Robertson Library will extend its opening hours between 5 and 18 June to help students preparing for exams. The library will be open:
7.00am to 10.45pm Monday to Friday (except Foundation Day 7 June)
10.00am to 10.45pm Saturday and Sunday
Have you tried our new catalogue yet?
The library is trialling a new catalogue which is more intuitive and offers a range of improved functionality including:
- One simple search across multiple collections (books, journals, audiovisual, archival materials, Curtin research)
- Ability to limit search results to “online only” – particularly useful for our off-campus users
- Option to narrow your search results to items currently available, type of resource or items held at a certain location
- Suggestions for new searches, relevance and popularity ranking
- The e-shelf – a personalized workspace allowing you to save and ogranize records
- Ability to add your own tags and reviews
- Ability to share records by emailing, printing or pushing them to other applications such as EndNote, Connotea and delicious.
You can try our new catalogue from our homepage (just click “try our new catalogue” link under the search box). We welcome your feedback so please leave a comment.
National Career Development Week
May 17-21 is National Career Development Week. The Curtin Careers Centre wants to help encourage all Curtin staff and students to take active ownership of their careers and get the life they love, though a week of presentations and workshops, guest speakers and interactive activities.
Robertson Library features a display on level 2 with information about the Curtin Careers Centre and how they can assist students, as well as information about the dates, times and location for events as part of National Career Development week on campus.
For more information about the week’s events go to: http://www.careers.curtin.edu.au/ncdw2010.html
What you said about the library
Results from 2009’s Curtin Annual Student Satisfaction (CASS) survey reveal that 90% of you are satisfied with the service provided by library staff. Other responses show that:
- 88% of students are satisfied with the library’s opening hours
- 89% of students are satisfied with the library’s book/journal collections and electronic information
- 80% of students are satisfied with the facilities provided in the library.
Click to find out what we’re doing to improve our services and facilities even more in 2010.
Researchers do you need help?
The Mastering Research Resources seminar series is an excellent opportunity for staff and research students to keep abreast of current library resources and tools. Participants are encouraged to bring their own research queries to each session.
Seminars include:
- Getting started: library services for researchers
- Using library databases effectively
- Tracking citations: following the research trail
- Scholarly publishing: maximising the impact of your research.
Register your interest in the MRRS Series today. If you and your colleagues need a seminar on a specific topic then contact your Faculty librarian to arrange a seminar at a time to suit you.
Exhibition on display at Kalgoorlie
The JCPML travelling exhibition Menzies, Fadden, Curtin and the Japanese Envoy is on display at the Kalgoorlie Campus Library from 12 April to 30 June 2010.
All are welcome to come and view during library opening hours.
Need help researching your assignment?
Try our new interactive tutorials to help you find and use information for your assignments. These are short, visual tutorials that take you through 7 essential steps:
- understanding your reading list
- finding items on your reading list
- analysing your assignment topic
- finding books on your topic
- finding journal articles on your topic
- evaluating your resources
- understanding referencing.
Library trials 7am opening
From 19 April Robertson Library will open its doors from 7am on weekdays until the end of semester (25 June).
Trialling the new hours is a response to direct feedback and CASS survey comments that students need time in the library before classes commence. Clients will have:
- access to all floors;
- use of computers and other technology;
- access to self-serve facilities such as borrowing and Reserve.
Library rovers will be on hand to help with any technology-based queries and the normal enquiry and loans desk service will operate from 8am.
As this is a trial we are very interested in your feedback so please leave a comment to let us know what you think of the earlier opening and help us evaluate this trial.
Muresk Campus closed 7-9 April
The Curtin Muresk Campus will be without power on Wednesday 7 and Friday 9 April 2010. Therefore the Muresk Campus Library will be closed on these dates. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Win one of 5 Hoyts double passes
The Library is looking for 50 students to help with a project on finding information. It will take just 10 minutes of your time online. To volunteer simply send your email address to
library-volunteers@curtin.edu.au.
We have extended the deadline so to be considered for the prize draw you need to volunteer by Thursday 1 April.
