How to use this poster template Read the overview of the Week poster competition, and browse some of the examples here: week/poster-competition Right click on Slide 3 in the left-hand panel (the template slide) and select ‘Duplicate Slide’ Edit the duplicated slide with your information. Once you’ve finished your poster: –Save a copy of the PowerPoint file. –Delete all the other slides, except the slide with your poster. –Select: File > Save as, Save as type: PDF (*.pdf) and select the option: Standard (publishing online and printing), to save your poster as a PDF. your PDF file to with the subject line: ‘Research Week Poster Competition –If the file is too large to attach to an , send us the link to your poster on Dropbox, Google Drive or CloudStor We will print your poster for you, using the PDF you submit. You are responsible for proof-reading your poster before submission, see the tips on the next slide.

Tips for creating your poster Replace the text in the template by typing in your own text, or copy and paste your text from a Microsoft Word document or similar. Use the template as it is, or be creative and change the layout, text boxes, colours and fonts, just make sure you: –Do not change the layout of the top and bottom banners on the poster. –Include the required information on the poster as specified in the template. –The body text / font size should be no smaller than 14 pt. Do not change the Page Setup in PowerPoint (your poster will be printed on A1 sized paper, in landscape orientation). Remove the images in the template and add your own images to support your descriptions such as data visualisations, graphs or charts, an infographic, tables, photos, images, or a photo of you with your favourite librarians. To check the graphics quality of your PDF file, select View > Zoom > Actual Size. If your graphics are looking grainy or blurry you need to increase their size/quality Check that your text is not clipped or obscured. Make sure you use a valid Twitter handle: the posters will be displayed outside the Eastern Resource Centre (ERC) Library and people will be encouraged to tweet poster authors with questions and comments.

Supporting you through the research process library.unimelb.edu.au/research Your Name Career Stage, Research References or Acknowledgements List references for resources you have used to create your poster here. You can also list the names of people who helped with your project or poster. Make sure you also consider copyright, particularly when adding images to your poster, see: cingimages.html How I Publish and Promote my Research How have you published and promoted your research so far, or how do you plan to? OR How do you strategically identify places to publish your research in the future? For example: Deposited thesis or other publications the University of Melbourne repository. Researcher identifiers or profiles: ORCID, ResearcherID, Mendeley, ResearchGate etc… My Research A short research abstract. Word limit: 150 – 250 words For tips on writing a research abstract see: /Writing_an_Abstract_Update_ pdf My Library Services and Spaces Describe library services and facilities that have helped you with your research. Examples of library services and facilities include: Research consultations, library classes, webinars, and drop-in sessions, assistance via a library service desk or library chat Student IT support, and computing/printing facilities Interlibrary loans, BONUS, CAVAL Study spaces, project rooms, corrals Assistance from the University Digitisation Centre Assistance with research data management from the Digital Scholarship team Assistance from the eScholarship Research Centre (ESRC) Assistance from the Archives or Cultural Collections staff You may include images to support your description My Information Resources Examples: eJournals, eBooks, Printed Books, Journals Theses, newspapers, standards, patents Chemical information, statistics, data, company and industry information, Maps, GIS data DVDs, CDs, sheet music, and online music and video collections Your Photo My Information Management Tips You may include images to support your description Image: Chart, Microsoft Clip Art You may include images to support your description Image: Emerging Media - Twitter Bird, taken on February 15, 2013, by mkhmarketing, Accessed on 30/09/2015, My Digital Toolbox Describe the online tools, software and apps you use for your research. Examples of library provided tools include: Discovery, Library Catalogue, Digital Repository Online databases: e.g. Web of Science, Scopus etc. Library Subject Research Guides (LibGuides) Reference management software, e.g. EndNote or RefWorks LibX browser extension Source Melbourne to find the ful-text Search alerts, Table of Contents (TOC) alerts, RSS feeds What I Would Really Like Have you got some ideas for new or improved services, resource, tools or facilities the library could provide to better support your research? Describe them here! You may include images to support your description Share your top information management tips here. For example, how do you manage your references, PDF file, images or data? Do you have any workflow or productivity tips? Are there any apps you use? You may include images to support your description. Image: The Difficulty Cycle, Microsoft Clip Art Further examples include: Mendeley, Papers, Zotero, JabRef Github, BitBucket, FigShare Dropbox, Google Drive MATLAB, ArcGIS NVivo, SPSS You may include images to support your description Image: Mixed apps, Microsoft Clip Art Education curriculum collections, e.g. kits, picture books Microforms: microfilm, microfiche Grainger Museum, Archives, Special Collections, e.g. rare books, print collection You may include images to support your description. Image: Young Woman with Laptop,Young Woman with Laptop by Petr Kratochvil, Accessed on 30/09/2015, License: Public DomainPublic Domain Image: Co-authorship network map of physicians publishing on hepatitis C (detail), taken on December 16, 2012, by Andy Lamb,, Accessed on 30/09/2015,