From 11th – 17th September, it is International Data Week. The theme for International Data Week is about mobilising the data revolution, exploring how to improve our knowledge and benefit society through data driven research and innovation. While data scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs and industry leaders from across the…
Caboolture Open Day 2016
Sunday 21st August 2016 is the day for Caboolture campus to shine! Attending Open Day is your chance to explore your home campus, chat to staff members and fellow students, and most importantly… come and see the library. If you’re interested in finding out what Caboolture campus is…
QUT Open Day 2016
QUT Open Day is coming up at Gardens Point on the 31st of July and is the perfect way to find out all the great things QUT has to offer, whether you’re a prospective student or already here! Why not see what students are thinking, saying and doing?…
Welcome to semester 2!
Blink and it is semester 2 already! Welcome to all the newcomers and welcome back to all the old hands. Are you ready to get back into study? O-Week is over and done with, so it’s time to get back into the game. A couple of things to…
Gardens Point smoke-free spaces and suggestions
Have you noticed the new seating area outside Gardens Point library? From July 1st all QUT campuses are smoke-free to promote a safe and healthy working and learning environment, so we need some help deciding what fun things we can do in the new space. 09 What activities would you like to…
World Blood Donor Day
The World Health Organisation declared yesterday as World Blood Donor Day! The theme for this year is “Blood connects us all”. Did you know every one donation of blood can save up to three lives? If you’re healthy, aged 16-70 years, and weigh over 50kgs you may be eligible…
Reference management in the cloud with Paperpile
Paperpile is an easy to use web-based reference and document management system with secure Google sign-in that allows you to collect, organise and cite your references and documents and share them with collaborators. Paperpile offers 15GB of free storage and import options from all major databases and other…
“I Got This Hat” – National Simultaneous Storytime 2016
Last Wednesday, as part of Library and Information Week, QUT Kelvin Grove and Caboolture libraries hosted the annual National Simultaneous Storytime which aims to encourage young Australians to read and enjoy books. Local kindergartens supported the event and thoroughly enjoyed the reading of the book ‘I Got This…
Save the Date for Open Repositories 2017 Conference!
Griffith University, QUT and UQ are ecstatic to announce that Brisbane will be hosting the annual Open Repositories 2017 Conference. This international conference first started back in 2006 and Australia was the very first host. It is really exciting to see it come back to the land of kangaroos…
Spacebots for Science Week
In celebration of Science Week, the World Science Festival is hosting Ars Electronica Futurelab’s Shared Space Bots showcase. Come and see specially designed robots and interact with the exhibition that puts research into action! QUT students and staff can register for this free this event online. Further details…