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CAVAL Study Tour

Thursday 7 December 2023, 9.45am – 2.00pm
State Library of Victoria and RMIT University’s Swanston and Carlton Libraries

 

Spots are limited to 30 people – first in, best dressed. Please note that this event is open to CAVAL members only.

Program

9.45 – 10.00am
Arrival at State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston Street, Melbourne
2 groups formed   

10.00 – 11.00am
State Library of Victoria tours
Both groups tour the State Library of Victoria   

11.00 – 11.45am
Morning Tea at RMIT Carlton Library
Building 94, Level 3, 23 Cardigan Street, Carlton

11.45 – 12.30pm
RMIT Swanston Library tour (Group 1)
Building 10, Level 5 (access via escalators from Level 4 or lifts in Building 12), 360 Swanston Street, Melbourne

RMIT Carlton Library tour (Group 2)
Building 94, Level 3, 23 Cardigan Street, Carlton

12.30 – 1.15pm
RMIT Swanston Library tour (Group 2)
Building 10, Level 5 (access via escalators from Level 4 or lifts in Building 12), 360 Swanston Street, Melbourne

RMIT Carlton Library tour (Group 1)
Building 94, Level 3, 23 Cardigan Street, Carlton

1.15 – 2.00pm
Time to explore
Attendees are welcome to remain at the RMIT Libraries and explore them independently

2.00pm
Study tour ends  

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CRIG Seminar 2023 https://members.caval.edu.au/member-committees/crig-seminar-2023 https://members.caval.edu.au/member-committees/crig-seminar-2023

CRIG Seminar 2023: Libraries and Social Change

The full program can be accessed here.

Day 1. Shaping the future: libraries, technology, and social change

Tuesday 10 October, 9.00 – 11.00am AEDT

Presenter slides and resources suggested and/or used by the presenters:

Decolonising academic production in the age of generative artificial intelligence (AI): challenges and opportunities
Dr Gurnam Singh PhD, NTF, FRSA.

  • Presentation slides
  • Dudley, M. (2013, May 30). Welcome to The Decolonized Librarian. Decolonized Librarian.
  • Itchuaqiyaq, C. U., & Frith, J. (2022). Citational practices as a site of resistance and radical pedagogy: positioning the multiply marginalized and underrepresented (MMU) scholar database as an infrastructural intervention. Communication Design Quarterly Review, 10(3), 10-19.
  • Read, S. (2019). The infrastructural function: A relational theory of infrastructure for writing studies. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 33(3), 233–267.
  • Sandy, H.M., & Bossaller, J. (2017). Providing Cognitively Just Subject Access to Indigenous Knowledge through Knowledge Organization Systems. Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 55(3), 129-152.

Academic Librarians, Artificial Intelligence, and Social Change: How to Harness Technology Innovation and Support Positive Transformation
Professor Lisa M. Given, PhD, FASSA. Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform & Professor of Information Sciences, RMIT University
@lisagiven

Resource mentioned in the chat:

Day 2. Library Practice Leading Social Change

Wednesday 11 October, 3.00 – 5.00pm AEDT

Presenter slides, resources suggested and/or used by the presenters and/or mentioned in the chat + answers to questions not answered in the Q&A segment:

Social Change with Syrian Refugees at Zaatari Camp, Jordan: Libraries, A Cookbook, and Bazaars
Dr Karen E. Fisher, Professor, Information School, University of Washington, and Embedded Field Researcher, UNHCR Jordan

Please note, Dr Fisher's slides will not be made available as per agreement with the speaker.

Unlocking access to information wherever it is found
Kendall Bartsch, Co-founder & CEO, Third Iron

Challenging imperfection: The MeSH experience
Gemma Siemensma, Library Manager, Grampians Health
@gemmas1980

  • Presentation slides
  • Q: How long did it take to liaise and to submit the suggestions for the new MeSH term?
    A: “About 4 or 5 months. Lots of emails!”
  • Q: Going up against MeSH seems intimidating, curious about how it felt to push against them and if there was anything that helped you feel empowered to do so?
    A: “Great question. I never felt the need with “Oceanic Ancestry Group” as a term even though we didn’t like the term, but just the blatant misrepresentation riled us up that we weren’t worried about NLM. Ha ha. And as we did it as a group, they help you feel empowered – the whole “power in numbers” thing!”

