Posts from — March 2010

SPUNC will be presenting a showcase of some of the best small publishers in Australia, featuring authors such as Joel Magarey, Homer Rieth, Kami, and more, reading aloud from their recently published works.

The Small Press Underground Networking Community (SPUNC) is a representative body for small and independent Australian publishers. It was formed in 2006 to promote independent publishing and support the principle of diversity within the publishing industry as a vital component of Australian literary culture.

For more information about this event, visit The Wheeler Centre website.

The Library will be observing the following opening hours over the Easter period:

Thursday 1st April:

• Bundoora: 8am-6pm
• Albury-Wodonga: 8.30am-5pm
• Bendigo: 8.30am-6pm

Good Friday, 2nd April through and including Monday, 5th April – ALL CAMPUSES CLOSED

Tuesday, 6th April:

• Bundoora: 11am-5pm
• Albury-Wodonga & Bendigo: CLOSED

We hope you have a happy and safe Easter Break.

The Poets Picnic will be held at the Ruthven Storytelling Garden, this Sunday, 28th March.

The Picnic is an opportunity to share poems and stories in the community. Poetry submissions can be forwarded to: poets.picnic@yahoo.com.au

Time: 11.30am for 12pm Welcome – ending at 3pm

Place: Ruthven Storytelling Garden, High Street, Reservoir

Food: BYO, or food stall

Entry: by donation of money or indigenous plants (for development of the garden)

For further information, please contact: poets.picnic@yahoo.com.au

International Women’s Day (held on 8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.

Why not join in by checking out The Perdita Manuscripts via the library catalogue?  Produced in association with the Perdita Project based at the University of Warwick and Nottingham Trent University, “Perdita” means “lost woman” and the quest of the Perdita Project has been to find early modern women authors who were “lost” because their writing exists only in manuscript form.

All the manuscripts were written or compiled by women in the British Isles during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and they have been sourced from archives and libraries across the United Kingdom and the USA.  They include Account Books, Almanacs, Auto/Biography, Calligraphy, Culinary Writing, Diaries, Drama, Historical writing, Medical writing, Prose, Religious writing, Travel writing and Verse.

There is now a tramTRACKER^® widget on the Library’s webpage.

If you need to catch a tram to or from the Bundoora campus, why not check when your next tram is due before you leave!

For more information about tramTRACKER^® including mobile phone apps, visit Yarra Trams online.

Training @ La Trobe will be running EndNote X2 courses for academic staff and postgraduate research students throughout the year.

Course dates for March are as follows:

EndNote X2- Getting Started

Bundoora Campus- Friday, 19 March, 9.30am – 12.30pm

Bendigo Campus- Thursday, 25 March, 9.30am – 12.30pm

EndNote  X2- Importing References

Bundoora Campus- Friday, 19 March, 1.30pm – 4.30pm

Bendigo Campus- Thursday, 25 March, 1.30pm – 4.30pm

Registration is essential for these courses. The cost for students is $20 per session. Please refer to the Training @ La Trobe website to register and for further information.

E-books are a great resource and the Library has more than 20,000 titles available. Benefits of using e-books:

• they are accessible around the clock, regardless of location
• you can search within text
• high quality content
• they are never ‘on loan’ or waiting to be re-shelved; and
• no library fines!!

Learn how to find e-books with our ‘Finding e-books’ LibGuide.

LibSkills is available from the Library’s training page and is a great online resource that you can use at a time that’s convenient for you.

Teach yourself:

• basic search techniques using the Library Catalogue
• how to find relevant websites using Google and Google Scholar
• how to find journal articles using Library databases
• how to find books, journal articles, e-books and more from your reading list
• how to assess the integrity of information sources
• how to acknowledge and use information sources correctly
• how to use the internet and other digital technologies more effectively

Why are there queues for computers and printing in the Library at Bundoora? The queues are partly due to the Redevelopment Project.

All 54 of the computers from level 1 (now a building site) were relocated to level 2 over the summer. Staff have worked hard to ensure this happened in time for start of semester. This opportunity was used to replace 36 of the older computers with new ones. Unfortunately, due to a few software problems, their release for use has been held up.  Getting these new computers operational is currently our highest priority.

We have attempted to provide more power points for laptop users. There have been more power points installed at the base of the west wall of level 2 (behind the boarded up stairway). This is not the most ideal location but it should make it easier for laptop users to recharge.

Additional printing is now also available on the east side of level 2, near the photocopy room.

We dislike queues as much as you do and we apologise for the inconvenience.  We encourage you to use the Study Hall in Glenn College where there are computer workstations available, or come to the Library when it is less busy (e.g. before 11am or after 3pm).

The current situation is temporary and when the new space on level 1 is completed mid year there will be much more room for you to study comfortably.

If you have problems with Library computers, please let staff know at ICT Student Support, located next to the Inquiry Desk.