Join Dr Joel Gilmore and a team of expert panelists as they discuss the merits and implications of a range of current and future technologies – from wind to solar to clean coal, and more – in this special BrisScience session in partnership with ATSE.

Panelists include:

* John Loughhead, Executive Director, UK Energy Research Centre
* Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg – Director, Global Change Institute, UQ
* Professor Kelly Thambimuthu, FTSE – Director, Centre for Coal Energy Technology (CCETech), UQ
* Peter Meurs – Managing Director, Worley Parsons

Venue: State Library of Queensland, Auditorium 1
Date: Tuesday 17 November, 2009 @ 6.30 pm (Doors open at 6 pm)
More Info: http://brisscience.wordpress.com/

16th October 10-11Am, DHPSE Library will be providing morning tea in the Hawken Building Concourse to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF). Come and enjoy some delicious food and make a gold coin donation to support this worthy cause. Everybody is welcome!

Find out how to search Reaxys from an expert! Reaxys is Elsevier’s new research system allowing easy web access to the experimental chemical and reaction data found in Beilstein, Gmelin and Patent Chemistry databases.

Dr Yin Ping, Elsevier’s specialist trainer in the database Reaxys, will be running a training session here at Uni of Qld.

• When: Monday 31 August, 10.00 -12.00
• Where: Training Room, Level 2, Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences & Engineering Library

The workshop will be suitable to both new and experienced users of Reaxys and is open to all academics, researchers and students. There is no need to register.

Please contact us if any queries.

Dr Barry Dunne is a specialist trainer from Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). He will be visiting UQ in late May to run a training session on the new web version of SciFinder. This session is designed for academics and researchers.

Details are:

When: Tuesday 26 May, 1.00pm - 3.00pm
Where: Level 5, Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences & Engineering Library

Afternoon tea will be provided. There is no need to register.

SciFinder is a research discovery tool that allows you to explore the CAS databases that contain literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more - it is a great and very relevant database.

If you already use SciFinder come to the session and get your search queries answered. Remember Scifinder Scholar will be phased out in the very near future! Only the web version will be available.

If you haven’t used Scifinder come and see what the new web version can do for you.

This September Graduate Student Week coincides with Research Week. Some workshops will also be provided on Saturday 27th.

Research Higher Degree candidates (PhD & MPhil), Masters coursework students, and Honours students are all encouraged to participate in Graduate Student Week (GSW). Some workshops are availableonly to research higher degree candidates.

Graduate Student Week events can be found here.

The University of Queensland will celebrate outstanding research during Research Week from September 22-26, 2008. Research Week raises awareness about UQ research among current and prospective students, staff, graduates, schools, industry, government, media and the wider community.

Research Week events can be found here.

Interested in learning about digitising your research for future access?
A seminar, Introduction to Digitisation, will be held :

Friday 16 November 2007,
9.00am to 12:30pm
at the Library Conference Room,Duhig Building, Level 1.
Morning tea and lunch are included.
Learn about Metadata, standards, preservation & sustainability,
tools, services & software, copyright & licencing issues, housing & access,
outsourcing & commercial options.
Speakers: 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

All staff are invited to attend a forum to be held in Research Week – Open Access and the Changing Nature of Scholarly Communication.

A number of speakers will discuss open access policies, changes in scholarly communication and UQs responses.

Speakers include: Anthony Austin and Kylie Pappalardo, QUT; Professor Michael Pender, UQ; Professor Max Lu, UQ; Professor David Adams, UQ; Professor Alan Lawson, UQ; Keith Webster, UQ.

The Forum will be held on Monday 17 September 2007 1.15pm to 5pm in the Seminar Room, Level 4, Sustainable Minerals Institute, Sir James Foots Building.

For further information, contact Rosemary Newsham (E: r.newsham@library.uq.edu.au; T: (07) 3365 6551).

National Engineering Week is being celebrated this month - the official week is from 18th to the 26th August. The Library is participating with a display in the Library foyer. Thanks to Associate Professor Michael Smart and his team for the loan of the Scramjet modules which will also be on display. We hope you enjoy the display.

Are you an undergraduate student studying at The University of Queensland?
If so, you may like to apply for the UQ Library Excellence Award.

Presented each year to up to three UQ undergraduates who demonstrate excellence in the use of the Library to enhance their studies, this prestigious award is worth $500 cash per winner. The prize is an acknowledgment of how Library resources are used to support teaching and learning.

How to apply:
Submit a 500-700 word essay to the University Librarian, UQ St Lucia, demonstrating how Library resources were used to produce an excellent assessment outcome.

Provide two statements of support from academic staff with your essay, indicating excellent use of Library services and collections.

Selection Criteria
Sophistication, originality and/or unusual depth or breadth in the use of Library resources, databases, primary resources and materials in all media.

Evidence of significant personal learning and the development of a habit of research and inquiry that shows the likelihood of persisting in future.

Exceptional ability to locate, select, evaluate and synthesise library resources and to use them in the creation of a project in any media that shows originality and/or has the potential to lead to original research.

Judging Panel
University Librarian and Director of Learning Services
Chair, Library Committee of the Academic Board
UQ Student Union Representative

Closing Date
October 1, 2007. The award/s will be announced on November 16, 2007.
(Note: Staff employed by The University of Queensland are ineligible to apply for this award.)

• For more information, please contact Ms Heather Todd at:

h.todd@library.uq.edu.au