St George Library Blog/Podcast

TAFEcat (library catalogue) downtime

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Due to maintenance there will be no access to TAFEcat from 5:30pm Friday 17th December 2010 until 9am Monday 20th December 2010 and  12:01am Saturday 25th December 2010 until 12:01am Monday 10th January 2011. We apologise for any inconvenience.  If you have any questions ...

Learn new skills to help you do your course assignments

Monday, August 16th, 2010 Posted in Internet resources, library services, Uncategorized | No Comments »

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 ...

Changing your PIN

Friday, June 25th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

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 ...

Winter Vacation Opening Hours

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

From Monday 28 June until Friday 16 July, the library will be open from 9:00am to 3:00pm. Regular hours resume on Monday 19 July. Renewals may be made online at http://tafecat.tafensw.edu.au/tafecat.html or during opening hours on 9598 6311.

LIBRARY EXCELLENCE AWARD 2010

Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

St George College  and Sutherland Campus library staff have won the TAFE NSW 2010 Library Excellence Award. In 2008 we received funding from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF).  Our aim was to produce resources to provide information about our libraries and ...

Recycling your mobiles and ink jet cartridges

Thursday, May 20th, 2010 Posted in computer tips, facilities, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Did you know there is a facility onsite at St George College where you can do your bit and help save the environment? In the Student Association common room there are 2 boxes where you can place your old unused mobile ...

Printing and photocopying in the Library

Sunday, May 16th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

When you go to print or photocopy from the Library machines, does your card say that you have $15 credit when you haven't added $15 credit? The reason for this is as follows: When the printing or photocopying system is down, ...

The Use of QR Codes in the Library

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

[caption id="attachment_1348" align="alignnone" width="231" caption="This is the QR for the Library Catalogue"][/caption]A QR Code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994. The "QR" means "Quick Response", allowing information to be decoded ...

The end year reminder

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Posted in library services, Uncategorized | No Comments »

As yearend approaches, we would like to remind  students who borrowed any items from the library  to  return them by  Friday 11th Dec, 2009.  A return chute is available for returning, during the stocktaking period, on the 1st floor next to library entrance ...

Xmas/Vacation Hours 2009

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Due to end of  year and vacation period St George College Library opening hours will be varying.     Please refer to the attached for opening times.    All library items are due back no later than Friday 11th December, 2009.  No renewals are ...