Copyright for HDR students

I recently attended a talk on copyright where the following publication was mentioned;
Copyright Guide for Research Students: What you need to know about copyright before depositing your electronic thesis in an online repository http://www.oaklaw.qut.edu.au/files/Copyright%20Guide%20for%20Research%20Students.pdf
It provides a clear, succinct explanation of copyright law and the issues HDR students and their supervisors need to be aware of.

 

A Statistical account of the seven colonies of Australasia

In response to increasing demand to access historical statistics on the Web, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has recently digitised an important compendium of Australian and New Zealand colonial data, A Statistical account of the seven colonies of Australasia.

A Statistical account of the seven colonies of Australasia (and its later title, Statistical account of Australia and New Zealand) was compiled between 1890 and 1904 by the New South Wales Statistician, Timothy A. Coghlan. The eleven volumes bring together statistics for each of the colonies of Australia and New Zealand and are complemented by analysis and commentary. The publication also includes chapters on political divisions, areas and boundaries, climate, parliaments and defence much like in the current Year Book Australia.

Coghlan’s expressed aim, as stated in the Preface to the first volume, was to ‘exhibit at a glance the position held by each Colony individually, and by the country as a whole, with regard to all matters connected with its moral and material welfare’.

The scanning process allows full-text searching capability once downloaded.

This title adds to a range of historical data which ABS has been progressively adding to its Website, including Demography bulletin which includes detailed population and vital statistics data for the period 1900 – 1971 and Labour reports, covering the period 1911 – 1997. See the full list of titles already available, as well as those which will be available later in the year.

 

QUT Library Links within Google Scholar have now been restored.

Great news!
In Google Scholar preferences, the correct option “Queensland University of Technology – Get fulltext @ QUT” is now visible again (QUT Library Links appear automatically for staff & students in our IP range, when connecting from on-campus).

For those of you who don’t know what I am referring to, Google Scholar has automatic Links to QUT Library holdings from QUT IP addresses. For the last couple of months this has not been working and has been sorely missed.
If you are off campus and wish to set up Google Scholar to access this link just follow these steps from Google Scholar;

• Click on Scholar Preferences.
• Type Queensland University of Technology in the ‘Library Links’ section.
• Click Save preferences.
• Start searching with links to your library’s resources (you may need to authenticate yourself to access these resources).

You can select to link to any library you like.

 

New Indigenous Library resources can be now flagged by RSS feed

If you like to keep up to date with new additions to the Library collection, this feature is for you. We now have a featured list and RSS feed for Indigenous Australian resources in our Library Catalogue.  See http://www.library.qut.edu.au/about/recentlyaddedtitles.jsp#indigenous  if you would like to subscribe to the feed, or click on View Recently Added Titles from the Library catalogue http://libcat.qut.edu.au/ to access new titles feeds on all subject areas.

 

Stronger Smarter Summit

Stronger Smarter Summit will be held in Brisbane on 28 & 29 September 2009.

It is hoped that this inspiring and informative inaugural event will commence the revolution and turn the tide on Indigenous Education outcomes.

 

Black History month

August is Black History Month in Brisbane.  Activities include lectures, movies, presentations and debates.

For more information go to www.ourbrisbane.com/blackhistorymonth

 

Call for papers – History of Labour Relations in Queensland from 1859 to 2009 Conference

History of Labour Relations in Queensland from 1859 to 2009 Conference Friday, 11 December 2009, Brisbane Papers are invited on all aspects of labour relations in Queensland. For more information and submission details, go to http://www.deir.qld.gov.au/industrial/labourrelations/index.htm

 

AIATSIS Library

The AIATSIS Library (http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/library)  holds the most comprehensive collection of print materials on Australian Indigenous studies in the world.  If a trip to Canberra is not possible, you can contact them and receive assistance via phone or email. 

In addition to the catalogue of  their resources, there are also some VERY useful finding aids.  These cover such areas as biographies, social justice, Stolen Generation and substance use.   http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/library/subject_guides__bibliographies

The language bibliographies provide references for linguistic and cultural information pertaining to individual language groups.  These are very detailed – the bibliography for Jagara/Yuggera is over fifty pages!  http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/library/subject_guides__bibliographies/language_bibliographies

 

Search all the National Library… and more

The National Library of Australia has announced its new “Single Business Discovery Service” in Beta mode.  Despite the wordy name this is a single easy access point to a variety of Australian catalogues, directories and collections.  For this initial version there are a range of data sources including: the Australian National Bibliographic Database, Australian Newspapers, Picture Australia, the ARROW Discovery Service, and Pandora. The new service also provides the discovery interface for the People Australia initiative and some external sources of data such as OAIster, Open Library, the Hathi Trust, the Internet Archive and the Library of Congress tables of contents, publishers’ descriptions and sample book chapters.
This is set to be really useful, so if you have any suggestions or comments please make them – so iwe get the best service possible!

To have a look, a play, and to use it – <a href=”http://sbdsproto.nla.gov.au/”>http://sbdsproto.nla.gov.au/</a>

 

Roger Coates Labour History Research Grant

Roger Coates Labour History Research Grant - up to $10,000

Applications are invited from people currently engaged in (or about to commence) a research project dealing with Australian labour history.

The Roger Coates Labour History Research Grant will assist with the cost of such projects, with priority to projects with good prospects of publication or other public use, but without access to other funding.

The SEARCH Foundation is auspicing the Roger Coates Labour History Research Grant. It is an independent, non-profit foundation established to promote social justice, environmental sustainability and the development of a more democratic and egalitarian society. Details of its aims and objectives are available on request.

Suitably qualified applicants should contact the SEARCH Foundation for detailed application guidelines.

Applications must be received by
July 31, 2009
Social Education and Research Concerning Humanity (SEARCH) Foundation. Level 3, 110 Kippax St, SURRY HILLS NSW 2010
Ph: (02) 9211 4164; Fax: (02) 9211 1407