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Holiday Break at the Library

July 1st, 2009 Posted by mcreighton in blogs, events | Post a Comment »

Hi there!   
With the first semester over, it’s all quiet in the library but behind the placid scene we’re getting ready for the enrolments for the next semester.  The big day is this coming Thursday  2 July, 2009 – in the library - first in, best dressed.  For those who need a map to find their way – here it is: 

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Actually there some free English Language courses available and one very good one going absolutely begging is:

English Skills for Work and Training – Statement of Attainment

In other news some extremely clever and determined individuals have completed the big community jigsaw put out for Library & Information Week.  Amazing!   You can see the results of their combined and brilliant efforts here: 

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Our Biggest Morning Tea on Wednesday 27 May, 2009 was a great success with staff and students.  For a gold coin donation, people had the privilege of consuming quantities of the delicious Devonshire tea (scones with jam and cream) with tea and/or coffee available.  The outcome of this gastronomic gala was $264 combined money from the library and counsellors with proceeds donated to the Cancer Council.  Many thanks to all those who participated!

For all those interested in fashion and design, winter is a great time for getting some ideas and inspiration.   One fabulous resource for this is the blogspot The Sartorialist, beloved of fashion designers such as Lisa Ho.  Check out the constant stream of new pictures of beautifully dressed ordinary people going about their daily business on the street, in cafes, the park – anywhere…    Do you know any other websites like this you’d like to share?  Tell us what you think.

AUPOV09

June 23rd, 2009 Posted by dvukovic in events | Post a Comment »

This conference showcased the use of Point-of-view (POV) technology (camera + audio hands free) in vocational education.

We saw some cool MIB type sunglasses that had the camera inbuilt. and how they were used.

Part of the conference dealt with the use of mobile phones.
I got so keen that I made this little video on my mobile phone.

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Edublogs.TV

June 18th, 2009 Posted by gail.simmons in Internet resources, Internet sources | Post a Comment »

Twitter in plain Englishhttp-edublogshttp-edublogsEdublogs.TV is available from the Teachers’ Resource page on Sydnet at http://www.sit.nsw.edu.au/library/ . Here is an item about Twitter from Edublogs. http://www.edublogs.tv/play.php?vid=1229. What do you think of this?

When you print a Word document that includes a background, the background is not printed. Why?

June 14th, 2009 Posted by jason.wang in computers, library services | Post a Comment »

When students use the library printers, they may sometimes have various troubles.  The following tip may help some students.

When you print a Microsoft Office Word document that includes a background, the background is not printed. Examples of things that can be on a background include colors, pictures, or themes.
This issue may also occur when you use Word as your e-mail editor and you print an e-mail message that includes a background.

To work around this issue, use the version of Word2007.

1.     Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.

2.     On the Display menu, click to select the Print background colors and images check box under Printing Options, and then click OK.

New Photocopy and printing system

June 12th, 2009 Posted by dvukovic in events, facilities | Read Comments(1) or Post a Reply »

The new system is almost upon us.
Remember,
1. You will need your username and password to register.
2. You will need to type in a 4 digit PIN number that you can easily remember.
3. Transfer any credit from your TAFEcard to your account
4. To copy you will need to type your PIN
5. Remember to logout.

Counselling and Careers Service

June 11th, 2009 Posted by ssummersmorrow in library services, podcast | Read Comments(2) or Post a Reply »

Did you know that one of the services provided by TAFENSW is a counselling and careers service? TAFE NSW offers free career and education counselling to current students and people who are intending to study at TAFENSW. All of the counsellors have an extensive knowledge of TAFENSW programs and services, as well as other educational and vocational pathways, so they can help you see ‘the big picture’. At St George College there are 4 counsellors available (part time and full time), including male and female counsellors. Some of the counsellors are bilingual making it easier for students with English as a second language.
St George College Library works closely with the Counselling and Careers Service to ensure that books that the counsellors feel are useful to students are held in the library collection. This includes the recent introduction of the WELLNESS collection, which has a variety of media formats and is a collection of mental health resources. As bonds between the library and the Counselling and Careers Service continue to increase the group student sessions that are held on time management, study skills and the like are going to be held in the library so that the participants will be able to borrow useful resources on what they have just learnt about.
Listen to our podcast to find out more.

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New Photocopy and Printing System at St George Library

June 5th, 2009 Posted by gail.simmons in events, facilities | Post a Comment »


A new method of paying for photocopying and printing is to be installed in the library on 15 June 2009.

The new system will allow students to credit their TAFEcards using PayPal, EFTPOS or credit card. The existing re-load machine which allows cards to be credited by coins or notes will remain.

Existing money on TAFEcards can be transferred over to the new system using an EFTPOS Kiosk to be installed in the library. Library staff can show you how.

Students will require their DET usernames and passwords the first time they use the system to create a PIN, which is required to release print jobs and start photocopying jobs.

Watch out for more news here soon.

Library Week & Hemp fashion display

June 4th, 2009 Posted by gail.simmons in Library week, events | Post a Comment »
Hemp Fashion Display, showing 6 designs from fashion students

Hemp Fashion Display, showing 6 designs from fashion students

Hemp fashion display in library

Hemp fashion display in library

Library week was a terrific success. Competition winners have been notified and nearly all prizes have been collected.

The book sale and the jigsaw are still in progress

At present, until the end of term, we have a hemp fashion display with six mannequins dressed in garments designed and constructed by our Advanced Diploma in Fashion (Stage 1) students from fabrics donated from HEMPGALLERY.com.au.

Sulian Chen’s Experience in St. George Library

May 28th, 2009 Posted by gail.simmons in events, work experience | Post a Comment »

Hello,everyone. I am Sulian Chen, I’ve been in Australia for about half a year now. I’m from China. I’m doing the Communication Skills III in the St. George TAFE Library, Kogarah and now I’m doing my Work experience in this library from 27-04-2009 to 1-06-2009. During this period, I’m very lucky to get the chance to gain so much help from the other staff. Although this is my first work experience in the library industry and was challenging, I gained a better experience than I ever expected. I might have made some mistakes and got a little confused during this period but it was a good learning experience.
I’m really appreciate the advice that all the staff gave me during this period. Thank you all!

Australian Library & Information Week 2009

May 28th, 2009 Posted by stacey.mcfarlane in Library week, Uncategorized, blogs | Post a Comment »

Well, Library & Information Week 2009 is in full swing at St George College Library.  There have been  numerous activities to celebrate our week ,such as our 1st ever book sale, a book hospital, the community jigsaw, and National Simultaneous Storytime for the children at Kameruka Cottage (St George College’s Child Care Centre) with plenty of songs and cupcakes (thanks to Carol) .

Three competitions are being run - the ”Crossword”, “Guess how many M&Ms in the jar” and “Passport - getting to know the  library.”  We hope you have enjoyed Library Week.  Thanks to all those who helped celebrate this week with us.   Keep checking the blog for a wrap up and photos  to follow.

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