Category Archives: services

iSearch – a new interactive Library tutorial

 RMIT University Library has recently launched iSearch, an interactive tutorial to help students improve their research skills. iSearch is aimed at students who are new to post-secondary education, and students from non-English speaking backgrounds. It was developed with a 2010 … Continue reading

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Staff: Your Library needs for 2010

RMIT staff can get in early in preparation for Semester 1. Consider some of the following services we offer and whether they will be useful for you in 2010. You may want to: Contact your Liaison Librarian Book an Information … Continue reading

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Are you preparing an online course?

Just a reminder that if you are preparing course material and wish to create links from Blackboard to our e-resources there are instructions available when you log in to the Learning Hub under  ”LIBRY RMIT University Library and your online course”. … Continue reading

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Using programs from free-to-air TV

As many people will be aware the University pays a fee yearly to Screenrights that allows staff within RMIT University to copy and make use of free-to-air TV. School staff are welcome to contact the Library’s off-air-recording service and arrange … Continue reading

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Library survey winner

Thank you to students and staff who responded to our survey recently about services and resources. Such surveys assist us to be aware of those things you value and help us identify areas to improve. Respondents to our recent survey were … Continue reading

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Library Survey 2009: Tell us what you think

The Library is surveying users – we only do this once a year, and it is the best way to let us know what you need.  Could you please give us 10 minutes to tell us how we could improve … Continue reading

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Meeting with your tutors? Why not ask your librarian along?

A lecturer asked me along recently to a meeting with sessional tutors. This was a great way for me to meet these staff members and give them information and answer questions about library services and resources. I spent just 15 mins … Continue reading

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Are you preparing an online course?

Just a reminder that if you are preparing course material and wish to create links from Blackboard to our e-resources there are instructions available when you log in to the Learning Hub under  ”LIBRY RMIT University Library and your online course”. … Continue reading

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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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Identifying and accessing items held elsewhere

Students/staff are sometimes wanting to find books and other material not held at RMIT Library. My message to students in various information skills classes is that there are always ways of identifying where such material is held and ways of … Continue reading

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