In a data-intensive world, data-related knowledge and skills are becoming ever increasingly important, not just for researchers, but also for those who make up the human infrastructure that scaffolds research, such as academic librarians. This half-day workshop was an opportunity for library directors and managers to develop strategies for building a data-skilled library workforce. This presentation was part of the CAVAL/ANDS Workshop - Managing library teams for a research and data-intensive future (Melbourne, 28 July 2017). Workshop program and presentations from other speakers: http://www.ands.org.au/news-and-events/presentations/2017

1. CAVAL/ANDS Workshop - Managing library
teams for a research and data-intensive future
Australian Catholic University
Building No 420, Level 4, Room 19
115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy
Melbourne, Victoria 3065
Australia
Friday, 28 July 2017 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (AEST)
09:00-09:15 Registration at ACU, Building 420, Level 4, Room 19
09:15-09:30 Welcome: Karen Visser (ANDS)/Michael Robinson (CAVAL)
CAVAL, ANDS, housekeeping, introductions and broad outcome for the workshop
09:30-09:55 Setting the scene: David Groenewegen (Library Director, Research, Monash University)-
Personal account - a different career path, connecting the eResearch infrastructure dots
University Utopia Library - what does this Library’s workforce look like?
09:55-10:15 Setting the scene: Andrew Treloar (ANDS)
National perspective on eResearch Infrastructure - the skills priority and the importance of
people as infrastructure
10:15-10:45 See your future: Rowland Mosbergen (Researcher/Developer - Stem cell research - University
of Melbourne)
Libraries/librarians haven't been a part of my research workflow, but perhaps they should be?
10:45-11:00 See your future: Steve Androulakis (RDS, Nectar and ANDS )
Knowing what we each don’t know: bringing Library and Researcher/Developer communities
together to bridge the technical divide
11:00-11:15 Morning Tea
11:15-11:35 Addressing the skills and management gaps: Lightning Talks - Kathryn Unsworth (ANDS)
What’s currently happening in the data-related skills space?
● La Trobe Uni: ERDMS project - connecting with IT ​Andrew Williams
● RMIT: Building relationships and services - what our new Data Librarians are up to
Adam Rivett and Sam Gibbard
● Monash University: Skilling up staff for data inclusion ​David Groenewegen
11:35-12:05 Addressing skills and management gaps to reach Library Data Utopia: Kathryn Unsworth
SWOT analysis activity
● Group 1.1, 1.2 - Skills Gap: All Library staff are skilled and are continually upskilled
(along a skills continuum) for a domain driven, data-centric world
● Group 2.1, 2.2 - Skills Gap: Librarians routinely provide keystone expertise and
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2. connections throughout the research/data lifecycle
● Group 3.1, 3.2 - Management Gap: Libraries have workforce models which include
Librarians as strategic partners working alongside researchers, potentially outside the
Library
● Group 4.1, 4.2 - Management Gap: Library management strategies enable, sustain and
embed data inclusion in library services from undergrad to Deans
12:05-12:25 Getting to Utopia: Addressing skills and management gaps for the next 24 months - Kathryn
Unsworth
What​ ​actually​ needs to happen before 2020 to create your Utopia library?
12:25-12:40 Getting to Utopia: What are Our Library next steps? Discussion - Karen Visser
What first steps will we take to reduce or eliminate the skills gap and create data-intensive
teams at ​our​ Library over the next 2 years
12:40-12:50 Working in concert: Karen Visser
Sharing resources, expertise, and infrastructure
Google doc - ​http://bit.ly/2eOG8kq
12:50-1:00 What’s happening at ANDS-Nectar-RDS? Wrap up and close - Karen Visser
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