St George Library Blog/Podcast

Facts on File – Infobase Learning Database Free Trials

okaras — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:10:45 +0000

Infobase Learning is offering free trials to a range of databases until the 24th February. The trial databases cover a range of subjects including Current Issues, General Reference, Geography & Culture, History, Literature & Language Arts, Religion & Philosophy, Science & Mathematics.

Please click on the link and login using your DEC username and password. It would assist us greatly if you could explore the databases and give feedback about which ones would be beneficial to you.

January 2012 at St George Library

okaras — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:45:22 +0000

On Monday 23 January, the library will be closed between 11:00am and 2:00pm for an all staff meeting.
Enrolments will be held in the library from Tuesday 24 January to Monday 30 January.
The library will be closed on Thursday 26 January for the Australia Day Public Holiday.
Library vacation hours are 9:00am to 3:00pm Monday to Friday.
Term time hours will commence on Monday 6 February.

Assignment time – Be Prepared …

rchen — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:44:18 +0000

As we head towards the end of the year, many student assignments are due, this means that the library computers and printers are in extremely high demand. In order to submit your assignment on time, we recommend students plan ahead and do not wait until the last minute to complete or print assignments.
If you are printing a large document with images, it is recommended that you print your assignment in batches so the printer memory is not overloaded.
If you are a member of the Student Association, you can print and photocopy at half price if your card is activated at the Student Association office in Building D.

St George College Exhibitions in November

jdrainas — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:50:16 +0000

November is the month of many exhibitions at St George College. Graduates of the Graphic Design Diploma will present their end of year show : House of Creatives, which will be held at St George College, in Building M, from Wednesday 23rd November 2011, 6pm – 8pm to Thursday 24th November 2011, 10am – 2pm.
The Art School Exhibition of work from Diploma & Advanced Diploma of Fine Art students will be held at St George College Ground Floor, 19 Montgomery Street, Kogarah.
This exhibition begins on Opening Night, Wednesday 30th November, 2011 at 6pm and continues on 1st – 2nd December from 10am to 4 pm.

Also St George College Fine Art’s Teacher David Van Nunen’s artwork called Banjo Paterson : Chasing His Tale will be exhibited by Rex-Livingston at 59 Flinders Street Gallery, Surry Hills from Thursday 3rd November to 27th November, opening hours : Tuesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm, Sunday 12 – 4 pm.

Movember…

okaras — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:10:41 +0000

During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in Australia and around the world. The aim of which is to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and depression in men.

St George College Library has subscriptions to a number of health and wellbeing magazines including Australian men’s health. Funds for these titles are supplied by the Student Assocation of the college. These items are held in the window browsing area of the library.

For more information about Movember, visit http://au.movember.com.

Remembrance Day

lradulovitch — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:53:06 +0000

Tomorrow is Remembrance Day but do you know the origins of this day and why we commemorate it? The Australian War Memorial states, that at 11 am on 11 November, 1918 the guns of the Western Front finally fell silent after more than four years continuous warfare signifying the end of World War 1. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month became significant in the post-war years and the allied nations chose this day and time for the commemoration of their war dead. Originally called Armistice Day, the Australian and British governments changed the name to Remembrance Day after World War II. In 1997, Governor-General Sir William Deane reaffirmed the significance of Remembrance Day by urging all Australians to observe one minute’s silence at 11 am on 11 November each year to remember those who died or suffered for Australia’s cause in all wars and armed conflicts.
This year’s Remembrance Day poster marks the centenary of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), commemorated on 10 July 2011, and pays tribute to the role and contribution of the Royal Australian Navy in Australian wartime history and its strength as part of today’s Defence Force.
So why do we wear red silk poppies on Remembrance Day? The tradition has its origins in a poem written in 1915, called “In Flanders Fields”, which describes poppies growing between the crosses. Another poem written in 1918 describes wearing a poppy “in honour of our dead”. Silk poppies were first sold in Australia on Armistice Day in 1921 by the RSL to raise money for those who had been incapacitated by the war. Since then wearing a poppy has enabled Australians to show they have not forgotten the more than 102,000 Australian servicemen and women who have given their lives in wars and conflicts during the past 100 years.

Past TAFE Exam Papers – Podcast

ying.song — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:28:49 +0000

Listen to our podcast to find the way to access the past TAFE NSW exam papers to make studying for your next exam easy.

Safe Work Australia Week

mayho — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:37:32 +0000

Let’s celebrate Safe Work Australia Week at St George College by attending a free* BBQ, demonstrations etc… organised by the Student Association & the OH&S Commitee on Wednesday 26th october from 12pm – 1.30pm. Location : Upper Courtyard between Building D & F. For further information about Safe Work Australia Week, see the following websites:

*Gold coin donation for charity appreciated

How do I? St George College Library wiki

okaras — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:30:50 +0000

Trying to find out how to access and utilise a particular database, or how to renew your library items on the TAFEcat, or even how to put money on your TAFEcard to photocopy and print at the library? Demonstrations on these and more are found on the St George Library wiki. This wiki is a collaborative collection of web pages containing a newsletter, podcasts, audio library tours and more.
See what Information Literacy we offer; this includes links to our iLectures and you can also listen to podcasts about the Library by clicking on the links here, or going to the wiki and scrolling down past the New Resources list to the links for Information Literacy and podcasts.

