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New digital home for student research in ANU Open Research Repository
Coursework students at The Australian National University (ANU) can now publish their research in the University’s Open Research Repository following the creation of the Student Output collection. The new collection, the culmination of a successful…
ANU Library creates colouring book using rare Chinese book
Coinciding with the Library's exhibition of two Chinese texts from the Xu Dishan Collection, the Library has created a colouring book featuring images from Laojun bashiyi huatu or Lord Lao's Eighty One Transformations, Illustrated 老君八十一化图.…
Library’s historic collections open up a world of research possibilities
Students, researchers and staff of The Australian National University (ANU) have access to rich and diverse historic collections via the ANU Library; collections that are significant not only for their rarity, but for the continued impact they have…
ANU receives award for digital excellence
The Australian National University has been presented with a National Archives of Australia Award in Digital Excellence for the seamless integration of digitalised processes with an Electronic Records Management System (ERMS). A new digital process…
ANU Archives’ records now searchable in Trove
With just a few clicks from their desktops Researchers all over the world can now find University Archives and Noel Butlin Archives Centre collections via Trove, the National Library of Australia's (NLA) database. ANU Archives staff worked with the…
ANU Press publishers & contributors honoured in Australia Day Awards
The ANU Library is excited to congratulate ANU Press publishers and contributors Emeritus Professor Peter Drysdale, Professor Sue Stocklmayer and Professor Warwick McKibbin on their appointments to Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) at this…
ANU opens Australia’s first Taiwan Resource Centre for Chinese Studies
An agreement to establishes the Taiwan Resource Centre for Chinese Studies (TRCCS) at The Australian National University (ANU) Library was officially signed this morning, inaugurating the first TRCCS in Australia. Professor Ian Young AO, ANU Vice-…
New website makes finding open access information at ANU easy
A new Open Research at ANU website launched today, coinciding with International Open Access Week, delivering a comprehensive guide to the benefits and policy requirements of open access publishing for researchers and academics at the…
ANU Library receives donation from Embassy of Azerbaijan
The ANU Library was delighted to welcome donations from the Embassy of Azerbaijan, which both add to the scholarly resources available for students and academics at the University and also contribute to understanding the culture of Azerbaijan. A…
Beware! Predatory publishing
With the evolution of open access, enterprises have emerged that run conferences and journals with low or no peer review or other quality mechanisms. These conferences and journals approach academics, particularly early career academics, soliciting…