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Love Data Week 2024 – My kind of data

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…

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,…

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…