RMIT Neurodiverse Study Sessions
Adam Ferris, Academic Skills Advisor (English/Writing), RMIT University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-ferris-b34a07a4/
Matthew Millis, Academic Skills Advisor, RMIT University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-millis-353a83139/

  • Presentation slides
  • Presentation Padlet
  • Q: Do you find that you need to coordinate the neurodiverse study sessions or are the sessions themselves student-led? (eg co-ordinating pomodoro, etc.)
    A: “Our involvement comes in the form of setting up the room (adjusting the lighting and desks, setting up the music, preparing healthy snack), welcoming the students and explaining the structure of the session, and offering assistance for academic skills. And yes, we also coordinate the pomodoro intervals. We have found that students are generally happy to do their own thing and that we do not get overwhelmed with questions about academic skills. Mainly, these comes in the form of answering a few referencing questions or giving some feedback on some writing. We have found that it is necessary to have another space available where we can speak with students one-to-one about their queries so that we do not disturb the other students in the session.”

Social change through advocacy: Introducing La Trobe University Library’s IDEA Network
Lydia Hartwig, Learning Librarian/Gender & sexual diversity stream leader, La Trobe University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lydia-hartwig95
Georgia Tsioukis, Learning Librarian/IDEA Network Accessibility Stream Leader, La Trobe University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgia-marie-tsioukis

Please note that the slides from the keynote by Professor Karen E. Fisher and the lightning talk by Trish Hepworth are not shared as per agreement with the speakers.

Day 3. The Always Already of Open Educational Practice (workshop)

Thursday 12 October, 10.00am – 12.00pm AEDT

Danni McCarthy, Senior Lecturer and Open Education and Digital Practice Lead, Deakin University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-mccarthy-sfhea-085a0650

Resources mentioned in the chat:

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CRIG Seminar 2023 https://members.caval.edu.au/member-committees/crig-seminar-2023-program https://members.caval.edu.au/member-committees/crig-seminar-2023-program

Libraries and Social Change

In 2023, the annual CRIG Seminar will be brought to you across three days, where each day will deliver a two-hour session. The event is free for staff from CAVAL Member institutions and current LIS-students, while tickets for staff from all other institutions are $33 (incl. GST)/session.

Please note that you need to register with the email address you will access Zoom from on the day of the event. In order to access the ticket type of your institution, please make sure this is your work email. If you would like to purchase multiple paid tickets for any of the sessions or require an invoice, please get in touch with members@caval.edu.au for assistance.

Day 1. Shaping the future: libraries, technology, and social change

Tuesday 10 October, 9.00 – 11.00am AEDT

Academics from Australia and the United Kingdom will present two keynote presentations, which will be followed by a facilitated discussion led by Danni McCarthy.

Dr Gurnam Singh PhD, NTF, FRSA.

Dr Gurnam Singh is an activist researcher, writer, and educator whose work is dedicated to highlighting and disrupting systems and mechanisms of power, privilege, and violence that lead to human suffering and inequity. Currently, he is Hon Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick and Visiting Fellow in Race and Education, UAL, London. Formerly, he was Associate Professor of Education at Coventry University.

In 2005 Dr Singh completed a PhD at the University of Warwick focussing on anti-racist social work. In 2009 he was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship (NTF) for his work on critical pedagogy and higher education, and in 2018 was accepted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA). He has published 4 books, over 40 peer review papers/chapters/review articles and 200 keynote conference papers on a wide range of issues, including, race, racism, anti-racism, diversity, decolonisation, ethics, higher education, and social work. Currently his work is focussed on all aspects of higher education and decolonisation with a particular focus on the rise of generative AI.

