Projects
Projects are defined activities undertaken to advance the strategic objectives for CAUL’s key services or as part of a program. They may be undertaken by the CAUL Office or progressed by project teams drawn from CAUL Member institution staff.
Current Projects
Past Projects
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Enabling a Modern Curriculum with Students as Partners Project
This project grew out of the recognition that modern curriculum development needs to move beyond traditional teaching models toward interactive, student-centred approaches and that university libraries need to adopt similar approaches to support contemporary teaching and learning. The project explored how university libraries work with students through co-design processes.Â
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Survey Project
The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Survey Project was established as a first step in prioritising EDI. The intention was to fill a gap in the evidence base related to the diversity profile and state of EDI initiatives across the sector in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand so that future activities could be grounded in…
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FAIR and Open Non-Traditional Research Outputs Project
This exploratory project explored the role of university libraries in ensuring that FAIR principles are applied to software and other non-traditional research outputs (NTROs) (e.g. film, creative writing, website design), including areas where there were opportunities to improve or expand practice. The project also explored how the CARE principles should be applied to these outputs.
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Libraries and Open Publishing Case Studies Project
This project developed a series of case studies of university libraries’ open publishing initiatives and accompanying researcher case studies that demonstrate the value of these initiatives. The case studies are useful within and beyond the library sector to support advocacy work and provide examples of open publishing practices from which others can learn.
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Open Educational Resources Advocacy Project
This project developed resources and strategies to support university libraries in advocating for open educational resources (OER). The work responded to growing interest in OER adoption across Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand universities. It also addressed a key insight from an earlier survey of CAUL Member institutions that suggested that librarians needed support to move…
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Open Educational Resources Collective Pilot Project
This project established and tested a collaborative enterprise to support publishing open educational resources (OER) across CAUL Member institutions. The OER Collective pilot addressed the need for better infrastructure to support the creation and sharing of OERs in Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand universities.