Announcement

Date: 27th April 2009

Recharge Your Laptop!

Experience the power of our new laptop lockers at St Albans Learning Commons.

Lockers with recharge facility are now available for daily use.
Details available at St Albans Service Desk.

Announcement

Date: 24th April 2009

VU READ WRITE DEBATE FETE

CALLING ALL READERS, WRITERS AND DEBATERS!

VU Library and Student Life (St Albans) are proud to bring to you the first ever Read Write Debate Fete as part of VU’s sponsorship of the Williamstown Literary Festival. It will feature:

• Readings of original works by students and invited guests
• The Debate
• Great prizes for all readers, writers and debaters
• ***Free coffee and cake for everyone!***

It will be held on May 6, 2009 from 11am til 2pm with the debate at noon – St Albans Library and Learning Commons.

Register your interest! Please email libraryevents@vu.edu.au by April 29, 2009

• Note in the subject line of your email whether you are a reader or a debater
• If you are a reader please include a brief description of your work
• If you are a debater please include your preference for ‘for’ or ‘against’

PLACES ARE LIMITED AND SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS WILL BE BASED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS
Just want to be part of the audience? Great! Come along, bring your lunch and help us decide which debate team will win on the day!

Announcement

Date: 16th March 2009

LIBRARY NEWSLETTER

The March 2009 issue is out now.

Highlights include:

• And the winners are! - Library Staff Awards 2008
• Farewell Philip - University Librarian
• Look who's had a facelift - VU Library Catalogue
• Better Access to PCs
• Learning Commons Update - Footscray Park
• What's New
• And more...

Announcement

Date: 24th October 2008

LIBRARY NEWSLETTER

The October 2008 issue is out now.

Highlights include:

• Client satisfaction Survey 2008
• Another Milestone for the learning Commons - Transforming Footscray Park
• Library Studies Students at VU Library
• VU Library and the Hollywood Librarian
• What's New
• And more...

Announcement

Date: 9th October 2008

VU LIBRARY CLIENT SURVEY 2008

Thanks to the 3663 people who took the time to complete the 2008 VU Library Client Survey!

We are pleased to report that VU library received our best ever score of 80% for overall customer satisfaction. We achieved performance improvements in 5 of the 6 categories. Our two standout results were as a result of recent improvements in opening hours and wireless coverage.

The winner of the 2008 VU Library Client Survey major prize of the 8GB Apple iPhone is Andrew, pictured below with Philip Kent, University Librarian.

Prize winners were selected randomly by the external agency that runs the survey for us. There is no link between good or bad comments and the prizes! Other prizes included 20 x $20 iTunes Gift cards and 20 x $10 Library Access cards. Prizes were won by 38 students and 3 staff from all VU campuses. Congratulations to the winners!

The Library will publish further details of the survey results and our actions planned in response shortly.

Announcement

Date: 26th May 2008

AND THE WINNERS ARE!

More than 100 entries were received in the competition which ran from March 14 until April 4 and we thank all our entrants for their participation. We are pleased to announce the following winners along with their respective success stories and wish them ‘happy shopping’ with their $50 Bookshop Vouchers!

Robert Robert (City Flinders Campus)
I wanted to borrow "Principles of managerial Finance" by Gitman, unfortunately, in VU Library, all the books were gone. I ordered from Melbourne Uni Library.

Melissa Cameron (Footscray Park Campus)
I had "Waltzing Matilda" sent from Newcastle so I could share it (as a picture book) with some young students on my teaching placement.

Rachel Manolis (Melton Campus)
I was able to get a book I needed from Ballarat Uni as it was not available at VU

Christine Laviolette (St Albans Campus)
I needed a book for a subject unit and all 10 VU copies were taken out. There wasn't a copy available on reserve, therefore the librarian ordered a BONUS copy from the University of Melbourne. I picked it up 3 days later!