Recent relevant academic outputs during the past year:

Decolonising academic production in the age of generative artificial intelligence (AI): challenges and opportunities

The increased availability of Large Language Models (LLM’s), commonly known as AI, has opened up an important debate about all aspects of the nature and content of the curriculum in education. As with many other debates about new technologies, the emergence of AI apps such as ChatGPT is accompanied by familiar discourses of utopian or dystopian futures. Some educators seek to limit their use and focus on the dangers of AI in undermining student learning; others are embracing these developments and working towards productive ways of using such apps to enhance educational experiences. Against the backdrop of demands for the decolonisation of Higher Education, this presentation will do two things:
-    explore both the nature of hierarchies of knowledge and their role in the production of colonial infrastructures, epistemologies and methodologies that have undermined marginalised and liberatory ways of knowing.
-    explore the disruptive potential of AI to promote social justice for those most affected by the current unequal systems and conventions, specifically in relation to historically excluded students in higher education.

Professor Lisa M. Given, PhD, FASSA. Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform & Professor of Information Sciences, RMIT University
@lisagiven
Lisa M. Given, PhD, FASSA, is Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, and Professor of Information Sciences at RMIT University (Melbourne). Her interdisciplinary research in human information behaviour brings a critical, social research lens to studies of technology use and user-focused design. Her studies embed social change, focusing on diverse settings and populations, and methodological innovations across disciplines. A former President of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Prof Given is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and has served on the Australian Research Council’s (ARC’s) College of Experts. She holds numerous grants funded by ARC, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, and Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, working with university and community partners across disciplines. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, and lead author of Looking for Information: Examining Research on How People Engage with Information (2023). You can follow her on X/Twitter @lisagiven and read more about her work at https://lisagiven.com/.

Academic Librarians, Artificial Intelligence, and Social Change: How to Harness Technology Innovation and Support Positive Transformation

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has captured the public imagination for months. Yet, we remain unclear about the value of AI tools and how they will shape our home and work lives. In academic institutions, educators, administrators, and researchers are all struggling to understand the usefulness and limitations of these tools, including how they will affect our students, our research activities, and our communities.

AI tools can contribute to positive social change. They can help us to identify knowledge gaps, to analyse large amounts of data quickly and efficiently, and to reduce the time we spend on mundane tasks. However, positive change requires us to have a deep understanding of these tools’ benefits – and their limitations – or we risk using them to further entrench inequity. Academic librarians must mobilise and guide us in this new frontier.

From fostering critical thinking skills to guiding people towards appropriate adoption of new technologies, academic librarians have always been at the forefront of technological innovation. While AI tools present new challenges – from the lack of transparency in underlying datasets, to how these systems replicate bias and promote misinformation – academic librarians’ expertise in fostering digital literacy and supporting appropriate technology use is central to AI tools’ adoption for positive social change. Academic institutions are on the cusp of radical change, enabled by these technology tools. The time for academic librarians to lead us in this journey, is now.


Day 2. Library Practice Leading Social Change

Wednesday 11 October, 3.00 – 5.00pm AEDT

The keynote presentation will be followed by a number of lightning talks from a mix of invited speakers and the CAVAL membership responding to the theme of the day.

Dr Karen E. Fisher, Professor, Information School, University of Washington, and Embedded Field Researcher, UNHCR Jordan

FB: SeattleNewf
X/Twitter: @karenefisher
Zaatari Book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/33zlzCs

Dr Karen E. Fisher (Professor, Information School, University of Washington, and Embedded Field Researcher, UNHCR Jordan) is author of “Zaatari: Culinary Traditions of the World’s Largest Syrian Refugee Camp” (2024). In the US, she leads “Trauma in the Library” about staff PTSD.

Social Change with Syrian Refugees at Zaatari Camp, Jordan: Libraries, A Cookbook, and Bazaars

Created in 2012, Zaatari Camp lies on Jordan’s border with Syria and is home to over 83,000 refugees. A closed, high constraint, low resource camp that requires security permit to enter and for bringing in goods, there is not a single bookshop. In 2016 we created Zaatari Camp Libraries (ZCL)—the world’s first refugee-run, camp-wide library system. In this talk I discuss social innovation at Zaatari: 1) the founding, services, and challenges of ZCL, 2) our forthcoming book “Zaatari: Culinary Traditions of the World’s Largest Syrian Refugee Camp” (Goose Lane, 2024), co-created with 2000 Syrians and all royalties returning to camp, and 3) Zaatari Camp Creations, a refugee-led group that designs innovative products based on Syrian culture to support livelihoods.   

