Miss Ash Barber (she/her)

Based at City West, supporting UniSA Creative, UniSA Business and UniSA Justice & Society, Ash advances the teaching and research objectives of the University in her role as Academic Librarian. Her key activities involve:

• Promoting and facilitating the integration of inclusive Open Educational Resources (OER) into pedagogical practice
• Providing expertise on information discovery and resource use
• Developing and delivering training and online resources tailored to teaching and research support
• Liaising with academic staff, researchers and other professional units to collaborate on common goal projects

Ash is passionate about life-long learning and equitable access to high quality, diverse information. She is currently undertaking formal studies in data analytics to deepen her knowledge in data science with a view to progressing open educational practice (OEP) goals. She actively works with staff and students to integrate open digital technologies that influence innovative and inclusive educational experiences.

Ash was awarded a Libraries of the Australian Technology Network (LATN) Fellowship for her project exploring practical inclusive solutions in OER through an international study tour.

Co-Convenor (Digest): ASCILITE Australasian Open Educational Practice Special Interest Group (OEPSIG)

CAUL Open Educational Resources (OER) Collective Champion/Community of Practice

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)

Golden Key International Honour Society

Qualifications

• Graduate Diploma in Information Management (Archives and Records Management) University of South Australia

• Bachelor of Creative Arts (Creative Writing) Flinders University