Marlene Cran (Werribee Campus)
I found a book from Melbourne Uni library using BONUS, enabled me to complete a section of a paper quickly without the inconvenience of city travel

Jasmine Purches (Footscray Park Campus)
The service is fantastic. My Bonus took less then two days and I received an email letting me know my book had come in. You can’t get more convenient then that!

Name Withheld (Footscray Park Campus)
I placed a hold on one of my politics text books that was at Deakin as all the ones at VU were taken

Jenny Redwood (Footscray Park Campus)
We saw the film "There will be blood" and wished to review the original inspiration - Sinclair Upton's "Oil" - delivered to FP [Footscray Park] from Deakin Uni in 2 days!

Announcement

Date: 16th May 2008

Library Staff Award Winners 2007

Library Staff Awards for 2007 proved yet another success with many nominations being received. The 2007 winners for each of the three categories are listed below:

1. The Library Service Award recognises excellence in service to internal and external clients by Library staff.

• The City Queen Law Library team
  (Frank Ponte, Kim Phu, Natalie Stephenson and Robyn McInerney)

and

• The Rover Implementation Group
  (Robin McCormack, Peter Ring, Brian Tyrrell & Tracy Dexter-Ingram)

2. The Library Outstanding Contribution Award recognises contributions to the quality of student learning support.

• Mark Armstrong-Roper (Faculty Librarian) - for his leadership of the Liaison Team at Footscray Park

and

Dianne Tangey (Acquisitions Librarian) - for her unflappable and dedicated commitment to processing orders for library resources

3. The Library Quality Award recognises quality improvement and innovation demonstrated by Library Staff.

• Electronic Information Systems Team
  (John Prentice, Esad Ibrahimovic, Jane Miller, and Phung Tran)

and

• The Ebook Library Project
  (Dianne Tangey, Brian Tyrell, Jane Miller and Gehan Aboud)

Nomination forms for staff awards are available here. We encourage you to nominate staff that you think do a great job for the 2008 awards. There are many library staff deserving of these awards and we want you to tell us who!

Announcement

Date: 17th April 2008

Spotlight on Western Writers

VU INVITES YOU TO JOIN A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF AUSTRALIAN WRITERS AT TWO VERY SPECIAL LIBRARY EVENTS

ADA CAMBRIDGE EXHIBITION - 21ST APRIL TO 19TH MAY

A major sponsor of the 5th annual Williamstown Literary Festival, VU is proud to host an exhibition to honour one of Williamstown's most famous residents, poet and novelist, Ada Cambridge.

CLASSICS FROM THE WEST - 21ST APRIL TO 9TH MAY

An exhibition of classic Australian Literature from the VU Library’s Rare Books Collection featuring great Australian writers who have a connection to Melbourne’s West and Victoria’s Western Region.

• Exhibition Flyer

Announcement

Date: 14th March 2008

BONUS+ Promotion Week

Friday 14th March to Thursday 20th March is Promotion Week @ all VU Campus Libraries/Learning Commons.

During this time the Library will be offering demonstrations and giveaways including the chance to win one of several Bookshop vouchers (valued at $50 each).

What is BONUS+? VU Library has partnered with 5 other university libraries to make our collections available for loan to all member staff and students. Resources can be selected online from the member libraries and delivered to the requestor's local campus library. It's similar to VU's intercampus holds but accesses more books.

The service is absolutely free of charge and is already proving a great success for VU staff and students. Visit your nearest Campus Library and check out our BONUS+ activities or see http://w2.vu.edu.au/library/lending/bonus.htm.

Click here to enter the Competition: http://w2.vu.edu.au/library/BONUSComp

Announcement

Date: 3rd October 2007  

You Deserve a Bonus!

How about requesting it online from another library and having it delivered to the Victoria University Library for you to borrow?

Sounds good? We call this BONUS.

BONUS is a resource-sharing project that allows all staff and students of the member universities to request (hold) selected library materials from other university libraries within Australia. The service is free-of-cost to the user.

For additional information and a list of university libraries in Victoria and NSW which are now part of the BONUS network go to http://www.vu.edu.au/library or ask VU Library staff for further information on using BONUS.