Lightning Talks

1. Kendall Bartsch, Co-founder & CEO, Third Iron

Kendall Bartsch is the Co-founder and CEO of Third Iron. Kendall has worked with libraries for over 20 years and has worked at companies including Cambridge Scientific Abstracts and ProQuest.

Unlocking access to information wherever it is found

Millions of people from around the world are affiliated with libraries that provide access to millions of articles from hundreds of publishers. Yet, when searching for this information, both in library services and on the open web, the steps necessary to access this information are not always obvious. Denials of, or delays in, information access impede research and stifle innovation. This presentation will review how LibKey technology is being used by libraries’ websites to simplify and increase access to information.

2. Gemma Siemensma, Library Manager, Grampians Health
@gemmas1980

Gemma Siemensma is the Library Manager at Grampians Health. Her work interests relate to research, knowledge sharing and the integration of library resources for seamless access. In this role she ensures that health information is accessible across the health service so that evidence-based information is used to help deliver the best clinical outcomes. Her work also focuses on making the library an integral part of the organisation by looking for ways to position the library in non-traditional library spaces highlighting the value health libraries can bring to a clinical area.

Gemma is Convenor of the Australian Library and Information Association’s health special interest group - Health Libraries Australia.    

Challenging imperfection: The MeSH experience

The MeSH (Medical Subject Heading) term for ‘Oceanic Ancestry Group’, which ‘Aboriginal Australians’ and a host of other Australian Indigenous terms is mapped to, was changed to ‘Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander’ in the 2022 MeSH update. This lightning talk will document how raising an issue and demanding better of those who make decisions on our behalf, can impact change globally and give voice to those who need it most. Central to this is the importance of combining subject, technical and Indigenous expertise to enact such change.

3. Adam Ferris, Academic Skills Advisor (English/Writing), RMIT University
www.linkedin.com/in/adam-ferris-b34a07a4

With a background in foreign languages and applied linguistics, Adam Ferris enjoys working with students of all backgrounds, particularly culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. As someone who is neurodiverse, one of his current goals at RMIT is to help neurodiverse students have better access to study support services.

Matthew Millis, Academic Skills Advisor, RMIT University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-millis-353a83139/

After many years working in language education and translation, Matthew’s current role involves supporting students with their academic skills. He is passionate about inclusion, learning design, and creating meaningful learning experiences.

RMIT Neurodiverse Study Sessions

The Neurodiverse Study Sessions provide neurodiverse identifying students with a sensory friendly space in the RMIT Library where they can be themselves and study effectively. Learn about this joint initiative from the Study Support team, Equitable Learning Services and the RMIT Student Union (RUSU), and gain insights into what worked, what didn’t and how we as a community can continue to build more inclusive universities together.

4. Trish Hepworth, Director of Policy and Education, Australian Library and Information Association
[at]Trishh[at]ausglam.space on mastodon

Trish Hepworth is the Director of Policy and Education for the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). In her current role she oversees ALIA’s policy development and advocacy, professional standards and education activities. Trish enjoys working with a diverse range of stakeholders to support Australia’s library and information service to advance a socially just and progressive society.

Library leadership in times of challenge and protest

Libraries are no strangers to political-based dissent impacting their services and spaces. In recent times, public libraries across Australia have seen a surge in book challenges and protests, mostly targeted at LGBTQIA+ materials and programs, while academic libraries have faced challenges around Pride-based exhibitions and LGBTQIA+ welcoming spaces. In this lightning talk, ALIA’s Director of Policy and Education, Trish Hepworth, will give a quick overview of the situation and response at national and international level, and what role library staff have when social change is challenged on library shelves and in library spaces.

