Retro-Fitting University Learning Spaces

While BFLI is working on exploring flexible learning in virtual and teaching spaces, Learning Environments and Technology Services (LETS) is exploring flexible teaching and learning in physical spaces.

From 28 October, there will be touch screens on Level 3 of E Block at Kelvin Grove, with an interactive interface that documents the redevelopment on this space that has been part of the project. The interface will include videos, maps, plans, and a gallery of images, with information on the pedagogical principles involved and details about the construction process.

For more information about the Colloquium and Retro-Fitting University Learning Spaces, go to:

http://www.tils.qut.edu.au/initiatives/learningspaces/

The project aims provide the higher education sector with a learning space design framework for cost effective retrofitting of existing learning spaces. It is anticipated that cost effective redevelopment, will be achieved through the definition, implementation and modelling of the integrated set of principles developed by the three institutions involved in the project.

Project deliverables will include a clear articulation of the practical choices made within budget constraints at each institution demonstrating scalability and sustainability of the principles within three quite different contexts. Analysis of stakeholder experiences and perspectives along with integrated stakeholder participation throughout the process.

The project is funded by a priority project grant from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC). It is a joint collaboration with Edith Cowan University (ECU) and Charles Darwin University (CDU).

eResearch session for Faculty of Science and Technology Research Staff and Postgraduate Research Students

eResearch session for Faculty of Science and Technology Research Staff and Postgraduate Research Students : 9 December 2009

An eResearch session for all Faculty of Science and Technology Staff and Postgraduate Research Students has been confirmed for Wednesday 9 December 2009 in Rm V714 (Lvl 7, Library).

The proposed program is as below:

9:30 – 9:35 am : Introduction (Faculty of Science and Technology Liaison Librarians)

9:35 -10:30 am : Open access publishing and QUT eprints (Paula Callan)

10:30 – 11:00 am : Australian National Data Service (ANDS) / Australian Research Collaboration Service (ARCS ) / Mediaflux Digital Asset Management System : Overview : (Ashley Wright)

11:00 – 11:20 am : Morning tea

11:20 – 11:50 am : EVO Collaboration Tool (what it is, how to set up and get going etc) – Ashley Wright

11:50 – 12:00 pm : HPC postgrad session : Preview of the HPC Postgraduate Session, Semester 1, 2010 – Neil Kelson

12:00 – 12:20 pm : Bibliometrics – Overview of Thomson Reuters Bibliometric Products (Brendan Sinnamon)

12:20 – 12:30 pm : Final questions and close

Please RSVP to me if you’re keen:

Royal Society’s Trailblazing

Trailblazing is a new, interactive timeline from The Royal Society. Compiled by scientists, science communicators and historians and showcases 60 archived articles published by the Royal Society between 1665 and 2010. http://trailblazing.royalsociety.org/

Release of Morningstar DatAnalysis (previously Aspect DatAnalysis)

Aspect DatAnalysis has moved platforms and is now called Morningstar DatAnalysis. The database and catalogue records have been updated accordingly.

Access via: http://www.library.qut.edu.au/db/5093f

Dear DatAnalysis Client The new version of DatAnalysis will be released on 1 December, 2009. The old site will not be available after this date. Access You will be able to access the new site with your existing user details (both via username/password and IP addresses Alerts All current alerts will be transferred to the new site. The new version will require a unique alert name for each licensee. If there are currently duplicate alert names for a licensee then these will be changed by adding a suffix to the alert name.These new alert names can be viewed in the Alert Tool – My Saved Alerts Technical Details Highlights of the new data points and functionality are listed below: - Cross-pdf searching. Simultaneously search across all ASX announcements (in PDF format) since September 1998 for a word or phrases contained in the text of these documents - Corporate Actions data. Details of bonus issues, reconstructions and cash issues going back 10 years - Directors Data. New committee membership and individual directors reports. View directorships, profiles, trades etc..by director. - Historical share prices, shares on issue and market capitalization now available

Payment of open access publishing fees for QUT authors

QUT Library will cover payment of open access publishing fees in 2009/2010 for QUT authors for the following publishers:

· Hindawi Publishing http://www.library.qut.edu.au/db/5505f

· Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://www.library.qut.edu.au/db/5386f

· BioMed Central http://www.library.qut.edu.au/db/1100f

EBSCOhost : New Interface for Mobile Users

EBSCO Publishing have developed a new interface for their EBSCOhost platform (in which many databases are hosted) for users with mobile devices users known as EBSCOhost Mobile.

To access the new interface go to the QUT Library database record for EBSCOhost (just select it from the popular database list on the QUT Library databases page at http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/) and then select the link EBSCOhost interface for mobile users. To get started on using your mobile device to access EBSCOhost resources, go to http://support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=4431

Visit EBSCO’s Support Site (http://support.ebsco.com) to learn about all of EBSCO’s products, search among thousands of FAQs, and download tutorials, Help Sheets or User Guides.

Scopus announced as citation provider for Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Initiative in 2010

The Australian Research Council (ARC) has recently announced that Scopus will provide citation information for the full Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative in 2010.

QUT Library is now considering a subscription to Scopus for 2010 as currently we do not have access. More information will follow as I know more.

For more about the ERA go to http://www.arc.gov.au/era/default.htm

Open Access Journals

Some great Open Access Journals:

* Advances in Artificial Intelligence
* Advances in Artificial Neural Systems
* Advances in Bioinformatics
* Advances in Fuzzy Systems
* Advances in Human-Computer Interaction
* Advances in Software Engineering
* Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing
* Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience
* Journal of Artificial Evolution and Applications

Hindawi Publishing Open Access Journals
Hindawi Publishing publishes over 160 open access journals covering a wide range of areas in science, technology, and medicine.
For a journal title list grouped by subject go to http://www.hindawi.com/journals/

Hindawi Publishing offers Institutional Memberships to enable institutions to encourage their authors to publish their research in a Hindawi open access journal free of charge without having to administer and pay “Article Processing Charges” from their individual research budget. QUT Library has paid the membership cost for 2010 of US$3,000 per annum so if you wish to publish in a Hindawi journal in 2010 it will be free to do so.

30 QUT authors have published in Hindawi journals as at November 2009.
For the list of articles already published by QUT authors in Hindawi journals go to http://www.hindawi.com/institutions/qut.edu.au/

Other information:
When publishing in any Hindawi journals, authors retain the copyright of their articles, which are freely distributed under the “Creative Common Attribution License,” permitting the unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction of the article in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

The current full complement of 161 Hindawi open access titles are also available in the catalogue. Just do a Title search using ‘Hindawi’ to see the list.

Remember that QUT Library, in addition to the Hindawi Publishing open access journals, pays the article processing charges for QUT authors who wish to publish in PLoS journals and BioMed Central journals in 2009 and 2010. See the individual database records for further information.

60th Anniversary of CSIRAC

The world’s oldest intact computer turns 60 in Melbourne today: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/25/2752781.htm

Trove: The Library’s New Discovery Service

http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/gateways/issues/101/story01.html

Decommissioning of Libraries Australia Free Search Service. From 4 November 2009 the Libraries Australia free service will be replaced by Trove. Trove is a new discovery service focused on Australia, Australians, and items found in Australian collecting institutions. It will provide a single point of access to resources currently discoverable via the National Library of Australia’s multiple discovery services, and to digitised material freely available online anywhere in the world.