Guest post by Research Data Librarian (acting), Gayle Crooks Beginning the week of 12 February, QUT will be celebrating Love Data Week 2024. Adapting this year’s theme of ‘My kind of data’, celebrate as we focus on QUT’s kind of data – research data that is diverse, unique…
And the winners are… SAGE Higher Degree Research Student Publication Prize 2023
Guest post by Stephanie Bradbury, Manager, Office for Scholarly Communications On Wednesday 6th December the Sage HDR Publication Prize Awards were announced in a small ceremony in the Kelvin Grove Library (Curriculum Collection area). Thank you to everyone from the Library who attended to show support for their…
Indigenous and Māori culture maths teaching and learning resources
Guest Post from Adjunct Associate Professor, Bronwyn Ewing My colleague Professor Grace Sarra and I are very proud to provide freely to the global community of educators 43 Indigenous and Māori culture/maths posters which can be used in pre-service/in-service teacher programs, school classrooms across primary and secondary schooling,…
Roll up, roll up! It’s time once again for the Research Bazaar Qld, 2023
“The Research Bazaar is a worldwide skill and community-building festival promoting the essential digital skills researchers need to perform modern research…The event aims to equip researchers from all career stages and disciplines with the digital skills and tools required to do their research better, faster, and smarter.” Research Bazaar Queensland…
Get help with your research data at Hacky Hour
Hacky Hour is a regular meet-up where researchers can get together online to collaborate, converse, and get research data help in a relaxed setting. Experts from QUT Library, the Digital Observatory and the Office of eResearch will be on hand to advise on problems related to data storage,…
QUT ePrints highlights Indigenous Australian Research Excellence at QUT
Guest post by Paula Callan, Scholarly Communications Librarian For the past 20 years, QUT ePrints has showcased the excellent research outputs created by QUT staff and HDR students. To date, the total number of file downloads for these outputs in QUT ePrints exceeds 38.5 million. QUT’s open access…
Celebrating 20 years of QUT ePrints
Guest post from Paula Callan, Scholarly Communications Librarian October 23-29 is International Open Access Week and this year, QUT has an additional reason to celebrate. This month will be the 20-year anniversary of QUT ePrints, the University’s very successful online showcase of research created by QUT staff and…
Does everyone (who needs to) know just how good you are?
Guest post by Sandra Fry, Scholarly Communications Librarian (acting) Sometimes in your work life, especially around the time of promotion rounds, you need to take the time to check in with yourself and make sure you’re showing off some of your greatest assets – your research outputs. Often…
Selecting a journal: a minefield without due diligence
Guest post by Sandra Fry, Scholarly Communications Librarian (acting) The journal article publishing landscape has never been more difficult for authors to navigate. Hundreds of new journals are coming online each year, leaving many researchers grappling with how to ensure their journal selections are reputable, quality assured and…
Celebrating 10 years of DORA
No, we’re not talking about Dora the Explorer here! May 16, 2023, marks 10 years since the establishment of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). DORA seeks to influence research institutions, grant bodies and publishers to move away from journal-based metrics (e.g., Journal Impact Factor) to…