5. Lydia Hartwig, Learning Librarian/Gender & sexual diversity stream leader, La Trobe University
www.linkedin.com/in/lydia-hartwig95

Lydia has a Bachelor of Arts, Masters in Teaching, and a Graduate diploma of information and library studies. She is passionate about social justice, youth advocacy and participatory design in information institutions. She has experience working in public libraries and has been at the La Trobe University library for the last 18 months. Prior to that she spent several years in early childhood education and as an editor for a youth advocacy social platform designed to amplify the voices of marginalised young people.

Georgia Tsioukis, Learning Librarian/IDEA Network Accessibility Stream Leader, La Trobe University
www.linkedin.com/in/georgia-marie-tsioukis

Georgia Tsioukis is a learning librarian at La Trobe University Bundoora, with a passion for accessibility, equity, and inclusion. Her lived experience fuels her advocacy for diverse learning experiences based on Universal Design principles to break barriers creating more inclusive libraries.

Social change through advocacy: Introducing La Trobe University Library’s IDEA Network

As academic libraries grow to recognise their roles as social institutions, La Trobe University Library has responded by launching the IDEA Network.The IDEA Network is composed of library staff who act as social advocates in the areas of accessibility, Indigenous equity and inclusion, cultural and linguistic diversity, as well as gender and sexual diversity. It is dedicated to enhancing the experience of all the library’s users through the guiding principles of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA).In their presentation, Lydia and Georgia will introduce the IDEA Network and showcase the collective ability of the network to create an equitable, inclusive, accessible, and representative library environment for their diverse student, academic, and community cohorts.

Please note, a recording of Trish’s presentation will not be available after the event.


Day 3. The Always Already of Open Educational Practice (workshop)

Thursday 12 October, 10.00am – 12.00pm AEDT

Open Education is underpinned by the belief that knowledge and the processes of knowledge production should be shared and sharable. Importantly, it privileges the empowerment of students as producers and contributors to their learning rather than passive receivers of educational experiences. However, the question must be asked, who has the capabilities to do this kind of complex work?

By taking a strengths-based approach openness is reframed as an idea beyond the binary position of open or closed. Instead, we imagine the abundance of openness available to us as a catalysing agent for change, transformation and growth. Indeed, open education is an enabling idea that is always already available to us. It shows up in who we are and the way we work. Building an open practice, then, can be identified by engaging in behaviours that surface, celebrate and cultivate ways of “working open”. These behaviours give rise to the Open Practitioner as a professional identity that embodies the capabilities and conditions for student success, retention and institutional belonging wherever they may be.

This structured dialogic workshop is responsive to the provocation: Who can be an Open Practitioner, and what can they do? This session will identify new ways of working together that engage and empower our higher education community and perhaps even move us toward sector-wide transformation and the becoming of the open educational practitioner.

Danni McCarthy, Senior Lecturer and Open Education and Digital Practice Lead, Deakin University

https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-mccarthy-sfhea-085a0650/

Danni McCarthy is a Senior Lecturer and Open Education and Digital Practice Lead at Deakin University. In this role, Danni provides strategic leadership that frames open and intentionally designed education environments that maximise learner participation and achievement. Key aspects of this work are evidence-based practice and equity drivers. McCarthy has extensive experience in the arts, education, disability and inclusion fields, demonstrating a commitment to high-quality, equitable educational practice through a Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Research interests feature creative and experimental projects that explore the ethics of relationships at the interstices of bodies and technologies.

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Virtual panel discussion https://members.caval.edu.au/member-committees/what-makes-a-library-a-library https://members.caval.edu.au/member-committees/what-makes-a-library-a-library

What makes a library a library?

A virtual panel discussion
Tuesday 12 September, 2.00 – 3.00pm AEST

Join us to seek answers from industry leaders as we explore the many possibilities that are key to the library of today and tomorrow, and try to answer the big question: What makes a library a library?

For this chat moderator Adele Walsh (La Trobe University) will be joined by experienced library professionals Roxanne Missingham, Paul Duldig, and Dr Susan La Marca.

