Posts from — July 2010

Most of the new space on Level 1 (ground floor) of the Library at the Melbourne campus is NOW OPEN for your use!

Lots of students have already discovered what a great new space it is, with lots of comfortable seating and study tables, all with powerpoints for your laptop, and cool study booths with LCD screens.

Abram and Stefan like the study booths - they said it makes them feel like they are in a spaceship!

Rachel started at mid year and says the new spaces are "...fantastic...they seem to be designed for modern learning, they acknowledge the way we have to work now!"

There are some pictures of the spaces here and a floorplan so you can see what is where here.

Express workstations, Inquiry desk, IT student help desk and Research help desks have all moved to Level 1. Entry doors and Reserve are still on Level 2. New ground level entrance will open in a couple of weeks when Agora facade is complete.

Come in and see for yourself, and let us know what you think. Leave a comment below or scribble it on one of the new write-on walls in the new space – with a whyteboard pen of course !

Two new guides for Harvard and Footnoting referencing styles are now available in LibGuides.

• Harvard (Author Date) guide
• Footnoting (Documentary Note/Oxford) guide

Endnote filters to suit these styles are also available to download from the library’s Endnote page.

Please check with your lecturer or Faculty to confirm the preferred referencing style.

With ‘Tim Burton: The Exhibition’ currently on at acmi in Melbourne, why not take home one of his amazing works of fantasy from the library’s audio visual collection:

• Charlie and the chocolate factory
• Mars attacks!
• Beetle juice
• Batman
• James and the giant peach
• Sleepy hollow
• Sweeney Todd: the demon barber of Fleet Street

Visit the acmi website for more information about this excellent exhibition, on until October 10.

The George Briscoe 2010 Kerferd Oration: ‘Revealing the hidden strengths and talents of community‘, will be delivered by Christine Nixon APM, on Sunday 25 July.

This free community event will take place at 11am (doors open at 10.15am) at the George Briscoe Kerferd Conference Centre. La Trobe University, Albert Rd, Beechworth.

For further information, please call (03) 5720 8050.

DIAC officers will be at the La Trobe Melbourne campus in August to answer queries and help with online visa renewals.

Information Day- Monday 2 August, Health Sciences 1-136 (note change of venue):

DIAC officers will be available from 11am-12.30pm to answer any questions you may have.

Outreach Day- Monday 9 August, Computer Study Hall:

Get assistance with online visa renewal. Officers will be available from 10am-4pm.

Yes, it’s really happening! Most of your new library space is due to open just in time for Semester 2!

The new entrance (from the Agora), foyer, Reserve area, and the back window (north end), are still being finished and will not open until August, but all other new ground floor spaces will be open.

On Thursday 22 July, there may be some disruption to service at the main help desk due to the need to move these services down to Level 1.

What will be open on Level 1?

• Main service desk – Inquiries/ICT student help/Research help
• Reference collection
• New books/new journals
• Current newspapers
• Group study areas
• Library seminar room
• Collaborative classroom 1.01
• Collaborative workrooms 1.01 – 1.02
• Group study rooms 1.01 – 1.06
• Study booths 1.01 – 1.10
• Equity and access rooms 1.01 – 1.02
• Special collections reading room
• Transact La Trobe card registration machine
• Printers and photocopier
• Toilets

Access to Level 1 will be via the internal stairs in the Library.

What will stay on Level 2 until the new entrance opens?

• Library entrance
• Reserve/Hold shelf  (to stay on Level 2 until Level 1 entrance open.)
• Return chutes (stay on Level 2 near current entrance, will move to near south-west corner, on west side of Level 1 [ground level] after full opening.)

Come and check out your new space and tell us what you think!

La Trobe Library now has trial access to the Ebook Library (EBL) platform until July 30. UPDATE: Wednesday 4 August

A sample of books has been provided for the trial and is only a small selection of what is available on this platform.

The library is interested in your comments about the usability of the EBL platform, for example:

• searching
• reading & browsing
• printing and downloading

What do you think of the features of EBL? For example, image view (scrolling across pages), PDF view, printing by page range or chapter, copy functionality to cut and paste directly from the ebook, full text search, notes – create, save and export, page/chapter skip, page sizing options, and the dictionary.

Please note: if you are working on a publicly accessible computer, you should always choose to read ebooks online via the EBL Online Reader rather than via the download option.

Please feel free to let us know what you think about this resource on our feedback form.

John Birmingham is the author of the cult classic, He Died With a Felafel in His Hand, the award-winning history Leviathan, and the trilogy comprising Weapons of Choice: World War 2.1, Designated Targets: World War 2.2 and Final Impact: World War 2.3.

Mr Birmingham will be at the Wheeler Centre to discuss his new blockbuster, After America, on Wednesday, 14 July, from 6.15-7.15pm.

This is a free event, but booking is recommended.  For more information about this event, or to make a booking, visit The Wheeler Centre online.

Training @ La Trobe run EndNote X2 courses for academic staff and postgraduate students throughout the year.

Course dates for July are as follows:

EndNote X2- Getting Started

Bendigo Campus- Tuesday, 13 July, 9.30am-12.30pm

Melbourne Campus- Friday, 23 July, 9.30am–12.30pm

EndNote  X2- Importing References

Bendigo Campus- Tuesday, 13 July, 1.30pm-4.30pm

Melbourne Campus- Friday, 23 July, 1.30pm–4.30pm

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

Exams are over and it’s time for a break!

Did you know that the library has heaps of great films you can borrow? Here are some tips on how to find the movie you’re looking for in the catalogue:

If you want a particular genre of movie:

If you already know the movie you want:

or maybe you just want to browse what’s available:

We hope you enjoy your break….and a few good movies!