Librarians at La Trobe University were immersed into data management, and how service to researchers and their data has evolved.

1. Opening up the dialogue on research data: How
librarians at La Trobe University are enabling the
process
Kerry Sullivan
La Trobe University Library
Information Literacy and beyond: To boldly go where no librarian has gone
before. CRIG : 26 November 2014
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2. Melbourne
sculptor Charles
Robb, who
turned Victoria's
first Lieutenant-
Governor,
Charles La Trobe,
on his head, said
“it embodies the
notion that
universities
should turn ideas
on their heads.”
http://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/statue-charles-la-trobe
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3. Research at La Trobe University
latrobe.edu.au/research/
• 1,389 researchers: 339 research staff, 1050 teaching & research staff
• 1,700 HDR students
• 32 Research Institutes Centres
• 2 Research Development Parks
• 20 Disciplinary Research Programs
• 5 Research Focus Areas (RFAs):
Building healthy communities
Securing food, water and the environment
Sport exercise and rehabilitation
Transforming human societies
Understanding disease
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4. Image area
Traditional
vs
New roles
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5. La Trobe University Library staff circa 1980s
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7. Wiki training ground
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9. La Trobe University’s Repository – Research Online
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10. Impact of the secondment
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12. Thank you
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