There are two main service desks in the Borchardt Library: the Inquiry Desk and the Research Help Desk.

Staff at the Inquiry Desk will help you with general enquiries such as questions about borrowing, paying fines, quick catalogue queries and carrel bookings.

The Research Help Desk is where you go for help with assignments and research. The desk is open from 10am-6pm, Monday to Friday. Check out the Library's training page for more research and catalogue help.

Connect to: TVNews

No more fumbling for news information or guessing when and where an important story was screened.
You can now search, browse, track and be alerted to television events/items and programs from the free-to-air networks via Informit TVNews, a new database available via the Library.

Individual news stories from a particular program are indexed with a detailed synopsis and can be viewed online or downloaded in a compressed format.

TV News is updated daily, with stories appearing on an evening news broadcast generally available for access the next morning. Items range from under 30 seconds for short stories, to over an hour for selected documentaries.
This new database allows La Trobe students and researchers to thoroughly search broadcast content (post September 2007 when the service began) and access it conveniently and rapidly.

Bundoora Campus
The four printers currently available in the Bundoora campus library have now been replaced with six new Xerox printers, one of them a colour printer.

There are four black and white printers on Level 2 and one on Level 1. Then there is the colour printer which is located in the photocopy room on Level 2.

The new printers offer the following functions A4 and A3 single and double-sided printing and A4 and A3 colour printing single-sided printing.

Printing costs at Bundoora
Black and white:
A4 single $0.12 per sheet, A4 double $0.22 per sheet
A3 single $0.14 per sheet, A3 double $0.24 per sheet

Colour:
A4 single $0.42 per sheet, A4 double n/a
A3 single $0.77 per sheet, A3 double n/a

Find out more about printing at Bundoora campus library.

Bendigo Campus
A new colour photocopier has been installed in the Library by Campus Graphics opposite the Training Room. This photocopier also enables self service colour printing from the PC's in the Training Room and on the Mezzanine Floor.

Find out more about Library printing, photocopying and computer facilities at all campuses.

Your Library’s wireless network allows laptop access to internet and email services via the La Trobe University network.

Certain areas in the Library have stronger wireless signals and these areas are shown on wireless coverage maps. To access the maps and instructions for configuration and wireless printing visit this link.

The Library will be running catalogue workshops and tours at the following times over the next two weeks:

Bundoora
Catalogue Workshops- 12pm from Monday 21st July to Thursday 24th July; and 1pm from Monday 28th July to Thursday 31st July.

Tours- 12.30pm from Monday 21st July to Thursday 24th July; and 1.30pm from Monday 28th July to Thursday 31st July.

Make sure you book your place online, or call Sandi on 94791787 and leave a message to register.

All catalogue workshops will be held in Training Room 1 and tour groups will meet inside the Library entrance.

Bendigo
Library Orientation Tours are being held on Thursday 24th July. Make sure you book your place online.

In Semester 1, 2008 the Library at Bundoora conducted a trial that allowed approved food and drink to be consumed in designated areas in the Library. This trial has now ended.

No food allowed in the Library

The outcome of the trial is that in order to maintain an environment conducive to study, research and group work for all Library clients food, uncovered drinks - including drinks in aluminium cans - are no longer allowed in the Library.

Drinks must be covered

Drinks with lids or screw tops, including coffee/tea and bottled water, will continue to be allowed in most areas of the Library except in the study carrel on Level 1 that is designated for reading material from the Special Collections.

** Remember to place your rubbish in the waste or recycling bins provided.**

Library users who do not comply with these guidelines may be asked to leave the library by staff. Find out more about the current guidelines or make a comment below.

No more forms! Now you can request an item from Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo or Bundoora campus library via the catalogue.

This enhanced service means you can request online 'Holds' from any campus library for most available material as well as on loan material.

Just 'Request a Hold' for your item via the catalogue and then choose the location you want to pick it up from. However, if you are at the campus where the item is located, you must retrieve it yourself.

Why not curl up with a good book?

Your campus library has some great Science Fiction books and films to relax with over the break. For films, there is everything from Ridley Scott's Bladerunner, to animated Japanese films like Appleseed by Kazuyoshi Katayama.

There are also some great books like The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov and Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange .

To find more Sci Fi books and films, just go to the Library's catalogue, choose the 'subject' tab and type 'science fiction' in the search box. This will give you a listing of the entire Science Fiction collection.

Have a relaxing break.

Due to software upgrades being carried out over the mid-semester break, various library services will be affected. They include:

Library Catalogue
Monday 30th June, 6pm to 8pm.
All catalogue activities will be affected e.g. browsing, borrowing, booking etc.

Electronic Resources
Monday 30th June, 6pm to 8pm.
Access to electronic resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, unit materials will not be available.

Document Delivery
Monday 30th June to Wednesday 2nd July
The online Document Delivery system will be unavailable for 2 full days, back online 9am Wednesday 2nd July.

Due to scheduled maintenance by the University on ICT infrastructure at the Bundoora campus on Saturday 28th June 2008 at 12.05am no online library services will be available.

Outages include:
-The library catalogue (browsing, borrowing, booking etc.)
-Access to Electronic resources (such as databases, unit materials)
-The library website

Services at all campuses and access from off campus will be affected. Services will be restored at 11.55pm Saturday 28th June 2008.