Library SmartSearch service to cease

The feedback provided by users regarding the introduction of Search@CSU Library has been positive, therefore access to SmartSearch and the ‘old Library catalogue’ will be discontinued in 2011/2012:

SmartSearch 13 December 2011
Library catalogue 5 March 2012


The final launch of ‘Search@CSU Library’ in March 2012 will enable CSU staff and students to simultaneously search for print and electronic resources. Books, journals, journal articles, and other digital resources, e.g. CSU Research Output (CRO), CSU theses, can be found using a simple intuitive search tool, with more advanced search functions available if required.

Staff and students who have saved searches, alerts or records to the eShelf, in SmartSearch or the ‘old Library catalogue’, will need to record these details and re-create the saved searches etc. in ‘Search@CSU Library’.

Please contact the Library if you require assistance using ‘Search@CSU Library’ - see http://www.csu.edu.au/division/library/help/ask

Library Hours Bathurst Residential School

The Library welcomes all Bathurst Residential School students. To assist you make the most your time on campus, the Bathurst Library will provide extended opening hours until Sunday 4 December. Please see the Library website for details.

Wagga Library Return Chute

External return chute at Wagga campus Library is now shut due to building works. Please return all Library items to the Loans desk between the hours of 9.00am – 5.00pm Monday to Friday, until works are completed. We apologise for any inconvenience.

A Selection of Books and DVD's for your Holiday Reading and Movie Watching

BOOKS:

• Sons of the Rumour - Australian fiction/David Foster. Check Availability

• When will there be good news? - A novel/Kate Atkinson. Check Availability

• Gulag : a history of the Soviet camp - History/Anne Applebaum. Check Availability

• The Harsh Cry of the Heron - Supernatural fiction/Lian Hearn. Check Availability

• Paris Dreaming - Romance fiction/Anita Heiss. Check Availability

• The Men and the Girls - English fiction/Joanna Trollope. Check Availability

• Valley Under the Rock - Love story/Libby Hathorn. Check Availability

• All the Colours of Darkness - English crime fiction/Peter Robinson. Check Availability

• Not in the Flesh - English crime fiction/Ruth Rendell. Check Availability

• My Lie : a true story of false memory - Biography/Meredith Maran. Check Availability

• Radical Visions 1968-2008 : the impact of the sixties on Australian drama - History/Denise Varney. Check Availability

• The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Science fiction/Douglas Adams. Check Availability

• The Silent Sea - Action adventure fiction/Clive Cussler. Check Availability

• My Sister's Keeper - Drama fiction/Jodi Picoult. Check Availability

• Amelia Earhart - Biography/Richard Tames. Check Availability

DVD's:

• Avatar - Check Availability

• Toy Story 3 - Check Availability

• Chocolat - Check Availability

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Check Availability

• Lawrence of Arabia - Check Availability

• Glee : the complete first season - Check Availability

• Fantasia : the original classic - Check Availability

• A Streetcar Named Desire - Check Availability

• Bootmen - Check Availability

• Bambi - Check Availability

• To Catch a Thief - Check Availability

• The Goodies Collection - Check Availability

• Frankenstein : the director's cut - Check Availability

• Australia - Check Availability

Search@CSU Library gets a facelift!

Search@CSU Library, the library's new search discovery tool, has undergone numerous enhancements and refinements in order to better meet the needs of CSU Library users.

Some recent improvements include:

• Changing the name of 'My Basket' (where you can save searches and check your holds and loan information) to 'My folder';

• Improving the appearance of the 'add to my folder' icon, which appears beside each item in your search results;

• More accurate 'resource type' categories, e.g. 'books', 'ebooks';

• Subtitles now included in search queries using 'starts with' and
  'in the title' search refinements;

• The options for refining your search by 'author' after entering a search query are now sorted by author name, rather than the number of results for each author;

• Improved searching by ISBN;

• Improved display of records with multiple versions of editions;

• New library help page resources and Watch-it! tutorials.

A mobile version of Search@CSU Library is currently undergoing testing. This will allow CSU Library users to more easily and effficiently search the library's holdings from smartphones and other mobile devices.

Notice to all students who are graduating in December

This year, for the first time, graduation ceremonies have been brought forward to December of this year, rather than March-April of next year.

Did you know that your participation in a graduation ceremony in December might be affected if you have library items that are overdue, or if you have an outstanding library fine or charge?

To avoid possible embarrassment, and to allow you to participate fully in your graduation ceremony, please ensure that you return all library items to the Library, and that all library fines and other charges are paid, well in advance of your graduation ceremony.

If you have any queries about loans, library fines, or lost or damaged items please contact the Library.

Reftracker service temporarily unavailable (Saturday 19 November)

CSU Library receives online requests and enquiries from students and staff via its Reftracker service. These include various comments and suggestions, as well as Ask a Question, Book a Librarian, Suggest New Material, and CRO changes requests.

The service will be unavailable from 12 noon to 5 pm on Saturday 19 November 2011 (AEDT), to allow for moving the Reftracker network to a new hosting facility.

If you try to access the service during this time you will get a standard browser message about there being a problem with connecting to the website.

If you have any queries, please contact the Library, if necessary by a means other than Reftracker.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Planned Outage to CSU Systems 18-21 November

Due to planned server maintenance, some of the Library Website’s pages will be unavailable from 5pm on the 18th to 9am on the 21st of November.

The main areas that will be affected are:
• eReserve Access
• Database pages
• Watch-it Tutorials

If the page you require isn’t available during this time you will be directed to a page advising of the downtime and alternative links to some of our major resources (e.g. selected databases.)

Please Note: Journals can still be accessed via Search@CSU Library, and bookmarks to databases will continue work.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this service disruption while this important work is undertaken.

Temporary Access to Wagga Library 01 Nov 2011
Due to building works, the main entrance to Wagga Wagga Campus Library, Student Central and Cashiers is closed. Access is available via the rear door on the Car Park 7 side of the building. Signage has been constructed to direct patrons. Building works are expected to be completed in early 2012.

Live Chat Service: Reduced Hours

The Library's Ask a Question: Live Chat service will be operating on reduced hours on Thursday 3rd - Friday 4th November due to a staff development day.

Thursday 3rd November: 1pm - 5pm
Friday 4th November: 9am - 1pm

If you need assistance outside these times, please call 1800 808 369.