People getting their various Hippopotamus books signed by author Hazel Edwards in the recently opened Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre.Both talks attracted an interested audience of university and secondary students as well as staff. The authors shared their work, life experiences and helpful hints for budding writers/artists.
Students talking to comic artist/author Anthony Woodward, and viewing some of his collected work.Related posts:
• Lunch in the Library with author Hazel Edwards
• Cartoon artist Anthony Woodward talk @ SMB library
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( 3.1 / 16 )The Library and ICT would like to congratulate SALLY PRICE for being the 'Keys to Success' 1st Prize Winner for the 2010 Open Day.
Sally won the Toshiba Netbook and was very excited about the result. Congratulations Sally!
- 2010 Library and ICT Open Day Team
Above: Sally recieving her Toshiba Netbook from UB ICT staff member Ashley
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( 2.7 / 6 )Reading and Literacy strategies
Librarians do have an Impact on children’s literature.
I was searching the net to find out what’s new with children’s literature and librarians from a school teaching point of view.
What did I find? You may ask….
I found 3 books about children and how important the role of the public or school librarian played in their lives.
Author: Carla Morris Illust: Brad SneedThis is a picture book about a boy whose life is enriched by his daily visits to the Livingston Public Library and his relationship with the librarians there.
*This is a delightful book for 4-8 year olds. It would also make a great gift for your favourite librarian.
Author: Pat Mora Illust: Raul Colo’nTomás and the Library Lady is the story of a Mexican American boy named Tomás during one summer in Iowa and the impact that a kind librarian and a multitude of books had on his life.
* This is great a read-aloud story for children 6-10. It is also an excellent book for middle school age children who are independent readers.
Author & Illust: Jeanette WinterWith limited text and folk art-style illustrations, author and illustrator Jeanette Winter relates the dramatic true story of how one determined woman helped save the Basra Central Library's books during the invasion of Iraq. * Recommended for children 8-12
Reading Strategies used by Teachers.
Also there are children’s books about how important reading is and the strategies that teachers use. Example:
Question: What Is D.E.A.R. and What Does It Have to do With Beverly Cleary?
Answer: D.E.A.R. is the acronym for Drop Everything and Read. National Drop Everything and Read Day is an annual event, which is celebrated on April 12, the birthday of beloved children's book author Beverly Cleary. According to the official D.E.A.R. Web site, "National D.E.A.R. Day is a special reading celebration to remind and encourage families to make reading together on a daily basis a family priority."
Author: Beverly Cleary Illustrator: Alan TiegreenIn this popular children's book by Beverly Cleary, Ramona Quimby, Age 8, Ramona's class celebrates National D.E.A.R. Day.
Beverly Cleary included a passage about the DEAR program in Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (pages 40-41) after she received numerous letters from readers who mentioned the great reading program they were doing in class. It seemed like something Ramona’s class would do, too, so she put it in the book."
Celebrate Children’s / Book Day
The subtitle of Book Fiesta! is Celebrate Children’s Day / Book Day - Celebremos El dia de los niños / El da de los libros, and this bilingual picture book is indeed a celebration. Book Fiesta! is a celebration of the joy of reading for children of all cultures and languages. This celebration culminates in Children’s Day / Book Day - El dia de los niños / El da de los libros (also known as Dia), an annual family literacy initiative. Dia has been celebrated in libraries, schools, homes, and other locations on or about April 30 since 1996
Author: Pat Mora Illustrator: Rafael LópezAn ever-changing multicultural group of children celebrates Children’s Day / Book Day - El dia de los niños / El da de los libros by telling and showing readers all of the different places they like to read books.
International Children’s Day
poster by Hani D. El-MasriQuestion: What Is International Children's Book Day?
Answer: International Children's Book Day (ICBD) is an annual event, which is held on around April 2, the birth date of Hans Christian Andersen. It is sponsored by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). According to the IBBY Web site, "International Children's Book Day (ICBD) is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children's books."
Cheryl
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EBL eBooks will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 2 hours at the following time:
Friday September 3, 4:00 a.m. 6:00 a.m. [Local time]
Thursday September 2, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. [GMT]
Please note: this downtime means that some eBooks that are EBL titles that are usually available via the Library catalogue will be unavailable.
- For more information about eBooks go to the UB Library eBooks web page. - Read more about EBL eBooks, how to use the catalogue to find eBooks, and how to access eBooks in previous blog posts.
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Wiley has launched their new online platform called Wiley Online, which replaces the Wiley Interscience platform.
Wiley Online Library hosts a broad multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, medicine, humanities and social science. Wiley Online Library allows access to over 4 million articles from 1500 journals.
The new Wiley Online platform aims to combine intuitive navigation, enhanced discoverability, expanded functionalities and a range of personalisation options.
