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15 May 2012
Win 1 of 3 iTunes vouchers and help us improve the Library website --
Click onto our 10 minute survey and go into the running to win one of three $20 iTunes vouchers. Your participation will also help us to improve the library website. Participants who submit their University of Melbourne student or staff numbers will be randomly selected and contacted by email to claim their prize. Entries close 5pm, 29 May, 2012.
15 May 2012
Win 1 of 3 iTunes vouchers and help us improve the Library website --
Click onto our 10 minute survey and go into the running to win one of three $20 iTunes vouchers. Your participation will also help us to improve the library website. Participants who submit their University of Melbourne student or staff numbers will be randomly selected and contacted by email to claim their prize. Entries close 5pm, 29 May, 2012.
15 May 2012
Update - Research Collections, ERC --
The Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP) building will be demolished in 2013 to make way for a new building. During the construction period, the ABP library collections, facilities and staff will be relocated to Level 2, Eastern Resource Centre (ERC). To accommodate the ABP Library, the Library proposes to relocate sections of the research collection relevant to science and engineering from Level 2 (and folios on Level 1) to Level 5 of the ERC, and integrate this material with the existing general collection. This will consolidate all science and engineering materials into one collection, improving opportunities to browse and making materials easier to find. Similarly, the plan includes moving some of the arts and humanities sections of the collection to the third floor of the Baillieu Library within the next few weeks.
The Education and Economics & Business components of the ‘B’ collections will also be moved to Giblin Eunson and interfiled by subject area. For more information, please visit the FAQ site for the project or contact your liaison librarian
08 May 2012
Library Week tours filling fast -- Ever wondered what's behind the closed doors of the Library? Our enthusiastic and very knowledgeable staff will take you behind the scenes to show you some of our hidden treasures and our great new spaces and facilities. We're about so much else in addition to books!
There will be three tours, each hosted by an experienced tour guide. Registration is essential. Tours are open to staff and students of the University and members of the public.
- "Meet Percy, Louise and Lenton" Monday 21 May from 2pm - 4:45pm. Meeting point: Front door of Grainger Museum, Royal Parade, Parkville.
Highlights of this tour include a curator's tour of the Grainger Museum, a look at the new Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library, and a look behind the scenes at the Lenton Parr Library at the Victorian College of the Arts and Music, each with some unique collection items to share with you. We have timed this tour to start straight after the free lunch time concert in the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music; you may like to start your tour experience by hearing Davide Monti from 1:10pm.
- "What is old is new again - Precious archives and collections made digital" Wednesday 23 May from 2pm - 4:45pm. Meeting point: Archives - 120 Dawson Street, Brunswick.
Tour highlights: Selected treasures from the Archives with Helen McLaughlin and Sophia Garrett; inside the archives repository and the new store with Robert Hamilton; a peek at our Map Collection with a talk from curator David Jones; and a tour through our state of the art Digitisation Centre where Joe Arthur will show you how we digitise and stitch large maps and bring them into the future with Google overlay maps.
Please note you'll need flat shoes for this tour as for a part you'll be walking on metal grating with holes in it, heels are not safe footwear on this surface.
- "Empire Day with Special Collections" Thursday 24 May from 3pm - 4pm. Meeting point: Foyer of Reading Room, Level 3, Baillieu Library.
Tour itinerary includes a behind the scenes look at the Reading Room, Gentleman's Library and Print room; at each stop we'll show you a few selected pieces relating to the past celebration of Empire Day. Pam Pryde, the curator of Special Collections will lead this tour.
Spaces are limited for each of these tours, so make sure you register for one or more tours soon.
07 May 2012
Open Access publishing discounts -- The University of Melbourne Library has recently taken up memberships to PLoS and The Royal Society which entitle all University of Melbourne staff and students to discounted Open Access publishing charges.
The Royal Society. Research staff and students from the University of Melbourne now benefit from a 25% discount on article processing charges for open access publication in any of the Royal Society journals, with the support of the University's open access Excellence in Science Membership.
More information: http://royalsocietypublishing.org/site/librarians/member_melbourne.xhtml
Public Library of Science. The Institutional Membership enables University of Melbourne authors to receive a 10% discount on publication fees in all PLoS journals: PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Pathogens, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, and PLoS ONE.
More information: http://www.plos.org/publish/
These are in addition to the Library’s existing memberships which also provide discounted Open Access publishing charges:
BioMed Central. The Library has a BMC Supporter Membership which gives a 15% discount on the article-processing charges of all research articles accepted for publication in journals published by BioMed Central, Chemistry Central and SpringerOpen.
More information: http://www.biomedcentral.com/inst/47557
Mary Ann Leibert. The Library’s Institutional Membership allows University of Melbourne authors to pay the reduced price to publish articles using Mary Ann Leibert’s Open Access Option.
More information: http://liebertpub.com/nv/for-authors/open-access-options/58/
04 May 2012
EndNote Drop-in Clinics in May -- Using EndNote and have some questions?
Wednesday 9 May 12.30-2.30pm
Thursday 17 May 12.30-2.30pm
Venue: Baillieu 1st floor eLearning studio
Come to an EndNote drop-in clinic to get one-on-one help with your EndNote issues!
Feel free to bring your own laptop with EndNote already installed, as well as copies of any documents and EndNote libraries you are currently working with.
No bookings required, just turn up
Please note: this clinic is not a training session for beginners.
Beginners should view the EndNote tutorials on YouTube (Thomson Reuters).
04 May 2012
Drop-in Tutorials - Brownless Biomedical Library --
Come along to one of our informal drop-in sessions, and we’ll show you how to get the most from the Catalogue and Databases. No bookings required.
Get more out of using the library databases:
Each Friday, 12.00-1.00pm, Project Room 4
27 Apr 2012
EndNote sessions at Southbank -- Sessions open to all graduate students from the Faculty of the VCA and MCM.
EndNote for Mac for the Music Visual and Performing Arts
This introductory workshop provides opportunity for hands-on activity using EndNote X5 on the MAC. The workshop covers the main features of EndNote, with a focus on music visual and performing arts. The main features of EndNote are demonstrated, such as creating a library, adding references manually, exporting references from databases, inserting references from your EndNote library into a word document, and formatting a bibliography in a research paper. Bookings essential.
Using EndNote and have some questions? Come to an EndNote drop-in clinic to get one-on-one help! Feel free to bring your own laptop with EndNote already installed, as well as copies of any documents and EndNote libraries you are currently working with. HUB Computer Teaching Lab, South Bank
23 Apr 2012
Anzac Day: Libraries - closed, Extended hours zones - open --
All libraries are shut on ANZAC Day but extended hours zones at Baillieu Library, Giblin Eunson Library, Biomedical Library, ERC and Frank Tate will operate as normal.
17 Apr 2012
Exhibition: A Med Student's Life --
Currently on display at the Medical History Museum, A Med Student's Life gathers memories, ephemera and photographs of student days from Melbourne medical graduates from the 1860s to today.
The exhibition is open to the public from Monday to Friday. Admission is free.
Medical History Museum, 2nd Floor, Brownless Biomedical Library, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
March 08, 2012 - August 24, 2012
10:00am - 04:00pm
Bookings and Enquiries
P +61 3 9035 7869
E medicine-150@unimelb.edu.au