Announcement

Date: 19th July 2007  

Changes to Web Site access in the Library

Announcement

Date: 20th April 2007  

Learning Commons Developments at Werribee & St Albans Underway

To create this new environment, building works are required at both campuses. Plans and updates are available at each campus library.

Announcement

Date: 8th March 2007 

You can now subscribe to a RSS feed of new resources that are added to the library collection. The RSS feed is updated daily and it is a great way to find out what is new in our collections. Subscribe today!

Announcement

Date: 8th March 2007 

On Tuesday 24th of April we are officially launching the new video streaming service. Exciting news! You have access to over 230 Seven Dimension Online videos.

They are available both on and off campus.

The videos are available in 4 file sizes so the are viewable regardless of your internet connection speed. Subject areas include communication and teamwork; change and performance management; leadership; learning; training; self improvement; sales etc...

Seven Dimensions are well know or their business DVDs/Videos. Make the most of this fantastic resource.

Announcement

Date: 8th March 2007 

Rovers are student peer mentors and this week they began work in the City Flinders Learning Commons. A team of 10 rovers are rostered from Monday - Friday to help students with ITS, library and student learning queries. They are a friendly bunch and really enjoy working in library.

They are easy to spot in their distinctive "Need help - Ask Me" t-shirts. They are rostered on from 10am - 5pm. Look out for the rovers and say hello!

Announcement

Date: 17th January 2007 

Secret Life of Us

Over 800 plays were entered and 60 were performed. Jane was stoked that her play was the audience favourite. Another of her plays will be performed in Sydney's Short and Sweet Festival in February. Congratulations Jane!

Announcement

Date: 17th January 2007 

Library Team wins Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Service to Victoria University

• Laura Maquignaz
• Jane Miller
• Kim Tairi
• Jennifer Tripp
• Cathy Wati (not pictured)

They received a prize of $500. Hopefully next year the library will win the peak award in this category

Published: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:06:04 GMT

Announcement

Date: 17th January 2007 

Library Quality Awards

Many nominations were received in 2006, which is a clear indication that library staff are doing a terrific job. The 2006 winners are:

1. LIBRARY SERVICE AWARD - Footscray Park Library Staff for their contribution to the terrific Library Annual Customer Service Survey result. Victoria University Library is in the top 25% of academic libraries benchmarked by Ambit (34). In 2005, we were in the top 50%. Most of the respondents in the survey were Footscray Park students who obviously value the service by friendly, approachable and professional Footscray Park Staff.

    

2. LIBRARY QUALITY AWARD - John Prentice who is tucked away in a quiet corner of St Albans campus library. He is the Library's Electronic Information Services (EIS) Officer. John has been with the library for many years in various guises however it is for his work in the EIS team that he has won the Victoria University Library Staff Quality Award for 2006.

   He is an important part of the EIS team and often juggles many different projects. In 2006 he totally revamped the library's online database and forms for collecting statistics about library training offered each year. This data is invaluable for annual reports and keeping track of the high volume of classes offered each year by our liaison staff.

   John did a tremendous job and his hard work, diligence and friendly demeanour is appreciated by all his colleagues.

    

3. LIBRARY OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD - Jenny Comley for her excellent contribution and collaboration in the B. Ed program (HEB1010 Language, Technology & Education).

   Jenny has been teaching and tutoring in this course for six years and has co-presented a paper on her work at Learning Matters. She has made a significant individual contribution to student learning and is always willing to share her expertise with her colleagues.

   Jenny is the Campus Librarian at Melton and her work embedding information literacy into the curriculum of the course is a benchmark for other library staff working in this area. The Library will be encouraging her to apply for the 2007 Vice-Chancellor awards.

Nomination forms for staff awards are available on the Library Website. We would encourage you to nominate staff that you think do a great job for the 2007 awards. There are many library staff deserving of these awards and we want you to tell us who.

