Monday, November 24, 2008

Christmas in the Library









Hi all



It is Christmas in the library. I know it seems early but we won't have much time to show off our Christmas
tree before the classes finish. The library is planning a christmas party for December 3. Bring along a Christmas joke. There is a prize for anyone who can make me laugh!!!!!



Some of these jokes are guarantueed to bring a smile ( atleast)



http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/6339.htm
http://www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au/xmas/christmasjokes.htm



Here is a list of resources in the Library that may help you with your party planning and Christmas giving


Party planning

Napkins : [with projects and instructions for folding napkins]

Perfect parties for every occasion

The penguin Pocket book of Etiquette

Event Planning made easy



Gift Wrapping




Creative gift wrapping : package designs



Creative gift packaging



Make your own presents

Beading for Beginners
Making mosaics

The metal craft book : 50 easy and beautiful projects from copper, tin, brass, aluminium, and more

Simply beautiful beaded jewellery : 50 quick and easy projects

Homemade Christmas : lovely things to eat and make at home

Inspirational Christmas Crafts



Christmas Cooking and Party Food

Celebration : the Christmas recipes you must have

Tastes of Christmas

The Australian Christmas stocking book of Christmas food : recipes for the twelve days of

Christmas The Complete Christmas Cookbook

Creative Appetizers

Classic finger foods & appetizers



Don't forget our Foodie magazines also have some great recipes. _ Gourmet traveller and Australian Good food. The November issue of Melbourne child has a "Giant gift guide"


Merry Festival season

Monday, November 10, 2008

Latest Magazines Nov 2008


These are some of the latest magazines to arrive in the library. Come in and check them out.
Happy browsing



































Monday, October 27, 2008

Beliefs and Celebrations




Are you interested in different spiritual paths? Do you want a greater understanding of what others believe? Have you ever wondered what different religious festivals mean and when and why they are celebrated? If the answer is yes check out our latest library display.
I have selected a variety of resources to help explore “What we believe and celebrate” and to coincide with a number of special days.

United Nations day on October 24. http://www.un.org/events/unday/2007/ Diwali Hindu festival of Lights on Oct 28.http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/dday.htm
Halloween is on Oct 31. International Day for tolerance is on Nov 16.http://www.sustainableliving.com.au/events/tolerance-day/


Soul Searching

  • Tips from a travelling soul-searcher - In times when materialism and competition threaten to overwhelm all that we used to hold dear Tim Costello senses a common cry. What can we do?
  • Sacred contracts : awakening your divine potential - Caroline Myss tells us how to waken our divine Potential
  • Holy cow : an Indian adventure - Sarah Macdonald travels India on a spiritual quest. She checks out Indias’ spiritual paths with humour and insight that makes for a very entertaining read.
  • Mysteries of the ancient world - explores some ancient mysteries

Occult

  • Witches : a book of magic and wisdom - the story of the witch from spiritual advisor and powerful warrior, to magician, healer and goddess,
  • Ghosts, monsters and the unexplained - over the centuries, people have witnessed many strange events involving ghost, monsters, aliens and the supernatiural. Science has no explanation for this phenomena – this book explores many of these events

Festivals

  • Muslim festivals through the year
  • Jewish festivals through the year
  • Budhist festivals throughout the year

This series looks at the festivals and celebrations of various religious groups that are celebrated in a year. Easy layout with lots of pictures and graphics


Household harmony

  • Feng shui for your home
  • Feng Shui : an introductory guide to the Chinese way to harmony - this practical book shows us how through following ancient Chinese wisdom of Feng Shui, we can promote our health, improve our relationshops with family, friends and colleagues and attract good fortune and prosperity.

Religions

  • A spectator's guide to world religions : an introduction to the big five by John Dickson.
    Each of the world major religions are are presented in their best light. The book outlines the history, belief systems and spiritual practices o f Hinduism Budhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
  • DK Encyclopedia of Religion
  • Religion : Australia, a multicultural nation
  • Religions in Australia – Issues in society – looks at religious beliefs and trends in Australia
  • The Dreaming – is a collection of Aboriginal dreamtime stories on DVD and Teachers notes
  • World Faiths Series explores the major religions of our world today. Each title looks at one persons’ experience and then looks at global issues related to the belief.
    Sikhism ;Judaism ;Christianity;Hinduism ;Islam.







