What do you like to do when there are no exams to study for, no assignments to finish at the last minute (check out Assignment Calculator to help plan your study), or lectures to take notes through? Some people like to take a holiday, others like to spend…
World Refugee Day
Today we celebrates acceptance, tolerance and opening up our hearts and communities to refugees everywhere as it is World Refugee Day. Communities around the world have been celebrating refugees on special days for many years. However, it was in 2000 that the United Nations officially noted that 2001…
World Blood Donor Day
The World Health Organisation declared yesterday as World Blood Donor Day! The theme for this year is “Blood connects us all”. Did you know every one donation of blood can save up to three lives? If you’re healthy, aged 16-70 years, and weigh over 50kgs you may be eligible…
Reference management in the cloud with Paperpile
Paperpile is an easy to use web-based reference and document management system with secure Google sign-in that allows you to collect, organise and cite your references and documents and share them with collaborators. Paperpile offers 15GB of free storage and import options from all major databases and other…
“I Got This Hat” – National Simultaneous Storytime 2016
Last Wednesday, as part of Library and Information Week, QUT Kelvin Grove and Caboolture libraries hosted the annual National Simultaneous Storytime which aims to encourage young Australians to read and enjoy books. Local kindergartens supported the event and thoroughly enjoyed the reading of the book ‘I Got This…