Announcement

Date: 11th January 2007

Exciting news! You now have access to over 230 Seven Dimension Online videos. They are available both on and off campus. The videos are available in 4 file sizes so the are viewable regardless of your internet connection speed. Subject areas include communication and teamwork; change and performance management; leadership; learning; training; self improvement; sales etc...

They are well known for their business DVDs/Videos. Make the most of this fantastic resource.

Announcement

Date: 16th October 2006

City Flinders Library has moved

The City Flinders Library or Learning Common is now located at
LEVEL 15, 300 FLINDERS STREET.

Please note: there may be delays in some services. We will endeavour, however, to maintain as many lending and reference services as possible.
 

Announcement

Date: 16th October 2006

Research and Scholarship Information Sessions for Academics and Researchers

Introduction to RefWorks

A demonstration of RefWorks bibliographic software. This session will be of interest to academic and teaching staff who are interested in a web based bibliographic manager, or who want an alternative to EndNote.

Presenter: Nicola Giles, Customer Education & Training Specialist for CSA & RefWorks Footscray Park Library, Rm P201 Monday 23rd October, 2-3.30pm
 

Using Journal Alerts & citation tracking

If you would like to know more about setting Table of Content or Saved Search email alerts in your favourite databases, or if you are interested in tracking who is citing your work, and how to identify the top 20 journals in your area using Journal Citation Reports, this session will present an overview of these features.

Faculty of Business & Law Presenter:
Lou Connell & Susan Monaghan,
Library Footscray Park Library, Rm P201
Tuesday 24th October, 2-3pm

Faculty of Arts, Schools of Human Movement, Recreation & Performance & Psychology Presenter: Pam Thomas & Susan Monaghan, Library
Tuesday 24th October, 3-4pm

Faculty of Health, Engineering & Science, Schools of Engineering & Science
Presenter: Coral Ware & Susan Monaghan
Wednesday 25th October, 2-3pm

Faculty of Arts, Schools of Education, Social Sciences & CCL
Presenter: Mark Armstrong-Roper & Susan Monaghan
Monday 30th October, 1-2pm

 

Announcement

Date: 16th October 2006

Open access archiving - VU Eprint repository

If you are interested in open access archiving to increase your research exposure, but are confused by the different OA models, or are unsure if your publishers will allow self archiving, we can answer your questions.

This session will also touch on information regarding OA and the RQF, and recent developments such as ISI's Web Citation Index.

Presenter: Jane Miller & Susan Monaghan
Footscray Park Library, Rm P201
Wednesday 25th Oct, 3-4pm
Bookings should be made through the Staff College booking system http://www.staff.vu.edu.au/vu_pd/login.cfm

Inquiries can be made to Susan Monaghan

Date: 5th October 2006

Best response rate yet!!! 

Congratulations to the 3 IPOD winners:  (pictured below with University Librarian, Philip Kent)

• Christina Sakellarides 
  
   

• Robert Hutchison
  
   

• Vishal Tandon

The response rate for this year's client survey was phenomenal! The results will be available on our website shortly. Thank you to all who took the time to complete the survey.
 

Announcement

Date: 13th September 2006

New & Extended Library Hours for Footscray Park We are delighted to announce that Footscray Park campus library will be extending its semester opening hours from this weekend. From Saturday 16th of September the Library will be open from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm (Saturday & Sunday).

We want to thank the dedicated library staff at Footscray Park for making this possible and want to encourage you to take advantage of the new and extended hours.

Announcement

Date: 10th September 2006

90 Years - 90 Legends Roadshow at Sunbury

The 90 Years - 90 Legends Roadshow is now at Sunbury Library. They will be holding a small launch on: Tuesday 12 September in the library Building 10 Circular Drive Sunbury. Light refreshments will be served!

Announcement

Date: 10th September 2006

City Flinders Library Moving

City Flinders Campus Library will be relocating to Level 15, 300 Flinders Street on the weekend of the 14th and 15th October 2006. The new Learning Commons will open for limited business on Monday, 16th October. There will be a phased shutdown and reconnection of student PCs and printers before, during and after this period and there may be delays in some services. We will endeavour, however, to maintain as many lending and reference services as possible.

