Newsletter

The CAUL Newsletter is currently published monthly. It regularly includes updates about research, libraries and universities. Please submit items of interest to CAUL National Office by email. CAUL Member institutions may submit requests to promote job vacancies in the Newsletter and via Twitter using this online form.

Current CAUL Newsletter is dated Friday 28 April 2023

THETA 2023, OER Collective Grants, CAUL Awards and Key Information on the CAUL Procurement Exhibition Event

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Previous newsletters
CAUL is hiring, awards, events and new OER Textbooks from the Collective
Wednesday 29 March 2023
Farewells, Last chance for OER Collective DIY Open Textbook Grants and New Themes added to THETA
Wednesday 22 February 2023
New Year, New Appointments, New Grants and Events
Friday 27 January 2023
Season's Greetings from the National Office, Highlights of 2022, New Read & Publish Agreements and More
Friday 16 December 2022
Changing Executive Director, new Board and Committee members, new OA agreements, events, jobs and opportunities
Wednesday 23 November 2022
New Council & Board Members, OA publishing on the up, Events, Jobs and More
Thursday 27 October 2022
Welcome to Kylie Percival, Successful events: CAUL 2022/2 and EMC Conference, Launch of new toolkits, OA Week, jobs and more
Wednesday 28 September 2022
Welcome to Dr Arthur Smith, Farewell to Susan Lafferty, OER Collective Program, Events, Jobs and more
Wednesday 31 August 2022
CAUL is hiring, OER prof development & CoP, Enabling a Modern Curriculum conference, events, jobs and more
Friday 29 July 2022
CAUL EMC Conference Keynotes, UOW Library strategy review, USyd re-opens library rooftop, Farewells, Welcomes, Events, Jobs and more
Thursday 30 June 2022
Registration now open for CAUL Conference, Leading Change in Cultural Collections, Australian Literary Heritage, Jobs, opportunities and more
Thursday 26 May 2022
2021 Year in Review, EMC 2022 Conference Submissions open, Congratulations to CAUL Members, OER Collective grants, events, jobs, opportunities and more
Friday 29 April 2022
New Board Member, farewell to Teresa Chitty, welcome to Bill Le Blanc, new library at UTAS, events, opportunities and more
Wednesday 30 March 2022
Farewell to Catherine Clark, Leading for Innovation, CAUL OER Collective Community Day, jobs, opportunities and more
Wednesday 23 February 2022
New member for CQU, next Bold Minds event, news from ECU and IFLA, events, jobs and more
Friday 28 January 2022
New OER Collective, new appointments, new R&P agreements, farewell to Paul Sherlock, events, jobs and more
Wednesday 15 December 2021
New Council and Committee members, Open Research Toolkit, Events, Jobs, Opportunities and more
Wednesday 24 November 2021
New UL at QUT, major Read & Publish agreements announced, OA in Australia - connecting the dots, upcoming events, job opportunities and more
Wednesday 27 October 2021
Re-elected Board members, new Read & Publish agreements, new blog, library design, upcoming events, opportunities and more
Wednesday 29 September 2021
Welcome to Michelle Blake, launch of Bold Minds series, new R&P LibGuide, Member news, Events, Jobs and Opportunities and more
Wednesday 25 August 2021
UOW Library wins VC Award, CAUL updates, Events, Jobs and Opportunities and more
Wednesday 28 July 2021
Top honour for Roxanne Missingham, New Director at SCU, Member News, Events, Jobs and Opportunities and more
Wednesday 30 June 2021
CAUL's Strategic Programs, Indigenous Knowledges Symposium, La Trobe's new library in Bendigo, Events, Jobs and more
Wednesday 26 May 2021
New University Librarian at Deakin University, EOIs for Enabling a Modern Curriculum Program projects and more
Wednesday 28 April 2021
Farewells, Welcomes, Engaging CAUL meeting, another Read & Publish Agreement and more
Wednesday 31 March 2021
Welcome Kate Davis, CAUL agreements with CSIRO Publishing, News from Members, Events and more
Wednesday 24 February 2021
Australia Day Honours, Research Libraries and the UN SDG's, ICOMOS Australia President's Award 2020 and more
Friday 29 January 2021
25 Years of CAUL at ANU, New Consortium Agreements, NAIDOC week and more
Wednesday 25 November 2020
Open Access Week, Copyright law reform, 400 year-old book, Building a sustainable new reality
Wednesday 21 October 2020
Farewell to Alison Slocombe, Members reflect on Board meetings, Fast Track to Open Access, Library pandemic restrictions – digital collections and open access
