Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

NMIT Library wishes all borrowers a safe and wonderful New Year.

See you in 2012! 

Reopening dates for 2012
Preston Library will reopen on January 3rd of January 2012

Collingwood,  Epping, Fairfield and Heidelberg Libraries will re-open on  January 9th 2012
Greensborough Library will reopen on January 30th 2012

Library Catalogue Unavailable Sunday 18th December

Due to a system upgrade, the NMIT Library Catalogue will be unavailable on Sunday 18th December until 6pm. We apologise for any inconvenience.
 

Library Hours from 12th December - 23rd December

Campus	Opening Hours
Collingwood	Monday-Friday 8.30-5.00 Friday 23/12/11, Close 12.00pm
Epping	Closed
Fairfield	Monday – Friday 8.30-5.00 Friday 23/12/11, Close 12.00pm
Greensborough	Monday -Thursday 9.00-5.00 Friday 9.00-3.00 Closed Friday 23/12/11
Heidelberg	Monday-Friday 8.15-5.00 Closed Friday 23/12/11
Preston	Monday-Friday 8.30-5.00 Friday 23/12/11, Close 12.00pm

Reopening dates 2012
Preston Library will reopen on January 3rd of January 2012
Collingwood,  Epping, Fairfield and Heidelberg Libraries will re-open on  January 9th 2012
Greensborough Library will reopen on January 30th 2012

Want full text articles on your iPhone or Android mobile device?

Yes, you can via NMIT's access to EbscoHost mobile devices. Logon to EbscoHost resources while you are on campus at NMIT,  and click onto EBSCOHost iPhone and Android Applications link. You will then be sent an email with instructions on how to download the app and set-up authentication.  Not sure what to do? Ask library staff for help.

Epping Library: The Latest

The finishing touches are being applied ... not long to go now!

Epping staff will close the Library doors at 5 p.m. on Friday December 9, to prepare for relocation to the new site. The move to the new building will begin from Monday December 12.

Campus Libraries Closed Friday 2nd December

Collingwood, Epping, Heidelberg and Greensborough libraries will be closed on Friday 2nd December for a staff development day. However, Preston and Fairfield will remain open. Your research can continue as our online databases and e-resources can be accessed around the clock.

Library Focus Group - A big thank you

As a followup to the InSync Library User survey conducted earlier this year, library staff have conducted a series of focus group meetings. Participants were asked to provide feedback on our services and facilities and in so doing bring greater understanding to the statistical data gathered during the survey.

Thank you to the NMIT students and staff members who participated, the information provided will be used to help us plan into the future.

Deputy Director Higher Education, Dr Christine Spratt in The Age

Read Dr Christine Spratt's article How TAFEs are changing by degrees

Published in the Higher Education section of The Age.

Tuesday 25th, p13

http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/how-tafes-are-changing-by-degrees-20111024-1mg28.html

Library Closed Tuesday November 1st

Our doors may be closed but your research can continue. Our online databases can be accessed around the clock, your immediate access to full text journal articles at the click of a mouse.

How do I "Find It @ NMIT"?

Unsure on how to "Find It @ NMIT"  when performing a Google Scholar search?

Visit the NMIT Library Online Tutorials to see the two part series on setting your preferences in Google Scholar and searching for full-text articles available on NMIT Library eResources.

Planned power outage from 23/09/2011 to 25/09/2011

Due to an upgrade of our electrical power reticulation at Preston campus, the NMIT library website will be unavailable between 6 pm Friday the 23rd September to 9 pm on Sunday the 25th of September.

All library users will not be able to access the library e-resources, the library web services to search the catalogue, place reservation, or renew their loans during this outage.

If you have any queries,  NMIT Libraries can be contacted via email or contact Preston Campus Library on 9269 1363.

Movies for the holidays

It's almost the holiday break for many of you, and here in the library, we think you should give yourself a break from study and kick back with a movie or two.

Here's a sample of some of the films and TV shows the NMIT library network has available.

(If they are on loan or at another campus, they can be reserved and brought to your campus. If you're unsure how to do this, ask any of the library staff).

