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…
SAGE Higher Degree Research (HDR) Student Publication Prize 2023
It’s on again! SAGE Publishing has kindly donated money to award to eleven worthy recipients in the SAGE Higher Degree Research (HDR) Student Publication prize. There are prizes for the top research outputs produced and published by a HDR student. There will be five prizes of $400 awarded:…
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…
Publish with power: rights protected by QUT’s revised open access policy
QUT’s revised Open Access policy protects your right to make your research publications open access. This is good for you, for science, and for society. QUT has a reputation as a leader in open access – both nationally and internationally. In 2003, QUT endorsed the world’s first institutional…