Location: Library Conference Room, Level 1, Duhig Building (Building 2)
Date: Friday, 5th September
Time: 10.00 - 11.00 am

To support research and teaching in Australian universities the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has an Agreement with the Australian Vice Chancellors Committee (AVCC) to make available Confidentialised Unit Record Files (CURFs). The agreement began in January 1999 and there are currently 33 universities participating in the Agreement. Staff and students of the university are eligible to apply to access this data.

A CURF contains responses made by individuals or organisations to an ABS survey with all identifying information removed. That is, names and addresses are removed, along with any unusual combinations of responses that may lead to a person’s or organisation’s identity being derived.
Details of the survey data available from each CURF are listed in an accompanying Technical Paper. CURFs are the most detailed data available from the ABS and are thus subject to strict terms of use.

Information covered in the session will include:

What is CURF microdata; How to apply for CURF microdata ; Getting access to CURF microdata; Using the Remote Access Data Laboratory (RADL); Obligations when using CURF microdata; Renewing access to data.

Further information about CURFs may be found on the Australian Bureau of Statistics website:

http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/home/CURF:+Microdata+Entry+Page

If you have any questions about this session or accessing CURFs please contact Karen Borchardt at K.Borchardt@library.uq.edu.au or 3346 4331.

The University of Queensland TEDI (Teaching and Educational Development Institute) hosted a one day conference on Thursday 19 June 2008 on the topic of Blended Learning.

The aim of this conference was “To explore how embedding the use of technology alongside more traditional face-to-face teaching can enhance the student experience.” The event was run simultaneously with its “siblings” from Calgary, Canada and Hertfordshire, UK.

If you would like to check the abstracts of the conference papers or if you wish to read more on this topic go to http://www.tedi.uq.edu.au/blendedlearning/.

Or for an easy holiday read check out “Is Google making us stupid?” , an article mentioned by one of yesterday’s presenters!

Enjoy!

The Library has purchased a site-license for the QUOSA software:
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/quosa/

Advantages of QUOSA:
• Downloads multiple PDFs – FAST
• Organizes PDFs into folder trees with links back to EndNote or RefWorks
• Deep searches inside PDFs as every word of the article (not just in the title and abstract) is indexed.

QUOSA can be used when searching PubMed, Ovid Medline, Scopus and the Web of Knowledge databases. QUOSA is integrated with EndNote and RefWorks.

Download the software from http://www.quosa.com/downloads.php
and choose the subscriber version. (Suggestion - do NOT enable startup accelerator )

To learn how to use QUOSA efficiently you can:

Enjoy!

The Graduate Economics and Bussiness Library together with the Business School Employment Services unit are pleased to announce the launch of a new display area in the library.

The Employment resources display incorporates an impressive number of commercial and library materials designed to help postgraduate students with their career development.

Library patrons can browse, borrow or in some instances take home these very useful resources.

Good luck job hunting!

Interested in learning about digitising your research for future access?

A seminar will be held Friday 16 November 2007, 9.00am to 12:30pm
at the Library Conference Room, Level 1 Duhig Building.

Morning tea and lunch are included.

Learn about metadata standards; preservation & sustainability; tools, services & software; copyright & licencing issues; housing & access; outsourcing & commercial options and sources of advice and expertise.

Speakers are Andrew Long, Manager, Preservation Standards, National Library of Australia
& Belinda Weaver, Manager, UQ eSpace digitial repository.

RSVP: espace@library.uq.edu.au or tel 07-336 58281