Australian Financial Review And Business Review Weekly Online

The afr.com Search & Alert Service will be terminated at the end of April 2011 by Fairfax Media, the publishers of the Australian Financial Review and Business Review Weekly.
This service currently provides online full text access to both publications.

The Library is in the process of finding a satisfactory replacement for the service. The new service offered by Fairfax Media imposes restrictions which are unsuitable in the CSU environment.

In the meantime, we will reinstate print subscriptions to both the Australian Financial Review and Business Review Weekly at one or more campus Libraries. Copies of articles will be available for request via the Library Catalogue.

Easter/ANZAC Day Opening Hours

The Library will be closing for the Easter/ANZAC Day break at 12:30pm, Thursday 21st April.

Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Orange and Wagga Wagga campuses will reopen on Tuesday 26th April from 1.30pm - 5pm providing access to the library collection and basic lending services.

Normal services (including Live Chat and our 1800 number) will resume from Wednesday 27th. You can see the full opening hours on the Library's Opening Hours page.

Don't forget that even though the buildings will be closed, you can still access all our online resources, including Journal Databases, Catalogue, eBooks, and much more from the Library Website.

Book of the Year Short List

The Australian Children's Book Council has announced the Book of the Year Short List for 2011.

If you are looking for a great read for the kids these are the titles from the Short List that CSU Library has available:

• The Piper's son - Melina Marchetta. Check Availability

• Just a Dog - Michael Gerard Bauer. Check Availability

• Noni the Pony - Alison Lester. Check Availability

• Mirror - Jeannie Baker. Check Availability

• Why I Love Australia - Bronwyn Bancroft. Check Availability

• Two Peas in a pod - Chris McKimmie. Check Availability

• My Uncle's Donkey - Tohby Riddle. Check Availability

• Theme Parks, Playgrounds and Toys - Nicolas Brasch. Check Availability

• Our World: Bardi Jaawi: Life at Ardiyooloon - Children of a remote Indigenous community. Check Availability

• The Return of the Word Spy - A funny and fantastic voyage into language, grammar and beyond. Check Availability

The complete list of the winners is here and the 2011 Notable Books here

Highlights Of New Titles Recently Added To The Library Collection

• Psychological Testing - The essential guide to using and surviving the most popular recruitment and career development test. Check Availability

• The sustainability of cultural diversity : nations, cities and organizations - Addresses the question of how diverse communities can live together and prosper whilst retaining and enjoying their cultural differences. Check Availability

• Forensic accounting and fraud examination - Provides comprehensive coverage of fraud detection and deterrence and includes the broader educational material of the forensic accounting field with all the necessary accompaniments. Check Availability

• The chocolate therapist - A user's guide to the extraordinary health benefits of chocolate. Check Availability

• Whole body ultrasonography in the critically ill - An invaluable guide to the practice of this new form of visual medicine. Check Availability

• Social media marketing - Game theory and the emergence of collaboration. Check Availability

• Modern China - A history. Check Availability

• The web designer's idea book. Volume 2 - More of the best themes, trends and styles in website design. Check Availability

• The nightly news nightmare - Media coverage of U.S. presidential elections, 1988-2008. Check Availability

• Legal responses to climate change - Addresses a broad range of topic areas where climate change has impact and systematically analyses the key legal responses to climate change. Check Availability

• Deceived : a true story - This is Sarah's roller-coaster true story, and a profile of a modern-day criminal genius and master manipulator. Check Availability

• Wong's nursing care of infants and children - Provides unmatched, comprehensive coverage of pediatric growth, development, and conditions. Check Availability

The complete list of new titles can be accessed here

Highlights Of New Titles Recently Added To The Library Collection

• Web development and design foundations with XHTML - Includes all the necessary lessons to guide students in developing highly effective Web sites. Check Availability

• Being indispensable - A school librarian's guide to becoming an invaluable leader. Check Availability

• Teaching and learning in diverse and inclusive classrooms - Key issues for new teachers. Check Availability

• Medical error and harm - Understanding, prevention, and control. Check Availability

• Virtual team success - A practical guide for working and leading from a distance. Check Availability

• An introduction to business ethics - Provides a clear, concise, yet reasonably comprehensive introductory survey of the ethical choices available to us in business. Check Availability

• Software engineering - focuses on the processes and techniques fundamental to the creation of reliable, software systems. Check Availability

• Key ideas in sociology - The only undergraduate text to link today's issues to the ideas and individuals of the era of classical sociological thought. Check Availability

• The Zeroes - My misadventures in the decade Wall Street went insane. Check Availability

• Australian taxation law cases 2011 - A guide to the leading cases for commerce and law students. Check Availability

• Taylor's clinical nursing skills - A nursing process approach. Check Availability

• 25 years of Australian geographic photography - A pictorial showcase of stories that have engaged, informed and entertained for 25 years. Check Availability

• Polyamory in the 21st century - Love and intimacy with multiple partners. Check Availability

• Disaster and the politics of intervention - Analyses the respective roles of the public and private sectors in the management of catastrophic risk. Check Availability

• Introduction to online learning - A guide for students. Check Availability

• Festival and special event management - Introduces developments and professional tools, and considers the globalisation and subsequent internationalisation of event management. Check Availability

The complete list of new titles can be accessed here

Computer Access in Bathurst Learning Commons

As part of the refurbishment of the Bathurst Learning Commons, there is now 24 Hour computer access available in C2.

Access to Facilities and Collection in Wagga Campus Library

Work has begun on the first stage of the Wagga Campus Learning Commons refurbishment and there are changes in the way you will access the Library’s facilities and collection; the floor plan below details the changes in the way library users will access services and resources during this first stage.

Click the image to see a larger version of this floorplan

• From Monday 4th April, access to the computer training room from the main library entrance will be blocked. Access to the training room will be via the Emergency Exit door on Level 1 located at the rear of the building closest to the pond. Directional maps will be placed at the loans desk, front entrance door and Emergency Exit door on Level 1. The Training Room will be accessible from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday only. Weekends and after hour computer access will be available from the Jack Cross Centre.
• Computers and print facilities from Level 2 (ground floor) have been relocated to the level 2 training room
• All library collection including AV, CRC and newspapers have been relocated from levels 1 and 2 up to levels 3 and 4
• Group study tables have been relocated from levels 1 and 2 up to levels 3 and 4.
• No access to the student lift, all access to the collection will be via the main staircase.
• No access to the ground floor (Level 1)
• Student Central and Cashier facilities will soon be relocated adjacent to the Library Loans desk.
• Floor plans of the completed Wagga Learning Commons will be on display in the Library Foyer.