Lyndelle Gunton

"Look It Up" Doesn't Mean What It Used to Mean Across three eras, the same instruction has meant different actions, different information, and different skills. Each transformation traded capabilities we didn't know we'd miss.

"Look It Up" Doesn't Mean What It Used to Mean.

"We can choose to use AI while maintaining practices that previous eras taught us."

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I borrowed my first books in Mumbai. Now, Sydney’s libraries are home In an extract from The Library That Made Me, novelist Roanna Gonsalves reflects on the aspiration, pleasure and survival of shared knowledge.

"I borrowed my first books in Mumbai. Now, Sydney’s libraries are home" by @roannagonsalves.bsky.social for @theconvo-bot.bsky.social
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Why Reading Can Change a Life: The Quiet Power of Bibliotherapy Why Reading Can Change a Life Most of us can remember a book that arrived at exactly the right moment. Not necessarily a famous book.

Bibliotherapy is the use of books as a form of psychoeducation and emotional reflection to help solve a problem. #reading

How Covidence decides what AI to release (and what to hold back) How Covidence decides which AI screening automation to release for systematic reviews, and what accuracy and oversight are required.

More companies should follow #Covidence in AI integration! "In a high-stakes workflow like evidence synthesis “usually works” is not good enough. We chose not to release the model." www.covidence.org/blog/ai-scre...

Guest Post — AI Fatigue and Vocational Awe in Academic Libraries - The Scholarly Kitchen Today's guest blogger says academic librarians don't need another class on how to use AI, but an institutional reflection on the emotional and mental cost of rushing innovations.

Guest Post — AI Fatigue and Vocational Awe in Academic Libraries - The Scholarly Kitchen

Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It. 40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.

Great reminder of what Google search can do for you when you know how...

Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
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DORA has launched an introductory course on responsible research assessment! 🤩
🤓 What is it? A free online self-paced course
❓ Who is it for? Anyone who wants to learn more about the basics of research assessment, regardless of career level or discipline
🌐 Explore the course 👉 bit.ly/DORA-Intro-C...

Why every scientist needs a librarian Librarians can be key research partners who help to scour the literature, manage data and make science open.

Why every scientist needs a librarian www.nature.com/articles/d41... #libraries

‘Last year I read 137 books’: could setting targets help you put down your phone and pick up a book? BookTok influencer Jack Edwards motivates himself with reading goals – and he’s not alone. Authors and avid readers discuss the rise of metrics, and reveal how many books they finished last year

‘Last year I read 137 books’: could setting targets help you put down your phone and pick up a book?

Thousands of paywalled research papers could be freed with this simple fix ‘Green open access’ has existed for decades – and it’s not hard to get academics to use it more.

JCU Library's 'Bring Out Your Dead' campaign shows the value of green open access as "one of the most scalable and cost-effective ways to improve access to research."

Thousands of paywalled research papers could be freed with this simple fix
#OA #GreenOA #OpenAccess #ScholarlyPublishing #JCULibrary

The peer review system is breaking down. Here’s how we can fix it Peer review is so integral to the scholarly system that research would grind to a halt without it.

The peer review system is breaking down. Here’s how we can fix it. Via @theconvo-bot.bsky.social

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#PeerReview #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicJournals

📣Call for Papers 2026
Committed to the wide and unrestricted dissemination of knowledge, this journal encourages scholarship that reflects on how technology is changing law, regulation and normative conduct
#OpenAccess #LawTech
🔗 lthj.qut.edu.au/announcement...

ADVICE: If universities want their journals to be sustainable, and to serve scholarship well, three practical implications follow.
First, treat journals as infrastructure.
Second, invest in metadata as a public good.
Third, recognise diversity as a feature, not a failure.

Other things in my life have needed full attention, so I totally forgot that book number 10 was due to make its way into the world!

A great collab!

This book shows you how to work with the research mess without getting into a mess. I hope people enjoy ❤️

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Meanjin has been resurrected by QUT, in a clever move Cancelled Australian literary journal Meanjin returns to its origins in Brisbane, where it was founded in 1940. It’s a good move for more than one reason.

