| Enquiry | Research Services | Library | GRS | ITS |
| Contact | research.services@federation.edu.au | libinfo@federation.edu.au | research.degrees@federation.edu.au | ITS Service Desk |
| Research ethics |
Research ethics: Human or animal ethics applications adn amendments, authorship, institutional biosafety queries, ethics policies/procedures. research.ethics@federation.edu.au |
Provide advice on RDM -related matters in HREC and AEC applications, including data storage options, and Data Management planning. | Schedule SDP module on ethics applications and process. | |
| Research funding and grants |
Staff research funding and/or grants: research.funding@federation.edu.au |
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HDR grants, scholarships & funding: research.degrees@federation.edu.au |
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| Research Integrity |
Research Integrity research.integrity@federation.edu.au Initial enquiries about research integrity matters; potential breached of research integrity.
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| Privacy |
Check relevant University policies. Refer queries to Privacy Office.
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| IP ownership |
Refer to: Specific enquiries on ownership of IP to Legal Office: legaloffice@federation.edu.au |
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| Copyright |
General advice from Copyright webpages: Copyright: Reseach and Publishing Referrals to Copyright Office for complex enquiries: copyright@federation.edu.au |
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| Research Data Management |
Advice on funder compliance requirements for RDM and advice on grant writing and management. Draft, maintain and monitor University RDM Procedure: |
Library RDM specialist to develop and maintain RDM Subject Guide: reference to file naming protocols; file type options; collaboration options for current data collection; storage options for working and completed data sets. Research Data Management Libguide Library RDM specialist to develop and present regular RDM webinars for HDRs and researchers, as well as offering individual consultations. |
SDP module on RDM presented by Library | Advice on and maintain collaborative software e.g. OneDrive and SharePoint; establish and advice on data security protocols options and preferences. |
| Research data storage (working data and completed datasets) |
Advice on ethics issues related to data storage and retention, and University records document disposal process. Provide advice on funder requirements for access to data and/or metadata, compliance with ethics requirement; advice on compliance with Federation University RDM Procedure, compliance with Records Disposal requirements. |
Discuss research data storage options with researcher: 1. Collection of data storage locations e.g. Qualtrics 2. Working data and analysis options for university-endorsed working data storage 3. Completed datasets: advice on use of Federation figshare and other data repositories for completed datasets. This may include as appropriate file upload, licence options, copyright advice, linking to ORCID record, metadata advice, and requests for extra storage allocation.
Provide advice on publisher requirements for access to data and/or metadata. Library RDM specialist to develop and present regular webinars, as well as offering individual consultations. |
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Provide and maintain university-endorsed hardware & software; discuss solutions for storage of non-standard datasets; options for large & very larger datasets, options for non-standard file formats and requirements. Advice on new technologies which may be relevant. Troubleshoot cloud storage issues, troubleshoot system availability and login issues, advice on non-proprietary file formats. |
| Sensitive and/or confidential data | Advice on policy, procedure and ethical issues. | Advice on de-identification and/or University-endorsed secure storage options. |
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Manage access to adn provide advice on University-endorsed secure storage options. |
| ORCID and researcher profile management |
Records ORCIDs, ResearcherID and Scopus ID on IRMA. Advice on University use of other research identifiers, including ISNI, ROR, RAiD. |
Advice on obtaining and ORCID and profile management to researchers and HDRs. Library Metrics specialist to develop and maintain Library ORCID subject guide: Library Metrics specialist to develop and present regular ORCID webinars for HDRs and researchers as well as offering individual consultations. Assistance with linking data sources, including Researcher ID Scopus ID & DOIs, to ORCID. Assistance with Google Scholar profiles. |
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FedUni ORCID API troubleshooting |
| Research metrics and impact |
Discipline or research stream metrics. Strategic research planning and outputs analysis. All enquiries related to IRMS, including publications. |
Library Metrics specialist to develop and present regular webinars for HDRs and researchers as well as offering individual consultations. Library Metrics specialist to develop and maintain Library Incites subject guide: |
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| Publishing, including OA |
Advice on University/funder policy. Advice on University publication strategy. |
Arrangements with publishers for Open Access publishing agreements. Assist with deposit of 'Author Accepted Manuscript' files to ResearchOnline. Advice on deposit and publishing of data & NTROs to Federation.figshare. Library Publishing specialist to develop and present regular webinars for HRDs and researchers as well as offering individual consultations. Library Publishing specialist to develop and maintain Library Publishing subject guide: |
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| Theses |
Advice on thesis submission to publications repository and research data to research data repository. Advice on EndNote issues relating to thesis resentation. Referral to LSAs for writing issues. |
Graduate Research School: Advice on and assistance with submission and examination process. Provide training for HDRs and liaise with the Library regarding thesis deposit and copyright process. HDR supervisor: provides advice on format and structure. |
Install and troubleshoot repository software upgrades. Resolve authentication issues. |
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| EndNote |
Develop and present regular webinars for HDRs and researchers as well as offering individual consultations. Develop and maintain Library EndNote subject guides: |
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| Systematic or scoping literature reviews |
Library Review protocols specialist to develop and present regular webinars for HDRs and researchers, as well as offering individual consultations. Library Review protocol specialist to develop and maintain Library Reviewing the literature subject guide: Reviewing the Literature Subject Guide Library Review protocols specialist to develop and maintain Library Covidence subject guide: |
Purchase licence/s for Covidence and arrange researcher access. |