printers weren't working last week before an examination. Library staff were quick to find a solution to the problem that allowed all students who needed urgent printing to get what they needed done. Library staff were well organised and abated a lot of stress in that hour.

Service rating: 5

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Roxanne Missingham

Director, Scholarly Information Services

Coming events

Nancy Munn Public Lecture

When? Tuesday 19 November, 6-8pm

Where?  China in the World auditorium

More details. The ANU Fulbright Nancy Munn Lecture and Roundtable: Seven Decades Walking with the Warlpiri. Professor Françoise Dussart discusses the challenges Professor Nancy Munn—one of the first female Fulbright scholars from America to undertake research in Australia— faced in the 1950s and 1960s when she carried out fieldwork with the Warlpiri people living at Yuendumu, and later with the Pitjantjatjara people at Utju. More information is available here.

First Nations roundtable

When? Tuesday 19 November, 11am

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 here.

ALIACT: End of Year Social Catchup + Tour of the Mint

When?  Tuesday 3 December, 3pm

Where?  Royal Australian Mint & ALIA House

More details. A range of presenters with case studies. More information is here.

Australian Research Data Commons

Mapping Child Health and Wellbeing to Address Inequities

The Australian Child and Youth Wellbeing Atlas enables data-driven insights to support child and youth wellbeing. Read more here.

ANU Press and open access

Paywalls are Not the Only Barriers to Access: Accessibility is Critical to Equitable Access

Digital accessibility to the scholarly communications process is core to providing equitable access to the literature. Read more here.

Sherpa services combined into new user-friendly platform: open policy finder

Three Sherpa services, Sherpa Fact, Sherpa Romeo and Sherpa Juliet, have been combined into a single platform with a new name, open policy finder.

IOI Releases new Paper Exploring Publication Costs

Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) published a paper, The Cost and Price of Public Access to Scholarly Publications: A Synthesis, as part of its ongoing project to investigate “reasonable costs” for public access to federally funded research in the U.S. The paper outlines the historical developments that have shaped the current landscape, the key financial (cost and payment) stakeholders in the system, and the models and approaches that have developed in the continued shift to public and open access. The paper is a companion to IOI’s February 2024 report on The Cost and Price of Public Access to Research Data: A Synthesis.

A mixed review for Plan S’s drive to make papers open access

Evaluations describes unintended effects as funders mull expanding the policy. Jeffrey Brainard‘s article in Science suggests that while change has happened with more than 50% articles OA, mostly through transformative agreements, new thinking needs to occur.

Clarke & Esposito suggest “that cOAlition S misfired on achieving its goal of restructuring the scholarly publishing industry. Indeed, the biggest beneficiaries of Plan S appear to be BCG Partners (the private equity firm that owned 48% of Springer Nature prior to the IPO) and the shareholders of Elsevier”.

Open repository

Institutionally based research data services: Current developments and future direction

“The Summit for Academic Institutional Readiness in Data Sharing (STAIRS) was a multi-phased project that brought together a diverse group of representatives from academic institutions across the United States who support research data sharing efforts. Building off preliminary assessment work and a virtual learning series, this was a unique chance to discuss the opportunities and challenges in supporting researchers’ data sharing needs within and across institutions. This report captures the details of the project, including the preliminary assessment work as well as the summit. Following a description of the broad themes and overarching takeaways from this multi-phased effort, we conclude with next steps and future directions for the academic data services community.”

Recent additions

• Description of program SKJ.FOR for the analysis of population data by age and sex / by S.K. Jain. (Canberra, ACT : Dept of Demography, ANU, 1985) Jain, Shailendra Kumar.
• Papua New Guinea language recording: Ipili Wurm, Stephen Adolphe; Speaker: Stephen Wurm. September 1958, recorded at Wabag.
• Papua New Guinea language recordings: Huli grammar, Wabag (Mei) Wurm, Stephen Adolphe; Speaker: Stephen Wurm August 1958, recorded at Hagen. Huli tape 3 -- 2. Wabag (Mei) tape 1.
• Papua New Guinea language recording: Huli Wurm, Stephen Adolphe; Speaker: Stephen Wurm August 1958, recorded at Hagen -- 1. Huli tape 2.
• Papua New Guinea Language Recording on reel-to-reel tape: Gouno (K-dialect), Gouno (?-dialect), Wena Wurm, Stephen Adolphe; Speaker: Stephen Wurm October 1958, recorded at Lufa 1. Gouno (K-dialect) tape 5 -- 2. Gouno (glottal stop-dialect) -- 3. Wena tape 1.
• Papua New Guinea language recording: Gouno (K-dialect) Wurm, Stephen Adolphe; Speaker: Stephen Wurm October 1958, recorded at Lufa. -- 1. Gouno (K-dialect) tape 4.
• Papua New Guinea language recording: Gouno (K-dialect) Wurm, Stephen Adolphe; Speaker: Stephen Wurm October 1958, recorded at Lufa. -- 1. Gouno (K-dialect) tape 3.
• Papua New Guinea language recording: Gouno (K-dialect) Wurm, Stephen Adolphe; Speaker: Stephen Wurm October 1958, recorded at Lufa. -- 1. Gouno (K-dialect) tape 2.
• Papua New Guinea language recordings: Gizra, Gidra village names Wurm, Stephen Adolphe; Speaker: Stephen Wurm 28 June 1966, recorded at Daru. -- Side 1. 1. Gizra tape 11 -- Side 2. 1. Gizra tape 12 -- 2. List of Gidra-speaking village names -- 3. Gizra tape 12 (continued).

