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Deakin Research Online (DRO) has recently changed its URL from http://deakin.edu.au/dro to http://dro.deakin.edu.au to improve the quality of search results and increase access to Deakin research.

Temporary automatic redirects are now in place but we recommend that you update your bookmarks as soon as possible.

If you experience any issues, please contact Deakin Research Online, email drosupport@deakin.edu.au

Deakin Research Online has a new template to represent performance pieces such as dance, play, and music.

An example can be found at http://dro.deakin.edu.au/view/DU:30032026

If you have any performance research outputs you would like to showcase in Deakin Research Online, please email them to us at drosupport@deakin.edu.au

Researchers from the School of Communication and Creative Arts, the School of Architecture and Building, and any other researchers’ who’s research outputs are considered to be non-traditional, are encouraged to submit descriptions for their non-traditional research outputs from the years 2005 through 2010 to Deakin Research Online.

The following proforma may provide assistance with describing your research: (http://www.deakin.edu.au/dro/help/non-traditional-proforma.doc)

For any queries please contact: Deakin Research Online , e-mail: drosupport@deakin.edu.au, telephone: 52272700

Researchers are encouraged to check that their publications entries for the years 2005 through 2010 are up-to-date in Deakin Research Online. This task should be completed by 31 October 2011.

For any queries please contact: Deakin Research Online support staff: Telephone: 52272700 E-mail: drosupport@deakin.edu.au

Descriptions for Deakin University research datasets and data collections can now be discovered on Deakin Research Online.

For quick access to these collections please click here

The Library has successfully obtained project funding from the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research as part of the Australian National Data Service Seeding the Commons program to contribute descriptions of research datasets produced by Deakin University researchers to Research Data Australia.
Data collections will be described in Deakin Research Online, which will then be harvested to RDA
Research Data Australia (RDA) has been established as a national showcase for research data collections (http://services.ands.org.au/home/orca/rda/)
This assists researchers to publicise their research data collections, enables verification of research findings and allows re-use of valuable research materials within conditions established by the researchers. It also assists researchers to fully meet the obligation to make research data available as required by the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research.
A series of sessions will be provided during July and August 2011 to inform Research Committees about this project.
Individual appointments will also be made with enthusiastic researchers willing to have their data collections described and possibly shared.
For further information see Describing research data (http://www.deakin.edu.au/dro/help/authors/describe-data.php) or book an information session please contact the DRO Data Team dro-data-team@deakin.edu.au
This project is supported by the Australian National Data Service (ANDS). ANDS is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Program and the Education Investment Fund (EIF) Super Science Initiative.

Open access promotes the sharing of information globally, which benefits researchers, institutions and the wider community.

Deakin Research Online (DRO) encourages all Deakin researchers to consider open access. For researchers, open access to their work offers them increased visibility, usage, and citation for their work. As well as storing research outputs DRO stores metadata describing the research. This metadata adheres to international standards that permits the exposure of the research data to a range of discovery tools like Google and TROVE, which allows for improved accessibility.

DRO staff check all material added to the repository to ensure it meets publisher or copyright owner requirements. To take advantage of this service please sign a DRO Licence Agreement. The licence is a non exclusive licence which gives DRO the ability and responsibility to store and communicate your publications. Of course you still retain the rights to your work as copyright owner.

To submit your licence or make an inquiry please contact Library’s DRO support team