You can send your questions to the panel members through Slido on 11 and 12 September through this link: https://app.sli.do/event/egkkNiqB7HT483NqDiz692

Roxanne Missingham, University Librarian and Chief Scholarly Information Officer, Australian National University

Roxanne is University Librarian and Chief Scholarly Information Officer, Australian National University (ANU), and responsible for ANU libraries, archives, press, records, privacy, copyright, and digital scholarship. She was previously Commonwealth Parliamentary Librarian and before that Assistant Director General, Resource Sharing Division, National Library of Australia.  Roxanne has a long career in libraries focused on the development of digital delivery and digital services. Formerly President of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), she is currently a copyright lead for the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) and member of many national and international digital research library committees. She was awarded an Order of Australia medal in 2021.

Paul Duldig, CEO, State Library of Victoria

Paul began his career in economic policy and government finance, before two decades in senior executive roles at some of the most respected Universities in Australia, including the Australian National University and the University of Melbourne.

He has led major transformations in organisational culture and performance with a focus on improved outcomes for the community. With a lifelong passion for learning, he is inspired by the role of libraries, galleries and museums in society and understands the importance of engaging diverse communities.

Paul has significant board experience, including the Australian Dance Theatre, Linden New Art, and Art Monthly Australasia.

He has a deep personal interest in the arts, music, and theatre and his position as CEO of the State Library of Victoria combines his love of culture in all its forms with his experience in large scale organisational leadership.

Dr Susan La Marca, Executive Officer, School Library Association of Victoria
@slavconnects

Dr Susan La Marca is a consultant in the areas of children’s and young adult literature and school libraries and currently the Executive Officer of the School Library Association of Victoria (SLAV) and the editor of their journal Synergy.

Susan has held a range of head of library positions in schools, been a CBCA Book of the Year Judge, and the Regional Director for Oceania of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL).

Her PhD thesis analysed the factors that contribute to the creation of a reading environment in secondary school libraries, she has presented, on this and the area of design, both nationally and internationally.

Susan has been a regular reviewer and commentator on books for young people for many years and has also edited a number of texts in the field of teacher-librarianship. Susan is the co-author, with Dr Pam Macintyre, of Knowing Readers: Unlocking the Pleasures of Reading (SLAV, 2006) and wrote the book Designing the Learning Environment (ACER, 2010). In 2021, Susan and Dr Macintyre compiled the SLAV collection Building a Reading Culture: A Selection of articles from FYI and Synergy (2021).

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Virtual Workshop https://members.caval.edu.au/member-committees/getting-started-with-ai https://members.caval.edu.au/member-committees/getting-started-with-ai

Getting started with AIs – Your first steps down the rabbit hole of these new digital disruptive technologies

Thursday 13 July, 10.30am – 12.00pm AEST via Zoom

In 2023 the CRIG Seminar Committee is breaking the mould of only delivering capability building activities in November, by presenting this pop-up, virtual workshop in the middle of winter. However. do not fret, there will be a virtual series on Libraries and Social Change coming your way in November as well.

The webinar is free for staff from CAVAL Member institutions. Tickets for staff from other institutions are $50 (incl. GST).

Saddle up for a riveting 90-minute online workshop tailored for educators, instructional designers, and knowledge managers, inviting you to explore the untamed possibilities of generative AI tools in our institutions.

Embark on a thrilling journey into the uncharted territories of AI, where the Wild West serves as our metaphorical backdrop. Gain a panoramic view of the alluring rewards and treacherous pitfalls that lie ahead as we demonstrate a wide range of new tools and discuss topics such as copyright, data privacy, and intellectual property—lassoing the ethical challenges accompanying this transformative technology.

In this immersive session, Julian will equip attendees with the vital knowledge and skills to navigate this early AI frontier with surer footing than they had before. Discover how AI can potentially transform and augment instructional design and resource creation while discussing the risks and pitfalls that may unsaddle us on our journey. It is sure to be a wild ride!

Our facilitator: Julian Ridden from Cidilabs (https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduridden/)

Julian is an avid technologist, instructional designer and educator, passionate about open education and emerging technologies that enable educators to create dynamic and engaging learning environments at scale. He firmly believes in the role of technological innovation in education while ensuring that the technology is implemented to support teaching and learning while also making educators' lives easier.

