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05/06/2024

Celebrating 60 Years of AIATSIS!

We’re proud to celebrate this milestone with AIATSIS at the AIATSIS Summit, having partnered with them for over 30 years.

A summit highlight was catching up with the wonderful Tui Raven, alongside Informit reps: Product Manager, Kate Moschetti, Head of Product, Laki Sideris, and our Research Consultant, Dr. Gretel Taylor.

29/05/2024

The Informit Product team attended the Leading the Product Conference at the MCG last week.

From capturing ideas to optimising goals, our team absorbed all the knowledge, scoring big on the venue front!

But football puns aside, this was a fantastic opportunity for the team to learn more about product disruption. How do we identify and respond to disruption? How can we minimise the impacts, master disruption, and create innovations?

Best conference on ground.

27/05/2024

This week is National Reconciliation Week.

Now more than ever, we need to understand and acknowledge our history and, as Australians, commit to deepening this understanding through education. The fight for justice and the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will — and must — continue.

Today we are honoured to share a video interview with Emeritus Professor John Maynard from our ‘Indigenous Scholars You Should Know’ series.

Emeritus Professor Maynard is one of Australia’s foremost Indigenous historians, who has reshaped Australian historiography with ground-breaking contributions.

His acclaimed books challenge prevailing notions in Aboriginal activism, race relations, and sports history, notably highlighting the influence of African American figures on 1920s Aboriginal political activism.

Professor Maynard has a PhD from the University of Newcastle and holds key positions and awards. A sought-after media commentator, he has appeared on programs and documentaries, leaving an indelible mark on the understanding of Aboriginal history.

Watch his engaging and insightful interview here: about.informit.org/indigenous-scholars/emeritus-professor-john-maynard

Emeritus Professor John Maynard is the foremost Indigenous historian in Australia, who has reshaped Australian historiography with ground-breaking contributions. His acclaimed books challenge prevailing notions in Aboriginal activist history, race relations, and sports history, notably highlighting....

23/05/2024

Last week we proudly launched Informit Explore, Australia's first learning and research database specifically designed for secondary schools and public libraries.

Thank you to those who attended! The atmosphere in the room was fantastic, with lots of great questions from the audience and lively discussions that continued in the lobby afterwards.

A special thanks to our keynote speaker, Alan James from Beaconhills College, who captivated the room with his entertaining and engaging presentation on the crucial role of Australian research in schools.

We also extend our gratitude to our guest speaker and education partner, Pru Mitchell from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), for her thoughtful discussion on the significance of Australian research in the school sector.

“Our vision is for every Australian secondary student and lifelong learner to access quality, authoritative research through Informit Explore, encouraging the critical thinkers of tomorrow,” said Informit’s Director, Emma Juniper, at the event.

“We are excited about where this product will lead Informit in the future.”

Congratulations to our Head of Product, Laki Sideris for driving this new product innovation, and to Jessica Darnell, Explore’s Product Manager, who has been exclusively focused on making sure this resource meets the needs of librarians, library patrons, teachers and students.

A big round of applause to the event organising committee too, for making it such a great night: Ally Scale, Liam Ryan, Amit Pattnaik, Jessica Hunt & Sarah Fitchett.

Missed the event?

Watch the recording here: https://lnkd.in/gPFh-P3x

Read the event recap on the Informit website: https://lnkd.in/gbXFFhTJ

📷: Phil Nitchie

16/05/2024

🌟 Meet Jessica Darnell, Product Manager 🌟

It's very fitting, during our Informit Explore launch week, to introduce the person who has made it all possible.

Jess has been exclusively focused on making sure our latest product Informit Explore meets the needs of the librarians, library patrons, teachers and students who’ll use it.

With a background in educational publishing and teaching, Jess loves working with language and ideas, and enjoys the strategic, business-oriented side of publishing and product development.

Apart from being an expert stakeholder manager, Jess also loves to travel, read and wrangle her two greyhounds (who have been known to make an appearance in the odd Teams meeting 😉).

We certainly couldn't have launched Informit Explore without her. Let's give it up for Jess! Congratulations on getting Informit Explore to launch week.

Background I am fairly new to the business, having started at Informit in August 2022, with a background in educational publishing and teaching. I love working with language and ideas, though I soon found myself enjoying the strategic, business-oriented side of publishing and product development. My...

09/05/2024

WIN $650 worth of books from Amplify Bookstore📚 🥳

All you need to do is attend our Informit Explore Launch event at RMIT’s Kaleide Theatre on Wednesday 15th May at 3:30pm, to go in the running to win this amazing door prize!

Amplify Bookstore is an online bookstore specialising in books by BIPOC authors. Informit is proud to support Amplify’s mission of encouraging readers to diversify their bookshelves.

There’s an incredible mix of diverse reads in this book stack. You’ll even notice one of our ‘Indigenous Scholars You Should Know’ - Zena Cumpston, with her co-authored book: First Knowledges Plants.

RSVP to this free event via this link for your chance to win this much-envied bookstack: www.eventbrite.com/e/informit-explore-launch-tickets-873037527747

09/05/2024

Our Head of Sales, Amit Pattnaik, was proud to present our brand-new product Informit Explore at ALIA on of the conference.

Designed specifically for schools and public libraries, Explore connects teachers, librarians and lifelong learners with authoritative Australian content at last.

With ready-made teaching and learning tools that combat misinformation and encourage critical thinking, Informit Explore offers a simple, topical entry point to the issues that really matter.

We’re grateful to the Australian Library and Information Association for the chance to showcase Explore in such an inspiring setting.

We’re excited for what’s to come.

08/05/2024

Just a quick reminder that Expressions of Interest for Informit's 2024 First Peoples’ Lens Cultural Fund are closing this Friday.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to receive support for Indigenous-led projects in research and innovation, particularly those focused on digital knowledge sharing. With a total pool of $30,000 available, your project could be one of the selected recipients.

Apply now to secure your chance: https://lnkd.in/g_YAKDjs

07/05/2024

That’s a wrap on day 1 & 2 of ALIA!

What an impressive turn out for Laki Sideris’s presentation on our OA Indigenous-led research initiatives.

Tomorrow brings with it more Informit fun. Catch our Head of Sales, Amit Pattnaik’s presentation on our latest product, Informit Explore, from 1:45 to 1:55 pm in Hall C.

Drop by Booth 20 to meet the Informit team, you may even spot our Director, Emma Juniper there!

05/05/2024

📢 Attention all ALIA attendees in Adelaide this week 📢

Join Informit's Head of Product, Laki Sideris tomorrow from 2pm to 2:25pm in Hall B for a presentation on OA & Indigenous-led research initiatives with Professor Andrew Gunstone and Professor Peter Anderson.

Discover how collaborative initiatives undertaken by Informit are amplifying Indigenous-led research. In this presentation, Professor Gunstone, Professor Anderson and Laki Sideris will reflect on the imperatives of promoting First Nation voices within the academy and beyond through OA journal publishing programs.

Don't miss out on this informative presentation!