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Leading from the HART
Full text linkThe University of Wollongong is the only organisation in Australia to pilot a new framework with Reconciliation Australia - Healing and Recognition Tracks (HART). The HART is the University’s internal and external compliance mechanism, and the reportable and accountability framework that brings together 8 key strategic focus areas for intergenerational, strengths-based change. The Library has partnered with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander School of Health and Society academics and staff from the Indigenous Strategy Unit to advance discoverable, accessible culturally safe resources for embedding in the curriculum. The project stands on the shoulders of a pilot initiated in 2021 by Indigenous Academics in the School of Health and Society, to increase awareness and promotion of Indigenous knowledges through the identification of appropriate, Indigenous led, strengths-based sources. The Library’s contribution underscores our commitment to truth telling and application of professional expertise and infrastructure for the amplification of Indigenous knowledges. The next iteration of the project aims to increase accessibility through the enhancement of digital content management and curation solutions and their integration with search existing and future Library search functions
Who are you, and what would you like to do? Indigenising Curtin Library’s services, collections and spaces through relationships, conversations and networks
Full text linkIn this presentation, we share our experiences, successes and failures as we work towards integrating Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing into our Library. We will showcase some of the projects we have been working on (cultural warnings in collections, networking events with Indigenous and Library staff, a conference for Indigenous research students, Indigenous authors tags in our reading lists…), and share what has gone well and what has gone wrong. We will discuss how we have approached these tasks, but more importantly, also share who we are as people, why we started this work, and how we have collaborated with Indigenous colleagues. Some of our projects were filling obvious gaps, but we will also highlight the importance of celebrating how Indigenous staff and students have enriched, and will continue to enrich our collections, services and spaces. We only just got started, are still learning, still making mistakes, but also still making our way towards truth telling and Reconciliation. Curtin Library is on Nyoongar land, where people have collected knowledge, kept it safe and made it accessible, and practised learning and teaching for thousands of years. Let’s talk about what that means to us - and what it means to you, to who you are and where you want to go in your Library
From Experiment to Impact: How a Library Peer Mentors Program Transformed Student Engagement at UNSW Library
Full text linkAcademic podcasting provides an innovative platform to capture and communicate the voices of all, disrupting traditional academic publishing models through open and accessible media. But can they serve as a platform to include living indigenous knowledge,reithin a context relevant to your library community? This workshop will enable IATUL delegates to explore this question and develop the skills to plan an effective podcast. We will explore possibilities and share our experiences of developing the IATUL Beyond the Shelves podcast based on a collaborative IATUL funded International Research and Study Programme project. This will cover the pre-production, production and post-production stages of podcasting. Delegates will then have the opportunity to consider and plan a podcast series focussed on the voices of all, incorporating proposed episodes with indigenous or previously excluded library communities. As Chong (2022) articulates, libraries are still to effectively capture the knowledge systems of First Nations people. Could capturing the oral traditions of indigenous communities be a potential response? Ewing (2022) poses a similar question when articulating the dominant epistemology of universality favoured by Western modernity, calling instead for pluralistic approaches including multiple and diverse voices. How can oral traditions and living knowledge be adopted to capture and distribute the voices of all in our university libraries? What opportunities does the audio medium of podcasting provide
Indigenising official referencing style guides: An Indigenous Australian Case Study
Full text linkGlobally, Indigenous communities are increasingly asserting their agency within academia, advocating for the recognition and integration of Indigenous knowledge paradigms alongside western knowledge systems. Indigenous research methodologies, often relational in nature, provide Indigenous researchers with the mechanisms to advance and contribute to this growing body of collective knowledge. In this paper presentation, we explore the case study of an Australian academic library that has Indigenized university processes associated with citational attribution in research. This case study examines strategies, challenges, and best practice exemplars that empower and support its academic communities to respectfully acknowledge both Indigenous knowledge and Indigenous knowledge holders’ contributions to research. It is hoped this paper presentation will contribute to the ongoing dialogue of Indigenisation in Aotearoa New Zealand academic libraries, and the wider academic setting, that empowers and acknowledges self-determination of Indigenous communities. This paper aligns to the theme of Ōritetanga – Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and discusses the embedding of Indigenous knowledge systems into university practice
Professor Oppressors: College Classrooms as Spaces of Racist and Sexist Microaggressions
Full text linkThis article describes minoritized college students’ encounters with faculty-generated or -condoned racial and gender microaggressions in college classrooms. The Racial Microaggressions Model (Pérez Huber & Solorzano, 2015) and the Taxonomy of Gender Microaggressions (Capodilupo et al., 2010) were used to inform the experiences of microaggressions of 88 college students with minoritized identities at seven institutions around the U.S. Based on the findings, the authors delivered recommendations for teaching and learning in four areas: faculty awareness and training; classroom management; policy, assessment, and evaluation of teaching; and improved mechanisms for student feedback
Evaluation of High Tunnel Tomato Cultivars for Yield and Quality
Full text linkTomatoes are a highly popular crop in Indiana\u27s local food markets. They are most commonly grown in high tunnels to extend the harvest season and enhance yields. Beyond yield, fruit quality is a key factor for market success. This study evaluated the performance of eight determinant tomato cultivars grown in a high tunnel at the Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center in 2023
Major Bridge Inspection Program Changes
Full text linkThe FHWA’s release of the new National Bridge Inspection Standards was the biggest program change since 2004. Find out how these major changes are being implemented in Indiana and how they will affect bridge inspectors and bridge owners
Indy’s Successful $20 Million SS4A Implementation Grant: Application Insights
Full text linkThe City of Indianapolis and IndyGo were successfully awarded $20 million in Safe Streets for All Implementation grants in 2024 for upgrades on high transit ridership corridors. Join us for an insightful discussion with the multidisciplinary team behind this grant. We’ll explore the efforts that went into securing the grant, share the application process, and highlight key lessons learned throughout the project
From Study to Street
Full text linkHighlighting a series of projects from Kentucky and Indiana which were generated from recent scoping and planning studies. These were quickly constructed, which could only happen with consultant technical expertise and the support and cooperation from a variety of different internal and external partners during the project development phase
Balancing Act: Creating Safe, Legal, and Complete Streets
Full text linkWhen it comes to urban reconstruction projects, creating a single vision from multiple stakeholder perspectives can be challenging. This presentation shares the real-world example of a local municipality’s hesitancy to incorporate bicycle accommodations and pedestrian safety enhancements within an urban corridor to explore how to build a consensus around a project while still adhering to surface transportation laws