127 Hours

Angry Boys

The Adjustment Bureau

Battle Los Angeles

Blue Valentine

Green Hornet

Gulliver's Travels

Hall Pass

Hereafter

The King's Speech

Limitless

Mad Men

No Strings Attached

Rango

The Social Network

Tangled

The Town

True Blood

Winter's Bone

Library Hours: Mid Term Break 26th Sept-7th Oct

Campus	Opening Hours
Collingwood	8.30-5.00
Epping	8.15-5.00
Fairfield	8.30-5.00
Greensborough	Closed
Heidelberg	8.15-5.00
Preston	8.30-5.00

New Streaming Video on Occupational Health & Safety

Building and Office Evacuation is the latest addition to our SafetyCare steaming video collection. Visit the library catalogue to view this video from on campus.

Power outage Sunday 18th September 2011

Due to upgrade our electrical power reticulation at Preston campus, the NMIT library website will be unavailable between 7 am and 5 pm on Sunday the 18th of September 2011.

All library users will not be able to access the library e-resources, the library web services to search the catalogue, place reservation, or renew their loans during this outage.

If you have any queries, the NMIT Libraries can be contacted via email or contact Preston Campus Library on 9269 1363.

Classic graphic novels

Fairfield library holds some great and classic graphic novels, including the entire Sandman series by Neil Gaiman, Maus by Art Spiegelman, and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.

Writer and poet Norman Mailer has described Gaiman's graphic novels as: "a comic strip for intellectuals", while Maus has been acclaimed as "the most affecting and successful narratives ever done about the Holocaust" (Wall Street Journal), and Persepolis considered "a stunning work from one of the most highly regarded, singularly talented graphic artists at work today" (Goodreads).

So, come and discover some of the greatness and wonder of graphic novels.

New Look A to Z E-Journals

Are you looking for e-journals to complete that elusive essay? NMIT library offers a large range of e-journals via the Online Library Catalogue. Click on the link A to Z Resource from the Navigation panel on the left and find full text e-journals.

Local writing at Fairfield Library

Fairfield Campus Library has a great range of writing from Melbourne and Australia, including poetry, literary journals, short stories and novels.  Some of the titles available include:

 

·       60 Classic Australian Poems, published by UNSW Press,

·       Swallow by Claire Potter,

·       New and Rediscovered by Vicki Viidikas, and

·       Etchings Indigenous - a collection of indigenous stories, poetry, art and reviews.

 

More titles like these are on display on the ground floor, and all are available to borrow.

Sibelius resources

Music students, need help with Sibelius?
Fairfield library has books that can guide and assist you with the program. These include the following titles:

• Sibelius 6 reference 6th ed, by Daniel Spreadbury, Benn Finn & Jonathan Finn, 2009


• Mastering Sibelius 6, by Gabriel Cobas, 2010

These books can be borrowed. If you're unsure how to find them, please ask any of the library staff.

Print Software Upgrade

Printing will be unavailable between 4 pm to 5 pm this Friday, 12 August, on all Xerox printer/copiers and student printing in all the NMIT libraries, due to a planned software upgrade.

Epping Library Progress

The new library at Epping is now beginning to look a lot less like a construction site. Please view the photos!

Schedule Server Upgrade

The NMIT Library website and server will be down on Friday 22nd July from 3pm for a scheduled upgrade until 5pm.

All campus libraries that are open will be operating as normal. Borrowers will not be able to access the library web services to search the catalogue, place reservation, or renew their loans during this outage.

If you have any queries, the NMIT Libraries can be contacted via email or contact Preston Campus Library on 9269 1363.

Preston Bookshop Extended Hours

To coincide with the beginning of semester two, the NMIT Preston bookshop will be open for extended hours over the next two weeks.

 

Beginning today, July 18 and continuing until July 28, the bookshop will be open until 8:00pm Monday to Thursday. It will close at 5:00pm on Friday July 22.

 

 

Scheduled Server Upgrade

The NMIT library website and server will be down on Tuesday July 12 for a scheduled upgrade.

 

All campus libraries that are open will be operating as per normal on Tuesday.

