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Reading Strange Books: New Online Exhibition at Fryer

This week, the Fryer Library launched a new online exhibition. Guest blogger, Sarah Boothroyd, describes her experience as curator...

Over the past few months, I've been researching and reading strange books: books with holes cut out of them, books that can be shuffled like a deck of cards - even a book printed on a roll of toilet paper.

These works now form part of a virtual exhibition and special collection held by the Fryer Library.

Latest Open Access News Jan/Feb 2013

  • Sage Open has reduced their open access article processing fee to $99 per article. Announcement Jan 24th 2013
  • The Max Planck Society and De Gruyter Sign Agreement for Open Access Book Publishing. Press release Jan 24th 2013
  • World Allergy Organization Journal is now open access has published its first open access articles with BioMed Central.

Finding a book via Google Books

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books_logo_sm.pngGoogle Books searches the full text of books and magazines scanned by Google . It works just like web search but not all books are available in full text. If you find a book you would like and it's not available you might be able to borrow the book from a Library.

Friends of Fryer Event: Brisbane Writers Festival at UQ Library

In conjunction with the Brisbane Writers Festival, on 7 September the University of Queensland Library hosted authors Drusilla Modjeska and Jon Doust in a discussion chaired by Professor <a href="http://www.brisbanew

The Global University Press

Peter J. Dougherty, Director of Princeton University Press, reflects on how university presses are embracing new technologies to continue their role in driving global scholarship.

Nick Earls at UQ Library on 8 August 2012

Brisbane author and National Year of Reading 2012 Ambassador Nick Earls will visit UQ on Wednesday 8 August to talk about his latest book, "Welcome to Normal".

New titles in the library

Recent additions to the library

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New titles in the Library

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New Titles in the Library

Theory of bridge aerodynamics       Environmental engineering : designing a sustainable future