Keeping up to date

Creative Australia releases generative AI principles

In response to a ‘need for clear principles to be applied to the development and use of AI technologies’ by creatives, the following Principles for Generative AI and Creative Work have been released by Creative Australia:

Australians are borrowing six books a year as public libraries see strong growth post-pandemic - Australian Public Libraries Statistical Report 2022-2023

According to the new report, Australians are borrowing six books a year from their public library on average and are more likely to be borrowing an ebook or audiobook than they were pre-pandemic. The statistics also tell the story of community reengagement with the physical spaces and collections of public libraries, combined with continued growth in digital engagement and collection. 

Public Lending Right Committee annual report

PLR and ELR payments to eligible creators and publishers are determined by the estimated number of copies of their books held in lending libraries in Australia. The latest report records that in 2023–24 over 18,000 payments totalling $26.64 million were made with an almost even split between payments for PLR ($13.46 million, including $2.3 million for publishers) and ELR ($13.17 million, including an estimated $2.25 million for publishers). These payments were up $3.38 million from 2022-23.

Reclaiming Control: Privacy, Platforms, AI, & Governance in the Public Interest
In partnership with Open Future and the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), SPARC ran a series of virtual workshops focused on emerging issue areas (including privacy, AI, and platformisation) that will shape the future of knowledge sharing. In September, a group representing different knowledge sharing organisations met in Lisbon to synthesise these discussions and identify opportunities for action. SPARC has just published a summary from the Lisbon meeting and its key outcomes, including the importance of academic control of academic infrastructure in responding to rapid changes in the digital environment.

Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record

The Internet Archive has issued a significant and valuable report titled "Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record" which takes a deep look at the disturbing state of the cultural record in the digital age. The authors comment:

• The rise of streaming platforms and temporary licensing agreements means that sound recordings, books, films, and other cultural artifacts that used to be owned in physical form, are now at risk—in digital form—of disappearing from public view without ever being archived.
• Cyber attacks, like those against the Internet Archive, British Library, Seattle Public Library, Toronto Public Library and Calgary Public Library, are a new threat to digital culture, disrupting the infrastructure that secures our digital heritage and impeding access to information at community scale.

Wiley Leans into AI. The Community Should Lean with Them.

You can now read an interview with Wiley SVP Josh Jarrett about their work improving publishing processes with AI and licensing content for AI applications.

Library & Technical Services Review

The latest issue, Vol 68, No 4 (2024), has a number of interesting articles: The theme of the issue is “Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access”– articles include:

·       Librarians Discuss Textbook Affordability as an Equity Issue Robert L. Butterfield, Christa Perez Bailey, Kendra Lake, Adriana Poo, Mitchell Scott, Allia Service, Rachel E. Scott

·       Inclusive Collecting, Inclusive Cataloging: Acquiring and Describing Award-winning Books Honoring Diverse Experiences Karen Kohn, Emily Crawford, Noa Kaumeheiwa, Jenny Pierce

·       Keepin’ it Inclusive: Inclusive Cataloging Scholarship of the 1990s Tiffany Henry, Alyssa Nance

·       Rules, Privacy, and Ethics: Challenges in Creating Author Name Change Guidelines Angela Yon, Eric Willey

The Top Ten Challenges, Needs, and Goals of Publishers – and How AI Can Help in Digital Transformation and the Open Science Movement

As artificial intelligence begins to play an ever-bigger role in the scholarly publishing landscape, how might it help solve some of the biggest challenges facing publishers? Read the blogpost to dip into this discussion.

College & Research Libraries

The November 2024 issue is now freely available online both as a full issue PDF and as individual articles. Articles include:

·       Sarah LeMire, Kathy Christie Anders, and Terri Pantuso. “Exploring First-Generation Student Experiences with OER Textbooks.”

·       Mê-Linh Lê, Janice Winkler, and Christine J. Neilson. “Training Needs and Preferences for Librarians Supporting Systematic Reviews in the Sciences, Humanities, and Social Sciences.”

·       Helen N. Levenson, Sara Amato, Ian Bogus, Fern E Brody, Mary Miller, and Jacob Nadal. “Assessing Bibliographic Inaccuracy as a Contributing Factor for Unintended Loss in Shared Print Monograph Programs.”

College & Research Library news

College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is now freely available online both as a full issue PDF and as individual articles. Articles in this issue include:

·       Kari D. Weaver. “The Artificial Intelligence Disclosure (AID) Framework: An Introduction.”

·       Emily Reed. “Only One Information Ecosystem, or Many?: Examining How Information Privilege in the Framework Impacts International Students.”

The Year in Architecture 2024

Library journals annual review always provides inspiration (and a desire for millions of dollars to fund a fantastic rebuild). This year’s trends are:

·       Inside Out

·       Playfulness

·       Open and Airy

·       What’s Old is New Again

What is a library?

Kieran Hegarty gives a perspective on the importance of internet archiving.

The state of US academic libraires: findings from the ACRL 2023 Annual Survey

This report focuses on US academic libraries and the results reflect the 1,414 responding institutions in 2023. ACRL fields an annual Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey that collects key metrics on academic library staff, expenditures, collections, circulation, and information services. The data help librarians, administrators, and stakeholders assess the impact of academic libraries, make peer comparisons, and track trends over time.

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