 

Borrowers will not be able to access the library web services to search the catalogue, place reservations, or renew their loans during this outage.

 

If you have any queries the NMIT libraries can be contact via email, or contact Preston Campus Library on 9269 1363.

Library Hours Mid-Semester Break: 4th July- 15th July

Preston

Monday 4th July - Friday 15th July

8.30-5.00

 

Collingwood & Fairfield

Monday 4th July - Friday 15th July

8.30-5.00

 

Heidelberg

Monday 4th July - Friday 15th July

8.15-5.00

 

Epping & Greensborough

Closed

Find It @ NMIT Now On Google Scholar

Find It @ NMIT is now available on Google Scholar. Set your library links in Preferences and be alerted to e-journals held at NMIT when searching Google Scholar. Need help? Ask a librarian.   

Congratulations to our two survey grand prize winners

Bin He, a Cert IV Massage Therapy student won the IPod Nano

and

Duc Nguyen, studying the Associate Degree of Accounting, won the IPod Touch.

The winning tickets were drawn by Preston student Ping-Shiu Leung.

 

We would like to thank everyone who participated, information will now be gathered from your completed forms and the next step of data analysis will begin.

New A to Z Titles added in May

Title	Package	Coverage
Art & Religion in Eighteenth Century Europe	Art & Architecture Complete	2008-2008
Arts and Social Sciences Journal	SocINDEX with Full Text	2010-PRESENT
Black Dwarf	Literary Reference Center	2006-2006
Business Week	Vocational Studies Complete	2010-PRESENT
Celebrity Studies	SocINDEX with Full Text	2010-PRESENT
ESSACHESS	SocINDEX with Full Text	2009-PRESENT
Family Science	SocINDEX with Full Text	2010-PRESENT
Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences	SocINDEX with Full Text	2010-PRESENT
International Journal of Conservation Science	Art & Architecture Complete	2011-PRESENT
Nouvelles perspectives en sciences sociales	SocINDEX with Full Text	2010-PRESENT
Protosociology: An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research	SocINDEX with Full Text	2009-PRESENT
Social Care and Neurodisability	SocINDEX with Full Text	2010-PRESENT
Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society	SocINDEX with Full Text	2010-PRESENT

Epping Library Progress: The Latest Report

Construction of the new library at Epping is progressing, with the internal layout and external appearance becoming increasingly evident.

The entry foyer and extendable hours computer room are positioned adjacent to the driveway on the south side of the building. A large staircase, leading to the second floor is a central feature of the library. Upstairs, passers-by can see the beginnings of four large south-facing rooms (group study, seminar room etc) with lovely, large windows, offering views over the surrounding area. The second floor also houses the counsellor's office, first aid room and librarian's office on the western side. The Loans Desk and library collections will be located on the ground floor. The large room on the north side of the building will be home to the gymnasium.

Congratulations more Library Survey Spot prize winners

Heidelberg student, Ashleigh Deamyand, studying Cert III in Cabinet Making

Fairfield  Student, Anastasia Gravina, studying Cert III in Floristry

Preston Students,

Charlotte Sadique, studying Cert IV Financial Services Accounting

and

Ping-Shiu Leung, studying Cert III in General Education for Adults

Each student will receive a Hoyts movie voucher to see a movie of their choice.

Thank you all staff and students who have completed a survey, you feedback is valuable.

The two grand prize winners will be announced shortly.

Congratulations to another survey spot prize winner

Collingwood student, Antonella Santamaria studying Media Studies has won the latest survey spot prize.

Antonella has won a Hoyts movie voucher and goes in the draw to win one of the iPods

Congratulations to two more survey spot prize winners

Greensborough students, Thurstain Camilleri studying Computer Systems who completed the survey online, and Christian Iemmolo, studying Design Drafting.

Each student has won a Hoyts movie voucher.

Maybe you could be our next winner and go into the draw to win an iPod, complete the survey online now.

Anh Do's story, The happiest refugee, is available for loan.

Anh Do was the guest speaker at the NMIT graduation ceremony this year.