Spring Vacation hours

okaras — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:12:04 +0000

The Library will be open limited hours and days as follows:

Monday 26 September                               Closed
Tuesday 27 – Thursday 29 September   9:00am – 3:00pm
Friday 30 September                                  Closed
Monday 3 October    Public Holiday          Closed
Tuesday 4 – Friday 7 October                    9:00am – 3:00pm

Term time hours resume on Monday 10 October.

Literacy Week activities

okaras — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:00:48 +0000

The Library hosted two National Literacy and Numeracy Week Days on Wednesday 31 August and Thursday 1 September. Activities included a Sustainability Quiz based on a PowerPoint presentation developed for the event, played on our wide screen DVD/CD viewer and wireless headset listening unit. There was also a Library Maze Hunt to find the letters of ‘Literacy’ placed strategically around the library to take participants to the dictionaries and Literacy Collection, questions about new items added to the Literacy Collection, and a fill the speech bubble exercise based on a video clip running on the wide screens in the group study rooms. Thank you to teachers and students who took part in the event and made it a success.

Children’s Book Week at Kameruka!

jdrainas — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:03:03 +0000

On Thursday 25^th August, one of our St George College librarians conducted a storytime poetry session about places where children live in the world for Children’s Book Week. Our librarian provided a map and world globe for the children at Kameruka Childcare Centre and showed them where Australia is situated compared to the rest of the world. The pre-schoolers were enthralled with the session and participated in the storytime activities and later concluded the session by singing one of their favourite songs.

The Library visits Montgomery St.

lradulovitch — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:21:25 +0000

New books in the library

On Monday 15th August, the library paid a visit to Montgomery St campus. The Student Association provided free soup in the tea room and the library had many of their new books and DVDs on display. These new resources in the library were mainly for the fashion, design, graphic and fine arts courses, as well as some new titles for health. Sorry if we missed you, but feel free to visit us in the library to view many new books and DVDs. Also, many new titles are shown and regularly updated on the subject guides which are available via the library website. Just go to the subject guide relevant to your course and scroll down to the “New items in the library” box.

5 for $1

As we have many new DVDs in the library, which we transfer into lockable cases, we now have lots of virtually unused DVD cases for sale in the library. So if you need to organise your DVD/CD shelves at home, or if you need presentation cases for your DVD projects, come on up to the library and pick up 5 cases for $1.00!!

New Literacy Collection (LC)

mayho — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:40:05 +0000

We have just received a stack of story books with audio CDs. These story books can be located at LC 428.6 at the end of the shelves after the history books. Come to the Library & have a look. You are welcome to borrow them!

SI Libraries Mobile Access

okaras — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:52:18 +0000

Now live.

The Sydney Institute library has developed a mobile website which can be accessed from any mobile phone.

Access by going to the Sydney Institute Libraries website and click on the ‘visit the mobile library website’ button on the right hand side of the screen or save this direct link to your mobile browser: http://m.silibrary.com/

TAFE NSW Library Network eJournal A-Z

okaras — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:36:34 +0000

The TAFE NSW Library Network eJournal A – Z is a hosted service from EBSCO, for which we have a 12 month subscription. It provides an A to Z listing, and the ability to search, for eJournal titles that are available from the databases to which TAFE NSW libraries have a state-wide subscription. Please note that the non-journal state-wide subscription databases are not included. To view a listing of the databases that are included, see the Databases A-Z tab within the eJournal A-Z product.

The TAFE NSW Library Network eJournal A – Z, is also accessible from TAFEcat. On the eResources page in TAFEcat, there is now a new heading called “Search for eJournal titles” and below the heading, there is a link to the eJournal A-Z product.

No authentication is required to access and search the TAFE NSW Library Network eJournal A – Z product. You will be asked to authenticate, using the existing TAFEcat eResources authentication pages, at the point where you try to access a journal title.

Access to TAFE exam papers through TAFEcat

okaras — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:34:24 +0000

Copies of past exam papers (i.e. those dated 2005 or later) are available online. The past exam papers have been added to the TAFE NSW Learning Content Management System – Equella which can be accessed by any person with a DET username and password.

To provide easy online access to the past TAFE exam papers in Equella, Library Technology Services have added multiple links within TAFEcat. Links to the past exam papers appear on the Find it Fast! and eResources pages. There is also a link in the new Useful Links box, which appears below the Library Info box on the right of most TAFEcat pages.

Please note, only the last 5 years’ exam papers will be made available. Also note that answers are not provided.

Welcome to Semester 2 at St George College Library

okaras — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:30:45 +0000

Welcome to new and continuing students and staff. The library has undergone a few changes during the winter break. Greig Thomson, our Library Manager has retired, and we also have some new staff to help you locate library resources.
Teachers may have booked for students to attend an orientation tour or library skills workshop. If not, we look forward to seeing you at the library some time soon.

Winter vacation hours

okaras — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:49:08 +0000

You can download discounted Microsoft Academic software

okaras — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:19:55 +0000

Microsoft products are now available for electronic DOWNLOAD – you can download the latest versions instantly.

The only requirement is that you have a NSW DET email address.

NSW DET Employees only :
1. WAH media – www.sigroup.com.au/teachers.
You have two options: either Download or order physical media.

2. Full Licenses only – www.sigroup.com.au/education.html
and choose- “Student & Teacher Educational Licenses” for both Microsoft and Adobe software.

NSW DET Students only :
Full License Download – www.sigroup.com.au/download.
This is now the cheapest way to purchase Microsoft Academic products and the only way to DOWNLOAD legal copies.
Visit www.sigroup.com.au/download/studentdownload.pdf and print or download the information sheet.