Easily discover relevant content
View content organised by subject category with books, journals, reference works and databases cross-searchable by subject. Easily find related articles, and follow research with reference hyperlinking and dynamically updated citing article links.
Browse alphabetically via Publications A-Z, or by subject areas from the front page (e.g "Nursing", in screenshot above) and narrow down in topic pages (e.g "Nursing special topics", in screenshot below).
Advanced Searching
Advanced Search can be accessed by the link under the search box on the Wiley Online page and has the usual limiters to narrow down your search (e.g. ISSN, ISBN, article DOI, article title, publication title, author).
Available full-text content
UB library has access to a lot of Wiley content but not everything. Access Icons will clearly identify the content available to you through UB Library's license, or freely available content (see picture on right).
Note: if you see no padlock icon next to the tile in tour search results then it is something that UB Library's subscription doesn't cover.
Article and chapter features
• Supporting Information now fully integrated into journal articles
• View and link directly to references using the new references tab or from the article
• View a list of other articles which cite this one
• See other articles by the same authors
• Improved ‘more like this’ facility
• Email a link to the article
• View publication history
• View author information
• Export to Reference Manager (e.g. RefWorks).
"My Profile" personalisation features (requires registration)
• Saved searches
• Titles, Articles & Queries for quick access
• RSS alerts
• Improved email table of contents alerts (Table of Contents, Online Early and Accepted Article alerts)
• Free online sample copies
• Free online trial subscriptions.
Additional new features
• Virtual Issues
• Most cited articles
• Most read articles
• Audio and video content.
More information
• Visit Wiley Online information website
• Read about Wiley Online features in detail
• Read the Wiley Online pamphlet (PDF, 484K) giving an overview of Wiley Online.
• Learn more with Wiley Online tutorials (free, but requires sign up).
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( 2.8 / 9 )SpringerLink is an integrated full-text database for journals, books, protocols, eReferences, and book series published by Springer. SpringerLink currently offers 2,246 fully peer-reviewed journals and 39,040 books online.
SpringerLink has now updated its web platform, improving the general usability, making searching and browsing easier and more straight forward.
Better browsing
• Browse publications in your area in categories such as journals, books and reference works
• Browse publications by content type (journals, books, book series, eReferences, protocols) and by title (see screenshot above, or click image to go to SpingerLink page)
• Browse by collection, narrowing down to a specific subject area
e.g. Chemistry and Materials Science > Applied Microbiology, (see below)
Abstract views
Brief or expanded abstract views give detailed abstracts of the article without having to leave your search (see screenshot below).
Advanced Search
The Advanced Search button is located to the right of the “Search For” search box in the orange banner at the top of SpringerLink webpage. The Advanced Search button is available from every page on SpringerLink.
Advanced search offers extra search options (title, author, Digital Object Identifier), and more ways to limit your search (e.g. category, date). The citation search box also helps to find specific items. Also you can pre-select the order in which you would like the results displayed (recently published first, relevancy and alphabetical).
Alerts and RSS feeds
RSS feeds can be grabbed for all pages (browses and searches) by clicking the orange RSS icon and adding it to your feed reader. This is an easy and efficient way to keep up with your research.
Registration with SpringerLink allows personalisation features such as creating saved searches, links to items and email alerts.
To sign up to My Springerlink on the menu, and select Register Now from the drop down menu (see right).
Other features
• Related documents for articles or eBook chapters
• PDF Preview for eBook chapters
• Improved search functionality – including searching by citation
• Easy filters for Online First and Open Access articles
Finding SpringerLink at UB Library
SpringerLink can be accessed via:
• the alphabetical listing on the Find journals and databases tab on the Library homepage
• Springerlink link under the Or search using a major host: heading on the Find journals and databases tab on the Library homepage.
More information
• SpringerLink FAQ
• SpringerLink Search FAQ
Related posts
• Find out more about RSS and feed readers
• keep up with your research with RSS.
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( 2.9 / 21 )Anthony Woodward teaches drawing, digital art and print making at the Arts Academy, University of Ballarat. He is well known in the Art community as a talented cartoonist and producer of zines (self published magazines).
Anthony is currently running cartoon drawing workshops at the Ballarat Art Gallery .Wearing his other hat, Anthony is also a ‘roving’ Librarian at the Arts Academy and catalogues zines for the State Library of Victoria .
Anthony will be presenting a lunch time talk at the SMB Library about Australian cartoon drawing past and present .
Please bring your lunch and enjoy an interesting talk from the creative mind and talent that is Anthony Woodward!
Place: SMB Library, Lydiard Street South
Date: Friday, 27 August
Time: 12 noon to 1.30pm
Refreshments: Tea, coffee and snacks will be provided.
R.S.V.P. Karen Pruis on 5227 8409 by Wednesday, 25 August.
More information:
* Anthony Woodward's blog
* Anthony Woodward on Posterous
awcomix.posterous.com
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