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We are absolutely ecstatic to announce that applications are now open for UTS Library’s Creative in Residence 2025. The program is now running for its 14th year, and we are calling all creatives!

Take part in a 6-month residency with a $10,000 stipend, where you'll have the opportunity to explore, inspire and engage with the Library, whether that be our collection, spaces or culture. Challenge yourself to create something new and innovative that encourages positive client experience.

Residency applications are open to all creatures great and small. So whether you are in a collaborative group or a solo artist within Art, Media, Design, Photography, Architecture, STEM, Law, Business or whatever, feel free to apply and come play with us!

Find out how to apply at: https://www.lib.uts.edu.au/whats-on/news/applications-open-for-creative-in-residence-2025

Want to help UTS improve our student services? Help us plan for Campus 2040 and receive a $100 voucher for your time. Spots are filling up quick for our Thursday workshop, follow the link in our bio to register your interest!

Want a $50 Visa gift card?

We’re expanding our technology collection and need your opinions help to make it the best it can be. Join us for a workshop on the 16th of May to help us shape the collection and walk away with a $50 voucher. Register now via the link in our bio!

We’ve got paid grants up for grabs for current students who have a project in mind for improving the UTS learning experience! This is a chance to have a say, instigate change and add something truly impressive to your resume. To apply, visit link in bio. We’re excited to work with you!

Go into the draw to WIN by telling us how you use technology at UTS! Survey link in bio 👀

Calling all UTS Students! Complete the Digital Experience Insights Survey to help us understand how you use technology at UTS, what is making a difference to your study and where improvements can be made – and go in the draw to win your choice of headphones, earphones or gift vouchers! 🎧💻🤖 uts.ac/jisc2024

You’ve got this ❣️ All these study resources and more are available at the 🔗 in bio 🫶✨

Drumroll, please… Introducing Vita Cochran, our 2024 Creative in Residence! Fascinated by traditional textiles and avant-garde women artists, Vita is renowned for vibrant artworks and objects that transcend boundaries between art and craft. She is set to enchant us with an ‘eclipse’ of lifelike embroidered moths literally woven into our beloved Library. Keep an eye out for moments of surprise, intricacy, vulnerability and beauty in unexpected nooks and crannies. Let the transformation begin!

Have you heard the story of what happened when a cowboy and a cryptid walked into a university Library? Neither have we - but soon we’ll find out what this thrilling tale holds for us!

Join us on Tuesday 5 March for an hour of drawing, poetry and performances from .ngwoody and .gayze! Registrations are free and open via .rna 🤠👹📚✨

This past week of summer has felt more like library weather than beach weather 🌦️📚

Autumn session is coming up, but you don’t have to wait to come back to us! Please, we miss you! It’s so quiet without you here, and we hope it will be just as quiet with you here 🤫🤭

I don’t know about you, but we are very excited for a study break 😅🎅

Holiday hours:
22 December: 10am to 6pm
23 December to 1 January: Closed
2 January onwards: 10am to 6pm

We look forward to seeing you in the new year!

🚨🎄🌟 SANTA WILL BE IN THE BUILDING THIS FRIDAY 🌟🎄🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🎅

Come by the Student Learning Hub this Friday 24 Nov 10am - 2pm to get a photo with UTS’ official Santa! And don’t forget to bring a cold coin donation for FoodBank!

Silly season is upon us, and that means Santa Photos! Come by the Student Learning Hub (UTS Central, level 4) on Friday 24 November to get your photo taken with UTS's official Santa Claus - and don't forget a gold coin donation for Foodbank Australia! 🎅❄️🎄

Happy Halloween from us and the BOOK WITCH! She’s had a lovely time receiving your fears and costume suggestions - she couldn’t decide on just one! She’s a very popular witch and has lots of engagements to attend to on this spookiest of weeks 👻

You can still give your costume suggestions and submit your fears till this Friday! We’ve got Halloween stations on Levels 4 and 7 🎃

Our UTS Visualise Your Thesis competition winner, Christopher Hall, is now in the running to win the People’s Choice award! This award goes to the thesis with the highest view count, so show your support by watching their thesis summary "Platform Journalism: Law & Society”, which delves into some exciting commentary about social media journalism: https://visualiseyourthesis.figshare.com/articles/presentation/Platform_Journalism_Law_Society/23930829

Platform Journalism: Law & Society Christopher Hall, Platform Journalism: Law & SocietyWinner - University of Technology Sydney VYT (2023)Journalism, it’s important for democracy. It plays a public interest service role by providing citizens with critical information and it holds power to account through investigative reporting. Th...

Want some extra one-on-one study support? This is the last week to book in a free 15 minute consultation with a librarian! Whether you need help starting an assignment, referencing, or something else - we've got you covered! Book in now:

One-on-one study help | UTS Library 16th August, 2023 From week 3 of Spring session (Monday 21 August) bookable consultations with a librarian are available online and in person on level 7 of UTS Library (inside the Library gates). Get instant advice and help while you study, complete your assignments, or conduct research. Book a free...

