The colour of law by Mark Gimenez

Rich evil lawyers who see the light and suddenly start helping those street kids has been done before. Still makes for a heart tingling good yarn because you know he will do the right thing .the black girl will get off and the white boy lawyer will see the light without the help of the dollar signs.Enjoyably predictable.

Age Book of the Year

Last Saturday's Age ( August 28) announced the 2010 Age book of the year. Your TAFE library has copies of both books on its shelves.

They are both highly recommended by your librarian.

Click on the links below to see a review of the books. You will need to use your network name and password to access the articles

Ten Hail Mary's by Kate Howarth 305.89915/HOW

Lovesong by Alex Miller F/MILL

Great Book Swap

The Deniliquin Campus library is holding a Great Book Swap to help celebrate National Literacy and Numeracy Week from 29 August until September 4. The NSW Literacy and numeracy website has some interesting video links and resources about literacy and numeracy issues. The Great Book Swap aims to raise money for the Indigenous literacy project to help buy books and resources for remote and isolated indigenous communities. Deniliquin Campus has already recieved a number of book donations. The pictures show just a few of the books available for swapping. If you don't want to swap a book please feel free to come in and purchase one anyway. I am sure there will be spare books????

Government and elections in Australia

The Library has set up a display in honour of our current election. There are numerous resources to help inspire discussion about voting , government and election campaigns. We will also be getting extra copies of the Sunday Age with an election/ poster series examining Australia's democratic process .

The parliamentary Education office also has some great learning resources and Lesson Plans about Government in Australia.

Government in Australia

Federation and Australia's parliamentary system : a pictorial history

Australia's system of government

Government in Australia

Hot Topics : the Australian legal System

A Republic--yes or no?

Essentials of Australian government

Working the system : a guide for citizens, consumers and communities

Bob Brown : gentle revolutionary

Australian women and the vote

Systems of government
Fascism

Communism

Dictatorship

Democracy

Capitalism


Audio/Visual

Storyline Australia: the life and times of Malcolm Fraser videorecording

Face the Press: Three Prime Ministers – Interview with three ex prime Ministers

Vote Yes for Aborigines [videorecording

Governing Australia] : [videorecording] how our laws are made

Governing Australia : [videorecording] our three levels of government

June library display

Library displays
The Thursday morning Literacy and Numeracy class have been doing a research project using library resources and computers. They have set up a display in the library showing their projects and some resources that go with their information. Below are the titles of their projects and list of the resources they have put on display.

There are also some resources displayed for Reugee week. Please pop in and check them out!!!

Scott West and Western bulldogs (Hilary)

Football

The Encyclopedia of world sports

Jamie Whincup and car Racing ( Kat)

Supercars: driving the dream

Australia zoo ( Catrina)

The mammals of Australia

Growing vegetables ( Dan)

The Australian fruit & vegetable garden : grow the best fruit and vegetables for good health and flavour The vegetable gardeners diary

Ned Kelly ( Jamie)

Outlaw son: the story of Ned Kelly

Ned Kelly : a short life

World refugee Week June 20 to June 26

Refugee Week is Australia's peak annual activity to inform the public about refugees and celebrate positive contributions made by refugees to Australian society. The event has been celebrated in Australia since 1986 and RCOA has been responsible for the coordination of Refugee Week in NSW since 2005. Check out the website for lots more information

The following link has some interesting lessons plans and resources for those wanting to follow up about refugee camps

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/events/refugeecamp/resources/

Your library also has a number of relevant resources on display!
Refugees
Refugees and asylum seekers

Dark victory by David Marr and Marion Wilkinson A provocatove account of the Tampa crisis during the Howard government reign in australia
Writing in rights : Australia and the protection of human rights
Human rights in Australia : treaties, statutes and cases

Serials

Hot Topics number 65 : legal issues in plain language - Human rights

New Internationalist - monthly magazines that looks at human rights through the world covering a different theme evey month

Movies -

Home song stories [videorecording]

Swing [videorecording]

Reconciliation week

"Reconciliation Week is held every year from 27th May until 3rd June. The week marks two important dates – the anniversary of the 1967 referendum (27th May 1967) and the anniversary of the Mabo land rights decision (3rd June 1992). The week commemorates the gains made for Indigenous rights and reconciliation throughout Australia’s history, and provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the work that still needs to be done."

What better place to look for resources and information to help raise your awareness than your local TAFE library. These are some of the resources available in the library that may help create understanding and insight.

Issues in Society - great resources for getting an overview of any issue

Indigenous Australians and the law 342.940872/INDI
The health of indigenous Australians 362.849915/aheal
Aboriginal Reconciliation 305.89915/ABOR
Stolen Generations: the Way forward 362.849915/STOL

Some Great viewing DVDs/videos
Beyond sorry 362.849915/VADE – lloks at the lives of two women taken from their families and exams the question “would they have been better off staying with their families or were they better off being taken away”
Why Me? Stories from the stolen generation DVD 362.849915/WHYM - explores the human cost of government policy
The apology to the stolen generations of Australia DVD - Broadcast of speech
Saying sorry : DVD the day the nation cried - the program provides a historical understanding of the Stolen Generations and impact on them and the broader Aboriginal community
Invasion and resistance : [kit] untold stories – resources and video about Aboriginal history in australia
Intervention DVD 362.849915/INTE - Looks at the Howard government 2007 Intervention Policy - Asks those involved is it working?
Vote Yes for Aborigines 323.119915/VOTE - a documentary about the 1967 referendum and the fight for citizenship rights for Aborigines
Ten Canoes – Movie The film explores the nature of traditional Indigenous
culture, and to critically explore thechanging nature and place of that culture
in modern Australian society.
Samson & Delilah movie 791.43/SAMS the Cannes-selected breakthrough feature of writer/director Warwick Thornton, follows the gradual partnership of two indigenous teenagers who live in a small impoverished rural community outside Alice Springs.
Modern indigenous culture - this program meets a variety of indigenous Australia’s and look at their achievements in modern art and sport , while maintaining connections to traditional and modern aboriginal culture. 305.89915/MODE
Making two worlds work [Kit] M-KIT – which includes a Working with aboriginal people and communities audit tool and a DVD about the importance of Welcome to country
First Australians : an illustrated history ( DVD and book) outline the History of Aboriginal Australia since European settlement 994.0049915/PERK

Some Interesting Reading

Whose land? : eyewitness to Aboriginal - non-Aboriginal relations, 1770-2007 994.004991/BRAS
Belonging : Australians, place and Aboriginal ownership 346.940432/READ - the thoughts of Nonindigenous Australian on place and the dispossession of Aboriginal Land
The window seat And other Stories by Archie Weller A 823.3/WELL
Macquarie PEN anthology of Aboriginal literature 820.808991/MACQ
Those who remain will always remember : an anthology of Aboriginal writing A820.809915/BREW

World Meteorological Day

Yesterday was world meteorological day. ( Yes there is a day for everything). As the weather has a vital importance in the life of our community, I thought this would be a good time highlight some of the resources the library has on weather and climate change.

Our Earth: global warming the evidence - 551.5/OURE - this book has beautiful photos of severe weather glitches through the world

The Australian weather book 551/COLL from the Bureau of meteorology on how the weather effects in australia, explains our climate and weather predicitons.

The geology of Australia - 559.4/John looks at how our country has weathered of the last 4400 million year

Drought in Australia 551.5573/DROU - Issues in society gives an overview of the impact of drought in Australia

Follow the link the to resources available at Deniliquin campus on weather.

There are also a number of resources on climate change .