Announcement

Date: 7th August 2006

Academic Research Series - Informal Armchair Sessions for Researchers - Wine & Cheese for all

First in a series of informal sessions for to be offered at Campus Libraries:

Tues 22 – Thurs 24 August 2006

Session 1 Open access archiving – VU eprint repository
An information session with a focus on:

the benefits of using open access initiatives to maximize citation rates

recent developments such as ISI’s Web Citation Index and how such tools might work with the RQF
 

an overview of the VU eprint repository, and how to use it to your benefit

Presenters: Susan Monaghan & Jane Miller
3.00 – 4.00pm
Tues 22 Aug 2006
City Flinders Library training room
Wine and cheese provided

Session 2 Bibliographic management – Refworks & EndNote
This session will be of interest to researchers needing to use a bibliographic management software to manage documents and wanting to compare web based or PC based software. It will include a demonstration of RefWorks and EndNote. By the end of the session, researchers should be more informed about the basic differences between the two types of software and which suit their needs better

Presenters: Susan Monaghan & Jenny Cameron
3.00 – 4.30pm
Wed 23 Aug 2006
City Flinders Library training room
Wine and cheese provided

Session 3 Using Journal alerts, Journal Citation Reports (JCR) & citation tracking for Business research
This session will feature demonstrations on how to use journal alerting features such as Table of Content automatic email alerts, or saved search alerts available within business databases, an overview of using JCR to explore journal impact factors and choose high impact journals to target, and using ISI’s Web of Science to track who is citing you or who is being cited.

Presenters: Susan Monaghan & John Tripotseris
3.00 – 4.30pm
Thurs 24 Aug 2006
City Flinders Library training room
Wine and cheese provided

Bookings through the staff college

These sessions will also be offered at Footscray Park, St Albans and Werribee later in the year.

Announcement

Date: 3rd August 2006

Database Trial - Presidian an electronic resource in the area of privacy law

Announcing a month long trial of Presidian an electronic resource that deals with privacy law.

Announcement

Date: 19th July 2006

Library Long Service Awards

Congratulations to the following library staff who are the recipents of the 2006 library long service awards.

• Bev West - 20 years
• Susan Monaghan - 15 years
• Theresa Pfeiffer - 15 years
• Pam Abalo - 15 years
• Sue Lindsay - 15 years
• Jane Miller - 15 years
• Lyn Wade - 15 years
• Ann Gradzka - 15 years
• Jenny Cameron - 15 years
• Pam Thomas - 15 years
• Maria Lauretta - 15 years
• Bingyan Gu - 10 years
• Garry Potter - 10 years

Announcement

Date: 18th July 2006

Footscray Park - 90 Years - 90 Legends Roadshow Launch

Footscray Park Library is holding a small launch for campus staff and students to celebrate the arrival of the 90 Years - 90 Legends Roadshow.

Thursday 10 August at 10.30 am

Light refreshments will be served

RSVP to Kim Tairi by Friday 4th of August 2006

Announcement

Date: 7th July 2006

Database Trial for next 60 days - SMART
 We are currently trialling the following database from Ebsco -

The Scientific & Medical ART Imagebase ("SMART Imagebase") created by Nucleus Medical Art, provides a comprehensive collection of downloadable medical illustrations and animations. Ideal for students and teachers of Anatomy, Physiology, Biology and other Life Sciences, SMART Imagebase contains medical illustrations, animations, and interactive multimedia for 23 body systems/regions and 19 medical specialties. This database contains a growing collection of 11,000 + high quality illustrations and animations depicting anatomy, physiology, surgery, pathology, diseases, conditions, trauma, embryology, histology, and other medical topics. Content is peer-reviewed by graduate level medical illustrators and expert-reviewed by physicians It will be available on the trials page for the next 60 days

Announcement

Date: 7th July 2006

The Library's Online Search & Request System will be unavailable from Wednesday 12 July to Friday 14 July 2006 due to a live upgrade to Version 2.7.4. It is anticipated that we will have access to the system on Saturday 15 July 2006. Our apologies for any inconvenience. We apologise for the inconvenience.