Puppets and gadgets and games, oh my! We’ve got a pop-up collection of tools and equipment that you can borrow from the Student Learning Hub this week! Drop by between 11:30am and 2:30pm to browse and borrow 🛠️🔌📹🎲🐘

We're searching for a creative and ambitious director to lead our Education, Research, Publication and Copyright Services units. This is a full-time position in our leadership executive team, accountable for strategy, planning and continuous improvement across all areas of UTS Library.
Apply or learn more about the role. https://bit.ly/45RYOUM

Director, Library Scholarly Services Job in Broadway, Sydney NSW The UTS Library is seeking a creative and ambitious director who combines strategic vision with operational excellence

Join us next Thursday 24 Aug at 5:30pm for an evening of inspiring talks with author and academic Olga Oleinikova, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Social Impact Technologies and Democracy Research Hub at UTS, to recognise the release of Olga's latest book "European Migration to Australia: From Czech Republic, Hungary and Ukraine to Sydney and beyond."
Book your free ticket to hear from Olga, along with special guest speakers, as they share personal stories and discuss new forms and paths of migration to Australia since the 2000s.
A must-attend for students, scholars and policymakers in the fields of migration, sociology, political science and international relations.
Learn more about the book and book your spot:
https://bit.ly/45tOFgM

Book launch: New Eastern European Migration to Australia | Humanitix Book launch: New Eastern European Migration to Australia, Hosted at UTS Library, Building 2, Level 7, 61 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia, Thu 24th Aug 2023, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm AEST. Tickets are free. Only on Humanitix

Congratulations to all our finalists of the UTS Visualise Your Thesis competition 2023!

Special mention to this year's winners:
1st place: Chris Hall
2nd place: Gengming Wei
3rd place: Hanwei Yu

Chris' winning entry "Platform Journalism: Law and Society" will now go on to the international Visulaise Your Thesis competition.
Good luck Chris!

You can check out some of the UTS finalists videos at https://bit.ly/3qfSB61

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Whether you're just starting UTS or coming back for another session, set yourself up for study success with help from UTS Library.
Get advice, training and one-on-one support as you start your first assignments for Spring session.

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We have an array of specialised services for staff as you prepare for Spring session - check them out here:

Prepare your teaching for Spring session | UTS Library 22nd June, 2023 UTS Library has an array of specialised services for you as you prepare for Spring session, including support and resources you can refer students to for assistance with their studies, making new friends and making the most out of their time at UTS. Get your subject Reading Lists...

The Library is here to make your study as easy and enriching as possible! Check out our search features and ways we can help staff create custom in-curriculum workshops or study guides for your subject.

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For National Reconciliation Week 2023, UTS Library and the Student Learning Hub are partnering with Koori Kinnections to bring you a series of drop-in talk sessions centered around this year's Reconciliation Week theme: Be a Voice for Generations.

Join us at the Student Learning Hub (UTS Central, level 4) for a "Don't ask that" Q&A discussion where you can have your questions about Australian Indigenous culture, National Reconciliation Week and the upcoming Voice to Parliament referendum answered in a safe and judgement-free space.

No registration required, simply drop in anytime between 12pm and 3pm to sit, chat, draw and listen.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/3BSJTfX

Want the chance to show off your amazing research project and increase the impact of your work?
Enter the UTS Visualise Your Thesis Competition!
You could win $2000 and the opportunity to showcase your research on a global scale.
Visualise Your Thesis is open to currently enrolled UTS PhD, Masters by Research or Industry Doctorate candidates.

Visit https://bit.ly/3p9t9hD to find out more and submit your expression of interest.

Enter the Visualise Your Thesis 2023 competition | UTS Library 5th April, 2023 Visualise Your Thesis is an opportunity for research students to present their research project in a sixty-second audio-visual explainer. Visualise Your Thesis is open to currently enrolled UTS PhD, Masters by Research or Industry Doctorate candidates, who will have access to supplie...

Calling all researchers!
Learn how to increase the impact of your research work, save time on your referencing and data management and find the most relevant sources for your research.
Attend one of the upcoming training sessions through May and June.
See all workshops at https://bit.ly/3LQe9hA

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UTS Library will be open during the upcoming public holidays, both on campus and through online chat. Get help with your assignments, access our resources or come for a quiet, ambient place to study! A UTS ID card will be required to enter the building and the Library/Reading Room.

Join us next week to celebrate the launch of BOOK WITCH, created by UTS Library's 2022 Creative in Residence, Katy B Plummer.
Entry is FREE but spaces are limitied to reserve your tickets now at https://bit.ly/3J21Zzw
Expect an evening of inspiring artist talks, drinks and interactive art play. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the Creative in Residence program, meet with the artist, learn more about the process involved in he creation of BOOK WITCH and have your oracle read by the BOOK WITCH herself.

BOOK WITCH launch, Ultimo, Thu 16th Mar 2023, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm AEDT | Humanitix Help us celebrate the launch of BOOK WITCH, the UTS Library's 2022 Creative in Residence work by Katy B Plummer. Join us for an inspiring evening of artist talks, drinks and interactive art play. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the Creative in Residence program, meet with the artist, learn more abou...

What a year! We wish you all a safe and happy holidays. See you again next year, we'll be open again on 3 January.