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…
Love Data Week 2023 – Data: Agent of change
From 13-17 February, QUT Library will be celebrating Love Data Week 2023. Embracing the international theme of ‘Data: Agent of change’, we will celebrate the role research data plays in bringing about changes that matter in the world – policy change, environmental change, social change … Love Data…
SAGE Higher Degree Research Student Publication Prize 2022 – Winners announced
The winners of the 2022 SAGE HDR Publication Prize were announced in a hybrid ceremony on Wednesday 7th December, 2022. Professor Ginny Barbour, co-lead of the Office for Scholarly Communication, Director of Open Access Australasia and soon to be Editor-in-Chief of the Medical Journal of Australia, awarded the…
Open for Climate Justice – Open Access Week 2022
This year we’re getting back on the bike to celebrate International Open Access Week from 24-28 October. Building on this year’s theme of Open for Climate Justice we’re running a panel discussion between QUT experts in sustainability & climate science. Chaired by QUT University Librarian, Nicole Clark. We’re…
Peer Review Week 19-23 September
Peer Review is a vitally important part of any scholarly work as it helps to maintain research quality. This year’s theme for PRW is “Research Integrity: Creating and supporting trust in research.” Peer review shapes how researchers and the general public view individual studies and scientific research as…
Endnote 20.3 and the new QUT authentication settings
Important information below about the latest version of EndNote. EndNote version 20.3 now available. EndNote version 20.3 for Windows and macOS is available to install using ITassist on QUT machines, or download to your own device from here, and will be available in labs shortly. 20.3 works pretty…
Paperpile : no-fuss reference management for the web.
Guest post from Liaison Librarian, Graham Dawson Paperpile is a modern, full-featured, intuitive, easy to use, cloud-hosted personal bibliographic reference management system. Born in the Google ecosystem, Paperpile seamlessly syncs with Google Drive and integrates with Google Docs. You need a Google account to use Paperpile. Sign up…
23 Scholarly Communication Things – Official Launch
The 23 Scholarly Communication Things Pressbook, developed by QUT Library, launches today! This resource is for anyone with an interest in learning more about the scholarly communication process and is intended as a doorway to the scholarly publishing lifecycle, rather than as a how-to guide. This resource is…
Want more readers (and likely more citations) for your book chapter? Put it into ePrints
Did you know there’s a whole list of academic book publishers who allow authors to add their chapter to their own institutional repository, effectively making their work open access? There are conditions and in some cases exclusions and embargoes, but this option is worth investigating if you…