Monday, September 15, 2008

Spring is Sprung







In response to the nice sunny weather, the longer balming days and the occasional howling winds, I have organised a gardening display to inspire you in the garden.
Here is the list of resources
on display. Happy gardening !!!
Water wise gardening
  • Design for water : rainwater harvesting, stormwater catchment, and alternate water reuse
  • Waterwise gardening
Sustainable gardening
  • No-dig gardening : how to create an instant, low-maintenance garden
  • Grow organic, cook organic : natural food from garden to table, with over 1700 photographs
  • Paradise in Your Garden: smart Permaculture Design
Garden Design
  • Australian planting design
  • The room outside : designing your perfect outdoor living space
  • The natural Australian Garden by Gordon ford with Gwen Ford
Hard slog Gardening
  • Gardening down-under : a guide to healthier soils and plants
  • Botany for gardeners
  • The Constant gardenerFood plants of the world : an illustrated guide
  • The complete book of fruit growing in Australia
  • How to propagate : techniques and tips for over 1000 plants
  • Fruit & vegetable gardening in Australia
We also get some great Gardening Magazines
Gardening Australia October has an article called Colour unlimited all about hibiscus
Burkes Backyard September features an article on Organic Vegies; how to get started and a Spring planting guide
Good Health October 2008 talks about how to beat Spring allergies ( so their ain't no excuse for getting out there)
If you prefer to get your plant info from the web the library quicklinks has also got some good websites you can follow up.
Jenny H

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Deni Tafe Library National reading day survey 2008




Some of our students and staff show their favourite reading material.






























The results of the survey can be seen in the table at the wiki
http://denitafelibrarywhatsnewfeb2008.wikispaces.com/reading+survey+September2008

There were 36 Respondents to the reading survey.
The thing most people had been reading on the day of the survey was work or study related, with an occasional novel or newspaper thrown in. I loved the fact that some people had obviously been reading story books to their kids , very important for encouraging reading. (The play on nursery rhymes book “ Each Peach Pear Plumb” is one of my all time favourites kids books). The favourite books were also a mixture with some people enjoying poetry, a special author such as Isabelle Allende , Coban, Bryce Courtney or a series. A number of the same magazines popped up. People seemed to like magazines with either a car or home themes. “Better Homes and Gardens” could be a good one to get for the library. By far the most popular newspaper was the Deniliquin Pastoral Times. Even people who said they didn’t read, read that. The Herald sun was the next most read paper but people obviously loved the local news best. The choice of Websites was also interesting, some people couldn’t decide. Some people never looked at the internet, where as others had definite favourites. Google was an obvious one. A few people liked the communication websites such as Face book and Myspace and a few loved the shopping website Ebay. I daresay many liked to talk and shop and read at the same time. Anything is possible on the net.

It certainly is interesting to see what people like to read and how much reading is part of our every day lives often without us even realising. Occasionally I would have to prompt people when they said they had read nothing that day but were at a computer checking their emails. Thanks to everyone for participating in National Reading day (http://nationalreadingday.nlnw.edu.au/). National reading day is an important reminder of what an essential survival tool in the modern world reading is. As the United nations reported when launching the Literacy decade, many people in the world today still cannot read or write.
http://www.drh-movement.org/Articel.asp?NewsID=100

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Adult Learners Week 2008


I have put together a list of resources that might be inspiring for both teachers of adult learners and the learners themselves. Hopefully we can all learn something by browsing through some of these resources.



Teaching Skills


  • Teachers who change lives – leading Australian educationists Andrew Metcalfe and Ann game cast new light on the processes of teaching and learning

  • Inspiring active learning : a handbook for teachers – commonsense strategies to motivate students to become active learners •

  • Teaching problem solving in vocational education Rebecca Sodden argues that thinking skills are most effectively developed along with vocational competencies and offers novel but practical strategies for lessons

  • The Adult learner at work ( a comprehensive guide to the psychology and methods of learning for the workplace

  • How to teach reading : when you're not a reading teacher - Discover ways that you can:- develop effective lessons to help your students increase academic vocabulary, comprehension skills, and fluency in your content- create a risk-free environment and increase student achievement- select fun and effective ways to engage all of your students in comprehension and vocabulary instruction- respond to your struggling readers by increasing engagement and adapting classroom practice

  • Learning in adulthood : a comprehensive guide – looks at most recent research in Adult Education • Dimensions of adult learning : adult education and training in a global era