Wednesday 23 September 2020
National Office news, UNSW and CSIRO collaborate on Open Access, Curtin launches Digital Skills program, NHMRC releases Publication and Dissemination of Research Guide
Wednesday 26 August 2020
CAUL member on IATUL Board, Rights Retention for researchers, Launch of RAISE, SCOSS Update
Wednesday 22 July 2020
Acknowledging Harry Rolf; CAUL Strategic Themes for 2020; CAUL Member at Large; FAIR Beyond Data Webinar
Wednesday 24 June 2020
CAUL Year in Review 2019; Research Culture in Australia; Planning to Re-open Libraries; Queen's Birthday Honours; SPARC Events
Wednesday 10 June 2020
Planning to Re-open Libraries; Open Scholarship News; COVID-19 Ephemera; CAUL Deputy Chair Hosts USQ Salon; The New Normal; State Library of NSW Fellowships Open
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Australian Library Design Awards; Merger Called Off; Digital Preservation Coalition Australasia; HathiTrust; The Reopening of Libraries
Wednesday 13 May 2020
Simon Huggard, Statements by CAUL, AOASG, and IARLA; Open Access Updates; A Library Advocacy Agenda; The Case for SCOSS
Wednesday 22 April 2020
University Library Innovation; Open Scholarship Developments; Collections Management; Understanding Copyright Remote Supply
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Philip Kent; CAUL Consortium Activities; Open Scholarship Developments; Responses to COVID-19; AOASG Webinar; National Library of Australia Fellowships
Wednesday 18th March 2020
Archivist Helen Hopper; VALA 2020 Highlights; Transformative Agreements; Next Generation Repositories; 15th RDA Plenary
Wednesday 26th February 2020
CAUL at VALA; Open Science & COVID-19; 3rd SCOSS Funding Cycle; The Sorbonne Declaration; Library Lovers' Day 2020
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Australia Day Honours; Digital Preservation at Melbourne; Email Archives Webinar; Research Data Alliance 15th Plenary; Copyright Training
Wednesday 29th January 2020
New Director Joins the CAUL Board; Australia's Bushfires; Updates on Open Scholarship; A Scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students
Wednesday 15th January 2020
CAUL Content Procurement Manager Appointed; Cengage & McGraw-Hill Merger; SCOSS Second Funding Cycle; COUNTER 5 Compliance; VALA 2020 Update
Thursday 12th December 2019
Library Achiever; The Library At The Centre Of Campus; SPARC Roadmap; The Future of LIS Education; CAUL & CAVAL forum
Wednesday 27th November 2019
CAUL Deputy Chair; Australian Library UN SDG Stretch Targets; Open A GLAM Lab; VALA 2020
Wednesday 13th November 2019
CAUL Executive Director Appointed! Content Procurement Manager Sought; IARLA response to Plan S; MIT Framework; ALCC Copyright Training
Wednesday 30th October 2019
The First Transformative Agreement for ANZ; The Future of Open Access; CAVAL Seminar; Copyright Training; 2020 Williamson Award
Thursday 17th October 2019
New Chair of CAUL; ALIA SDG Summit; The Digital Dexteriy of Library Staff; Repository Days Schedule Released; OA Week 2019 Events
Wednesday 18th October 2019
New Woman; A Roadmap For Plan S in Australia; Transformative Agreements; ALCC Copyright Training
Wednesday 18th September 2019
Welcoming Pete Maggs; OA Week 2019; IFLA's 2019 -2014 strategy; ARMS-CAUL Forum; Australia's Higher Education Agenda
Wednesday 28th August 2019
Vale Heather Gordon; CAUL Election Results; Progressing Transformative Agreements; Open Access To CAUL Statistics
Thursday 15th August 2019
Standards Australia's New Model; The eResearch Workforce; Research Data Alliance Plenary; Research Repositories Community Days 2019
Wednesday 31th July 2019
Alison Slocombe; Research Repositories Community Days 2019; Open & Equitable Scholarly Communications; ANZREG 2019
Thursday 18th July 2019
CAUL is Seeking an Executive Director; CAUL Copyright Lead; IATUL 2019; ALIA Digital Dexterity Survey; Copyright Webinar Series
Thursday 4th July 2019
Acknowledging Anne Bell; The CAUL Content Procurement Program; Digitisation & Open Access News
Wednesday 19th June 2019
Plan S Revised Implementation Guidelines; The Humanist Library; Advancing Research Integrity; CAUL Negotiations Workshop
Wednesday 5th June 2019
THETA 2019; CAUL/AOASG Open Scholarship Statement; New CWTS Leiden OA Ranking; Library & Information Week
Thursday 23rd May 2019
Welcoming Chelsea Harper & Mark Sutherland; Jill Benn Elected to the RDA; Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative Webinar
Wednesday 8th May 2019
