VALA2020 Proceedings

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The 20th Biennial Conference and Exhibition, VALA2020, was held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia from 11 – 13 February 2020.

The following papers were presented at VALA2020. See also the VALA2020 Program.  Peer-reviewed and lnvited Papers will be available to access individually for each session.

The full set of conference proceedings from VALA2020 is available as a single pdf download. This registered publication contains all 40 concurrent sessions and 7 vendor papers, and is a simple, one-click resource for academics, students and the wider VALA network. (Click on the image to the right to view and download.)

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VALA2020 Session 5 Tyson

Opening the EZproxy Logs: how are patrons accessing electronic resources?

This session is sponsored by Ex Libris

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 5
Tuesday 11 February 2020, 3:20 – 3:50

A.F. Tyson

  • Subject Librarian
  • University of Canterbury

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Abstract

This study demonstrates how libraries can quantify resource usage to gain insight into patrons’ resource discovery behaviour. EZproxy server logs were analysed to understand which resource discovery tools library patrons were using to access electronic resources, and investigate whether there were any disciplinary differences in choice of resource discovery tool. The library’s web-scale discovery tool, Summon, was the most commonly-used resource discovery tool, but significant differences in resource discovery tool usage were found between humanities/social science disciplines and STEM/Business disciplines.

 

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VALA2020 Session 6 Heterick

Connecting primary sources and secondary literature: the South Asian Open Archive (SAOA) and JSTOR collaboration

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 6
Tuesday 11 February 2020, 2:45 – 3:15

Bruce Heterick
  • Ithaka

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In late 2018, JSTOR and the South Asia Open Archive (SAOA) began a collaboration to bring to light rare and unique materials from and about South Asia as an open access collection on the JSTOR platform. The SAOA collection was formally launched in October 2019 and in its first sixty days on the JSTOR platform, has had nearly 10,000 visitors from over 2,000 institutions in 134 countries. This paper discusses the discovery and research impacts that are being evaluated by connecting primary source materials with the secondary literature (journals and books) on the same platform and by getting this important scholarly content “in the flow” of researchers and out of its silos.

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VALA2020 Session 6 Reeler

Cultural heritage in the cloud – using knowledge management systems for digital data

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 6
Tuesday 11 February 2020, 3:20 – 3:50

Clair Reeler
  • Business Analyst
  • Catalyst IT Australia
  • University of Sydney

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The disruptive influence of digital information management for cultural heritage has been expressed in many spheres, especially in the realm of information sharing and data collection volumes. Although these disruptions have had enormous advantages for enhancing research, curation and accountability; they have been accompanied by associated challenges for storage, usability and appropriate access. This paper examines some of the ways in which different organisations within Australia and around the world are currently approaching these challenges and investigates the Heurist knowledge management system as a cloud-based tool for the management of all aspects of cultural heritage data.

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VALA2020 Vendor 1 Bentley

Single sign-on and identity: integrated technology for an integrated future

VALA2020 VENDOR SESSION 1
Tuesday 11 February 2020, 2:45 – 3:15

Jon Bentley
  • Commercial Director
  • Open Athens

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VALA2020 Vendor 1 Bentley Paper 972KB
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Abstract

As distributed working increases and the patterns of our lives change technology underpins our journey as we move across hosted systems. The library eco-system has multiple platforms that work together to provide users with valuable experiences. Digital identity has become a unifier across these platforms. Single sign-on is a stand out benefit from a common ID but the technology that ties together the experience can be complex and have unexpected consequences. At OpenAthens our goal is to remove friction around access while managing the competing priorities around privacy vs insight; piracy vs licence compliance; quality and curation vs availability.

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VALA2020 Vendor 1 King

Intuitive library discovery

VALA2020 VENDOR SESSION 1
Tuesday 11 February 2020, 3:20 – 3:50

Cathy King
  • Executive Director
  • OCLC

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Abstract

Today’s library users have expectations based on major commercial services. To be successful in this environment, libraries need to connect to users personally while providing access to a universe of unique, valuable content. OCLC research shows that convenience is considered, in many cases, more important than getting the best search results. The need to meet user expectations is obvious, but the steps to get there may present some challenges. Although improvements will be iterative, speed is imperative. And it will require a willingness to let go of functions and processes that no longer serve the needs of our users.

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VALA2020 Plenary 2 Sheail

Data bodies in the library: from crustaceans to code

VALA2020 PLENARY SESSION 2
Tuesday 11 February 2020, 4:20 – 5:30

Dr Philippa Sheail
  • The University of Edinburgh
  • Lecturer, Digital Education

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Abstract

This presentation builds on my ethnographic explorations of the contemporary research library, considering its historic and material foundations through to its digital architecture and data formations.