  • How to teach adults in a fun and exciting way by Doug Malouf

  • Becoming a Critically reflective teacher by stephen Brookfield

Learning with Technology



  • Educating the net Generation: how to engage students in the 21st century

  • E-learning:m teaching and professional development with the internet

  • Blogs, wikis Podcasts and other powerful Web tools for classrooms

  • Online learning and Teaching with technology

Education



  • Fifty modern thinkers on education : from Piaget to the present


Study Skills


  • Study smart : a guide to successful study at TAFE – looks at everything for effective study for tafe students from time management to taking

  • Study secrets ; everything your lectures will never tell you – looks at effective study methods

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Beijing Olympics 2008


The latest display in the library has a sporting theme ( you will never guess why). It has been very easy to find pictures for our notice board as the papers are full of it. You can check it all out in the Age Australian or Herald sun in your Deni TAFE library. We will also have copies of score sheets for those who want to keep a medal tally. We have have subscribed to the Age Teachers support website for the olympics. There are some great resources there if you want to do an Olympics project with a class or for yourself.There will be a prize for the first person to borrow something from my olympic display so come in and check it out !!!!!

A list of the titles on display:

A brief history of the Olympic games
Black gold : the Aboriginal and Islander sports hall of fame
Catherine : intimate portrait of a champion
Cathy Freeman
Deadly feet [videorecording]
Fun & games in Sydney 2000
Grandpa's games [videorecording]
Gymnastics
Jobs in sport
Karrie Webb ( series Australia’s Outstanding sport stars)
Legends of Australian sport: the Inside Story by Peter Meares
Sporting immigrants : sport and ethnicity in Australia
Sydney 2000 : the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, the official souvenir book
The encyclopedia of exercise, sport and health
The encyclopedia of world sports
The Olympic Games
The proud champions : Australia's Aboriginal sporting heroes
World sports encyclopedia
100 Australian sports stars of the 21st century

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Reading in Central Australia




This display has been inspired by my recent Central Australian trip. Some great resources if you are heading off virtually anywhere in Australia.
Art
Aboriginal art – a survey of Aboriginal art from across Australia
Contemporary aboriginal art : a guide to the rebirth of an ancient culture
Hermannsburg potters : Aranda artists of central Australia
– famous art colony near alice Springs


Biography
The Indomitable Miss Pink : a life in Anthropology by Julie Marcus
Desert queen : the many lives and loves of Daisy Bates by De Vries, Susanna - Another great easy to read biography by Devries about an infamous Australian woman
The singing line : the story of the man who strung the telegraph across Australia, and the woman who gave her name to Alice Springs
The dig tree : the story of Burke and Wills
- Sarah Murgatroyd reveals new historical and scientific evidence to tell the full story of the disaster of Burke and wills

Cooking
Swinging the billy : indigenous and other styles of Australian bush cooking

Plants and Landscape
The old country : Australian landscapes, plants and people -
George Seddon looks at the history of the Australian landscape and local and European influences have shaped what we see today,
Uluru : an Aboriginal history of Ayers Rock
A guide to plants of inland Australia ( beautiful photographs and maps to help identify plants)
Sedimentary Rock ( Uluru apparently falls into this category)
Cronin's key guide : Australian trees – another great guide to help you identify tree and plants no matter where you are travelling

Stories and Writing from Central Australia and beyond.
Yarrtji : six women's stories from the Great Sandy Desert – great photos and stories which give an insight into living in the great sandy desert
Being whitefella - stories written by well known white Australians about their relationships with Aboriginal people
The Milk in the sky: writing from the Centre - and anthology of poems and short stories from people living Around Alice Springs
Inside Black australia: an anthology of Aboriginal Poetry
Live Like Water by Meme McDonald - romance set in Alice Springs
Travel
Australia : the rough guide - an ideal travelling companion for anywhere in Australia
The Australian Adventure Atlas – advice and maps for adventure holidays around Australia
Classic walks of Australia – great read if you are visiting any of Australia’s national parks
The ways of the bushwalker : on foot in Australia by Harper, Melissa - when you head out to the bush with your Dunlop volleys on you realise you are flowing in the footsteps of a long line of walkers with quite a controversial and influence history.
Outdoor Australia - Great magazine if your looking for inspiration for an active holiday around Australia


Websites
http://www.northernterritory.visitorsbureau.com.au/visitors_info.html#abor
http://www.csu.edu.au/australia/nt.html

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

World Refugee day


In recogniton of World Refugee Day - here is a list of library resources to give an insight into refugees and others who have come from overseas to live in Australia
http://www.oxfam.org.au/refugee/uganda/about-ugandan-camps.php
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/refugee/

The Australian people : an encyclopedia of the nation, its people and their origins
A fantastic books which gives a historical perspective on where people come from to Australia and why they came.

