The year is almost done and it has been a year like no other for most of us. This season is also a time when many of us take a break away from our desks and look forward to a bit of rest and relaxation. That doesn’t necessarily mean doing nothing…
Happy AusMusic T-Shirt Day! 2020
Happy AusMusic T-Shirt Day! QUT Library staff love live music and we love a chance to help our favourite musos who’s livelihoods have been dramatically impacted by COVID. With touring largely out of the question for musicians around the world, a recent UK report estimates that artists are getting…
Open Access Week – OA Champions at QUT – Interactive Map
To celebrate Open Access Week, one of the Library’s talented staff members created an interactive map to highlight the important work that is going on the Open Access space from QUT, our staff and researchers. Using our distinctive OA Week bike, you can take a virtual tour around…
Open Access Week 2020 – Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion
The theme for International Open Access Week 2020 builds on previous year’s discussions. 2018 was “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge”, 2019 was “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge” and 2020 progresses the conversation with its theme “Open with purpose: Taking action to build structural equity and…
QUT Library Digital collection – Robert Augustus Henry L’Estrange
Robert Augustus Henry L’Estrange (1854-1941) had an interesting and colourful life. As an amateur photographer, collector, family chronicler, and Irish protestant emigrant to Queensland in the mid -1880s, his extraordinary photographic legacy allows a glimpse into places and a past that in some cases no longer exist in Queensland…
Peer Review Week 2020
This week is Peer Review Week, an annual global event celebrating the role of peer review in scholarly communication and this year’s theme is trust. There are many layers of trust in the journal peer review system. Can an author trust a journal to choose the right reviewer?…
Any day is a good day to ask, R U OK?
QUT is partnering with Australia’s R U OK? Foundation to host a number of activities on Thursday 10 September to increase awareness of mental health challenges . Find out more details here. The R U OK? Foundation’s mission is “to inspire and empower everyone to meaningfully connect with people around them and…
National Dog Day 2020
They have been called man’s best friend and there’s no doubt that dogs do often show you that unconditional love that you receive from your bestie. This National Dog Day, we’re paying tribute to the ones who enrich the lives of some of our library staff. National Dog…
International Cat Day 2020
This International Cat Day (August 8) we are paying homage to the wonderful cats that enrich the lives of some of our Library Staff. Enjoy the cuteness If you’re a cat owner/lover, what will you do this International Cat Day to celebrate? Check out the Library’s resources on…
SAGE Higher Degree Research Student Publication Prize 2020
SAGE is offering seven cash prizes for the top research outputs produced and published by a Higher Degree Research (HDR) student (conditions apply). There will be six prizes of $400 awarded: one each to the top published paper in each of the six Faculties and $500 will be…