Macquarie University Successfully Provides Overleaf Accounts to over 40,000 Students and 3,000 Staff

Overleaf, an innovative provider of scholarly writing and publishing tools, and Macquarie University Libraryhave successfully partnered to provide all Macquarie University’s students and staff with an Overleaf Pro+ account. The Macquarie University Library has provided this access via an Overleaf custom portal, allowing over 40,000 students and 3,000 staff to sign-in to, or sign-up for, an Overleaf Pro+ account which enables users to access all the features provided by the Overleaf platform. Macquarie’s researchers can use Overleaf for writing, collaboration and submission of journal papers. Additionally, lecturers and educators at Macquarie can use Overleaf’s Teaching Toolkit to assist with creation, distribution and management of student assignments. As part of the partnership arrangement, Overleaf has and will continue to work with teams at Macquarie University to provide ongoing training, marketing and awareness-raising to help maximize the use of Overleaf across the university—to build a communal workspace with which to support and encourage a vibrant network of local, national and international research collaborations. Fiona Burton, Associate University Librarian, Collections, Discovery & Technology Services says: “The Library is happy with the take-up of Overleaf at Macquarie following its initial launch in mid-2017, with people from across the disciplines starting to collaborate on this platform. We also were pleased when we heard that as a result of the...
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