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Dr Marianna Shek – Boys read: Allowed!

Dr Marianna Shek — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:14:57 +0000

Boys Read: Allowed! is a pilot program at Brisbane Grammar School where Senior students read aloud to Year 5 students before or after school. The aim of the program is to investigate in what ways young adult male students (Year 10 -12) reading aloud to younger students (Year 5 -6) challenge traditional models of masculinity… Read More »

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Dr Jo Kaeding and Dr Agata Mrva-Montoy: Print disability and public libraries in Australia

Dr Jo Kaeding — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 22:42:00 +0000

Jo and Agata’s research explores the topic of print disability and public libraries in Australia. The aim is to understand the drivers and barriers to providing accessible public library resources and services for people with print disability in Australia.

The project involves three stages of research. Stage one which has been completed, involved a questionnaire with 297 Australian public librarians. The results were published in JALIA.

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Sarah Brundrett: how open monographs are being increasingly used as open educational resources

Sarah Brundrett — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 01:06:00 +0000

Led by Danny Kingsley, this research project explores how open monographs are being increasingly used as open educational resources (OERs) across Australia and New Zealand, although tracking their actual use in teaching and learning remains far from straightforward.

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Anita Dewi: how students, industry host supervisors, professional accreditation bodies, and university placement coordinators view placement programs

Anita Dewi — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:58:00 +0000

Anita Dewi is currently pursuing her PhD in Information Studies. Her PhD project investigates how students, industry host supervisors, professional accreditation bodies, and university placement coordinators view placement programs.

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Dr Kieran Hegarty: How community organisations help address digital inequalities

Dr Kieran Hegarty — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:01:00 +0000

Kieran contributes to a number of national research projects that highlight how community organisations, including public libraries and neighbourhood houses, help address digital inequalities. These include projects funded by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Telstra and the Victorian Government.

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Dr Ellie Abdi: exploring how people experience and use information in their everyday lives

Ellie Abdi — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 23:53:00 +0000

Research program description: Dr Ellie Abdi is an information researcher exploring how people experience and use information in their everyday lives. Her current research program focuses on developing Information eXperience Design (IXD) – a framework that draws on people’s real-world experiences with information to shape better ways of interacting with it.

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Joann Cattlin: Enabling societal impact of research: exploring information behaviours of academic and professional staff

Joann Cattlin — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:29:45 +0000

Joann’s PhD research explores how academic and professional staff enable the societal impact of research, focusing on information behaviours and how universities can better support a strong, productive impact culture.

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Erin Roga: Exploring the experiences of autistic people applying for jobs in academic libraries

Erin Roga — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:14:00 +0000

Erin recently completed a research project with a team of librarians from the United States which surveyed autistic people to explore their experiences of applying for jobs in academic libraries. The goal was to listen to peoples’ lived experience to try and determine ways of improving the recruitment process, making it more inclusive and accessible.

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Shadika Jahan Shathi: Understanding Skilled Immigrant’s Information Needs Across Settlement in Australia

Shadika Jahan Shathi — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:52:00 +0000

This doctoral research investigates the evolving information needs of skilled immigrants during the initial, intermediate, and advanced stages of settlement in Australia, focusing on the role of public libraries. Using a mixed-methods design, the study comprises a national survey of 360 skilled immigrants and in-depth interviews with 45 participants to explore their settlement experiences.

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Krystal Gagen-Spriggs: The influence of teacher librarians on their school’s reading culture

Krystal Gagen-Spriggs — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 01:44:00 +0000

Originally published in INCITE Magazine Volume 46, Issue 3 Researcher Insights First introduced in the June edition of INCITE, Researcher Insights is a regular feature that celebrates some of the exciting and impactful research happening across the library and information sector. Each edition spotlights an academic, a practitioner, and a PhD candidate—highlighting the diverse ways… Read More »

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