Julian works closely with academic staff at many educational institutions across the Asia Pacific, helping them get the most out of their online learning environments. Currently working at Cidilabs, creating great things within Canvas LMS, Julian has over 25 years of experience in Edtech and tech-enabled pedagogy with a wide range of K12, Tertiary and vocational clients.

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Access the Indigenous Referencing Guidance for Indigenous Knowledges by clicking the image below.

   

We expect the Indigenous Knowledge Attribution Toolkit (IKAT) to be of particular use to students and library staff. This includes a decision tree to provide guidance for assessing content and attribution, as well as a citation and referencing guide with examples that include Indigenous attribution.

Acknowledgements:

CAVAL and the IAC project team would like to thank those who provided their consideration, input and feedback on the resource, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members, the Yoowinna Wurnalung Aboriginal Healing Service, Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee at Museums Victoria, and other members of the Indigenous Archives Collective.

When referencing this resource, we suggest using the following citation:

Indigenous Archives Collective; Faulkhead, S; Thorpe, K; Sentance, N; Booker, L; & R Barrowcliffe. (2023) Indigenous Referencing Guidance for Indigenous Knowledges. Indigenous Archives Collective and the UTS Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research.

Feedback:

If you would like to provide feedback on the Indigenous Knowledge Attribution Toolkit at any stage, please email members@caval.edu.au

We are also happy for you to send through questions you may have.

To find out more about the IAC and contact them, you can visit their website, read their blog post about the project, send them an email, or contact them on Twitter.

Future plans:

With the intention of the Indigenous Knowledge Attribution Toolkit to be a living guiding principles document regarding citation practices, elements to consider, and issues which may arise when referencing Indigenous Knowledges within Victoria, it will be updated every 3 years based on consultations.

Timeline:

June 2025 – external feedback on the Indigenous Knowledge Attribution Toolkit to be provided by non-CAVAL members

September – November 2025 – Feedback from staff and students from CAVAL member institutions to be sought

December 2025 – April 2026 – Feedback provided to the Indigenous consultation partner for consideration and/or implementation

May 2026 – Next version of the Indigenous Referencing Guidance for Indigenous Knowledges to be published

For librarians:

Do you want to use the Indigenous Referencing Guidance for Indigenous Knowledges?

We strongly encourage you to use the Indigenous Referencing Guidance for Indigenous Knowledges with your student cohorts. As it is licensed under a CC-BY-NC-SA licence it allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms.

As the guidance is specifically created for a Victorian context, with consultation sought from the Indigenous knowledge centres (or equivalent) at CAVAL member institutions, the Museums Victoria Aboriginal Cultural Advisory Group, and the Yoowinna Wurnalung Aboriginal Healing Service, consultation with local Indigenous communities would need to be undertaken prior to implementing these guidelines at a location outside Victoria.

Do you want to stay up to date with the news surrounding the Indigenous Referencing Guidance for Indigenous Knowledges?

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CACIK https://members.caval.edu.au/member-committees/members-crig/cacik https://members.caval.edu.au/member-committees/members-crig/cacik CACIK

Background

Since the end of 2018, academic librarians in Victoria have been discussing and consulting on ways in which library staff work with First Nations people to co-create referencing guidance that is inclusive of Indigenous knowledges and knowledge-sharing practices. In early 2020, the CAVAL Acknowledging Cultural authority and Indigenous Knowledges in referencing working group (CACIK) was formed to gather information about existing citation practices and issues when referencing Indigenous knowledges, with an aim to consider how library staff could further the conversation about communicating and acknowledging Indigenous knowledges.

Throughout 2020 CACIK consulted First Nations and settler academics, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) representatives, and library professionals on the topic. As CACIK was made up of four settler librarians the consultation group recommended that this project should not proceed without Indigenous guidance and leadership. This aspect was recognised as a necessity by CACIK and in order to support this recommendation and apply for CAVAL funding, a comprehensive environmental scan of the landscape of acknowledging Indigenous knowledges in referencing was undertaken by CACIK in 2021.

