Science week

Ignite your Imagination!!!!
National Science week starts on the 15th August. When you think about it there is a scientific theory for almost everything we do. Scientists and their followers wonder about what we eat, when we sleep, how we move , who we love, why we smile or frown. The library display for library week has plenty on offer to keep us all wondering. Ignite your imagination !!!Come in and check it out.
http://www.scienceweek.gov.au/Pages/index.aspx

The tafe library website has some links to some great science websites.

http://intranet.rit.tafensw.edu.au/library/quicklinks/show_subtopic.asp?SubTopicId=28

The Science of animals
The mammals of Australia
Know your birds : Australia's most common birds
The complete home veterinary guide
Genetics and horse breeding
An introduction to the invertebrates
The science of the Earth
Our Earth: global warming the evidence
The weather makers : the history and future impact of climate change
The Science of Food
Genetic revolution : a look at the way the world is today
All about bread
Home cheese making : recipes for 75 homemade cheeses
The science of gardening
Hydroponics for everyone : a practical guide to gardening in the 21st century
How to propagate : techniques and tips for over 1000 plants
Resurrection in a bucket : the rich and fertile story of compost
Composting : the ultimate organic guide to recycling your garden
The Science of the human body
The Atlas of the Human Body
Anatomy for beginners
Human body: the ultimate guide to how the body works
Cells at work series /muscles/Skin/blood bones
The Science of Maths
The universal book of mathematics : from abracadabra to Zeno's paradoxes
Mathematics : from the birth of numbers
Mathematical handbook of formulas and tables
Financial maths
Math word problems for dummies
The science of the stars ( astronomy)
Night Sky atlas 623.1/SCAG
Exploring space 523.1/SIBE
The Science of Everything
A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson
E=mc?p2?s?p ?s: the great ideas that shaped our world
Fidgeting fat, exploding meat & gobbling whirly birds : and other delicious science moments by
Karl Kruszelnicki's
The Big Book of Experiments and Activities

Magazines
Helix magazine is a very user frindly science magazine which comes into the library quarterly. Great experiments to try with kids and simple explanations
Ecos - Is the CSIROS magazine about the latest environmental research

July 09 new arrivals in the library

Hi all

Welcome back to TAFE after the holiday break. Here are some new items to get you started with your library borrowings this term s
Behaviour management

The survival guide for kids with ADD or ADHA by John F Taylor 618.928589/TAYL

Australian history

Australian through Women's Eyes by Ann Standish 820.809287/STAN

Other cultures

Culture Grams provides an uptodate summary of world customs/ cultures and statisitics 306.05/

Magazines

July Choice has articles on Pet Insurance on and What to claim on your tax

Gardening Australia - features - "Ladybird/ladybirdgood garden friends" Remedies for fruit bugs and How to make your citrus grow

Good health tells you 13 fun ways to double your energy

( definitely need it after the holidays)Exercise excuse busters /and How to stop yourself eating after dinner

Canberra Library Visit

I spent the first two days of the TAFE holidays visiting some libraries in Canberra, checking up how other libraries are using emerging technologies and catching up with other
Riverina Institute Librarians. Libraries generally are using blogs and wikis and federated searching to assist their customers with accessing information. Igoogle seemed to be a great tool
for keeping track of information that is of interest to you. The Australian national library has just started a cool new research interface that is going to be much easier for patrons looking for Australian information. They are also in the process of digitising Australian Newspapers from 1803 to 1954. You can also contribute to the project by correcting some of the scanning if You are that way inclined.
The ABS library mainly serves the 2700 employees of the ABS. Most of their information and training is delivered on line. They had some great ideas about RSS feeds and customising databases to suit individual needs. The other two Libraries we visitied were Canberra Insititue of technology and University of Canberra. They both either had or were about to get 24 hour learning centres where students could come to the library to use computers any time of day or night. I can't see Deni having that for a while yet (although sometimes its seems like the some students sleep here ...)