Announcement

Headline: 90 Years - 90 Legends at Footscray Nicholson Library

Join the staff and students at Footscray Nicholson Library to celebrate the arrival of the 90 Years - 90 Legends display.

It will be based at Footscray Nicholson from the 25 July until the 4th of August.

The campus launch will be held on Wednesday 26th of July at 12.30. See you there!

Published: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:46:41 GMT

Announcement

IT Services have provided access to Gartner Research
 

Date: 29th June 2006

Gartner Research Students and staff can access exclusive research, share best practices with other IT executives, and get personalized support from a dedicated team of Gartner analysts. More than 3,000 CIOs and senior IT executives are members of Gartner Executive Programs, an exclusive organization combining the shared intelligence of the largest IT executive community in the world with customized access to Gartner insight and resources. Executive Programs help IT executives and their teams grow their enterprises, fuel competitive advantage and operate more efficiently.

With the combined insight of Gartner research and the shared intelligence of the largest, most relevant IT executive community in the world, Executive Programs dramatically extends the capacity, knowledge and talent of your entire IT resource (Gartner 2006)

To login you need to use your student/staff email username and password.

Headline: 90 Years - 90 Legends Travelling Display - Event Melton Library
Date: 28th June 2006

Announcement

Wednesday 5th July at 12.30pm Melton Library will be holding a celebration to launch the 90 Years - 90 Legends  travelling exhibition. Join us. Food and Drink provided. Come and join us for some chocolate biscuits.

Headline: 90 Years - 90 Legends Travelling Display - Event City King Library
Date: 28th June 2006

Announcement

Wednesday 12th July at 12.30pm City King Library (Level 2, 225 King Street) will be holding a celebration to launch the 90 Years - 90 Legends  travelling exhibition. Join us. Food and Drink provided.

Headline: 90 Years - 90 Legends Travelling Display
Date: 28th June 2006

Announcement

We are thrilled to bring you the 90 Years - 90 Legends travelling display. It celebrates VU's 90th birthday. The Library in conjunction with the University Archives have selected artefacts from the wealth of objects held by the University to tell a visual story of VU.

Please note this is not a comprehensive exhibition but a salute to a selection of wonderful objects that celebrate our history.

Tour Dates:

• Melton  - Tuesday 27 July – Friday 7 July

• City King – Tuesday 11 July – Friday 21 July

• Footscray Nicholson Tuesday 25 July – Friday 4 August

• Footscray Park – Tuesday 8 August – Friday 18 August

• Queen Street – Tuesday 22 August – 1 September

• Sunbury – Tuesday 5 September – Friday 15 September

• St Albans – Tuesday 19 September – Friday 13 October

• Sunshine – Tuesday 17 October – Friday 27 October

• Werribee – Tuesday 31^st October – Friday 10 November

• Newport – Tuesday 14 November – Friday 24 November

Our virtual exhibition will be available shortly!

Headline: South Melbourne Library closure
Date: 8th June 2006

Announcement

Library services will close and cease operations at South Melbourne campus from 4.30pm on Friday 23 June 2006 to enable the library materials and facilities to be relocated along with the courses, to City Flinders campus library (visual art and design) and to Footscray Park campus library (sport and recreation).

We look forward to seeing you at these new locations where the resources will once more be available to you.

If any concerns, contact
Frances O'Neil
Manager, Library Services
99192330
or
John Tripotseris
City Flinders Campus Librarian
99191050
or
Coral Ware
Footscray Park Campus Librarian
99194608
 

Headline: City Flinders library extents hours
Date: 19 May 2006

Announcement

I am pleased to inform you that the City Flinders Campus Library will open from 8.15 am Monday to Friday instead of 9.00 am, beginning Monday 22nd of May. For details on our opening hours visit: http://w2.vu.edu.au/library/info/openhrs.html#City%20Flinders

Headline: Library & Information Week
Date: 19 May 2006

Announcement

Linking people with ideas @ your library is the theme of library & information week which runs from 22-28 May.