You can borrow Anh Do's wonderful story, The happiest refugee: the extraordinary true story of a boy's journey from starvation at sea to becoming one of Australia's best loved comedians, from the NMIT library. 

The happiest refugee won the Indie Book of the Year Award for 2011.

Call number 792.7028092 DOH

Library survey spot winner for Tuesday 24th May

Congratulations to Preston Financial Services student, Alex Tarpkos, survey spot prize winner for Tuesday.

Alex has won a HOYTs movie voucher.

Monday spot prize winner announced

Congratulations to our first spot prize winner Epping student, Marcela Ramos. Marcela an  has won a Hoyts movie voucher.

Library Feedback Survey starts 23rd May, great prizes to be won.

The Library User Satisfaction Survey available now until the 3^rd of June

Would you like to win an IPod Touch or an IPod Nano?

All students who log on to the Student Portal and complete the survey online, or complete the print survey to go into the draw to win one of these great prizes.

Or you may just be very lucky and win one of our daily spot prizes, so its win win win for the next two weeks.

Your opinion does count; the survey in 2009 highlighted the need for more computers. We have increased the number of computers by 68%. You said you needed greater access to resources, a short term loan collection has been established to address this need.

 Enter via the NMIT Student Portal here.

Want to know what research is happening in vocational education?

Visit VOCEDplus  at www.voced.edu.au  VOCEDplus is a free, international research database which covers research on wider tertiary education issues in additon to vocational education and training (VET). Its particular focus is research and statistics as it relates to education for work and beyond.

Planned Service Outage

In order to install new power metering at the NMIT Preston campus, the NMIT Library website will be unavailable between 8am and 4.30pm on Sunday 15 May.

 

We apologise in advance for this inconvenience.

Harmony Day at Epping

Harmony Day is the official day for celebrating Australia's cultural diversity.  A very popular and festive Harmony Day was celebrated at Epping, with the Library providing the venue for Harmony Day opening speeches.  Numerous cultural artefacts and personal treasures provided a colourful backdrop to the proceedings, thanks to the kindness of students who loaned personal items; and the display skills of library staff Angela Blazevic and Dalith Hudson.

 

The Harmony Day celebration placed the cultural diversity of the Epping student community on show, with participants from Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, China, Thailand, India, African nations, Spain, New Zealand, Macedonia, Hungary, Italy, Greece, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Timor Leste, Kurdistan, Turkey, Australia and many other places. 

 

The Epping Library thanks Dimi Bouzalas for so generously sharing her photos of the event.

Library Term Break Hours 18th April- 29th April

WEEK 1 18th APRIL – 22nd APRIL

CLOSED FRIDAY 22nd APRIL

MONDAY 18th APRIL– THURSDAY 21st APRIL

PRESTON 8.30-5.00
COLLINGWOOD 8.30-5.00
EPPING 8.15-5.00
FAIRFIELD 8.30-5.00
GREENSBOROUGH CLOSED
HEIDELBERG 8.15-5.00

WEEK 2 25th APRIL – 29th APRIL

CLOSED MONDAY 25th APRIL &
TUESDAY 26th APRIL

WEDNESDAY 27th APRIL– FRIDAY 29th APRIL
PRESTON 8.30-5.00
COLLINGWOOD 8.30-5.00
FAIRFIELD 8.30-5.00
HEIDELBERG 8.15-5.00
EPPING (CLOSED Wed 27th) 8.15-5.00
GREENSBOROUGH CLOSED

Interested in coaching resources?

Coaching juniors [Digital Video Disc]
Sports Commission, Australian
Australian Sports Commission, 2009

Intermediate coaching general principles [Digital Video Disc]
Sports Commission, Australian
Australian Sports Commission, 2009

New in the Jazz Collection

The complete Columbia album collection [Compact Disc]
Davis, Miles
Universal, 2010

Sakuteiki [Compact Disc]
Henrikson, Arve
Rune Grammofon, 2004
 

Strjon [Compact Disc]
Henrikson, Arve
Rune Grammofon, 2007

Chiaroscuro [Compact Disc]
Henrikson, Arve
Rune Grammofon, 2004
 

Did you know you can post a review to the library catalogue and see yourself in print?

