La Trobe University Library news and information!

We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience suffered by Library users as a result of the carpet replacement on Level 3.  

We now expect Level 3 to reopen by Tuesday 6 December, once air quality testing is completed. Library staff may be able to retrieve some items on Monday 5 December.

If you urgently need books from the General Collection on Level 3, please call us on 9479 2922 or speak to staff at the Inquiry Desk. You can also email us your requests via library@latrobe.edu.au and we can place the holds for them so that you only have to come in to collect the material.

Level 3 is a very large floor space and the removal of old carpet and associated dust has taken longer than expected. There are also safety and OHS concerns that need to be taken into account.

Please be assured that our aim is always to cause the least disruption to Library users possible, and we apologise again for any inconvenience caused during these works.

National Year of Reading  2012 is a collaboration between public libraries, government, community groups, media and commercial partners.

Throughout 2012 projects will be promoted that support reading and literacy:

‘The National Year of Reading 2012 is about children learning to read and keen readers finding new sources of inspiration. It’s about supporting reading initiatives while respecting the oral tradition of storytelling. It’s about helping people discover and rediscover the magic of books. And most of all, it’s about Australians becoming a nation of readers.’

To find out about upcoming events and projects and how you can get involved visit the National Year of Reading 2012 website.

We now have trial access to 3 extra collections via Hein Online until 31 December:

Foreign & International Law Resources Database – this database includes the publications of the American Society of International Law together with prominent yearbooks from around the world, including the Hague Permanent Court of International Justice series. It also includes US law digests, international tribunals/judicial decisions and more. Feedback form.

Harvard Research in International Law – this collection includes access to the reprint of The Harvard Research in International Law as well as Contemporary Analysis and Appraisal. It also includes links to law review articles from within the Law Journal Library written by the contributors to the Harvard Research in International Law. Feedback form.

Kluwer Law International Journal Library – this database contains 21 Kluwer Law International Journals including: Air and Space Law, Arbitration International, World Trade and Arbitration Materials, International Journal of Comparative Labour Law & Industrial Relations, European Public Law, European Review of Private Law, and Legal Issues of Economic Integration. Feedback form.

Professor Carol Adams will be at the Bendigo campus this week to discuss the University’s first sustainability report, ‘Responsible Futures’:

Time and location: 12pm, Wednesday 23 November, Bus room 129, Bendigo campus

The presentation will include:

• targets set in the report – how we can meet them
• new policies – getting our house in order
• sustainability in research and the curriculum – knowledge generation and transfer
• the draft Sustainability Vision and action plan – taking the long-term view

All staff and students are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served.

UPDATE: Level 3 will be closed until 5 December. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Are you likely to need to borrow any books from the General Collection at Bundoora in the next week or two? We suggest you plan ahead and borrow NOW - before 25 November or wait until the Library re-opens on 30 November!

Due to the need to remove old carpet from Level 3 of the Library, this level will be CLOSED to all users from 8am Friday 25 November and re-opens at 8am Wednesday 30 November

There will be NO ACCESS to general collection books for all users for these days.

Once the carpet is removed from the open area, Level 3 will again be open for use. However, some sections of shelves will be progressively closed over the summer until mid January as each section is lifted to allow for new carpet tiles to be laid.

During this closed period, Library staff at the Inquiry Desk will be able to place holds for you on material you require. You can either place a hold on material to be collected on the Wednesday when we again have access to Level 3, or make a request to other Libraries via BONUS+ or the regional campus libraries.

Level 1 and Level 2 of the Library will be fully operational and unaffected by the work.

The recarpeting is part of the cyclical maintenance of University building infrastructure. The carpet on Level 3 dates back to when the Library was first opened. The new carpet tiles, matching the tiles currently on Level 1, will revitalise the area and remove the unsightly tape over holes and different unmatched carpet currently in place.

We will keep you informed of progress on this project and apologise for any inconvenience.

We now have trial access to the full text of articles and chapters belonging to Cambridge Companions Complete until 9 December.

Cambridge Companions is organised into three cross-searchable collections:

• Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics offers over 2,000 essays on major authors, periods and genres, written by experts and designed for student readers. Each author is placed in literary and historical context; their major works are analysed either in separate chapters or grouped according to theme, and their influence on later writers assessed. This collection covers key periods and aspects of the civilisations of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as periods of English literature such as Old English or the Victorian Novel, and literary genres such as Modernism or Greek Tragedy, providing contextual information about political, social, religious and artistic relationships.

• Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture offers specially-commissioned collections of essays intended to serve as reference works for an inter-disciplinary audience of students and non-specialists. Addressing topics and figures ranging from Plato through Kant to Habermas, and philosophical movements such as the Scottish Enlightenment and German Idealism, this collection contains over 1,300 downloadable essays taken from the Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture (more than 150 volumes). Each volume also includes a substantial bibliography and other elements such as glossaries and timelines.

• Cambridge Companions to Music provides specially commissioned essays  on composers, instruments and musical topics, written with the student, the performer and the music lover in mind.

Please leave comments regarding this trial on the feedback form.

**Note:  the full text of the Shakespeare Survey Online, which appears on the same webpage, is not part of this trial.

We currently have trial access to the full text of articles and chapters belonging to Cambridge Histories Online until 9 December.

Offering online access to the unique content of the print editions published since the 1960s, this database will assist anyone researching or studying a subject that has an historical element.

Please leave comments about this database on our feedback form.

Nature Publishing Group is providing complimentary access to the Scientific American 1845-1909 Archive Collection has extended complimentary access to this collection until 31 December 2011.

We currently subscribe to issues of Scientific American online from 2005. During this free access period, more than 75,000 extra articles are available.

Highlights from the archive collection include:

1851: Singer sewing machine

1876: Telephone

1879: Incandescent light bulb

1897: Lumiere cinematograph, the camera that started the film industry

1902: Wright Brothers’ flight at Kitty Hawk

If you would like to comment on the Archive Collection, please use the feedback form.

We now have trial access to the full text ejournals of Liebert Online until 31 December.

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. provides over 70 peer-reviewed journals and trade magazines dating from 1980 in biotechnology, biomedical research, life sciences, clinical medicine and surgery, alternative and complementary medicine, law, philanthropy, environmental science and sustainability.

For the duration of the trial you will be able to read the recent issues of all the ejournals from this publisher.

Please leave comments regarding this trial on the feedback form.

The National Library of Australia has added the following newspaper titles to ’Digitised newspapers and more‘ on the Trove website:

Victoria

Oakleigh Leader (North Brighton, 1888-1902)

Oakleigh Leader and District Record (Brighton, 1887-1888)

Sunbury News and Bulla and Melton Advertiser (1892-1900)

The Benalla Ensign and Farmer’s and Squatter’s Journal (1869-1872)

The Coburg Leader (1890-1913)

The Elsternwick Leader (Brighton, 1888)

The Elsternwick Leader and Caulfield and Balaclava Guardian (Brighton, 1887)

The Elsternwick Leader and District Record (Brighton, 1887-1888)

Elsternwick Leader and East Brighton, South Brighton, Cheltenham, Mentone, Mordialloc, Oakleigh, Sandringham, Balaclava & Caulfield Record (1887)

The Kerang Times (1889-1890)

The Kyabram Union and Rodney Shire Advocate (1894)

Healesville Guardian and Yarra Glen Advocate (1898)

The above titles were funded by the State Library of Victoria

Tasmania

The Observer (Hobart, 1845-1846)

New South Wales

The Leader (Liverpool, 1946-1949)

This title has been funded by the Liverpool City Library

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