Doctor Jason Ensor

Associate Director, Data Planning and Change,
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Biography

For nearly two decades, Jason Ensor has worked at the forefront of digital technologies, developing strategies and projects that apply emerging technologies and practices to improve the assembly and delivery of scholarly research and resources.

With experience in arts humanities research and public-facing digital engagement, Jason has built a reputation for co-creating, supporting and fostering the innovative use of technology within higher education as both a method of inquiry and a means of dissemination. A highly productive professional and scholar, Jason is currently Manager, Engagement Strategy & Scholarly Communications, at Western Sydney University Library where he provides high level advice contributing to the planning, development, management and delivery of quality digital services in support of the University’s teaching and research programs across several campus libraries.

Jason is ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) Foundations certified, and PRINCE2 (Projects in Controlled Environments) Foundations and Practitioner accredited in Project Management. and a 2018 graduate of the Western Sydney University Inspire Leadership program. He holds four degrees in related critical thinking fields and is an experienced business professional in software development, data scholarship and print publishing. He is also a distinguished speaker on digital humanities and linked fields, presenting regularly in national and international forums.

In 2017-2018, Jason was Visiting Professor in Digital Humanities at the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab, University of Victoria, Canada, and Visiting Researcher at the Institute for Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies, Radboud University, The Netherlands. In 2018, as a Australian book historian by trade, he convened the 26th conference for the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, an international scholarly event which was held for the first time in Australia.

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Qualifications

PhD Murdoch University
MA University of Queensland
PGDip(Aus Studies) University of Queensland
BA University of Queensland

Professional Memberships

Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (2013 - 2019)
DHCommons (CenterNet) (2014 - 2016)

Interests

Australian Studies
Digital Humanities
Library Information Systems

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

Planning

Contact

Email:	J.Ensor@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone:	(02) 9852 5029
Mobile:	0419674770
Location:	I Penrith (Kingswood)

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Publications

Books

Ensor, J. (2012), 'Angus & Robertson and the British Trade in Australian Books, 1930-1970 : the getting of bookselling wisdom', : Anthem Press 9780857285669.

Chapters in Books

Burrows, S. and Ensor, J. (2018), 'Afterword : the future of FBTEE : towards a digital history of the book', The French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe II: Enlightenment Bestsellers, Bloomsbury 9781441126016.
Nile, R. and Ensor, J. (2009), 'The novel, the implicated reader and Australian literary cultures, 1950-2008', The Cambridge History of Australian Literature, Cambridge University Press 9780521881654.
Ensor, J. (2009), 'Is a picture worth 10,175 Australian novels?', Resourceful Reading: The New Empiricism, eResearch and Australian Literary Culture, Sydney University Press 9781920899455.

Journal Articles

Arthur, P., Ensor, J., Faassen, M., Hoekstra, R. and Peters, N. (2018), 'Migrating people, migrating data : digital approaches to migrant heritage', Journal of the Japanese Association for Digital Humanities, vol 3, no 1 , pp 98 - 113.
Maor, D., Ensor, J. and Fraser, B. (2016), 'Doctoral supervision in virtual spaces : a review of research of web-based tools to develop collaborative supervision', Higher Education Research and Development, vol 35, no 1 , pp 172 - 188.
Burrows, S., Ensor, J., Henningsgaard, P. and Hiribarren, V. (2016), 'Mapping print, connecting cultures', Library and Information History, vol 32, no 4 , pp 259 - 271.
Ensor, J. (2011), 'Angus & Robertson and the case of the "Bombshell Salesman"', Script and Print, vol 35, no 2 , pp 69 - 79.
Ensor, J. (2010), '"A policy of splendid isolation" : Angus and Robertson, George G. Harrap and the politics of co-operation in the Australian book trade during the late 1930s', Script and Print, vol 34, no 1 , pp 34 - 42.
Ensor, J. (2009), '"Still waters run deep" : empirical methods and the migration patterns of regional publishers' authors and titles within Australian literature', Antipodes, vol 23, no 2 , pp 197 - 208.
Ensor, J. (2008), 'Reprints, international markets and local literary taste : new empiricism and Australian literature', Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, vol Special Issue 2008, no The Colonial Present , pp 198 - 218.

Conference Papers

Robbins, S. and Ensor, J. (2016), 'Strategic publishing using Journal Finder', Victorian Association for Library Automation. Biennial Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, Vic..

Other Publications

2022, 'Mapping Print, Charting Enlightenment Data Interface', Recorded Work

In his research Jason is particularly interested in systems and strategies for measuring and benchmarking research impact across disciplines; the evaluation gap between ‘born digital’ scholarship and traditional research outputs; digital cultural mapping, geo-temporal analysis and data-use in humanities scholarship; the interaction between consumerism, technology and cultural transformation; the future of books projected from an historical perspective and from current product developments; the predictive role of creative work in book formats; and open business models in academic publishing.

Jason’s latest book, Angus & Robertson and the British Trade in Australian Books, 1930–1970: The Getting of Bookselling Wisdom (2012), examines the literary, economic and cultural interdependence between Australian and British publishers during the twentieth century. Other more recent publications include: ‘Strategic Publishing Using Journal Finder’ (2016), a library sciences approach to organising existing information relating to journals and impact in ways that are relevant to the Australian situation; ‘Doctoral Supervision in Virtual Spaces’ (2016), a synthesis of research on combining digital technology with pedagogy in order to innovate doctoral supervision; ‘Is a Picture Worth 10,175 Australian Novels?’ (2010), a cultural studies analysis of technology use in humanities research; ‘Still Waters Run Deep: Empirical Methods and the Migration Patterns of Regional Publishers’ Authors and Titles within Australian Literature’ (2009), a study of 100 years of publishing in Australia; and ‘The Novel, the Implicated Reader and Australian Literary Cultures, 1950–2008‘ (2009), a study of Australian fiction by examining the way it has been moulded by the publishing industry, including pulp publishing, and the changing tastes of readers (cited in Australia.Gov.Au).