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UNESCO to publish under open access

UNESCO to make its publications available free of charge as part of a new Open Access policy.

“UNESCO will make its digital publications available to millions of people around the world free-of-charge with an open license. Following a decision by the Organization’s Executive Board in April, UNESCO has become the first member of the United Nations to adopt such an Open Access policy for its publications. The new policy means that anyone will be able to download, translate, adapt, distribute and re-share UNESCO publications and data without paying…Starting from July 2013, hundreds of downloadable digital UNESCO publications will be available to users through a new Open Access Repository with a multilingual interface. All new publications will be released with an open license. UNESCO will also seek ways to apply it retroactively, i.e. to works already published…”

Media release

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New: Corpus Augustinianum Gissense

We now have online access to Corpus Augustinianum Gissense, an online collection of the writings, sermons and letters of Augustine of Hippo (354-430).

More details from the supplier….

“The electronic corpus, including any writings, sermons and letters of the philosopher and theologian Augustine of Hippo (354-430), delivered to posterity, had been published on CD-ROM in 1996 (CAG 1) and 2004 (CAG2). Completed with recently discovered sermons, augmented with the most recent critical editions and brought up to date with an improved retrieval software, the CAG is currently published by Cornelius Mayer, the founder of the renowned Augustinus-Lexikon, as an internet-based databank (CAG-online). The basic Latin text is lemmatised and the quotations are marked up; CAG-online further provides several indices, additional information about Augustine’s works and their critical editions and a bibliography, comprehending more than 33,000 data records of Augustinian primary and secondary literature, tagged with key-words taken from the entries of the Augustinus-Lexikon. Maintenance and updating of the data stock are ensured by the Zentrum für Augustinus-Forschung at Würzburg University (ZAF)”.

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Ballarat Campus Photography Comp!

For Ballarat students and staff!!

The Faculty of Education and Campus Life would like to invite you to participate in the:

2013 Ballarat Campus Photography Competition

The competition theme this year is:  Life as an ACU student/staff member

Show us what life’s like as an ACU student! Give us a glimpse of what it means to be an ACU staff member!

The theme is open to your interpretation and creativity and can be submitted in either the black & white or colour category.

Students and staff members are allowed to submit one colour AND one black & white entry.

Submissions will be judged on: Technical Merit, Subject Matter and Composition.

The 1^st place winner in both the colour and black & white categories will receive 2 movie tickets as well as a professional A1 print of their winning entry! 2^nd place will receive an A2 print, 3^rd place an A3 print.  Some photographs will also be awarded as highly recommended.

The competition will be open from Friday 17 May 2013 until 5pm Friday 9 August 2013.

The winning and highly recommended photographs will be exhibited across the Ballarat campus between Monday 19 August and Friday 30 August.  During this time students and staff will get the opportunity to view and vote on their favourite entry. The photograph which receiving the most votes will be awarded the People’s Choice Award. The People’s Choice Award photographs will feature in the ACU Student Bulletin. The People’s Choice Award winner will also receive an A1 print of their winning entry.

Submission Instructions
1. All entries must be submitted digitally via email to Katie at: Katie.Jones@acu.edu.au and received by 5pm on Friday 9th August 2013.
2. The filename of all photographs must include:
The photographer’s name and the category (eg. JSmith_B&W), to be eligible for judging.

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On trial: Art Source from Ebsco

We have Art Source on trial until 5 July.

Art Source is a definitive full-text resource for the study of art and architecture.

Art Source includes full text for over 630 high-quality journals and 220 books. Furthermore, the database offers podcasts from leading museums on artists and individual works of art, art reproduction records and an image collection of over 63,000 images.

Subjects include:

• Advertising Art
• Antiques
• Archaeology
• Architecture & Architectural History
• Art History
• Contemporary Art
• Costume Design
• Crafts
• Decorative Arts
• Folk Art
• Graphic Arts
• Industrial Design
• Interior Design
• Landscape Architecture
• Motion Pictures
• Museology
• Non-Western Art
• Painting
• Photography
• Pottery
• Printmaking

So, take a look at Art Source and let us know what you think think via our feedback form.

