Lenton Parr Music, Visual and Performing Arts Library Update and research directions Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of music ~ University of Melbourne Georgina Binns ~ Faculty Librarian Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

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Supporting Researchers Research Citation Reports to support grant applications Challenging the normal sources (SCOPUS/WoS) to assess non-traditional research outputs Helping to increase impact – training to create and manage their online profiles Introduction of compulsory ORCID (Open Research and Contributor ID) for all research active academic staff and research students Promotion management of research data – Research Data Management Plans

Supporting Researchers Researchers can access one-one consultations for assistance: Literature searching Database advice Reference management Strategic publishing Directories to identify journals and conferences relevant to areas of research/interest Alternative publishing models including Open Access journals, The Conversation

Researcher@Library Week University-wide event aimed at University researchers Lenton Parr Library hosted events to support VCA and MCM Researchers in the creative arts: What’s Data Got To Do With It? A Creative Arts Guide to Organising Your Research Omeka Workshop Beyond VCA and MCM: Research and Collaboration - Forum Alternate metrics: Track Your Research Online  Getting Noticed and Raising Awareness of your Research Tour of Film and TV School Archive Researcher@Library Week What’s data got to do with it - Artists accumulate research data when they make work and when they write about it. This data can take the form of material experimentation, documentation, interviews, surveys and more. Good research data management practices enables sharing and reuse of your data, keeps your data safe, supports your future research and can verify research outcomes. In this session, you will learn how you can manage your research data, and some tools to make life a bit easier. Altmetrics - Altmetrics can help you track the views, downloads and mentions of your published research, online posts, videos and music. This session is aimed at academic staff and graduate researchers to assist in understanding what altmetrics are, how they are collected and measured, and how you can use and interpret them. It will include an overview of a selection of altmetrics tools that gather data from social media and other online sources.

Researcher@Library Week Visualise Your Thesis ePoster Competition Higher Degree Research students Competition was an opportunity to educate students: Writing for a conference poster Visualisation of research and research data Creating Powerpoint presentations Learn about Copyright and Creative Commons Licensing Winning entrant was a VCA PhD Visual Art student! http://library.unimelb.edu.au/research/researcher@library-week/competition/submissions/imagination-of-adventure (Also separate powerpoint file)

Learning and Teaching Embedded scholarly literacy for all Bachelor first year students Embedded research skills for all Masters and PhD programs Tailored to the creative arts and practice-based research

Artist Book Maker Series Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison

Artist Book Maker Series Angela Cavalieri & George Matoulas

Artist Book Maker Series Angela Cavalieri & George Matoulas

The Future Buxton Contemporary $26m donation – collection and building Fender Katsalidis Architects appointed to project Established in 1996, the Michael Buxton Collection features more than 300 works by 53 of the country’s most significant artists – including Howard Arkley, Ricky Swallow, Tracey Moffat, Emily Floyd and Bill Henson. The collection encompasses a broad range of visual media, ranging from painting, photography and drawings to sculptures and installations. Howard Arkley, A Large House and Garden, 1997 Image: Michael Buxton Collection

Buxton Contemporary under construction …on a lovely Melbourne day

The Future New visual arts wing in refurbished former mounted police stables $42m project A project worth more than $40 million will redevelop the Dodds Street stables into a visual arts wing at the VCA, creating a new entry point to the University and opening the campus to students, local business and residents.

And a refurbished library by 2019… Melbourne Conservatorium of Music moves to Southbank = Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library moves too. Existing library space to be expanded (sadly not into the state of the art new “Con”!)

And the team @ Lenton Parr: Thankyou Georgina Binns gbinns@unimelb.edu.au And the team @ Lenton Parr: Julie Cohen Leena Riethmuller Ashley Sutherland Mary Stone Warick Harvey Kelli White