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Monthly Archives: February 2010
New interactive tutorials! Join Simon and Qing…
… as they discover how to interpret a reading list, work out what an essay question is really asking, and find the book they’re after!
Available on the library website at www.adelaide.edu.au/library/help/tutorials
Study spaces
Due to the impact on Library space of the construction of the Hughes Plaza
Learning Hub, it has been necessary to withdraw the collaborative study
rooms on Levels one and two of the Barr Smith Library. These rooms will be
removed in order to create new single study spaces.
When the Hub is opened in 2011 it is expected […]
O'Week 2010 – get a good start
Get a good start to your university studies – come on an O’Week Library Tour of the Barr Smith Library. These 50 minute guided tours of the Library will introduce you to the Library’s layout, services and the catalogue.
Lots of tours are running throughout O’Week and Weeks 1-3. No bookings are necessary.
Relocation of Reserve and Multimedia
Due to the Learning Hub project, we are required to relocate Reserve and Multimedia from its present location on Level 3 South of the Barr Smith Library.
Due to severe limitations of space, we will need to split the services provided by Reserve and Multimedia, as follows:
the Reserve collection (books) will be relocated to Level 3 […]
Special Collections to reopen soon
Good news! The relocation of Special Collections to its new location is almost complete. We now expect to reopen on Monday, 22nd February (2010!) in the new premises, on Level 1 of the Barr Smith Library.
The new Special Collections features a larger study area, and a new browsable collection of Pacific and Theatre materials.
There will […]
Learning Hub news : relocation of Research & Reference
Due to imminent building works on the Hughes Plaza, we are relocating Research and Reference services this weekend.
From Monday, 8th February, Research and Reference will be in their new location, on Level 2 of the Barr Smith Library. From the Library entrance, take the main stairs down one level, and turn to the right. Or […]
New copiers, now with scanning support
We have introduced new photocopiers into the Library this year. In addition to being faster than the old, all copiers now provide duplex (double-sided) copying, colour copying, and copying to overhead transparencies. (You need to supply your own transparencies for that.)
But also, the new copiers will allow scanning to a USB memory stick, for which […]