Library Resources Highly Rated; CAUL's SDG Report; May Day; ALIA's FAIR Campaign; ACODE's Leadership Institute
Wednesday 17th April 2019
Diane Costello; Updates on CAUL IARLA & RLUK; Libraries & ERA 2018; HASS DEVL Webinar; Overdue Library Books Returned
Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Monash Uni Caulfield Library Honoured; Whither the (print) Book? CAUL/CAVAL DigDex Community; Academic Libraries Indicate Quality
Wednesday 20th March 2019
Recognising Sandra Jeffries; THETA 2019 Early Bird Extended; Open Research News; ADA Copyright Forum 2019
Wednesday 6th March 2019
Introducing CAUL inc; CAUL/CEIRC Content Procurement Manager Appointed; Joint CAUL/AOASG response to Plan S
Wednesday 20th February 2019
Rob O'Connor joins the CAUL Office; New Datasets Coordinators' Representative; Plan S in the news; ARDC update
Wednesday 6th February 2019
CAUL/CEIRC Content Procurement Officer closing soon! The Automation Advantage; IATUL Call for Papers Extended; ARDC CEO Announced
Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Welcoming ULs at Newcastle & Flinders; 2019 Year of the Public Domain; CAUL/CEIRC Content Procurement Officer Job Open; Innovation Survey Results
Wednesday 9th January 2019
Season’s Greetings from the CAUL Office; open access & Plan S; CAUL/CEIRC Content Procurement/Licensing role; Digital Curation Conference in Melbourne
Thursday 14th December 2018
CAUL/CEIRC Content Procurement Officer vacancy; farewell to Greg Anderson; CAUL/AOASG & open scholarship; events in 2019
Wednesday 5th December 2018
CAUL’s new Executive Director; ARDC consultations; Queensland Library Achiever; events galore
Wednesday 21st November 2018
CAUL Executive for 2019; Repositories Community Days review; Jobs & events in November
Wednesday 7th November 2018
VALA Award Winner; Open Access Week 2018; OCLC Ithaka Framework for Library Services; THETA 2019 Submissions Extended
Wednesday 24th October 2018
Executive Director of CAUL Advertised; Innovation Precincts; ACS & Elsevier take on ResearchGate; World Access to Higher Education Day
Wednesday 10th October 2018
CAUL Election Results; 32km of ANU Library's Collection; A Vision for Student Equity 2030; Four Vacancies for Uni Library Directors
Wednesday 26th September 2018
CAUL Events Galore; ECU’s Research Unbound; The Launch of Science Europe’s cOAlition S; A Google Open Data Search Engine
Thursday 13th September 2018
Awards for UoW library staff; the Paywall documentary; BCA’s plan for tertiary education; VALA award nominations open
Wednesday 29th August 2018
Leadership Institute Scholarship Awarded; Sustainable Development Goals; THETA 2019 registrations open; reports into higher education
Wednesday 15th August 2018
Stephen Cramond acknowledged;#RespectNowAlways one year on; CAUL leadership institute registrations open; CAUL fair access program July update
Wednesday 1st August 2018
2019 Library Design Awards Open; CAUL's Response to Research Funding; CHORUS & CAUL Webinar; THETA 2019 Registrations Open; Community Days EOI extended
Wednesday 18th July 2018
Cicy joins the CAUL Office; Safe harbour provisions extended; Digital Dexterity update; Research Repository Community Days EOIs open
Wednesday 4th July 2018
Past president honoured; new CAUL website launched; IARLA on Net Neutrality; CAUL FAIR program update
Wednesday 20 June 2018
Welcoming new members; Blockchain; Copyright reform; OA week 2018 theme announced
Wednesday 6 June 2018
UTas flooding; Research infrastructure funding; Future of the scholarly book symposium; THETA 2019 just one year away
Wednesday 23 May 2018
#Budget2018 edition; plus more about THETA & IATUL conferences
Tuesday 8 May 2018
Value & Impact CoP; UN Sustainable Development Goals; changed duration of copyright; ATEM awards open; Feona leaving CAUL Office
Tuesday 24 April 2018
Ralph Kiel retiring; values statement; CAUL Statistics Forum registrations; CAUDIT Library IT Community
Wednesday 4 April 2018
CAUL Conference 2018 special issue
Wednesday 28 March 2018
New CAUL website; ANU flooding; Research Support Community Day; more events to come
Thursday 8 March 2018
Fanzines, final CAUL conference keynote, roundup of research support & copyright events, Robert D. Williamson & ORCID awards
Wednesday 21 February 2018
OECD reports on research infrastructures; New spaces for learning conference; CAUL Conference t-shirts; ISA plan for open data
Wednesday 7 February 2018
Statistics Forum contributions invited; new CAUL member at Murdoch; CAUL 2018 conference update; NHMRC OA policy update & more...
