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Having problems with file sizes. Are your powerpoint presentations or MS Word files to big? Check out these recent library vodcasts which illustrate how to massively reduce your file sizes.

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Tips for EndNote: Authors' Names

EndNote has very particular rules about how to format authors' names so that they appear correctly in your in-text citations and reference lists. Each author has to appear on a separate line in the Author field of the record, and *must* follow one of the following two patterns: Smith, John OR John Smith EndNote can take either of those patterns to make the name appear in the right format in your paper (you can use initials instead of the authors' given names). This can get a little tricky if your author is a company or corporation (like, say, James Cook University Library ) or a name like Dalai Lama or Dr. Seuss , which have to be kept in order rather than broken into the surname, initial pattern. If you simply type James Cook University Library into the Author field, EndNote will put it in your in-text citations like this: (Library, 2015) .* And it will put it in your reference list like this: Library, J.C.U. (2012). The secret is the comma. EndNote as

New eBook Release! Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef

What do you get when you cross a collection of 1600 books about marine science with a cracking yarn about a motley crew of scientists stuck on an island in the Queensland tropics for a year? You get a new eBook from JCU Library’s Special Collections team! And it’s totally free to read online or download as part of JCU’s ever-growing suite of Open Access eBooks! Promotional flyer for the new eBook. Image details: Frederick Stratten Russell b. 1897 - d. 1984. Low Isles, from memory 8/7/31 (1931) . Watercolour and pencil on paper, 23cm x 29.4cm. Yonge Ephemera Album, Sir Charles Maurice Yonge Collection. James Cook University Library Special Collections. Copyright Cleo Paskal, 2023. The new book, Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef: the story of a ground-breaking scientific mission to Low Isles, Queensland in 1928-1929, and an overview of its legacies , has been written by historian and Special Collections staffer Trisha Fielding, with contributions from Special Collections volunteers

The Kowanyama Project - Vivian Sinnamon's Legacy

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this article contains images, voices, names or references to peoples now passed on. Vivian Sinnamon with colleague and long-term friend, Senior Ranger John Clarke, Kowanyama, 2019. Photograph : © Mark Weaver. This week marks the First Anniversary of the passing of Vivian Charles Sinnamon (1953-2022). A beloved family member and friend to many in the Kowanyama Community and beyond, Viv dedicated over 50 years of his life to the cultural and environmental retention, conservation and regeneration of the region and its culture. He was a respected Elder in Kowanyama, where he lived and worked tirelessly to pass on the knowledge taught to him by Elders and scholars, and built on through his own studies, research, and practice. Viv's passing last year rocked the Kowanyama Community and the many connected communities from across the globe who had come to know Viv through his work and advocacy for First Nations'

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