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Guidelines on Creating or Editing your Staff Directory ProfileBiography/Background | Qualifications | Research Interests | Teaching Interests | Professional Associations | Professional Interests | Community Engagement | Publications | Expertise for Media Contact | Photos | Attaching Files
Staff Directory is a centralised resource to be accessed by the public and media containing contact and expertise information on all University of Adelaide staff, both academic and professional. As a minimum this includes contact numbers, email address, locale, and job role. However, some staff may wish to include addtional information about their background, and research and teaching interests. Because Staff Directory is a public representation of the staff of the University of Adelaide, Staff Directory entries should only contain information pertinent to your role at the University and be presented in a manner that reflects professional conduct. 
Adding InformationThe editor used to format the content of your pages is the same as that is used for editing University websites and its operation is similar to using a basic word processor. Please view the guidelines for instructions and tips on formatting the text in your Staff Directory profile.
Biography/BackgroundThis should be an executive summary of your background, previous positions held, qualifications, teaching and professional interests, research projects, and community engagement activities. Use third person narrative, ie: 'James Smith has a career spanning...', 'Professor Smith's research interests include...', rather than 'I' statements, such as 'I have worked for the University for... years', or 'My research interests include...' How-to ExampleAssociate Professor James Smith is the Director of the Australian Underwater Mining Institute (AUMI). Prof Smith's research interests span underwater intervention systems, dredging research and methane hydrate exploration. He has a particular interest in new energy resources, and in the intersection between marine mining and ecological sustainability, having taught a Seminar in best practice mining on the South African coast at the University of Cape Town. He has published many peer-reviewed articles on his research and is the convenor for the 36th annual conference of the Underwater Mining Institute. James joined Australian School of Petroleum after ten years as a Lecturer in Maritime Mining at the University of Cape Town. He has also worked for SRK Consulting in Johannesburg, and has studied at Oxford University, achieving first class honours in the Bachelor of Engineering (Marine). Prof Smith contributes to the peer-reviewed publications The Journal of Marine Mining, as well as a group weblog focusing on mining and ecological issues, and was awarded the Moore Medal in 1999 and 2000.
QualificationsEnter each tertiary qualification on a separate line. When typing in your qualification, spell it out (Bachelor of Science) or use initials (BSc), followed by any specialisation in brackets. If you graduated with 'Honours', include this after the qualification (and specialisation) where appropriate. Then type a comma before spelling out the institution name in full. Avoid use of full stops for abbrieviations, ie: Dip.Ph.Ed. or Hons. How-to Examples
Research InterestsEnter each subject area on a separate line. Don't use commas, semi-colons or other textual elements to separate a string of entries. How-to Example 1
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Teaching InterestsHere you can include your teaching interests or areas, again in individual fields for separate entries. Don't use commas, semi-colons or other textual elements to separate a string of entries. How-to Example 1Prof. McFarlane has lectured and run workshops in Europe, United States of America, Asia and South Africa. How-to Example 2Clinical teaching, sixth year medical students. How-to Example 3
Professional AssociationsThis includes associations such as memberships of boards or societies, eg: CPA membership, fellowships, work for organisations/businesses, such as on a committee. Don't use commas, semi-colons or other textual elements to separate a string of entries. How-to Examples
Professional InterestsProfessional interests include your work outside the University, but not necessarily for a particular organisation. How-to Example
Unless it is part of your role at the University, paid consultancy work for other organisations should not be included.
Community Engagement
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PublicationsFor guidelines on what method of referencing should be used, follow the School of Humanities Referencing Guide. If you have more than 20 publications to include, it is recommended you include only some of the more relevant/important citations, and attach a full list in Word format (or similar) to your Directory documents. Please note: full text copies of your published articles may not be submitted to the page or Directory documents, as it constitutes a copyright violation. Section different types of publications by typing into separate fields and using the tags. The following example uses the bibliography of theoretical linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky: BooksThe Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. Journals'Systems of Syntactic Analysis'. Journal of Symbolic Logic 18.3 (September 1953): 242-56. Conference Papers/Proceedingswith Miller, George. 'Pattern Conception'. In Proceedings of the University of Michigan Symposium on Pattern Recognition (October 1957). Untitled paper presented at the Session on Algebraic Linguistics of the International Symposium on Algebraic Linguistics and Automata Theory, Jerusalem, 1964. Unpublished. You may also like to have an alternate heading for other forms of publications, eg: theses, lecture papers or non-print media. Other'Transformational Analysis.' PhD Diss. University of Pennsylvania, 1955. (Source of citation examples: MIT Faculty of Linguitics.)
Expertise for Media ContactExpert Guide is an online resource linking business and industry with professional and academic experts for consulting, research and professional purposes. While Staff Directory is a centralised site for locating a known University of Adelaide professional or academic, Expert Guide is an Australia-wide source of expertise, and it is worth considering the inclusion of a personal profile.
PhotosNo photo will appear on your directory profile until you choose to add one. Any picture you do upload must be a photo of yourself only, ie: it should not contain other people and should also reflect professional conduct and represent the University appropriately. Because of this, it is recommended you only use a professionally taken photograph. If you don't have an appropriate photo to use, your Department may have a preferred photography contractor. Alternatively, contact Candy Gibson for a list of the professionals used by the Media Office. Copyright of the photo should only be held by yourself and the University, so if it was commissioned by a business entity you will need to gain permission from the person or studio that produced the photograph to reuse it. Uploaded photos are automatically resized to fit into the format of the page. If you can, resize your image file before upload using computer graphics software. 200 (h) x 150 (w) pixels (at resolution 72 dpi) is an approximate size guideline.  This photo, including the Vice-Chancellor, would not be appropriate because there are other people in the photo, meaning that the subject of the photo is not clearly identified. Also, at this size, the face of the subject is not very visible.  This head shot of Vice-Chancellor, Professor James McWha, is a good example of a photo that could be used in a Staff Directory profile. Attaching FilesYou may wish to attach documents to your Directory profile, such as your curriculum vitae, articles, speeches, research summaries, etc. Most file types can be uploaded to Directory, but please consider:
Directory should not be used as an online depository for all your files - it should only contain files that are of public interest and relevant to your professional profile. |
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