Through a rich description of a university library in 2020, I explore the library as both a built structure of historical and social significance, and as a digital infrastructure extending to a vast network of digital objects, environments, and publishing practices.

I foreground the ethical tensions around the use of library data – including its relationship to the ‘smart’ campus and the ‘shadow’ library – while also exploring the library’s role as a historically dense setting for academic practice. I conclude with a challenge to library futures, calling for a re-evaluation and reimagination of what – and who – makes a library.

Biography

Philippa Sheail is a Lecturer in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh, and Programme Director for the MSc in Digital Education. Her research interests are interdisciplinary, based in the area of digital and higher education, but drawing on organisational theory, cultural geography, and social theories of time. Philippa has also been developing research in the library sector, with a particular interest in practices of organising in a research library context. Her Data Bodies in the Library project was developed in partnership with the University of Edinburgh Library and the National Library of Scotland.

 

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VALA2020 Plenary 3 Ormond-Parker

Voice, treaty, truth and the archive

VALA2020 PLENARY SESSION 3
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 9:00 – 10:10

Dr Lyndon Ormond-Parker
  • University of Melbourne
  • Research Fellow, Indigenous Studies Unit

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Abstract

In 2018, the Uluru Statement from the Heart called on all Australians to support a First Nations Voice to parliament, a process of agreement-making and truth-telling between governments and Indigenous people and to enable a deeper understanding of Australia’s shared past and a path towards reconciliation. Part of this deeper understanding is contained within the archives, stored globally, nationally and in many local community-based archives in regional and remote Australia.

There is now a treaty process underway in several states and territories. Focusing on the future, how can voice, treaty and truth telling ensure the long-term preservation of Australia’s diverse Indigenous languages, heritage and cultures.

Biography

Dr Lyndon Ormond-Parker is an ARC Research Fellow in the Indigenous Studies Unit of the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne. He is a member of the Australian Heritage Council, and the Australian Government Ministry for the Arts, Advisory Committee for Indigenous Repatriation. His research interest is in repatriation, cultural heritage, information technology, community broadcast and the digitisation and preservation of community audiovisual archives.

 

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VALA2020 Session 7 Ruddy

Extending the library’s reach and creating work ready graduates: the Library’s role in developing and delivering a digital literacy stack of micro-credentials at RMIT University

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 7
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 10:50 – 11:20

Christine Ruddy
  • Teaching and Research Librarian
  • RMIT University
Joanna Gillespie
  • Liaison Librarian
  • RMIT University
Frank Ponte
  • Manager Library Services (Teaching)
  • RMIT University

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Micro-credentials created and delivered at RMIT University are aligned to competencies that prepare graduates for work and life. Digital Literacy has been identified as one of several transferable skills required for a changing world of work. RMIT University Library, in collaboration with the central RMIT Creds team and a designated learning designer, has been involved in the development and delivery of a formal suite of ten digital literacy micro-credentials. With expertise in navigating, accessing, utilising and evaluating digital information and associated tools, the Library is providing leadership and support in an area already disrupting conventional modes of training and instruction.

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VALA2020 Session 7 Mitchell

Providing students with the ‘WIL’ to live, work and succeed: creating a digital literacy learning module with a future-proof approach

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 7
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 11:25 – 11:55

Ellyse Mitchell
  • Liaison Librarian
  • Deakin University
Deirdrie Gregory
  • Liaison Librarian, Deakin University

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With the increasing rate of technological advances in the modern workforce, employers require digitally literate graduates. However, digital literacy is difficult to define, making it a challenge to create future-proof resources that resonate with students. This paper outlines the creation of an online module that aims to prepare students for their placements and beyond. Collaborating with work integrated learning (WIL) academic staff, Deakin University Librarians developed a module that moves away from traditional digital literacy, and redefines it in a real world context, to encourage future-thinking in students around the importance of digital literacy in the workplace

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VALA2020 Session 7 Beardmore

Building STEM capabilities at Melbourne Polytechnic: a case study of EAL students

VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 7
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 12:00 – 12:30

Meredith Beardmore
  • Liaison Librarian
  • Melbourne Polytechnic
Dali A. Lenoir
  • Library Officer, Melbourne Polytechnic
  • Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
Peter Kenneally
  • Library Officer, Melbourne Polytechnic

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STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is a vital skillset for all citizens in a rapidly changing and information-rich world. The connection between STEM and libraries is gathering momentum, yet the role of academic libraries in supporting STEM is under-represented in the literature. The Melbourne Polytechnic Academic Library & Education Research Team (ALERT) was developed to explore this gap and suggest a framework for STEM literacy support in academic libraries. The methodology for a future case study of STEM activity for EAL (English as an Additional Language) learners will also be outlined.

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