Children books council awards

The library has a copy of the book that won the Australian Children's book of the year award for older Readers

Tales of Outer suburbia by Shaun Tan is a superb collection of illustrated short stories for teenagers.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/book-reviews/tales-from-outer-suburbia/2008/06/16/1213468318678.html

I read it a few months ago. These are some reflections on it from my reading blog

Tan’s tales have a dream like quality. The stories are dotted with drawings, paintings newspaper clippings and scribbles. Every tale and picture focuses on someone feeling alien or left out or left behind. The stories are fairy light but weigh you down. You feel sad but happy. They are full of love, yearning and disappointment at how suburbia has someone how failed anyone a bit different which is really everyone. My favorite is “Alert but not alarmed" and describes how suburbia adapts to housing ballistic missiles as a favor to government. He describes and illustrates beautifully the better uses they are eventually put to , because everyone knows that

to use them would be beyond human reason.

http://jennysreadingblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/tales-from-outer-suburbia-by-shaun-tan.html

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 ...)

What's new in the library June 09

Conferences

Your favourite librarian attended an EDNA conference in Melbourne recently about emerging technolgies in education. The theme was

Building Digital Bridges - The Keynote speaker , Harriet Wakelam, described some technologies that will certainly blow our educational minds when they are finally available. Firewalls will definitely be a thing of the past. Teaching people to be critical users is the key to technology in education. The speaker on Wikimedia provided some great suggestions for critical exercises to be used with Wikipedi. Lilli Wilkinson also provided some scary comparisons between various online encyclopedias and the biases that are in them. The conference outline can be viewed at http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/events/workshops/VIC. The conference notes will be available shortly.

There are many new items coming into the library all the time.
Here is a little taster...

Books
Pete the Sheep Jackie Frenchs lovely story about a sheep who things he's a dog
The Book of Australian Popular rhymed verse - Some great poems for reciting outloud
What teachers need to know about reading and writing dificulties - looks at latest research to deal with literacy problems

DVDs
Rogue Nation - ABC TV series about Australia early white settlement

Walle - A cosmic comedy adventure about a determined robot named Wall.e

You can check out other new titles on this list
http://tafecat.tafensw.edu.au/DEN_NEWTITLES.html

Magazines

June Choice magazine had some great articles - Camera phones our snapshot of the best and answers to your Superanunation questions
June Biig Issues featured somes diverse hints on survivng the recession
Australian Good Food has Some Winter Favourite recipes

Come in and check them out

Reconciliation Week

What is reconciliation?
"Reconciliation involves building mutually respectful relationships between Indigenous and other Australians that allow us to work together to solve problems and generate success that is in everyone's best interests". To recognise Reconciliation week the library has created a display of resources that will hopfefully help create a greater understanding between indigenous and non indigenous cultures in Australia

http://www.reconciliation.org.au/home/reconciliation-resources/nrw-resources

Aboriginal Art
Black angels : [videorecording] a widening vision centres on the work of Brisbane based Aboriginal Artist

Painting country [videorecording] this films portrays the life and humour of indigenous artist from the Balgo Regions in Far North west Australia
Dreaming their way : Australian Aboriginal women painters ( national museum of women in the arts)
Aboriginal art by Wally Caruana - gives an overview of Aboriginal Art in Australia
Australian Indigenous art pack – 12 full colour A3 prints of art works from 3 indigenous artists


Aboriginal History
This is what happened : historical narratives
A life together, a life apart : a history of relations between Europeans and Aborigines – with chapters on Cummeragunja and Moonahcullah
First Australians [videorecording] - an illustrated history – the dramatic story of the collision of two words
First Australians: an illustrated history – of the above series
With the white people by Henry Reynolds – the crucial role of Aborigines in the exploration and development of Australia
The original Australians: story of the Aboriginal people by Josephine Flood looks at Aboriginal history from Ancient times until today
Ten canoes [videorecording] - is a ground breaking glimpse into aboriginal life Centuries before European settlement.

