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    Breaking out of Physical Teaching Spaces to Zoom Webinars: Online Reference Management Software Instruction at the University of Melbourne
    Lindsay, K ( 2018-02-15)
    An ePoster presented at the conference: VALA 2018: Libraries, Technology, and the Future. The University of Melbourne Library has transitioned from delivering instruction on reference management software via face-to-face workshops, to delivering 100% of non-discipline-specific reference management sessions online via Zoom webinars in semester 2 2017. In 2017 library staff presented a total of 29 Zoom webinars on Zotero, Mendeley and EndNote, both for beginners and advanced users. Library staff were trained in best practices for webinar delivery using an online guide and a peer-mentoring system, and in total 23 library staff members were involved in presenting webinars in 2017. The webinars were recorded to AARNet via Zoom cloud recording, making it easy to email the link to the recording to clients. In addition, the highest-quality recordings were uploaded to the library’s Vimeo account and embedded on library webpages. Recordings cater both for clients who have missed, or wish to review a session, and for staff wishing to learn more about a reference management tool, or how to deliver a webinar. Overall attendance numbers for reference management sessions increased in 2017 and feedback on the webinars gathered from clients via an online survey has been overwhelmingly positive. There are plans to expand the variety of library training sessions delivered via webinar in 2018.
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    Documentation, Digitisation and Dissemination: Preparing for the History of CSIRO
    Adam, ; Mccarthy, G ; Smith, AH ( 2017-07-27)
    In February 2017 Tom Spurling and Terry Healy delivered 34 A1 archive boxes of records to the eScholarship Research Centre (ESRC) at The University of Melbourne. They had been commissioned to write a history of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to complement the existing histories of CSIR and CSIRO. These boxes contained an impressive array of documents and research notes assembled for Boris Schedvin, the former CSIR/O historian. They were to support his writing of a second volume to Shaping Science and Industry (Allen & Unwin, 1987). They provide a unique overview of the history of scientific research in Australia in the late 20th Century and the evolution of CSIRO from 1949. The ESRC was commissioned to extend the existing documentation of the records (metadata), prepare for and then digitise the records and produce at least one dissemination form integrating the metadata and images. This paper outlines the scope of this project, the nature of the records, and the archival and digitisation systems, standards and strategies. The digitisation and post-digitisation processes (software and methods), including the production of derivatives is examined. Of interest is the balancing of the expectations of the researchers, and the requirement for standardised and reproducible methods that support archival documentation and digital data preservation. The paper will utilise examples from the records that focus on the history of chemistry in Australia – a selection that is interesting in its own right.