Ratings and reviews  from other people will often prove immensely valuable when assessing the merits of a resource.

You also could benefit from such information when assessing the relevance of different material. 

 

If you have recently read or used an item from our collection and would like to share your knowledge of the resource, here's what to do.  

1. Find the title in our catalogue

2. Look at the full details 

3. Click on Add your review, now start typing

 

If you would like further information please contact one of the library staff.

New Workplace Safety DVD's

Office fire prevention and response [Digital Video Disc]
2011
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816788)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

 

EWP safety essentials [Digital Video Disc]
2011
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816789)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

 

Workplace bullying & harassment [Digital Video Disc]
2011
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816790)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Additions to the Horticulture Collection

Grass varieties in the United States / James Alderson, W. Curtis Sharp.
Alderson, James S.
Sharp, W. Curtis
Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Lewis Publishers, c1995.
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816744)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

 

The lawn book / [text by Michelle Ferry].
Ferry, Michelle
North, Fremantle W.A. : M. Ferry, 1998.
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816745)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

 

Turf irrigation manual : the complete guide to turf and landscape irrigation systems / by Richard B. Choate.
Choate, Richard B.
Watkins, James A., 1915-
5th ed.
Dallas, Tex. : Weathermatic publication, c1994.
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816746)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

 

Pesticide safety and the environment : a training manual / [Australian Turfgrass Research Institute].
3rd ed.
Concord West, N.S.W. : Australian Turfgrass Research Institute, 1996.
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816747)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Additions to the Multimedia Collection

Xenakis [Digital Video Disc] : Kraanerg
Xenakis, Iannis
Mode, 2008
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816484)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

 

Pierre Henry [Digital Video Disc] : the art of sounds
Henry, Pierre
Juxtapositions, 2007
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816521)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

 

Lost gardens [Digital Video Disc]
Don, Monty
2010
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816524)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

 

Last chance to see [Digital Video Disc]
Carwardine, Mark
Fry, Stephen
Madman Entertainment, 2010
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816527)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

 

Inside the mason's toolbox [Digital Video Disc]
2007
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816568)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Library Construction Continues at Epping

The north wall of the new building was installed last weekend, and the second half of the ground floor is now under construction.     

 

 

Library closed Monday 14th March Labour Day public holiday

All libraries will reopen on Tuesday the 15th of March.

 

Bomb Threats & Safety Streaming Videos

Two new SafetyCare videos have been received - Bomb Threats and Safety Awareness. These are now available via the SafetyCare visual index under the Online Resources page as well as via the library catalogue.

Searching for Newspaper Articles

Are you looking for an article that was in the Age or the Herald Sun recently? Are you researching a local species outbreak and need access to community newspaper reports? The library subscribes to Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre that provides access to articles from all Australian local and national newspapers. For ESL learners, you can listen to the text or download mp3 file to listen on your iPod. Many articles can also be translated into approximately 20 languages.

 

To access Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre in the library or from home, log in to the library website, click on Online Resources (left of the screen) and click connect under Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre.

Need help with IELTS?

Have you tried Road to IELTS? Its an online tutorial that helps you practise listening, speaking, reading and writing skills for the IELTS examination. You can access it from a library PC or from home. Click on this link 'Road to IELTS' to have a look.

The library has also saved some useful links on its Delicious page. Go to http://www.delicious.com/nmitlibrary/ielts to find out more.

Additions to the Writing & Publishing Collection

New thinking for 21st-century publishers : emerging patterns and evolving strategems
Kist, Joost
Chandos Publishing, 2008
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816211)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

 

Text editing : print and the digital world
Deegan, Marilyn
Ashgate Publishing, 2008
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816212)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

 

The house of Harper : the making of a modern publisher
Exman, Eugene
HarperCollins Publishers, 2010
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816213)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

 

What would google do?
Jarvis, Jeff
Harper Collins, 2009
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816214)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Hospitality Tourism & Personal Services delicious account

Students and staff of Hospitality Faculty

Websites relevant to courses in the faculty are saved at this url

http://www.delicious.com/hospitalityfaculty

Wifi@nmit is here

In 2011, NMIT has gone completely wireless with wifi@nmit.

