INCITE Magazine

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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Managing hazardous substances in historic library collections

Hayley Webster — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:43:29 +0000

As anyone working with historic book collections will know, they require specialised care and throw the odd collection management curve ball. An emerging health and safety issue for historic libraries that I have been working on in recent years is the identification and management of hazardous substances in old book bindings. As the book trade… 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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The Beatles Urinal helping shine a light on one of South Australia’s oldest collections

Erin Reardon — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 06:46:00 +0000

The Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia (RA&HS) traces its lineage to the very early years of South Australian colonisation, with an agricultural society forming in 1839. Prominent early colonists were directly connected to the establishment of the Society, with the Manager of the South Australian Company, David McLaren, its inaugural President. With South Australian colonisation being an overtly commercial exercise, the establishment of an agricultural society to improve cultivation of the land, and subsequently its value, was crucial to these commercial imperatives.

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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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Ephemera and Democracy: John Curtin and the 1916 Conscription Referendum

Nathan Hobby — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 06:11:00 +0000

How does collecting political flyers and other ‘throw-away’ items contribute to democracy? Why do we keep collections of political ephemera in Australia? What kind of stories might these items help us to tell?

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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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