Presentation at the Research Libraries UK Conference

1. CREATING CHANGE TO TRIUMPH: A VIEW
FROM AUSTRALIA RLUK 16
JILL BENN
@jillebenn

2. Linda O’Brien
Pro Vice Chancellor (Information Services)
Griffith University

3. Overview
1. Cambietics: The Management of Change
2. The Australian Environment
3. Case Studies and Examples
4. Benchmarking

4. 1. Cambietics: the Management of Change

5. …today, a
manager unskilled
in managing
change, in making
change happen, is
no manager.
Barrett, FD (1985)

6. cambietics
1. Coping with change to survive
2. Capitalising on change to thrive
3. Creating change to triumph
Barrett, FD (1985)

7. “ Creating change to triumph though, is the
true challenge. It means being an actor
rather than a reactor, an inventor rather
than an imitator. It means making waves
rather than riding on them. It means being
a builder of the new society and the new
economy. It is to be an
innovator/entrepreneur.
Barrett, FD (1985)

8. 2. The Australian Context

10. Australia is the 7th
most represented
country in the 2015
THE rankings – 22
institution's in top
400
3.9% of the
world’s research
output (0.3% of
the world’s
population).
International
education 3rd
largest export
Source: Universities Australia, Higher
Education Facts and Figures, November
2015

11. The Political Agenda
quality
research
infrastructure
innovation

12. IDEAS
BOOM:
National
Innovation
and Science
Agenda

13. Pressure on the
University Sector
Australia’s research
libraries striving to
demonstrate value

14. 3. Case Studies and Examples

15. Institutional
Repositories
Providing access to
Australian university
publication outputs.
Research Data
Australian universities
have populated the
Australian Research Data
Commons with 100,000
data collections.
Impact
Measurement
Libraries offer a variety
of services to assist
researchers assess and
describe their research
impact.
AUSTRALIAN
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
RESEARCH
SUPPORT
SERVICES
Research
Assessment
Some Libraries manage
the collection of
publications for
research assessment.
Research Training
Australian Libraries play
a major role in training
of Australia’s
researchers in a variety
of areas.
Support for Open
Access
Libraries assist
researchers comply
with federal funder
open access mandates.

16. Research Advisory Committee
CAUL members increase the discoverability, use and
impact of Australia’s research outputs through
information leadership, collaboration and the
application of information management expertise

17. CAUL Research Advisory Committee
Capacity Building
CAUL hold an annual
event bringing together
all research repository
staff to discuss best
practice and new
developments.
Engagement
Regular meetings with
Australia’s major
funding agencies enable
CAUL to take a
proactive approach.
Promote the work of
Australian University
Libraries to bodies such
as Universities
Australia.
Leadership and Action
Providing collaborative
leadership across the
University sector for
action.

18. Australia ORCID Consortium Model
▪ CAUL played a leading role in establishment in conjunction
with others.
▪ Maximise the benefit of ORCID within each institution through
reduced cost, flexibility for implementation and ongoing
support.
▪ International approaches (eg. JISC) provided important
insights and lessons learnt.

19. Research Data Australia
Infrastructure Projects
Capacity Building

20. https://researchdata.ands.org.au/

21. Australian Research Data Projects
Terra Nova – the Research
Library of the Future
(Griffith University)
Australian Climate Change
Adaption Information Hub.
Provides a central
information hub for
researchers.
John de Later Centre –
Mineral and Geochemical
Data (Curtin University)
Major open data collection
of mineral and geochemical
data.
Australian Drosophilia Ecology
and Evolution Resource
(University of Melbourne)
Comprising 103 open datasets
consisting of clinical and
species distribution data.

22. Australian Research Data Projects
CropPAL (University of
Western Australia)
A world first open database
cataloging the location of
vital proteins in barley,
wheat, rice and maize.
Online Ancient Genome
Respository (University of
Adelaide)
Captures and catalogues
ancient human genome
and microbiome data,
including raw sequence and
processed data.
Imaging Locus (Monash
University)
Captures imaging data
generated by Monash’s
instruments.
Major open data collection
showcasing significant
imaging datasets.

24. Australasian Open Access Strategy Group
1. Advocate
2. Collaborate
3. Raise Awareness
4. Lead & Build Capacity
http://aoasg.org.au/

25. 4. Benchmarking the Australian
Context

26. “
My view is that the collective response of AU
University Libraries made it much easier to
transform how AU deals with data overall, and is
better able to engage internationally. There are
strong individual libraries internationally re data -
UC, or Oxford, et al, but collectively the libraries, and
through CAUL have made a big change.
Dr Ross Wilkinson
Executive Director of the Australian
National Data Service

30. “ …Australian university libraries see themselves as
genuine partners in research…this was not an attitude I
had ever met in such explicitness in Europe. Australian
librarians are more than just casual fellow-travellers of
researchers; they see themselves as powerful allies,
eager to contribute to the research excellence of their
university…As a rather cynical and sober European, I
found this healthy self-confidence of Australian
librarians both refreshing and fascinating.
--Alice Keller (2015)

31. In conclusion….
▪ Libraries must demonstrate value and impact and provide
leadership.
▪ Australian university libraries have not only capitalised on
change to survive, but have created change to triumph.
▪ Importance of working collectively through CAUL and its
Research Advisory Committee, ANDS and AOASG.

32. Questions?
Linda O’Brien
linda.obrien@griffith.edu.au
Jill Benn
jill.benn@uwa.edu.au
@jillebenn

33. Credits and References
▪ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival
▪ FD Barrett (1985) “Cambietics: The New Science of Managing Change”, Management Decision,
Vol. 23 Iss 5 pp. 25-36.
▪ Alice Keller (2015) Research Support in Australian University Libraries: An Outsider View,
Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 46:2.
▪ Image on slide 9 from
http://www.studyinaustralia.gov.au/Images/UserUploadedImages/3426/Australian_Universiti
es_Map_May_2014_Largev2.jpg
▪ Image on slide 12 (Lightbulb Rainbow) courtesy of Drew Coffman (CC-BY)
▪ Images on slides 19, 20, 23 used courtesy of the Australian National Data Service
▪ All other images used freely courtesy of Pixabay