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New format for the new books list

We now have a new format for the new print books list. Instead of being on this blog, there is now a link from our library website, so you can access the current and previous lists at any time.

Find it in the left navigation panel of our website as New items (http://library.acu.edu.au/new_items).

Some of the great new features are:

• Now includes new eBooks as well as print books.
• Combines material from all the campuses into one list. Remember you can request items be sent to you from any campus.
• Organised by subject area (but you can access all areas from any of the lists).
• Pretty book cover images!

If you have any comments or suggestions about the new items list, feel free to leave your comments below.

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Mother’s Day

Don’t forget to spoil the mums in your life this Sunday!

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What a waste! Campus waste audits

Campus Waste Audits

The Sustainability Coordinator conducted a waste audit of the Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Brisbane and Canberra campuses in the period 1 – 07 March.

Results

Overall, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield and Canberra campuses show good levels of staff and student compliance with the recycling system.

The table below shows the proportion of recyclable waste and of landfill waste placed into the wrong bin, at each campus:

The pie-chart below shows the contents of audited landfill bins, averaged for North Sydney, Canberra, Strathfield and Melbourne campuses.

Can we do better?

Sure…. but do you have a recycling tip or trick???

What works for you???

Let us know and you could win our monthly $30 voucher- an EFTPOS voucher you can spend anywhere there is EFTPOS!!

Tags: recycling, waste

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New: Mosby’s Nursing Consult

Another new resource for the Health Sciences – we subscribe to Mosby’s Nursing Consult which includes three eBook packages:

• Law Ethics and policy
• Fundamentals of Nursing 1
• Nursing research (Aust)

Mosby’s Nursing Consult – explore, take a look!

Tags: databases, ebooks

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New: Joining the dots

Want to keep informed on issues in Australian higher education?

We now subscribe to Joining the dots with access from Vol. 1, no1 (April 2011) onwards.

“Joining the dots is a series of evidence-based Research Briefings written to make it easier to keep informed about complex, significant issues in Australian higher education” -made available from the Australian Council for Educational Research.

From their website:

“The JTD Research Briefings provide analyses and insights on higher education that are:
• Evidence-based and data-driven
• Grounded in a deep understanding of higher education and expertise in data analysis
• Looking through Australian eyes at national and international issues
• Timely, examining emerging issues and recently released national and international data
• Objective, independent, going beyond the commentary
• Synthesised and integrated from a range of sources, and
• Time and resource saving – highlighting key facts, figures and issues.

Joining the Dots links myriad discrete pieces of information in reports specially tailored for Australian higher education.

Joining the Dots is for people who need to keep abreast of rapidly unfolding issues including:
• Higher education institution leaders and managers

• Policymakers and government staff

• Peak bodies and stakeholder groups

• Individuals with a keen interest in Australian higher education”.

How will you find Joining the dots?

through our Library Search

OR

From the A-Z list on the Databases (journals, articles) page, select J.

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New: Aclands Video Atlas of Human Anatomy Online

We now subscribe to Aclands Video Atlas of Human Anatomy.

From their website:

Aclands Video Atlas of Human Anatomy is for any student studying anatomy, and all lecturers teaching it.

Aclands Video Atlas of Human Anatomy…” enables the teaching and learning of anatomy with more than 300 narrated videos of REAL cadaver specimens. Get anytime, anywhere access—from any smartphone or tablet—while search and navigation tools make it easy to find only the content you need for course or exam review.

You’ll benefit from:

• authoritative, class tested content from Dr Robert Acland’s Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
• rotating videography which allows users to view each body region in 3D and see every angle and motion in detail
• unembalmed specimens that retain their natural colour, mobility and texture to provide a uniquely realistic online experience for students
• the compelling visuals and accompanying voiceover that makes this an ideal tool for both visual and auditory learners
• intelligent search and navigation functionality that makes it easy to find what you need fast”.

Have a look at Aclands Video Atlas of Human Anatomy!

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