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Friends of the Library presents Take Two Oboes
We are thrilled to announce that this postponed event is now back on the calendar! This is a not to be missed musical celebration in the beautiful heritage listed Barr Smith Library Reading Room. Celebrate 90 years of Library memories and commemorate Jiri Tancibudek.
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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've听compiled a list of the services and support offered during your time at the University. We are here to help you succeed.听For the听full list of library services available, check out our听Services for Students听辫补驳别.
How a comic about Australian internment camps made it to Comic-Con 2022
A unique series of comic books will be showcased by a 成人大片 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鈥檚 most beautiful rare books with Cheryl Hoskin:听Berthe Hoola van Nooten鈥檚听Fleurs fruits et feuillages choisis de l鈥檌le de Java,听published in 1880.
Portrait exhibition honours Aboriginal leader
A new portrait has been unveiled听in the Barr Smith Library听of听Uncle Rodney (Rod) O鈥橞rien,听respected听Kaurna Elder and Cultural Advisor at the 成人大片.
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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.听
Using open resources in teaching
The University Library recently signed on to a national program coordinated by the Council of 成人大片 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.听
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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.
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