Safetycare Update

The Safetycare Online Resource has been updated to include the latest releases in the series.

• Arc Gouging and Cutting
• Arc Welding – Safety and Technique
• Forklift Safety
• MIG Welding – Safety and Technique
• Oxy Acetylene Cutting and Safety
• Oxy Acetylene Welding and Safety
• TIG Welding – Safety and Technique
• Understanding Welding Hazards

In addition to the videos there are also Safetycare's Facilitator's Guides Add-Ons, plus 27 Icebreakers and Safety Exercises as part of the update.

Road to IELTS - A preparation course for candidates

A new online IELTS resource, that was developd by the British Council, has been added to the catalogue.

Road to IELTS is a huge package of resource material for the General Training modules of IELTS. These learning materials will help you prepare for all four modules of the test.

To access this resource you will need to have your NMIT library borrower id and pin ready.

New Library Items

Ted Egan sings [sound recording]
Egan, Ted, 1932-
Alice Springs, N.T. : Ted Egan, 2010
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619142)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Writers' & artists' yearbook 2011 : a directory for writers, artists, playwrights, designers, illustrators and photographers
104th ed.
London : A. & C. Black, 2010.
Summary: The bestselling guide to markets in all areas of the media, completely revised and updated, and this year in its 104th edition. With a new foreword by John Boyne and several brand new articles by Kathy Lette and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Simon Trewin, Alexandra Pringle and Nick Clee. It also contains a wealth of practical information on a huge range of topics including copyright, finance, submitting a manuscript and e-publishing, as well as being a comprehensive up-to-date directory of media contacts.
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619089)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Rhymes and rhythm : a poem-based course for english pronunciation
Vaughan-Rees, M.
Garnet, 2010
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619073)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Speaking by speaking : skills for social competence
Dugas, D. W.
Compass, 2010
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619074)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Brillant idea [Sound Recording]
Tolley, David
That Performance Project, 2005
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619075)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Top-up listening 1
Cleary, C.
Abax Elt, 2007
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619076)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

What is this? [Sound Recording]
Tolley, David
That Performance Project, 2010
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619077)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

This is perception [Sound Recording]
Tolley, David
That Performance Project, 2010
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619078)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

The business of vegetables [digital video disc] careers in vegetables resource DVD
Bundaberg, Qld. : Bundaberg fruit & Vegetable Growers, 2010
Summary: Presents a series of two to three minute interviews that highlight different jobs and provide advice on furthering a career in the vegetable and fruit industry supply chain around Australia
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619079)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

That's a tragedy! [Sound Recording]
Tolley, David
That Performance Project, 2010
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619080)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Veggy.. means today night [Sound Recording]
Tolley, David
That Performance Project, 2010
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619081)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

The Age Good food guide 2011 / edited by Janne Apelgren.
Apelgren, Janne
31st ed. fully revised.
Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin, 2010.
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619083)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

How to make gravy / Paul Kelly.
Kelly, Paul, 1955-
Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin, 2010.
Summary: This extraordinary book has its genesis in a series of concerts first staged in 2004. Over four nights Paul Kelly performed, in alphabetical order, one hundred of his songs from the previous three decades. In between songs he told stories about them, and from those little tales grew How to Make Gravy, a memoir like no other.
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619084)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Pick up a Penguin at Greensborough Library

Fancy reading some classic Penguin fiction? What really happens in the War of the Worlds or the Picture of Dorian Gray? Greensborough campus library has a new selection of Popular Penguins titles available for you to borrow. We've put some on display in our window, but they can all be borrowed too. If you want to borrow one of them, please ask

Open Access Week at Greensborough Library

Celebrate Open Access Week at NMIT's Greensborough Library!

When? Wednesday 20 October, 12-2pm.
Where? NMIT Library, Greensborough

From October 18 to 24, libraries at higher education institutions around the world are hosting a rolling series of events, talks, film and webcasts to celebrate international Open Access Week.

On October 20, come to NMIT Greensborough's campus library for an informal gathering and information session on open access and how it is transforming the way research and scientific inquiry are conducted.


Organised in collaboration with faculty and students from the Bachelor of Writing and Publishing, the programme includes showings of 'Steal This Film' by the League of Noble Peers; webcasts by Peter Suber (SPARC, Public Knowledge), Jean-Claude Guédon (University of Montreal, Open Humanities Press) and Lawrence Lessig (Creative Commons); and streaming video of events from the more than 71 universities that are marking international Open Access Week this year.

Open Access means "putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature on the internet. Making it available free of charge and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. Removing the barriers to serious research" – Peter Suber

MyPC is at an NMIT library near you

Since Monday the 4th of October you have needed to book to use any of the student PCs across the library network. The introduction of the MyPC booking system is to ensure all students will be able to access computers when needed.

• To make a booking you will need your portal login and password.
• You can make a booking via the Library web page or you can still come in and use an available PC.
• Be on time for your booking, bookings are cleared if you are more than 15 minutes late.

Please note: Laptops and Macs are not bookable. 

New Fairfield Library

Visit the Fairfield Campus Library and take the opportunity to study in a fresh modern facility and enjoy wonderful views across the established gardens of the Fairfield campus.

The new Library provides individual and group study spaces, a training room and 3 project rooms together with informal lounge areas.

Extensive computer facilities are distributed across the 2 floors of the library; there are 34 PCs and 10 Macs, as well as scanners, printers and photocopiers. The in house computers are supplemented by 24 laptop computers available for loan.

Ground Floor

• Loans and Enquiries, Student Lounge, and 10 PCs, Bookshop, First Aid Room, Student Services and Study Skills

First Floor

• Library resources, 10 Macs, 24 PCs, a training room and 3 project rooms