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Uni Librarian shuffle; Genevieve Bell keynoting #CAUL20181; statistics forum; BCA open for consultation & more...
Wednesday 10 January 2018
Christmas edition! eResearch leader to speak at CAUL 2018, machine learning, the digital economy & more...
Wednesday 13 December 2017
CAUL 2018 Conference speaker update, ADA copyright 2018 forum, researcher survey instrument & more...
Wednesday 29 November 2017
Australia says YES! #SSM; new Bond University Librarian; CAUL Achievement Award call for nominations; Repositories Community Event & more...
Wednesday 15 November 2017
SPARC's Heather Joseph @ CAUL, 2017 CAUL Achievement Award call for nominations, keynote at 2018 CAUL Conference, & more...
Thursday 2 November, 2017
Future proofing libraries, Open Access week, ALIA's 80th celebration, copyright update & more…
Wednesday 18 October, 2017
Departing CAUL members, the CAUL meeting, committee vacancies, OA week & more…
Wednesday 4 October, 2017
Libraries and the Sustainable Development Goals, a new CEIRC Chair & more…
Thursday 21 September, 2017
AeRO e-Infrastructure workshop, IARLA values statement, AusGov IP response & more…
Wednesday 6 September, 2017
CAUL elections, CAUL #RespectNowAlways statement, ConsortiaManager update & more...
Wednesday 23 August, 2017
Addressing sexual assault and harassment on campus, a landmark agreement, copyright & more...
Wednesday 9 August, 2017
#RespectNowAlways, role of the University Librarian, Reading Hour & more...
Wednesday 26 July, 2017
#FutureOfLibraries, #caul20181, #ADAforum, improving student retention, university precincts & more...
Wednesday 12 July, 2017
Reporting on #CAULRD2017, #ALIALibDesign, #faircopyrightoz, a change of university librarian & more...
Wednesday 28 June, 2017
Member achievements recognised, consultations, reports, events & more..
Wednesday 14 June, 2017
#NRW2017, #FairCopyrightOz, MIT libraries, HEPPP report & more...
Wednesday 31 May, 2017
CAUL mech warrior released, conference reflections, a national roadmap & more...
Wednesday 17 May, 2017
CAUL at THETA, higher education reforms, a complexity index & more...
Wednesday 3 May, 2017
QILT survey, THETA workshops, CAUL statistics reminder & more...
Wednesday 19 April, 2017
Copyright reform, library trends and OERs & more...
Wednesday 5 April, 2017
Harnessing disruption to adapt and thrive & more...
Wednesday 22 March, 2017
#IWD2017, CAUL Conference, Insync Survey Review, counting things and more...
Wednesday 8 March, 2017
Repositories community event, fair use, new CEIRC model, CHOR-AUS trial, passing batons & more...
Wednesday 22 February, 2017
All about university libraries, principles, things, 2017 CAUL conference, CCAC vacancy & more...
Wednesday 8 February, 2017
10 things about CAUL, acknowledgements & more...
Wednesday 25 January, 2017
Welcome back to work newsletter & more...
Tuesday 10 January, 2017
Strategic Positioning Initiative; Committee vacancies; Website reference group & more...
Wednesday 14 December, 2016
Author Harry Rolf
Last modified 28 April 2023