In late 2021 funding was approved for an Indigenous consultation partner who would support CACIK in their mission to co-create the foundations of a living guiding principles document regarding citation practices, elements to consider, and issues which may arise when referencing Indigenous Knowledges within Victoria.

Following an expression of interest process the Indigenous Archives Collective (IAC) joined CAVAL as a research and consultation partner on the Indigenous Referencing Guidance for Indigenous Knowledges project.

The Indigenous Archives Collective (IAC) research team

Method

"The Indigenous Archives Collective responded to the CAVAL Expression of Interest (EOI) for the CAVAL Consultation Partner – Referencing guidance for Indigenous Knowledges on 2 June 2022. Collective members Dr Shannon Faulkhead, Dr Kirsten Thorpe, Lauren Booker, Rose Barrowcliffe and Nathan Sentance agreed to work as the research team on the project, with feedback from the wider Collective being sought as necessary. The project was administered through the University of Technology Sydney through the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research.

The core group of authors worked online on scoping the project and met with the CAVAL team and the CAVAL Acknowledging Cultural authority and Indigenous Knowledges in referencing Working Group (CACIK) to discuss the project’s background and scope and the aims that CAVAL were seeking to achieve. A draft response to the referencing guidance was compiled following a two-day collaborative meeting of the IAC research team at the University of the Sunshine Coast, with one IAC member meeting online.

A document draft was provided to CAVAL for initial feedback before consulting with key community members and colleagues for input. In particular, feedback was sought from those who participated in the initial discussions on the referencing guidelines with CAVAL in 2020-2021, members of the Museums Victoria Aboriginal Cultural Advisory Group and the Yoowinna Wurnalung Aboriginal Healing Service.” (Indigenous Archives Collective et al. 2023).

Scope and Limitations

The scope of the consultation project was to develop referencing guidance for undergraduate students, and liaison librarians supporting these students, when citing Indigenous knowledges in academic writing in a Victorian context.

As the guidance is specifically created for a Victorian context, with consultation sought from the Indigenous knowledge centres (or equivalent) at CAVAL member institutions, the Museums Victoria Aboriginal Cultural Advisory Group, and the Yoowinna Wurnalung Aboriginal Healing Service, consultation with local Indigenous communities would need to be undertaken prior to implementing these guidelines at your location.

The Indigenous Referencing Guidance for Indigenous Knowledges was created for undergraduate students. In order to support Higher Degree Research (HDR) students and research staff to consider informed consent and building attribution into the entire research cycle, including the ethics process, further work need to be developed.

References

Indigenous Archives Collective; Faulkhead, S; Thorpe, K; Sentance, N; Booker, L; & R Barrowcliffe. (2023) Indigenous Referencing Guidance for Indigenous Knowledges. Indigenous Archives Collective and the UTS Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research.

The logo ‘Connecting Community Culture and Knowledge’ is designed by Koorie artist Maree Clarke. This logo can be found next to the CAVAL logo on the front cover of the Indigenous Referencing Guidance for Indigenous knowledge image at the top of this page.

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CAVAL Study Tour

Thursday 6 July 2023, 10.00am – 12.30pm
The University of Melbourne
Eastern Resource Centre (ERC) & Baillieu (Rare Books & Virtual Reading Room) Libraries

Program

10.00 – 10.15am
Arrival – Eastern Resource Centre
Entrance to Building 171

10.15 – 11.00am
ERC Library Tour Commence (Group 1)
Rare Books & Virtual Reading Room Tour Commences (Baillieu Library) (Group 2)

11.00 – 11.45am
Morning Tea at the ERC Library level 3 Graduate Space

11.45 – 12.30pm
ERC Library Tour Commence (Group 2)
Rare Books & Virtual Reading Room Tour Commences (Baillieu Library) (Group 1)

12.30pm
Official Study Tour ends
Those interested can explore the other libraries at the Parkville Campus:

Architecture, Building and Planning Library
Brownless Biomedical Library
Giblin Eunson Library (Business, Economics and Education)
Law Library

Or tram to the Southbank Campus:

Music, Visual and Performing Arts Library

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