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Relaxing in the library

August 26th, 2010 Posted by okaras in library resources, review | Post a Comment »

Angels & DemonsWant a break from the stress of study?
Visit our fiction collection at the library and enjoy a good read by the windows in our relaxing atmosphere.
We keep the works of some popular authors such as Jodi Piccoult, Dan Brown, Stephanie Meyer, Bryce Courtney, Marian Keyes, Andy McNab, Janet Evanovich, John Grisham and Matthew Riley, just to name a few.
Here is a blurb about Dan Brown’s book, “Angels and demons”, which we have in our collection.

“When a world renowned scientist is found brutally murdered, a Harvard professor, Robery Langdon, is summoned to identify the mysterious symbol seared onto the dead man’s chest. His conclusion: it is the work of the illuminati, a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years – now reborn to continue their bitter vendetta against their sworn enemy, the Catholic church.
In Rome, the college of cardinals assembles to elect a new pope. Yet somewhere within the walls of the Vatican, an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion. While the minutes tick away, Langdon joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to decipher the labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome to the long-forgotten Illuminati lair – a secret refuge wherein lies the only hope for the Vatican.
But, with each revelation comes another twist, another turn in the plot, which leaves Langdon and Vetra reeling and at the mercy of a seemingly invincible enemy. “

So take the time out during your break to read a good book.
By Marisa Bottaro

New movie DVD, music CD and fiction collections

August 22nd, 2010 Posted by jason.wang in catalogue, library resources, tafecat | Post a Comment »

The library recently bought a range of movie DVD’s, music CD’s and fiction for our students’ entertainment. They all have been processed and  are ready for borrowing. If you are interested in the full list of movie DVD, Music CD or fiction collections, please visit TAFE NSW Library Network Catalogue website and following the tips below then you can make your favoured choice.

  1. Open catalogue website: http://tafecat.tafensw.edu.au/tafecat.html
  2. Select St George College Library then click “go to the library”
  3. In the “quick search” box select and click “power search”
  4. Then Select  -  library: St George College Library; location: DVD Collection; item catalogue1: DVD; after all please click “search” .
  5. At this stage a full list of DVD should come out.  You can select one of your favourite and click “Details” to see DVD number and availabilities.
  6. Use CD instead of DVD and repeat the above steps to obtain Music CD full list.
  7. If you are looking for the fiction, please leave location as ANY, item catalogue1 as Book and item catalogue2 as Fiction and repeat the above process.

We wish you enjoy our  new collections.

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Learn new skills to help you do your course assignments

August 16th, 2010 Posted by ssummersmorrow in Internet resources, Uncategorized, library services | Post a Comment »

Have you ever wished that you knew how to do a better search on the internet so that all the results that you get back are actually useful?
Are you confused about how to do your bibliography and referencing correctly?
Learning about these topics and many more is easy thanks to the online iLectures (internet lectures) that are provided by St George College.
Using software called Presenter and Captivate, library staff create iLectures to help you with many aspects of searching and evaluating information as well as writing and presenting your assignments and many aspects of library services and resources.
These iLectures can be accessed via the Information literacy page of our library wiki or, by clicking on the “watch how to…” link from our wiki.
Have a look at these and let us know what you think. Is there something that could be improved? Is there a topic that you feel is out of date? Is there are a topic that you want covered that we haven’t yet done.

Podcast – renewing items you borrow from the library

August 11th, 2010 Posted by ssummersmorrow in library services, podcast, tafecat | Post a Comment »

This podcast tells you about the various ways that you are able to renew items that you have borrowed from St George College Library. Renewing items means that you are able to keep them longer.

New DVD collection

July 29th, 2010 Posted by rjin in library resources | Post a Comment »

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Introducing one of the titles we hold: Inside The Australian Outback with Warwick Moss.

This DVD documents an amazing 12,000-kilometre trek through the legend that is outback Australia.

The documentury is presented by Warwick Moss, an award-winning filmmaker. It has three parts which explore Australia’s extraordinary beauty, history and culture.
 
Running Time: 120 mins

We also have music CDs available for borrowing for 2 weeks while DVDs can be borrowed for 1 week.

Click here to see the featured DVD”s availability.

Podcast – Past TAFENSW exam papers

July 26th, 2010 Posted by ssummersmorrow in TAFE, library resources, podcast | Post a Comment »

Listen to our podcast to find out all the ways that you can access the past TAFENSW exam papers to make studying for your next exam easy.

New look for the library

July 15th, 2010 Posted by ssummersmorrow in facilities | Post a Comment »

We have been very busy over the holidays and you may notice these changes in the library:
1. the newspapers have been rehoused onto low shelving close to their previous location.
2. we have moved the music CDs into security cases and put them on open access.
3. we have a wonderful new stand for the NEW BOOK display.
4. we have rehoused the general collection paperbacks (mostly fiction) onto new shelving which as further opened up the browsing area to be lighter and brighter.
5. we have started a new collection of DVDs. While still related to courses taught at the college these new titles will be housed separately in the browsing area to help attract usage.

Don’t forget that we have DVD and CD facilities available in the library for you to borrow in-house if you want to watch or listen in your class breaks.

We also have some great board games that you can use to kill time, practice your English skills all while you keep warm in the library during the coldness of winter.

College Management have also kindly funded a repainting of some external areas of the library, brightening and freshening the look.

Our new open access CD collection

Our new open access CD collection


Close up of open access CDs

Close up of open access CDs


Rehoused general collection

Rehoused general collection


New book display

New book display


Board games available for in-house library use

Board games available for in-house library use

Mobile Applications

July 8th, 2010 Posted by greig.thomson in library services | Post a Comment »

As you are no doubt aware, there has been a phenomenal growth of mobile communication devices and applications in recent years.
Did you know that our library provides easy access to its catalogue and homepage at various points throughout the college? (See previous Post 17 February 2010) Access is via QR (Quick Response) Codes that can be decoded and viewed by most mobile phones.  

Can you think of any other services you would like us to provide using mobile technology?

Library holiday hours and catalogue down time

June 28th, 2010 Posted by ssummersmorrow in Uncategorized | Post a Comment »

During the winter vacation the library will be working on shorter hours. From Monday 28th June to Friday 16th July 2010 the library will only be open from 9am to 3pm Monday to Friday. Enrolments for semester 2 are being held in the library on Wednesday 30th June and Thursday 1st July from 10am to 7pm and Friday 2nd July 10am to 12noon – library functions will cease at 3pm although the building will still be open until 7pm on Wednesday and Thursday.
Please note that TAFEcat (TAFENSW library catalogue) and the TAFENSW library system will be down on: Thursday 15 July* from 6.00am to 11.00am, and Friday 16 July from 5.00pm to 6.30pm. During these times no renewals will be possible online nor by contacting any TAFE library in NSW.

Changing your PIN

June 25th, 2010 Posted by stacey.mcfarlane in Uncategorized | Post a Comment »

Did you know you can view your TAFE library borrowings, and renew your books online.  To do this though you will need your library PIN which is available from library staff.  The PIN they give you can be changed by you.  Listen to the following podcast to hear how.

Changing your PIN