Welcome to an exciting year of learning, did you know you can make an appointment with one of our liaison librarians to

learn about all the extra tools and services we have to make your study more effective?
email: library@melbournepolytechnic.edu.au to make an appointment

We wish all our community a wonderful Christmas break, whether with family and friends

or quiet time to refresh. We look forward to seeing you in the new year.

Classes do not resume until February but our libraries open early in the New Year, please check the website for details

Library Hours 2019

Collingwood Campus Library re-opens Feb 2019

The library and associated student facilities at Collingwood campus will re-open in early February 2019. 
Please direct your library questions to our helpful Library staff at Preston Campus on 9269 1349. 
We look forward to seeing you at our renovated Collingwood Campus facilities in early February 2019.
We will post more information and pictures as they come through.

Studiosity are you missing out? 92% of students feel more confident after using Studiosity

The facts are in, and its free to you if you have a Moodle account

Do you have a question you would like to ask a specialist?  Contact Studiosity and get the support you need.

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Let's celebrate, new and upgraded computers in the Preston library, a quiet study room at the Epping library and

extended opening hours across the library network. These are some of our responses to the frustrations you shared in the Customer Service Survey (Insync report) last year.

The Preston library computers are now significantly faster, they have 16GB RAM with 250GB or a higher hard drive, all three rooms have been upgraded.

At Epping and looking for a quiet place for deep study? Room EM206 is now available, (bring your laptop)

Opening hours continue to change in response to classes and demand, Collingwood and Fairfield have recently extended their hours to address client needs. Library hours

Term Break - Library Opening Hours

Campus library	Week 1 Mon 2 – Fri 6 July	Week 2 Mon 9 – Fri 13 July
CL	CLOSED	CLOSED
EP	Monday – Thursday  8.30 – 5.00 Friday        CLOSED	Monday – Thursday  8.30 – 5.00 Friday        CLOSED
	Access to EM102 Mon-Thur 8:00am to 10.00pm Fri    8:00am to 6:00pm	Access to EM102 Mon-Thur 8:00am to 10.00pm Fri    8:00am to 6:00pm
FF	Monday – Friday  8.30 – 5.00	Monday – Friday  8.30 – 5.00
	Access to FQ Level 3 Mon-Thurs 7:00am to 9:30pm Fri    7:00am to 5:00pm Sat & Sun 9.00am to 3.30pm	Access to FQ Level 3 Mon-Thur 7:00am to 9:30pm Fri    7:00am – 5:00pm Sat & Sun 9.00am to 3.30pm
GR	CLOSED	CLOSED
HB	Tuesday -  Thursday 8.15-4.00 Monday & Friday  CLOSED	Tuesday -  Thursday 8.15-4.00 Monday & Friday  CLOSED
PH	CLOSED	CLOSED
PR	Monday – Friday  8.30 – 5.00 Saturday 7th CLOSED	Monday – Friday  8.30 – 5.00 Saturday 14th CLOSED

Plantfile Creator Visits Melbourne Polytechnic

PlantFile’s Peter Kirkland presents database features to Melbourne Polytechnic horticulture students

Peter Kirkland addressing Horticulture student at Fairfield

Horticulturist Peter Kirkland recently visited Melbourne Polytechnic to demonstrate features of his database PlantFile, which now covers over 3700 plant species.

Peter reviewed basic and advanced searching of the database, the generation of plant profile PDF reports, and useful tools such as a glossary and a list of pests and diseases.

Peter taking questions.

Creating a login on PlantFile enables extra features:

·         Personal Storage to save your own list of plants

·         myPlantfile Pro to create your own database of plants

·         Quiz to test plant knowledge

·         Ability to generate QR codes that link directly to PlantFile database entries

PlantFile is available on or off campus to enrolled students through library.melbournepolytechnic.edu.au under Databases A-Z. Contact library staff if there are any problems with access.