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2018 View
Research projects
Research Staff | Project | Project Summary |
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Dr Tom Chandler | Reviving the Lost Libraries of Angkor: Rendering Medieval Epigraphy in a Virtual World | Although the Khmer civilization has left many enduring architectural and sculptural masterpieces, its once vast body of literature was preserved on the perishable sheaves of the fan-palm leaf (Borassus flabellifer). These palm leaf manuscripts were recopied by scribes regularly, but by the beginning of the seventeenth century, not long after the abandonment of Angkor, the activities of the scribes ceased and these ‘libraries’ were lost to history. Fortunately, not all the texts have vanished. Almost 1,300 Sanskrit and ancient Khmer inscriptions in stone have been found in the lands of the Khmer Empire and they attest to the existence of every type of ancient literature - scientific, educational, historical, epic and religious. In the absence of more explicit documents, these texts provide valuable historical and sociological material and offer glimpses of political, economic and social life. This project proposes to contextualise the written records of medieval Angkor within a comprehensive virtual model of the city. |
Whyte Fund travel grants
Research Staff | Thesis Title | Outcomes |
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Ms Annelie de Villiers | Attend and participate at the Community Informatics Research Network 2018 event at Monash Prato entitled "Research, Practice and Creative Endeavour that Aim to Shape and Influence Policy and Programs". |
2017 View
Research projects
Research Staff | Project | Project Summary |
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Associate Professor Gillian Oliver | Indian Diaspora in Australia Archives | Indian migration to Australia has a long history, resulting in a very diverse and geographically spread diasporic community. The relationship between Australia and India has evolved from being a bond between two colonies of the same empire into a multifaceted relationship between two independent nations and economies. The formation of a digital archive reflecting the Indian diaspora in Australia will celebrate the unique cultural heritage of and the ongoing contribution to Australia by this community. Project impacts will include community empowerment, challenging stereotypes and also the provision of a model for other diasporic communities. |
Dr Tom Denison | Monash/Prato Visiting Artist Residency Archives | How can a living archive be created that not only documents the Monash University Prato Centre (MUPC) Visual Residency Program but also engages artists-in-residence in a direct and active way as part of their residency experience in Prato? This project will promote ideas of archival literacy by cross-fertilizing artistic processes with the records continuum model. Through employing participatory action research, the project seeks to establish an archival platform that is commensurate with contemporary art practices by supporting the ability to record, relate and revision ephemera and events associated with transformative, creative experience as artefacts themselves. |
Dr Franklyn Upward | Archeion 21: A Discussion Paper on Archival Network Theory | This project provides some closure to a considerable amount of grounded research into the formation of archives outside of custodial archival institutions by the lead investigator, Dr. Frank Upward. Funding is requested in support of two parts of this long-term project. One is for costs associated with the conduct of a workshop in Toronto in July 2017 and related discussions with archival researchers and educators. This will clear the way for the finalisation of a discussion paper on structures and actions for the formation of archives in the digital era. The other part is the preparation of a model for the structuring of an information resource tool supporting teaching and research into Continuum Informatics (archives) a concept that will be explained in the discussion paper. Funding for the second part will not proceed unless the discussion paper’s proposed actions are approved within the Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics. |
Dr Tom Denison | Research project: Social media and scholarly communication in Vietnam’s universities. | Adopting an action research methodology, this project examines academics’ use of social media in both informal and formal scholarly communication within the Vietnamese university context. It will identify the benefits of social media use and factors that may constrain its use. The role of institutional library support for academics in their use of social media will also be examined. Outputs will include the development of a social media toolkit and teaching module, and recommendations to guide the development of relevant library services. |
Whyte Fund travel grants
Graduate Research Student | Thesis Title | Outcomes |
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Ms Lisa Marie Kruesi | The transformation of scholarly publishing through open biomedical and health sciences repositories: a knowledge management approach |
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2016 View
Whyte Fund travel grants
Graduate Research Student | Thesis Title | Outcomes |
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Ms Hanis Diyana Kamarudin | Engaging Community and Cultural Institutions through Oral History: The Malaysian Case | Presented a paper and doctoral poster at Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) 2016 at Prato. Conducted data collection and interviews with experts in the oral history and community archives field. |
Mr Greg Rolan | Transforming recordkeeping design for interoperability | Presented a poster and participated in workshop sessions at the Archival Education and Research Institute (AERI) 2016, Kent State University, Ohio, USA. Conducted field research and interviewed domain experts on recordkeeping systems design. |
Ms Linlin Zhao | Digital literacy and library doctoral research support: A design-based research approach. | Submitted and presented a conference paper, presented at the poster session and participated in seminars and workshops at Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) 2016 at Monash Prato, Italy. |
Mrs Belinda Battley | Footprints through space and time: Co-creating community places in the archival multiverse | Presented a poster and paper at Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) 2016 at Monash Centre, Prato, Italy. Presented a poster and ran a workshop at School on Authority, Provenance, Authenticity, Evidence (APAE) – Zadar, Croatia, October 2016. |
Ms Katherine Jarvie | Redressing the gaps in animal rights records: Appraisal in the multiverse | Delivered a presentation at Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) 2016, Prato. Undertook fieldwork and delivered a presentation at the University of Liverpool, UK, November 2016. |
2015 View
Research projects
Research Staff | Project |
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Dr Tom Denison | Information literacy for research: Vietnam |
Dr Joanne Evans, Dr Steve Wright and Dr Graham Willett | Investigating Digitisation Dilemmas in Community Archives |
Whyte Fund travel grants
Graduate Research Student | Thesis Title | Outcomes |
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Mr Gregory Rolan | Transforming recordkeeping design for interoperability | Participated and presented at the 14th International Symposium of Information Science (ISI) in Zadar, Croatia. Undertook fieldwork in Europe to visit archival institutions and interview academics/practitioners regarding trends in archival systems design. |
Ms Elizabeth Daniels | Theory and Participatory Appraisal: An exploration of the appraisal of Asylum Seeker records in Australia. | Participated by delivering a presentation and presented a poster at Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) 2015. |
Ms Katherine Jarvie | Redressing the gaps in animal rights records: Appraisal in the multiverse | Participated and presented a poster at Archival Education and Research Institute (AERI) 2015, University of Maryland, USA. Was awarded the best poster presentation at AERI. |
Mrs Belinda Battley | Footprints through space and time: Co-creating community places in the archival multiverse | Participated and presented a paper at Archival Education and Research Institute (AERI) 2015, University of Maryland, USA. |
Ms Linlin Zhao | Participated and delivered a poster and doctoral presentation at the Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) 2015 at Prato Italy. Conducted research interviews with academics/practitioners at Universities in Switzerland, Netherlands and UK. |
2010 - 2014 View
Research projects
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A/Prof. Graeme Johanson | Libraries engaging communities: shared collection building using Web 2.0 technologies |
Prof. Eric Ketelaar and Dr Livia Iacovino | Archival Education Research Institute (AERI) and Fieldwork for thesis titled, “Beyond Animation: 30 Models and an Indigenous Community Archives” |
Prof. Sue McKemmish and Jozefina Deserno (PhD candidate) | Corporate social transparency and recordkeeping: the evidence base for sustainability reporting |