Faculty Liaison Services

What's New in Research

Stay informed of the latest developments in your research area.

News

Support for Indigenous Researchers 18/08/2008

Senator the Hon Kim Carr's [Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research] announced his intention to introduce new public funding arrangements that will create additional opportunities for Indigenous Australians pursuing academic research careers.

Electronic Publication and the Narrowing of Science and Scholarship 22/07/2008

Evans, J. A. (2008). Electronic Publication and the Narrowing of Science and Scholarship. Science, 321(5887), 395-399. doi:10.1126/science.1150473

‘Online journals promise to serve more information to more dispersed audiences and are more efficiently searched and recalled. But because they are used differently than print scientists and scholars tend to search electronically and follow hyperlinks rather than browse or peruse electronically available journals may portend an ironic change for science. … Searching online is more efficient and following hyperlinks quickly puts researchers in touch with prevailing opinion, but this may accelerate consensus and narrow the range of findings and ideas built upon.’

Access to this article in the journal Science is via an ongoing CSU Library electronic journal trial.

League tables for unis 'inevitable' 09/07/2008

Healy, G. (2008, July 09). League tables for unis 'inevitable'. The Australian. Retrieved July 09, 2008, from http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23990498-12332,00.html

Research policy experts believe the federal Government's proposal to measure academic research performance will result in unofficial university rankings, despite the exercise being designed to prevent this occurring. But research commentators are also closing ranks in support of the ERA in the face of intense criticism from disgruntled academics. While successful universities use rankings for marketing, academics slate most of them as subjective and even dangerous.

CrossCheck: a new initiative to aid publishers in verifying the originality of scholarly 04/07/2008

Foster, A. L. (2008, 27 June). Scholarly publishers sign on to plagiarism-detection service. The Chronicle of Higher Education, from http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/
article/3124/ scholarly-publishers-sign-on-to-plagiarism-detection-service

Guidelines for the reporting of health research are underfunded 25/06/2008

Simera, I., Altman, D., Moher, D., Schulz, K., & Hoey, J. (2008). Guidelines for Reporting Health Research: The EQUATOR Network's Survey of Guideline Authors. PLoS Medicine, 5(6), e139. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050139

Although reporting guidelines can improve the accuracy and reliability of research reports, there is little funding available for developing such guidelines, according to a new survey published in the open access journal PLoS

Specialised services

Library faculty liaison service

Faculty liaison librarians are based at the Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Orange and Wagga Campuses to support academic staff, researchers and postgraduate students at all campuses, facilitate communication between the Library and faculty, and help match library services and resources to academic requirements.

Individual one-on-one training in the use of library resources can be requested via Book-a-librarian. For more information see the Training & development program.

Examples:

Basic and advanced database training; learn how to set up email and RSS alerts for selected journals
ERA support
Use of EndNote to manage references, and associated PDF copies of articles; and produce reference lists in a range of standard and custom styles (eg. APA, MLA, Chicago ...)
Creation of links to online electronic resources for use in online subjects (Interact)
Assistance locating resources for teaching

Faculty liaison librarians can be contacted directly, or via the Library Ask a Question service.

Book a Librarian

Researchers can use the Book a Librarian form to book a one-on-one consultation with a librarian to develop their research information skills. The five modules, offering a range of competencies, can be selected individually or in any combination.

For more information see the Training & development program for academic staff and postgraduate students.

Collection services

CSU Library will purchase material to support the University's research activities. Send your requests to the Collection Services Team or fill in the request form here. Please tell us in the "comments" section of the form what your research area is.

If you don't know what is available for purchase in your research area we can help you to find out through our extensive network of publishers and suppliers. Please contact the Collection Services Team.