Organising Committee

Jayshree Mamtora

Jayshree is Founding Member of Research Support Community Day. As Manager, Scholarly Communications at James Cook University Library, she oversees a team providing the Library's research services support across the University. Jayshree is a member of the IFLA Academic and Research Libraries Section and the IFLA Regional Divisional Standing Committee for Asia and Oceania.

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Matthias Liffers

Matthias is the Product Manager (Persistent Identifier Services) at the Australian Research Data Commons. If you want to know more about persistent identifiers and their use in the research lifecycle, get in touch!

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Samantha Hutchinson

Sam is the Manager, Library Systems and Digital Presence at the University of Wollongong. Her interests lie at the intersection of library services and research support, including open research practices, the responsible use of research metrics, and collaboration with the academic community. Her approach is steeped in systems thinking and a people-first mindset.

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Gabby Lamb

Gabby is an Academic Services Librarian at Monash University. Her interests range from Open Educational Resources (OER), Copyright, Systematic Reviews, and tools and resources that support our cohorts and their projects, particularly AI (Artificial Intelligence) supporting reviews.

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Donna Coventry

Donna is the Scholarly Communications Lead at Te Mātāpuna: Auckland University of Technology Library, Aotearoa (New Zealand). The work of the scholarly communications team includes looking after Tuwhera, the university’s open access platform.

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Fiona Russell

Fiona is Expert Searching and Consulting Services Lead at Deakin University Library, and Co-Lead of the Library’s AI Lab. She has a keen interest in exploring the possibilities of AI in librarianship and is passionate about developing capabilities in both clients and colleagues. Fiona is committed to innovative library services and to empowering people to navigate complexity in contemporary information landscapes.

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Ria Hamblett

Ria is the Data Librarian at UTS Library, leading research data management training and advocacy across the university. She works within the Open Scholarship & Copyright team, which supports open, ethical, and compliant research practices, including RDM, Indigenous data stewardship through ATSIDA, copyright advisory services, and open access publishing via UTS ePress.

Anna Stokes

Anna is an Academic Services Librarian and a member of the Research Services support team at Monash University Library. She has a particular interest in guiding researchers through Systematic and other reviews, enhancing the skills of graduate researchers, and promoting the responsible use of research metrics.

Thank you to our previous committee members!