Terms of Reference for both ACU’s Steering Committee and its Operational Team
ACU
Research Knowledge Project (PROJECT ARK)
Steering Committee and Terms of Reference
ACU has been provided with $75,000 of funding from the Australian
National Data Service to undertake a project resulting in the development of a
catalogue of ACU research and its components and leading to an improved
framework to support ACU researchers.
The Steering Committee will exist for the duration of the project and is
responsible to the Deputy Vice Chancellor Research. It will provide regular
activity reports to the University Research Committee, Academic Board and other
relevant groups as appropriate.
The Library, Information
Technology and Research Services will work collaboratively to achieve the
project goals and to ensure the appropriate mechanisms are in place to achieve
longer term outcomes such as the development of eResearch at ACU and the
implementation of an open access repository for research outputs.
The ARK Steering
Committee comprises:
· Director Research
Services (Chair)
· Director of
Libraries
· Director of
Information Technology
· Associate
Director Libraries (Resources and Access)
· Representative of
Faculty Members (Executive Dean of Law Faculty)
· Library Manager
(Access Services)
· Associate
Director IT (Infrastructure)
· Research Systems
Manager
· ARK Project
Manager
The Terms of
Reference for the Committee are as follows:
1. Develop and
implement a quality assurance framework for the governance and operational
activities and outcomes of the project.
2. Ensure staffing and resource levels are
sufficient to achieve an on-time project completion.
3. Appoint an
Operational Team with endorsed terms of reference to take charge of project
operational activities in accordance with contract requirements.
4. Address and
resolve project roadblocks/critical issues as they arise.
5. Ensure the ARK
project aligns with ACU’s approved strategic statement of intent.
6. Endorse policy
and other significant project outcomes, as determined, prior to recommendation
to the University.
7. Oversee an
effective communication strategy.
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Project ARK (ACU
Research Knowledge)
ARK Operational
Team (ARKOT)
Terms of Reference
The ARK
Operational Team reports to the ARK Steering Committee.
Membership:
ARK
Project Manager (Chair)
ANDS
Client Liaison Officer (Ex officio member) (Neil Dickson)
Research
Systems Manager (Grahame Pearson)
Research
Programmer (Kok-Yan Lo)
Administrative
Officer, Research Ethics (Gabii Ryan)
Library
Access Services Manager (Stephen Oakshott)
Senior
Librarian, Research Support & Copyright (Kerrie Burn)
Research
Development Coordinator, Faculty of Arts & Sciences (Elaine Lindsay)
Date of establishment: June 2012
Date of dissolution: as advised by the Steering
Committee
Meeting frequency:
To be determined, depending on appointment of ARK Project Manager and
timing of key project deliverables as required by the Steering Committee.
Terms of Reference:
1. To implement the
project and ensure that all project deliverables are achieved on time as listed
in Section 4 of ANDS Project Description
for ACU Seeding the Commons document.
2. To report on
progress to the ARK Steering Committee and advise it of issues requiring its
consideration.
3. To devise and
implement a communication strategy for the all stakeholders, in consultation
with the Steering Committee.
4. To manage an
effective SharePoint site that is accessible to all members of the Steering
Committee and Operational Team where all information and documentation related
to the project will reside.
5. To engage with
others outside the membership of the Operational Team whose assistance will be
required to perform key tasks related to the deliverables of the project (e.g.
Liaison Librarians, IT and Research Systems staff)
6. To ensure the
project plan and implementation activities are consistent with the requirements
as outlined by The Australian Codes for Responsible Conduct (ACRC).
7. To implement
other operational activities as determined by the ARK Steering Committee.
