University Librarian at JCU. Enjoying life in the tropics and working in the iconic Eddie Koiki Mabo Library on the Bebegu Yumba Campus
Australia
Joined June 2008
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Research Presentation JCU Library - Sage Publishing Grant Winner 2024!
All are welcome Thursday 19 September, 10-11am to hear Linda Ford, PhD Candidate, discuss her research topic: Aboriginal women - post-sexual assault engagement with care services. Link: bit.ly/3Bg1Zvf
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Local history buffs will be thrilled to discover that one of the most hard-to-find books on Townsville history is now available to read or download at NQHeritage! Read more here: bit.ly/3z07c9Y
Image Credit: JCU Library Special Collections, NQ Photographic Collection
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Did you know that we are often adding new and interesting things to NQHeritage?
The most recent addition is The Great Barrier Reef of Australia: a popular account of its general nature.
Read more in our blog: bit.ly/3yra2V4.
Photo: JCU Library Special Collections.
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This year’s Eddie Koiki Mabo Library Art Exhibition, Insights shines a light on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks in the James Cook University (JCU) Art Collection.
Read more here: bit.ly/3Ve2DQf
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Another fantastic, peer reviewed, open educational resource. Check it out!
We are excited to announce the release of our newest open access eBook, 'Neuroscience, Psychology and Conflict Management' by Dr. Judith Rafferty. Check it out here: bit.ly/4caNgQs #Neuroscience #conflictmanagement #OER #JCU_OER
Christmas in the tropics at the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library! Take an elfie with the book tree. #JCULibraryBookTree
Helen Hooper retweeted
Super exciting news! @OpenEdGlobal coming to Brisbane in 2024!
We are very pleased an honoured to be offering the 2024 @OpenEdGlobal Conference in Brisbane, Australia. I hope to see #openeducation colleagues there!
@CAULalert @ascilite #OEPSIG
More details soon.
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Book Week is a very special week for us here at JCU Library. Each year we organise with the local kindy to do a parade around the ground floor of the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library, then join us for a book reading on the lawns.
#CBCA2023 #BookWeek2023 #ReadGrowInspire
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What do you get when you cross a collection of 1600 books about marine science with a cracking yarn about a motley crew of scientists stuck on an island in the Queensland tropics for a year?
A new eBook from JCU Library’s Special Collections team! bit.ly/431Fz9m
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Sometimes the most interesting treasures come in the most unassuming forms. Explore this treasure further on NQHeritage@JCU here: bit.ly/3jEtoZj
📷: @michaelmarzik
#jculibraryspecialcollections #jculibraryinthetropics #jamescookuniversity #50treasures
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It's publication day for Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef! 😃 Read it online at jcu.pressbooks.pub/yonge/
@JCULibrary @jcu @aims_gov_au @gbrmarinepark
So proud or our @jcu library team and our special collections staff including our very own @TrishaFielding. A real page turner with so many connections to the #tropics #OpenAccess
What do you get when you cross a collection of 1600 books about marine science with a cracking yarn about a motley crew of scientists stuck on an island in the Queensland tropics for a year?
A new eBook from JCU Library’s Special Collections team! bit.ly/431Fz9m
Listening to the wonderful Bronwyn McBurnie - Manager Special Collections at #JCU giving the curators talk for the 50 Treasures Revisited exhibition with our partner Cairns Historical Society and Museum. @JCULibrary @jcu
It’s fantastic that we get another opportunity to showcase some of our 50 treasures #jcu
50 Treasures Revisited has been curated to include 17 of the 50 Treasures which most resonate with Far North Queensland.
Find out more here: bit.ly/46g8FEL
#jculibraryspecialcollections #jculibraryinthetropics #jamescookuniversity #50treasures #jcuspecialcollections
Lovely to see out #Mabo interpretive wall being utilised by younger generations - they had so many great questions.
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Historic day – at Emerald, Queensland
Historic and proud day for @jcu
Feeling very hopeful and grateful for the future ☀️👏 with Professor Ngiare Brown leading the way
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On this Mabo Day, we're thrilled to announce that Gail Mabo's painting "The Land I Own" is now part of NQHeritage@JCU - the digital repository for our Special Collections. This image is a detail from the painting. See the NQHeritage record here: bit.ly/3N8FZGp
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Panel discussion with Jeff McMullen, Prof Henry Reynolds & Prof Megan Davis (@mdavisqlder) after The Mabo Oration 2023 delivered by Prof @MDavisQlder in #Townsville, #Queensland.