NMIT now provides free wireless access to the internet for staff and students from all NMIT campuses and training centres.

That's right, any wireless device (whether it is an NMIT owned device or wi-fi enabled personal laptop or mobile phone) should be able to detect, and connect to, wifi@nmit from most open areas within 5 metres of most NMIT buildings.

Access to printing through the wireless network is also available, but only from NMIT-owned wireless devices.


Prerequisites
Most wi-fi enabled devices should have easy access to the wireless network, but if you're after the technical prerequisites they are as follows:

- Your device must be wifi enabled with any of 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11n.
- Your device must have an SSL enable browser

Please note: Access via Linux devices has not been tested and therefore may not be possible.

How Do I Log In?
Staff: Simply use your normal Novell Username and Password
Students: Use your Student Portal Username and Password (which is now the same as the password required to access class computers, My PC and Student Email)

New IBISWorld Subscription

NMIT library now has FULL access to 500+ IBISWorld Australian Industry Reports.  This is a great resource for current Australian Industry Market Research.

To access IBISWorld, simply login to the library website using your student or staff number and library PIN.  Click on Online Resources, then select IBISWorld.  Click on any report listed on the homepage.

Library Term Hours commencing the 14th February 2011

Collingwood	8.30-5.00 Mon –Fri
Epping	8.15-5.00 Mon 8.15-8.00 Tues-Thurs 8.15-5.00 Fri
Fairfield	8.30-5.00 Mon 8.30-8.00 Tues-Thurs 8.30-5.00 Fri
Greensborough	9.00-5.00 Mon-Thurs 9.00-3.00 Fri
Heidelberg	8.15-6.00 Mon 8.15-8.00 Tues -Wed 8.15-6.00 Thurs 8.15-5.00 Fri
Preston	8.30-8.00 Mon- Thurs 8.30-5.00 Fri

PC Lab Maintenance Closure

All library student access PCs will be updated with MyPC client application on Friday 4th Feb. from 4 to 5pm.

The PC's will not be available during this time.

From Monday 7th the library student access PCs will be available for use as per normal.

New bookshop stationery available - Greensborough library

The library bookshop has new stationery stock for 2011. A Design Drafting/Building Design Interiors kit is now available and includes a selection of specialized drafting materials in a metal carry case. These kits are made up specifically for NMIT Building Design students and offer a significant discount on the price of items when purchased individually.

 

NMIT students receive 5% discount off the RRP on textbooks from the Bookshop. Discount cinema tickets and confectionery are also available. Visit the Bookshop and check out our prices.

Library term hours commence 14th February 2011

Evening hours will commence the week beginning the 14th of February.

Constructing Epping

Building works are proceeding at Epping, with the new Library taking shape on Dalton Rd.  Precast walls and scaffolding are now evident, along with an army of workmen and a newly fashioned (though not yet functioning) exit driveway.  Take a look at the photos ... and more to come later.

New CDs in the collection

Enjoy some new music from the NMIT Library collection.

Down the way [sound recording] / Angus and Julia Stone.
Stone, Angus
Stone, Julia
[Australia] : EMI Music Australia [distributor], p2010.
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619893)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Gilgamesh [compact disc] / Gypsy & the Cat.
Australia : Sony Music, 2010.
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619894)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

The promise [sound recording] / Bruce Springsteen.
Springsteen, Bruce
[Australia] : Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Australia, c2010.
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619895)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Representations vol 2 [Sound Recording]
Tolley, David
That Performance Project, 2010
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619898)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Between two lungs [Sound Recording]
Universal Island Records, 2010
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619899)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert  

EBSCO A to Z launch

NMIT Libraries have launched the EBSCO A-to-Z^® as a resource for the libraries electronic collection.

A-to-Z^® is the industry's most complete Web-based tool for organizing and providing links to all of your library's e-resources, with easy navigation to full-text content.

The resource is available through the link via the NMIT Library website A to Z Resource.