The library donkey- Biblioburro
I came across this short clip of a fellow by the name of Luis Soriano Bohorquez who created the Biblioburro, or Library Donkey, in an effort to bring books and the gift of reading to his home town of La Gloria, Colombia. With assistance from his donkey “Alfa” he carries books to many locations providing [...]
Gymea ceramic expo
Currently at show at the Muse (building C) Ultimo TAFE campus is the Gymea Ceramic Design Studio 2010 exhibition. The exhibition will conclude on November 25th Thursday 5 pm. So there is still plenty of time for you to come in have a look…. The Ceramic Design Studio offers flexible ceramics courses which cater to [...]
New Literacy Collection items @ Ultimo TAFE Library
The literacy collection at Ultimo TAFE Library endeavours to support learners in the quest for knowledge and understanding of the language they are learning. Our collection includes materials in the English language as well as Chinese, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Korean just to name a few. The language collection is located on level 2 of [...]
Vacation hours for Ultimo TAFE Library 2010/11
Well, here we are are again at the tail end of another year. Most of you will no doubt be looking forward to a well earned break from studying. To those who are leaving us ; farewell and good luck. For those of you who will be joining us next Semester we’ll see you then. [...]
New Costumes book on eRes
Thanks to Simon and Stacey for putting together a National costumes digital book on the Sydney Institute Library Digital Rare Book Collection page located in eRes. A new book on National costumes has been added and includes Austrian, Hungarian, Polish and Czecho-slovakian costumes. Others include: Students and staff are able to access Eres from home [...]
Everything you always wanted to know about Dewey
Everything you always wanted to know about the Dewey Decimal Classification…..but were afraid to ask Melvil Dewey developed the library classification system in 1876. The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system is used across many libraries including Ultimo TAFE library. The system was designed to provide a logical system for organizing library items in the library’s collection. Visit the “025.431: [...]
New books – Hospitality
New Hospitality books have just arrived. They books form part of the Futura training series. All come with a cd-rom which provides supporting information such as quizzes, activities and case studies The items will be on display on Level 1 of the library and can be borrowed at any stage. Title Author Call no Buffet and [...]