Monthly Archives: November 2008

Education librarians meeting and curriculum collections

Education librarians at academic institutions across Melbourne have begun meeting once a semester to share and discuss what they have been doing over the period. Tomorrow’s meeting is also going to focus on curriculum collections. By this we mean the … Continue reading

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New libguide for VCE/VCAL program

We have just created a new libguide listing and linking catalogue entries for texts that support the VCE/VCAL programs at Carlton campus.

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Copyright management service joins Library

It was recently announced that the Copyright Management Service will join the Library as of January 2009. An article in the latest Chronicle of Higher Education refers the growing role of libraries in scholarly communication . The Library already has … Continue reading

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Diploma of VET Practice

Last night I gave a session to VET teachers undertaking the Diploma of VET Practice. It was only to be a short session and it needed to at least cover some of our key databases for material on instructional design, e-learning, … Continue reading

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Q&A — Rachel Patrick

Thanks go to Rachel Patrick, new lecturer in teacher education, for agreeing to be this month’s Q&A subject. What are your teaching/research interests? Teaching interests: Anything to do with teacher education – the core subjects Social justice, difference and equity … Continue reading

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Education revolution on Australia Talks

Radio National’s Australia Talks program on the education revolution is now available online. As they say on the website: If you compare the performance of Australian schools with other countries in the OECD between 2003 and 2006, Australia declined in … Continue reading

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Enhancements to the ERIC website

ERIC have just announced some updates and new features to their website, including RSS feeds, which will alert you when new items are indexed that meet your search criteria. an update to their downloadable journal list, which now includes 825 … Continue reading

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