Welcome back to 2007

Hope you had a great Christmas and New Year break.

This newsletter is the first post via a blog for the Peel Campus Library. We hope you like being involved in a new way of communication. Please submit comments, suggest new things that we can do OR even ask for clarification of news items.

News from the Library

Library staff came back to work on 8th January as we had to pack up 600+ Nursing books that needed to be sent to Rockingham for the first semester.

First and second year Nursing units will be held there due to Murdoch's new building being scheduled for completion in July.

The Library Staff for Term 1 comprises:

• Karen MacKenzie, Manager
• David Hixson, Librarian
• Natalie McCann, Teacher
• Jenni Williams, Library Technician
• Gavin Bennett, IT Technician
• Lorri Fallows, Library Officer (Mon - Thurs)
• Lyn Thomas, Library Officer (Mon, Tues, Thurs & Frid)
• Jen Holleyman, Library Officer (Mon - Thurs)
• Christine Page, Library Officer (Wed & Frid)

FYI -

1) Tania had a little girl called Abbey Anne Holland on Sunday 17th December just after midday. She weighed 3.14 kg (6 pound 14 ounces) and was 49cm in length. They visited us in the library on Thursday 25th on their way down south to visit family for the long weekend.

2) Helen MacCue has been seconded to Coodanup Community College in the library for Term 1 to help them start the year. She is scheduled to return to MSC for Term 2.

Library opening Hours

From Monday 5th February, the library will be open for the following hours:

Monday - Thursday from 8.00am to 6.00pm

Fridays from 8.00am to 4.00pm

Holidays from 9.00am to 4.00pm

Resources

A reminder that you have access, not only to resources in our library, but also to resources at the other Challenger TAFE campuses, other Murdoch University campuses and Rockingham Public Library sites.

Most resources may be re-located to Peel by request via the search catalogue or via the circulation desk. This may take between 1 and 3 days depending upon the home library. Ask at the library desk for more information.

Catalogues Online

1. Peel Education Campus, Murdoch University and Rockingham Public Library
http://prospero.murdoch.edu.au

2. TAFEWA
http://voyager.challengertafe.wa.edu.au

Loans

There is a limit of 25 resources that staff can borrow for a semester. Students of Mandurah Senior College and Challenger TAFE have a limit of 5 items for 4 weeks. Students of Murdoch University have a limit of 12 items for 4 weeks.

Reserve (overnight borrowing)

High demand items may be placed in reserve - please talk to library staff for more information. Reserve items are available for 2 hour loan periods during the day whilst an overnight loan commences at 2pm and items must be returned prior to 9.00am the following day.

Recording Television Programs

The library subscribes to free–to-air & Foxtel Education channels. Channels include History, Discovery, National Geographic, Lifestyle, Ovation, Animal Planet, a variety of News programs and for 2007 - The Weather Channel. Please note that there are teacher guides for most of the History programs.

Foxtel magazines are distributed to interested staff. Programs from both free-to-air and Foxtel which have been requested are placed on ClickView for use by MSC staff and students. Initially these are placed in the Review area before being moved into the correct teaching area/s.

ClickView

There are 1,200 + recordings on MSC’s digital system. These can be viewed simultaneously by 200+ students, copied onto Teacher’s laptops and/or copied onto USB drives for viewing at home.

Teachers may make their own programs and have them added to ClickView or make a compilation of different snippets from existing shows for use with classes. This involves simple drag and drop procedures.

If you wish to have a session about compiling your own program/s or how to copy programs onto your laptop and/or USB drive - please let us know by adding a comment to this post.