A University Support Model for eResearch

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is faced with a rapidly growing research agenda built upon a strategic research capacity-building program. This presentation will outline the results of a project that has recently investigated QUT’s research support requirements and which has developed a model for the support of eResearch across the university. QUT’s research building strategy has produced growth at the faculty level and within its research institutes. This increased research activity is pushing the need for university-wide eResearch platforms capable of providing infrastructure and support in areas such as collaboration, data, networking, authentication and authorisation, workflows and the grid. One of the driving forces behind the investigation is data-centric nature of modern research. It is now critical that researchers have access to supported infrastructure that allows the collection, analysis, aggregation and sharing of large data volumes for exploration and mining in order to gain new insights and to generate new knowledge. However, recent surveys into current research data management practices by the Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories (APSR) and by QUT itself, has revealed serious shortcomings in areas such as research data management, especially its long term maintenance for reuse and authoritative evidence of research findings. While these internal university pressures are building, at the same time there are external pressures that are magnifying them. For example, recent compliance guidelines from bodies such as the ARC, and NHMRC and Universities Australia indicate that institutions need to provide facilities for the safe and secure storage of research data along with a surrounding set of policies, on its retention, ownership and accessibility. The newly formed Australian National Data Service (ANDS) is developing strategies and guidelines for research data management and research institutions are a central focus, responsible for managing and storing institutional data on platforms that can be federated nationally and internationally for wider use. For some time QUT has recognised the importance of eResearch and has been active in a number of related areas: ePrints to digitally publish research papers, grid computing portals and workflows, institutional-wide provisioning and authentication systems, and legal protocols for copyright management. QUT also has two widely recognised centres focused on fundamental research into eResearch itself: The OAK LAW project (Open Access to Knowledge) which focuses upon legal issues relating eResearch and the Microsoft QUT eResearch Centre whose goal is to accelerate scientific research discovery, through new smart software. In order to better harness all of these resources and improve research outcomes, the university recently established a project to investigate how it might better organise the support of eResearch. This presentation will outline the project outcomes, which include a flexible and sustainable eResearch support service model addressing short and longer term research needs, identification of resource requirements required to establish and sustain the service, and the development of research data management policies and implementation plans.

Creating a legal framework for copyright management of open access within the Australian academic and research sector

This chapter analyses the copyright law framework needed to ensure open access to outputs of the Australian academic and research sector such as journal articles and theses. It overviews the new knowledge landscape, the principles of copyright law, the concept of open access to knowledge, the recently developed open content models of copyright licensing and the challenges faced in providing greater access to knowledge and research outputs.

Jesus before Pilate; a monograph of the crucifixion; political and legal history of the trial of Jesus under the Jewish and Roman criminal law, with an account of the office, powers, public acts and private character of Tiberius Caesar ... and others connected with the trial; embracing the Acts of Pontius Pilate, translatd from the oldest manuscripts, with proof of their antiquity and discussion of authenticity;

Disbound Original Held in Oak Street Library Facility.

A letter to Wiliam Richmond, Esq., relative to the shipping interest of England, the reciprocity treaties, and the evils of impressment; the latter particularly exemplified in the case of the brig Oak, of Whitby.

Mode of access: Internet.

Heart of oak, the British bulwark : shewing, I. reasons for paying greater attention to the propagation of oak timber ... II. the insufficiency of the present laws ... III. the testimony of some of the most eminent timber merchants, shipwrights, &c. ... IV. that the neglect of planting ... V. the author's opinion what methods would be most effectual ... humbly offered to His Majesty and the Parliament, as well as to all proprietors of land in Great-Britain /

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 09842.

Tappan oak boulder with tablet placed by class of '58

Tree before 1858; boulder ca. 1883; bronze plaque 1904. In spring of 1858 the Class of 1858 named this oak (growing near center of campus) the Tappan Oak as a tribute to then Pres. Henry P. Tappan). Stone was given by the "Tappan Boys" (class of 58) and placed ca. 1883. Plaque created in 1904. Photograph is crumbled and creased.

Tappan Oak" boulde

Tree before 1858; boulder ca. 1883; bronze plaque 1904. In spring of 1858 the Class of 1858 named this oak (growing near center of campus) the Tappan Oak as a tribute to then Pres. Henry P. Tappan). Stone was given by the "Tappan Boys" (class of 58) and placed ca. 1883.

Planting plan. Garden of H.W. Austin. Oak Park [Illinois]

Ink on linen. Indicates location and type of plantings for garden area. Signed. 41 xm. x 49 cm. Scale: 1"=10' [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Planting plan for the property of Mr. J.F. Butler; Oak Park, Illinois

Red and black ink on linen. Location, type, amounts of plantings; gardens, pool, footpaths; two residences, both by White and Christie; water, drainage lines. Signed. 95 cm. x 69 cm. Scale: 1"=10' [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Planting plan for the property of J.F. Butler, Esq.; Oak Park, Illinois

Red and black ink on linen. Location, type, amounts of plantings; pool, gradens, footpaths, arbor. Signed. 95 x 68 cm. Scale: 1"=10' [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Planting plan for residence of Mr. C.B. Camp; Oak Park, Illinois

Ink on linen. Location, types, amounts of plantings; garden, pool, footpaths; notes. Signed. 63 x 45 cm. Scale: 1"=10' [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Detail plan of bird post for Mr. C. B. Camp; Oak Park, Illinois

Ink on linen. Plan, section. Signed. 47 x 26 cm. Scale: 1"=2' [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Estate of E.H. Fahrney ... Planting plan; Oak Park, Illinois

Ink on linen. Location, types, amounts of plantings, gardens. Residence by White and Christie. Signed. 60 cm. x 56 cm. Scale: 1"=10' [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Planting plan for property of E. H. Fahrney, Esq.; Oak Park, Illinois

Yellow, black ink on linen. Location, types, amount of plantings. Tennis courts, pool, footpath, floweer beds. Residence by White and Christie. Notes. Signed. 105 cm. x 53 cm. Scale: 1"=10' [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Preliminary sketch. Gardens for J. Farson, esq.; Oak Park, Ill.

Ink and watercolor on tracing paper. Profile, plan. Signed. 40 cm. x 34 cm. Scale: 1"=50' [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]