Australia's refugee dilemma [videorecording]
What is a refugee? Why do people become refugees? What's People Smuggling all about? What happens to people who come to Australia, claiming to be refugees? The answers to these questions and more are given in this moving program. Includes: * UN definition of a refugee. * Where refugees come from and why? * People smugglers in Indonesia. * Australian government responses to 'boat people', past and present. * Changes to legislation made prior to 2002 election (TEPs, excised territories etc.)\

Immigration : [videorecording] the waves that shaped Australia
This program examines the role immigration has played in the settlement of Australia. It traces immigration from the days of the first fleet, throughout the period of the White Australia policy, to the present day.

Refugees and asylum seekers ( Issues in society)
Human rights ( Issues in Society)

Populate or perish [videorecording]
Populate or Perish explores the insularity and fears which motivated the twentieth
century catchcry of ‘populate or perish’. It examines why this movement has changed
today to one opposed to increasing population, on the grounds of environmental
unsustainability and cultural explosiveness
http://www.filmaust.com.au/programs/teachers_notes/3772populateorperish.pdf

The atlas of war and peace
gives a visual representation of war and its consequences from around the world
http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=231


The history of human rights : from ancient times to the globalization era
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9737001.php

World Music Day


To celebrate world music day the library has put together some music books and dvds to listen and watch. Enjoy!!!!



Biography
Most people I know (think that I'm crazy) by Billy Thorpe ( Relive some of Billy’s crazy world )
On the road with Slim
http://www.abc.net.au/snc/stories/s949745.htm
Dame Nellie Melba ( Live Wire Real Lives Australian History)
Silverchair ( Live Wire Real Lives Australian History)
http://assets.cambridge.org/97805217/76189/description/9780521776189_description.htm


Music Videos/DVDS
Long way to the top [videorecording] : stories of Australian rock n' roll
A time capsule of music, news, fashion and politics of Australian and New Zealand rock and roll. This series captures it all from the bodgie sex parties and surfie culture to Vietnam and the Sunbury near-death experience; from pub rock and Australia's own sharpies to glam rock, punk, grunge, dance and more.

John Farnham - The last time: complete and uncut videorecording
Complete and uncut footage of the final concert of "The last Time" tour - recorded on Sunday June 15th, 2003, at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Park

Baraka [DVD]
A panoramic view of the tumultuous interaction of earth and man, ... photographed ... on six continents in 24 countries, including ... Tanzania, China, Brazil, Japan, Kuwait, Cambodia, Iran and Nepal, together with major U.S. and European locations. Baraka, an ancient Sufi word ...can be translated as a blessing, or as the breath, or essence of life form from which the evolutionary process unfolds. A movie with no conventional plot: merely a collection of expertly photographed scenes. Subject matter has a highly environmental theme.

Teach yourself
Total guitar Tutor
The ultimate guide to playing recording and performing every guitar style by terry Burrows

Talking Books
Scorpia ( book and Cd) – great for travelling with the kids
Teenage superspy Alex Rider is determined to find out more about his father. He travels to Italy where to infiltrate the world of the beautiful Claudia Rothman, a member of the crime organization, Scorpia. 10 yrs+

Nicholas Nickleby [sound recording]
by Charles Dickens
Read by Anton Lesser
One of Dickens’s earlier novels, dating from 1839, it charts the fortunes of an honourable young man, Nicholas Nickleby, who has set out to make his way in the world.
Dickens presents his remarkably vivid display of Victorian characters and the life they lead, from the generous to the fated to the crushed. Hope springs eternal, however, and righteous persistence brings rewards.
Anton Lesser, the outstanding Dickens interpreter, brings all his narrative expression to bear on this exciting tale.