Linking people with ideas is what we do best at VU. We love what we do and helping you to get access to information you want makes our day! Libraries are such an important part of the university experience. So if you have any ideas about what we can do better make a suggestion.

Headline: Opening Hours Survey
Date: 18 May 2006

Announcement

You feedback on the Footscray park opening hours was very positive. We received 1655 responses. Over 80% of people indicated that the current hours meets their needs. The comments indicated a desire for longer weekend opening hours (Sat/Sun). We are currently investigating this possibility. Thank you so much for your feedback.

Headline: Nominate Library Staff for a Service Award
Date: 30 September 2005

Announcement

The Library has a service award which recognises excellence in service to internal and external clients by Library staff. The award is made annually and presented at the end-of-year Library function. Nominations can be made to the Office of the University Librarian by any member of the University community at any time on the Nomination for Library Service Award Form. Forms are available on the Victoria University Library Web page or from the Campus Libraries. Nomination form -http://w2.vu.edu.au/library/forms/Service%20Award%20Nomination%20Form%20%20Aug05.doc . Nominations close on 30 November 2005.

Headline: 602 PCs across 13 campus libraries
Date: 31 August 2005

Announcement

In 8 months we have increased the number student computers by 83%. Funky, ergonomic furniture is available in all campuses. Scanners, colour printers and wireless are some of the other new services available. This was all made possible by a $3.5 million grant from the Department of Education, Science and Training.

Headline: Library Survey
Date: Tell us what you think

Announcement

We want to know what you think. Please complete the Library Survey online or pick up a print copy from your campus library.

Headline: Internet Quotas
Date: 31 August 2005

Announcement

The University has introduced a new Internet Account Management system. Essentially it is a way of managing our Internet traffic. The IAMS has enabled us to introduce Internet quotas in order to control the high volumes of non-research/study related traffic. Each month students are allocated 80MB for Internet downloads. If the whole amount is used then access to the Internet is throttled or slowed down to the speed of dial-up access (56K). At the start of each month Internet accounts are topped back up to 80MB. For more information visit the IAMS website (http://iams.vu.edu.au

Headline: Invitation to Subscribe to our Email Newsletter
Date: 18 January 2005

Announcement

Want to keep abreast of wht is happening in your library? We strongly recommend subscribing to LNS (Library News Service). For all the latest news this monthly newsletter is a must see for library users. Go to: http://w2.vu.edu.au/library/LibraryNews/subscribe.htm to for information on how to subscribe.

Headline: 558 New PCs across 13 campuses
Date: 18 January 2005

Announcement

Visit: http://w2.vu.edu.au/library/Heip/ to find out all about our project to install 558 new PCs in our library. Outcomes will be improved internet access and software, new ergonomic furniture. Plans are available at your campus library. Updates available on the HEIP website: http://w2.vu.edu.au/library/Heip/ . This project was made possible by a one off 3.5 million grant from the Commonwealth Government.

Headline: Replica of Book of Kells in Special Collections
Date: 28 May 2004

Announcement

A beautiful replica of the illuminated manuscript the Book of Kells has been added to our special collection. Mark Armstrong-Roper who looks after the Special Collections is very pleased with the new addition to our collection. The replica was donated to the University in 2001 and has been displayed at City Flinders Campus.

Headline: LNS - Library News Service
Date: 28 May 2004

Announcement

590 people have subscribed to LNS a quarterly subscription library newsletter. We are ecstatic about the response. Thank you to all of you are taking an active interest in the Library and its services.

Announcement

Please note that for new library users or those of you who have never used a Library PIN before - your default library PIN is your date of birth in the ddmmyyyy format. It is strongly recommended that you modify your PIN once you have logged into your personal details