August 2011

Request acquisition of engineering education book

28th August, 2011 ~ 1 comment

I'm asking the library to acquire:

Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field,
by Sheri D. Sheppard, Kelly Macatangay, Anne Colby, &
William M. Sullivan. Jossey-Bass, 2008. 272 pp. $40.00 (cloth).
ISBN 978-0-7879-7743-6.

Thank you.

Phil

I would Like to complain about the cleaning conditions

27th August, 2011 ~ 1 comment

Hi,

Last night I was in the engineering 24/7 room listening to my lectures. A cleaner guy came in and ask me to leave. I was getting my rubbish but he was like, 'just leave those and get your back and leave.' so I left. Then I just came back today, and all the rubbishes that me and my friends left were still here and floors are still dirty. I don't know what he meant by "cleaning". I was just a little annoyed since I could've so finished my lectures that I was aiming to finish last night.

Cheers,

Request to add study resources

25th August, 2011 ~ 1 comment

Hi,

For the book:

Australian criminal justice
Findlay, Mark.
South Melbourne, Vic. : Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand, 2009
ISBN/ISSN:9780195551310

There is only one copy and is only for high use..would it be possible to make the existing copy available to take home and borrow for period longer than the high use peroid.

Suggested Purchase for SS&H Library

24th August, 2011 ~ 1 comment

ISBN 978-1-58322-929-3 McBay, Aric / Lierre, Keith / Jensen, Derrick - Deep Green Resistance - Seven Stories Press (www.sevenstories.com)
From the book's back cover: "In their long-awaited how-to guide for the deep green ecology movement, Aric McBay, Lierre Keith, and Derrick Jensen make the case that technology won't fix the environmental problems we face, and consumption - no matter how green - is only accelerating the earth's decline."

Video casettes

23rd August, 2011 ~ 1 comment

Does the library have any plans to convert its stock of VHS tapes to DVDs? Not only will this make the items more accessible for loans (who has a VHS any more?) but will preserve the vision from the degradation of the tape medium.

Noise in Mater Library

23rd August, 2011 ~ 1 comment

It seems that people freely talk in this library, especially in its computer room, and librarians do not take any measures whatsoever to discourage it. In fact, librarians themselves talk as much and even louder than some people.

I have been using this library for three years now and I just cannot tolerate it any further.

I suggest putting up big signs on the walls to remind people to talk quietly.

Suggested purchase for Medical Library or SS&H

23rd August, 2011 ~ 1 comment

Author: Michael E J Wadsworth, John Bynner
Title: A Companion to Life Course Studies
Publication Place: UK
Publisher: Routledge Advances in Sociology
Publication Date: 2011

The book reviews five large-scale life course studies from Britain, that have provided key insights into life course epidemiology, health and the role of soical disadvantage.

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415495400/

Kind regards

Kaeleen