SIS Skills Development Program
Resources
Scholarly communication
Research data management
Research Data Management Services and Strategic Planning in Libraries Today: A Longitudinal Study https://jlsc-pub.org/articles/abstract/10.7710/2162-3309.2336/
Scholarly communication
Webinar: What is scholarly communication and publishing in the 21st century?
Available on the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association blog along with a link to speakers' presentations and their key takeaways summarising their talks. This may be useful for those who missed it or wish to share with colleagues.
Research data
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) responses to COVID-19
Research data
TDM Studio Webinar
11am | Wednesday 6 May
Due to the high demand and positive feedback from our recent TDM Studio Webinars, we have arranged for one more session.
From health care to humanities and every discipline in between, text and data mining (TDM) helps uncover career defining research outcomes. Students and researchers are looking for ways to analyse content, gain new insight from their existing data and challenge previous findings.
Can’t make it? Register anyway and you’ll receive the recording afterwards.
Digital archives
Digital preservation
Digital preservation is a complex ongoing process considering the long-term usability, searchability and accessibility of your data.
This webinar will explore why effective digital preservation is so much more than simply just a backup. We’ll explore questions such as how can data managers and archivists get the most out of their data by utilizing and capturing metadata in the best ways? How can you leverage approaches like FAIR? Why automation is crucial to effective digital preservation? Join us to see how to apply good data practices utilizing the most effective approaches
Digital Preservation for Easy Discovery, Access and Usability
Professional reading
Archivaria and The American Archivist online issues
Archivaria and The American Archivist have both made recent issues freely available until June 30. Usually recent issues are subscriber only
Discovery
Introduction to EThOS: the British Library database of UK theses
2.30 -3.30pm | Thursday 21 May
The British Library service known as EThOS is effectively a shop window on the amazing doctoral research undertaken in UK universities. With half a million thesis titles listed, you can uncover unique research on every topic imaginable and often download the full thesis file to use immediately for your own research.
This webinar will offer a guided walk through the features and content of EThOS, and the research potential for making use of EThOS as a dataset.
This webinar will be of interest to doctoral students and researchers. It will also be of interest to librarians wishing to learn more about how EThOS works
Resource Discovery
Presenting metadata from different sources in discovery layers
Resource Discovery
Summon for Patron-Facing Librarians
4.00 pm | Tuesday 9 June
Designed for front-line librarians who are using Summon with patrons, this training will provide an introduction to the Central Discovery Index and searching in Summon. Gain a general understanding of what content is indexed, how the system searches and ranks search results, how facets affect those results, and how the system leverages data intelligence through various customization opportunities.
Resource Discovery
Undergraduates and Discovery
4.00 pm | Monday 15 June
What do we know about how novice users approach discovery? How does their search behavior differ from librarians? Join us for an exploration of the area where users and discovery meet and discussion of how libraries can help users navigate more successful searching.
Resource Discovery
Getting Started @ the NLA Webinar
Learn about eResources, Trove, NLA digitised collections, edesposit, copies, loans and much more.
Resource Discovery
Trove launch and ‘Train the Trainer’
This session will demonstrate some of the functionality and provide guidance on questions you may receive from end users.
Supporting student experience
ACRL Presents: IL Instruction at a Social Distance: Moving Library Instruction Online
Presented by Melissa Wong, Adjunct Lecturer at the iSchool University of Illinois at Chicago.
We trust you received some valuable information for moving your library instruction online during these challenging times.
For your convenience, we’ve included some additional information along with the recording. Here are some key resources and the chat.
Online launch of Curtin Library's new narrative based digital game, Certitude
3.30-4.30 pm (AWST) | Monday 25 May
Certitude, which was largely created by students for students, aims to help players develop academic skills by introducing them to concepts around referencing, plagiarism, critical thinking, and the importance of using accurate sources of information.
You are welcome to have a look at the game before the launch.
Information about the game is at blog.certitude.ourplaylab.com
The game trailer can be viewed at youtu.be/4fzeYXLuues
Page owner: Scholarly Information Services
