Milestones for 2015
Research
By 2015 we will know we are on track if...
- Strong, mutually beneficial international partnerships enhance the quality of Melbourne’s information environment.
- Research collaboration is easy within and across discipline, institutional and national boundaries.
- Management and dissemination of research data and digital collections is painless.
- Our scholars find it easy to disseminate their scholarly works and teaching materials in open ways, increasing their research impact and contributing to global knowledge.
- Digital versions of our research output are openly available in interactive ways wherever appropriate, bringing these works to life through engagement for mutual benefit.
Learning and teaching
By 2015 we will know we are on track if...
- Scholarly literacy programs are embedded in all new generation degrees and professional postgraduate programs, as appropriate for different disciplines and in ways which recognise and support diverse student needs and equity.
- Staff have access to communities of practice appropriate to their discipline and to development opportunities that assist them to create learning experiences of the highest quality using scholarly information and technologies.
- New learning tools and technologies can be created collaboratively, deployed rapidly and shared appropriately.
- We leverage the capacity of our information environment to provide access to resources regardless of location, enabling our staff to create flexible, personalised learning experiences for students.
Engagement
By 2015 we will know we’re on track if:
- Our unique, internationally significant research, special and cultural collections are discoverable.
- We have working examples of innovative projects that link the scholarly community and the public in the development of collections through contribution of information, oral history and discussion.
- Students, researchers, alumni and other stakeholders are actively engaged in development and management of scholarly information resources and services.
- Investment in collection development and preservation is maintained, and the quality of key collections is demonstrably high.
Linking the strands -- enablers
By 2015 we will know we’re on track if:
- A precinct development plan is in place and the Baillieu, ERC and Commerce libraries have been redeveloped as the heart of the relevant precincts of the Parkville campus.
- Students are able to use formal and informal spaces on campus, indoors and out, in ways that blend physical and virtual learning environments for individual and collaborative learning.
- Adequate physical and digital collections support research, learning and teaching, and engagement.
- Cataloguing and search tools make it easy to discover, cite and manage information.
- Information professionals with discipline knowledge are partners in our research, learning and teaching endeavours, increasing our overall productivity.