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Friends of the Library event - Long Flight Home
The final Friends of the Library event for 2019, on Wednesday 20 November,听will be a conversation with Lainie Anderson, author of - a meticulously听researched novelisation of the first flight from England to Australia听by the Smith brothers, which celebrated听its centenary this year.
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Take a break with Distraction In/Action!
Exams are here and听we鈥檙e helping you study by giving you a place to relax. This semester's Distraction In/Action program is running听from听Monday 4 November to Friday 22 November. Along with the usual dog visits, free tea and coffee, lollies, earplugs, games/puzzles, and crafts/colouring in,听this time around we听also have FREE massages!
Congratulations to the Library Survey winners!
Congratulations to Kechen Dong and Nicholas Scott, the top prize winners of听the Library Client Survey last month! Thanks to all of your submissions we have now received a wealth of feedback听that will help to inform听new services and spaces throughout the library.听
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Tarnanthi Talent
The University Library has teamed up with the Art Gallery of South Australia to highlight Tarnanthi Festival artists and their forerunners. Immerse yourself in some of Australia鈥檚 most prestigious and dynamic Australian Indigenous contemporary artists in honour of . This Festival is an annual celebration showcasing contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at its best and boldest.听
Adam Matthew Discovery Day, 13 November
Drop in and听learn about the library's newly acquired range of products and find out how they can assist your learning, teaching, or research efforts at the Adam Matthew Database Discovery Day.听No bookings required! Simply drop in and have a chat to the Adam Matthew database experts.
Friends of the Library event, Stardust and Golden
Join us on Thursday 31 October for a Friends of the Library event, with author Doug McEachern on his novel Stardust and Golden.
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Have your say on the University Library and WIN!
Tell us what you think about the University Library and you'll go into the draw to win one of several great prizes, including a $350 prepaid VISA Load&Go card!听Even better, your feedback will help shape the library, so that we can better meet your needs, both now and in the future.
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Open Access Week, October 21-27, 2019
Open Access Week 2019听is held October 21-27.听If you have听been thinking about making your work open access there has never been a better time to get started. Be one of the first 50 people to upload your author accepted manuscript into Aurora and you鈥檒l receive a celebratory chocolate gift! 听
Sea Snakes, Scholarly Sharing and Open Access
At the beginning of September an article in The Conversation reported the new discovery that a sea snake could breathe through the top of its head.听It quickly became one of the most popular science and听technology articles for 2019, with over 43,000 reads听and being translated into Indonesian. Behind the story was an open access scholarly article.
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Using Altmetrics to understand your research impact and engagement, Fri 8 November
Altmetric Explorer is a tool to help you measure how your research is being used and talked about online, via online news, blogs, Twitter, and more. Come along to this workshop to find out the benefits of Altmetric Explorer and how to use it to your advantage.听
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