Exciting news. #meanjin #QUT #AustralianLiterature #QUTjournals

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‘A cultural icon’: axed Australian literary journal Meanjin finds new life in Queensland The 85-year-old magazine will return to the city for which it was named after a successful bid by Queensland University of Technology * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The literary journal Meanjin will return to the city it was born in that bears its Indigenous name. The Queensland University of Technology announced on Wednesday it had acquired the 85-year-old journal, whose life was cut short by Melbourne University Press in September. Continue reading...

‘A cultural icon’: axed Australian literary journal Meanjin finds new life in Queensland

Tracy Creagh (QUT) from the Australasian Diamond Community of Practice assesses OA initiatives across ANZ at the #DiamondOA Summit. Stressing the importance of OASPA, DOAJ, ALMASI, and DIAMAS amongst many others
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This second volume brings together contributions from 30 authors across a wide range of higher education and research contexts, offering perspectives of truly global relevance.

Published in partnership with JCU Library, Confident Supervisors Vol 2 is CC BY‑NC‑SA licenced.

#QUT #HDRSupervision

Confident Supervisors: Creating Independent Researchers Confident Supervisors Volume 2, like <a href="https://jcu.pressbooks.pub/confidentsupervisors/">Volume 1</a>, is a textbook and a professional development resource for Higher Degree Research superviso...

Following success of the 1st volume, #QUTLibrary & JCU Library have published Confident Supervisors: Creating Independent Researchers, Vol 2.

This openly accessible resource deepens conversation around higher degree research supervision.

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#ResearchSupervision

"Zero-click search amplifies and camouflages misinformation — by reformatting content, it removes the contextual cues that would otherwise help users make both conscious and subconscious choices about which content to trust."

Research Right! Research Right!

This week QUT Library published Research Right! through QUT Open Press. qut.pressbooks.pub/researchright/

Research Right is an online, interactive resource focused on teaching the foundational information literacy skills required in higher education.

#OER #QUTOpenPress #InformationLiteracy

Yes. Although the major referencing styles differ in what they consider to be long enough to be a block quote, they all omit the use of quotation marks with them. Yet, they still appear 🤷‍♀️

Writing Australia invests in reading - Australia Reads Australia Reads named as a delivery partner to support reading reform in first funding announcement from the Federal body.

#Reading has been named as a key priority of the new Federal arts body, Writing Australia, in the first round of funding, announced today. australiareads.org.au/news/writing...

Guest Post – The Next Era of Reference Management: An Interview with William Gunn - The Scholarly Kitchen Today's guest post features an interview with William Gunn discussing how AI will (or won't!) change the future of reference management tools.

The next era of reference management via @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social

Hana Lee Goldin, MLIS (@hanaleegoldin) Why reading feels harder than it used to Your brain didn’t suddenly get lazy; your environment changed. Your eyes are tired before you ever open a book. Digital eye strain is real and cumulati...

Why reading feels harder than it used to. By Hana Lee Goldin.

Keywords Are Not Dead — But Discovery Is No Longer Just Search - The Scholarly Kitchen As with previous shifts in content discovery, today's winners will be those who understand the strengths and limits of AI search, and design systems that let researchers move fluidly between precision...

FUTURE: Keywords Are Not Dead — But Discovery Is No Longer Just Search scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/06/k... Rather than disappearing, keywords are increasingly becoming infrastructure — working “under the hood” even when users interact through natural language interfaces.

The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.

theconversation.com/the-5-stages... #academicpublishing #enshittification @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social and Martina Linnenluecke, Jan 6 2026

Mary Fowler - Forgiving Yourself-Harm We’re nervous. We’re excited. We’re nervous and excited. Because it’s Mary freaking Fowler day. Joining us in the Vulnerabilitea House, all the way from Manchester, Mary answers the question ‘what do ...

Awesome episode of The Imperfects podcast with guest, Australian soccer player and Matildas team member, Mary Fowler
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#WorkCommute #TheImperfects

This is an activity that would have value at organisational, team and individual levels.

Much to consider as we begin the work year.

DROP - what tasks can I give to AI?
DEFEND - what parts of my job require my human-centred, creative professional expertise?
ELEVATE - How does AI help me to develop my work & help others to do the same?
REINVENT - what new ways of working can be imagined through intersection of AI & my expertise?