On Chesil Beach [sound recording] ( beautifully ready by Ian McEwan himself)
It is July 1962. Edward and Florenece, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding nights to come
http://www.randomhouse.com.au/Books/Default.aspx?Page=Book&ID=9781846571008

Two Caravans [sound recording]
Notes
Narrator : Sian Thomas.
Summary
An idyll of the English countryside: a beautiful summer's evening in a Kent field, and around their two caravans a little group of strawberry pickers is getting ready to celebrate a birthday. But who picks our strawberries these days? Ukrainians, Poles and Chinese are among those who lead dangerous lives as they take to the caravan road until each of them peels off to find their destiny. Hilarious, gritty, moving and slapstick by turns. Two Caravans has every bit of the extraordinary wit and heart that made A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian so successful.
http://vpn.fremantle.wa.gov.au:81/amlib/webquery.dll?v1=pbMarc&v2=j%20picoult&v4=441265&v5=3X&v8=441266&v9=20&v10=Y&v13=4B&v20=4&v23=0&v25=Chivers%20CD%20audio%20books.&v27=100185867&v35=%7b%5d0%5b%7d%7b%5d0%5b%7d%7b%5d0%5b%7d%7b%5d0%5b%7d&v46=441266


Books to the Movies

The taming of the shrew [DVD] Shakespeare retold
Katherine is extremely abrasive in her dealings with everyone, both in Parliament and her personal life. Her sister Bianca couldn't be more different -- a popular model whom everyone loves. Bianca's long time manager wants to marry her; in order to put him off she says she won't marry until her sister is wed (a prospect she knows will keep her safe.) So her manager arranges his friend -- who is a titled Earl -- to meet and marry Kate and the battle is on.

I'm not scared DVD
Something sinister is lurking under the surface of 10 year old Michele idyllic summer in 1978. While the days in this remote southern village are filled with the familiar routines of childhood, a chance discovery leads to a shocking revelation…
http://www.miramax.com/imnotscared/

Reading about films
100 greatest films of Australian cinema
http://www.bookworm.com.au/shop/scditem.asp?ProdID=64178

Music to relax by
Chill out : music to relax to [sound recording
Rhythms of Life Sound Recording

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Reconciliation week






Reconciliation Week
http://www.reconciliation.org.au/i-cms.isp
The library has put together a resource display to help celebrate reconciliation week. Hopefully using these resources will help with the understanding of the reconciliation process and help develop a greater understanding about why there is a need for reconciliation.


Law
Indigenous Australians and the law
http://www.spinneypress.com.au/248_book_desc.html

ART
Hermannsburg potters : Aranda artists of central Australia by Jennifer Isaacs



History
Nowhere people by Henry Reynolds
http://www.readings.com.au/product/9780143001911/nowhere-people


Blood on the wattle : massacres and maltreatment of Aboriginal Australians since 1800
http://www.bookworm.com.au/shop/scditem.asp?ProdID=14272

Wiradjuri places : The Macquarie River Basin and some places revisited



Survival : a history of Aboriginal life in New South Wales



Timeline Australia ( Macmillan set)



Aboriginal Victorians : a history since 1800 by Richard Broome
http://www.allenandunwin.com/_uploads/BookPdf/TeachersReview/9781741145694.pdf



The original Australians : story of the Aboriginal people
http://www.shop.nsw.gov.au/proddetails.jsp?publication=8329

Famous Australians
Dhirrabuu mari -Outstanding Indigenous Australians
http://protocat.nla.gov.au/Record/3562785 = outstanding indigenous Australians


Reconciliation
Around the kitchen table [videorecording] Reconciliation kit
http://protocat.nla.gov.au/Record/3535873

Aboriginal Australia
Aboriginal issues series. Land : notes & activities booklet

Being Aboriginal : comments, observations and stories from Aboriginal Australians : from the ABC radio programs
Being whitefella
http://paperchain.seekbooks.com.au/featuredbook1.asp?StoreUrl=paperchain&bookid=9781863680806

Aboriginal disadvantage ( Issues in Society)
The racism debate ( Issues in Society)

Films
Lousy Little sixpence ( video) featuring Margaret Tucker
http://www.roninfilms.com.au/feature/1832221.html little sixpence [videorecording]

Return to Cummeragunja : [videorecording] Hyllus Maris and her mother Mrs Geraldine Briggs speak, 26-8-85 35555010906149 ON_SHELF

Ten canoes ( DVD)
http://www.tencanoes.com.au/tencanoes/
Rabbit proof fence ( video)
http://www.abc.net.au/message/blackarts/film/s644749.htm


The dreaming: a six series collection on DVD
Harry's war: aborigines in wartime ( DVD)


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