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Welcome to new and returning students
A big welcome from the Library on the first day of Semester 2 2022! To offer some help to new (and returning) students, we'veÌýcompiled a list of the services and support offered during your time at the University. We are here to help you succeed.ÌýFor theÌýfull list of library services available, check out ourÌýServices for StudentsÌý±è²¹²µ±ð.
How a comic about Australian internment camps made it to Comic-Con 2022
A unique series of comic books will be showcased by a University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É researcher at the 2022 Comic Con International in San Diego. A recent by Dr Aaron Humphrey, Media Studies, and Dr Simon Walsh, German Studies, has described the extraordinary significance of a sequence of five small autobiographical comic books produced by a pseudonymous author in the Holsworthy Internment Camp around 1918.
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NAIDOC Week reading recommendations
The Library is launching with some great reads from our Yaitya Ngutupira collection. This collection collates works by Aboriginal authors and scholars across a wide array of subjects including law, linguistics, history, fiction, and more.
Discovery Event with Cheryl Hoskin
Come along to this Friends of the Library event on June 30 2022 and discover one of the Library’s most beautiful rare books with Cheryl Hoskin:ÌýBerthe Hoola van Nooten’sÌýFleurs fruits et feuillages choisis de l’ile de Java,Ìýpublished in 1880.
Portrait exhibition honours Aboriginal leader
A new portrait has been unveiledÌýin the Barr Smith LibraryÌýofÌýUncle Rodney (Rod) O’Brien,ÌýrespectedÌýKaurna Elder and Cultural Advisor at the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É.
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Can you trust open resources?
Not all open access resources are equal. But the same can be said of traditionally-published resources.Ìý
Using open resources in teaching
The University Library recently signed on to a national program coordinated by the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) aimed at increasing the use of equitable resources in teaching across Australia.
South Australia's History Festival at the Library
As part of South Australia's History Festival, the University Library will showcase an exhibition of documents from the State Records of South Australia and our own Special Collections from the time of first European settlement to Federation in 1901.Ìý
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Winner of the 2022 Hugh Martin Weir Prize
The Barr Smith Library and Weir family are pleased to announce that Alison Kim Reid is the successful applicant for the 2022 Hugh Martin Weir Prize.
Are you applying for an ARC Discovery Project? We're holding SciVal training for you!
Presenter: Cassandra Sims, SciVal expert and Senior Research Solutions Manager Global at Elsevier.
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