Upcoming Training

• 17 November - Copyright, Publishing and Open Access Considerations
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• 19 November - LimeSurvey (research survey tool)
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• 23 November - Formatting your Thesis - online learning and Q&A session
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• 24 November - EndNote Q&A session
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• 24 November - Copyright, Research Outputs And Open Access Considerations For Creative And Performing Arts Research
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• 25 November - Data Visualisation basics
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Open Access Week, 2020

Open Access Week provided five days of great talks on a range of topics, leading off with Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty talking about how publishing has shaped his career. Other talks on a broad range of topics included a panel discussion on Indigenous voices, indigenous research and open access, and the following

• Jessica Polka from ASAP Bio talking about preprints. Follow along with her slides.


• Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles explaining Communicating a pandemic. Follow along with her slides.


• Dr Thomas Shafee explaining Connecting up data via Wikidata. See his slides and links.


• Elliott Bledsloe from the Australian Digital Alliance addressing Copyright and CC licensing for OA.


• Kaitlin Thaney, Executive Director at Invest in Open Infrastructure, talking about Investing in the Infrastructure for Open.

Griffith academics speak

• Professor Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Queensland Conservatorium


• Professor Nam-Trung Nguyen, Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre


• Emeritus Professor Ralf Buckley, Ecotourism Research


• Professor Wendy Chaboyer, School of Nursing and Midwifery

What's New

• The Nectar Research Cloud has been given a funding boost, which is great news for researchers who use the platform for computational work and data storage. Melbourne's arm of the cloud now supplies 6,000 virtual cores and 1.9 PB of storage. Access the Nectar cloud.


• The International FAIR Convergence Symposium will run virtually from 27 November - 4 December, 2020. The Symposium Programme draft is now available as a PDF. Once finalised, the full programme including details of the sessions can be found here.
  
  During Open Access Week, Matthias Liffers from ARDC explained Open and FAIR research practices. Follow along with his workshop materials.

Spotlight on ... 50 Years of Griffith

Hot Topics

Upcoming webinar: the need for a national strategy on open research

Despite a number of worthy individual initiatives aiming to foster open research, no overarching national strategy exists. The Council of Australian University Librarians and the Australasian Open Access Strategy Group are convening a number of webinars to explore how such a national strategy might be developed. The first webinar in a series will take place on Thursday, 12 November, 2020, from 4-5pm AEST. Register to attend the webinar.

Griffith Review two-for-one offer

Subscribe to Griffith Review before 31 December, 2020, and you will receive a free subscription to give as a present to a friend, colleague or family member. You will also go into a draw for prizes. Find out more.

Library team's win for innovation in teaching

The Library's Academic Engagement Services (AES) Team were Highly Commended in the Excellence in Enhancing Teaching category in the Vice Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Professional and Support Staff Service. AES comprises the Library's Learning and Teaching and Researcher Services support teams who delivered a slew of online workshops in an interactive, innovative and inclusive manner. Read more.

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What you might have missed on the blog

• Making research reproducible
  
  If Open Access Week has inspired you to try to make your research more open and reproducible, take some tips from us on how to get started. eResearch Services and staff from the Library have put together a self-paced version of their popular Nine Reproducible Things workshop. Read more about what is available.


• Get your work on GRO
  
  When asked about using GRO to showcase her research, Professor Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Director of the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, said: "I'm not interested in doing research to gather dust somewhere in a library that no-one can access or read. A very effective channel available to you at Griffith is our institutional repository Griffith Research Online (GRO). A digital archive, GRO increases the impact and influence of Griffith research and scholarship by making it discoverable online. Read how to make GRO work for you. Our Library Connect blog also has tips about creating a profile.


• The latest Griffith Review podcast
  
  Tune into the podcast for Griffith Review 69: The European Exchange, which explores the deep and complex relationships between Europe and Australia, and how Australians of many backgrounds have contributed to a longstanding dialogue that enriches both continents. Find it here.