Biography
Dhirrabuu mari = outstanding indigenous Australians who have succeeded in a variety of fields
Through my eyes – by Ella Simon the author tells of the days when her people were considered to be nonpeople
Return to Cummeragunja : [videorecording] Hyllus Maris and her mother Mrs Geraldine Briggs speak, 26-8-85

Mum Shirl - Mum Shirl tells the story of her life going up on a mission near Cowra and her life as an Aboriginal Activities and social worker

Reconciliation
Aboriginal issues series. Land : notes & activities booklet
Aboriginal issues series. Stolen generations : notes & activities booklet
Generations of resistance : the Aboriginal struggle for justice
Being Aboriginal : comments, observations and stories from Aboriginal Australians : from the ABC radio programs
Talking together [videorecording] records the views of four Australian women about the importance of healing the relationship between Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians
Issues in Society – Stolen Generations: the way forward
Koori, a will to win : the heroic resistance, survival & triumph of black Australia

Library week - Libraries Your passport to discovery

The theme for Australian Library and Information week this year isLibraries your passport to discovery. To Help celebrate the library has a display on travelling. You can go anywhere and everywhere without leaving your armchair when you check out some of these resources!!!

• Other countries
  
  

China – World in Focus
Indonesia – world in Focus
The World Book encyclopaedia of people and places
Longman atlas

• Immigration/Refugees
  
  

The changing face of Australia : a century of immigration 1901-2000
Refugees and asylum seekers – Issues in Society
Destination Australia : migration to Australia since 1901 - Eric Richards recounts the experiences of many individual migrants from all over the world, examines the drama and challenges of officials involved in the grand immigration experiment to Australia.
Story of migration to Australia.- beautifully presented series that tells the story of why people have come to Australia
Per l'Australia : the story of Italian migration - Per l'Australia is the story of Italian settlement, from as early as 1788 through to World War II and beyond. It is the story of Italians who fled war, persecution and poverty for a better life in Australia. From struggling to build a new home, to suffering internment and POW camps, to burgeoning employment and thriving prosperity, Italians have fearlessly adapted to their new homeland. The joys and frustrations of their new life are captured here in a rich mix of personal anecdotes and history, private mementos and captivating photographs.

• Holidays Overseas
  
  

Europe on a shoestring - the lonely planet guide – big trips on a shoe string.

• Travelling Australia
  
  

Explore wild Australia with the bush tucker man
Watkin Tench's 1788 : comprising A narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay and A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson – first hand account from an officer of the first British settlement in Australia
Australia : an ecotraveller's guide – provides information on wildlife and national parks to see and visit in Australia
Classic walks of Australia – reference guide to the best bush walks in Australia

• Travel memoirs
  
  
  

Angels & dark Madonnas: travels in India and Italy by Kate LLelwyn
The dig tree : the story of Burke and Wills – Sarah Murgatroyd tells the disastrous story of Burke and wills
Holy cow : an Indian adventure - Sarah Macdonald Explores with an amusing eye some humorous spiritual adventures in India
Lost in transmission - Jonathon Harley tells the story of being a correspondent in Troubled parts of Asia
The bookseller of Kabul - Asne Seierstad spends four months living with a bookseller and his family in Kabul fowlloing the fall of the Taliban
Almost French : a new life in Paris – Sarah Turnbull finds love in Paris
Good morning Hanoi : a year on the airwaves in the new Vietnam – Iain Finlay and Trish Clark describe their twelve months in Vietnam working for the communist fun radio station
Sing, and don't cry : a Mexican journal – Cate Kennedy lives in a small farming community in Mexico for a year
At the drop of a veil – the true story of an American woman’s years in a Saudi Arabian harem by Marianne Akireza
I left my heart in Chinkapook and my knickers in New York - Kerry cues humorous reflections on Travel
Burqa and a hard place : three years in the new Afghanistan – Sally cooper gives us a humorous recounts her experiences of working with an Aid organisation Afghanistan just after the Taliban lose control.
Lionheart : a journey of the human spirit – Jesse Martin recounts his adventure as the youngest person to sail solo, non stop and unassisted around the world
The Wrong way home - Peter Moore announced he was going to travel home from London to Sydney without stepping on a plane.

• Travel writing
  
  

Best Travel Writing 2008 – True Stories from around the World
The good alternative travel guide : exciting holidays for responsible travellers
Worst journeys : the Picador book of travel