Update on the Library refurbishment

I've been telling new students this week how lucky they are to have arrived just in time to enjoy the brand new Library space. Continuing students too get to enjoy these benefits, as well as Information Services staff :)

The refurbishment work has now moved on to Level 4. The print journals have all been picked up and moved out, the Group Study rooms knocked down and the work to rebuild Level 4 with its own brand new facilities and spaces is underway.

What this means at the moment is that Level 4 is not accessible. This stage of the refurbishment is expected to be finished around the end of February, and we appreciate your patience until then.

In the mean time, the two (brand new and big!) Group Study rooms on Level 2 are still available, and there are also two rooms in the Law Library which are bookable by all students. Also, you can still get access to the print journals, jusk ask us at the desk.

Bond's research now more visible via Australian Research Online

Looking for Australian research? Australian Research Online is a service of the National Library of Australia, and lets you search simultaneously across the contents of Australian university and government research repositories in addition to several other collections of Australian research. Check it out here.

Recently, the contents of Bond's own repository,
e-publications@bond, were re-harvested into Australian
Research Online. e-publications@bond is an open-access
collection of the research and scholarly output of Bond University, and
what the re-harvesting means is that this work is now more highly visible,
helping to increase the profile of Bond as a research institution.

You can find papers, theses and other scholarly works by Bond academic staff and students by visiting e-publications@bond, here.

New students! And continuing students too...here's what InfoWise is about

Welcome to all the new students for the 101 semester, and welcome back to all continuing students.

You may have come across the word 'InfoWise' on various signs and brochures about the place - this is a program of short, free sessions which can give you a headstart with the resources you'll be using as you study.

It only happens at the start of semester, and as I mentioned the sessions are short and free - and useful! Take advantage of it; pick the session time which suits you, and just come along.


● A Library Tour will quickly show you where the different facilities and resources are, and how to do the
basics, like borrow, and use the university printers.

● Finding Information for Assignments will show you how to find journal articles, books and other
resources using the databases and other online tools such as the Library Catalogue and e-Journal portal.

● RefWorks is reference management software, and as a Bond student you have free access to your own
account. We'll show you how you can use it to produce reference lists and manage the references for your
assignments.

● The Law Library also offers special sessions targeted for Law students, and you can book in for these at
the desk in the Law Library.

A Christmas message

I was trying to think of something Christmassy to say in what will probably be the last L-files post for the year (yes ok I was surfing the Web), when I came across the following little passage from Dr Seuss which seemed to somehow say something more poignant than all of the more earnest Christmas quotes...and it rhymes :)

'And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so?

It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags.

And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before.

What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store?


What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?'


Have a really great holiday season, and we'll see you next year!

christmas tree postcard blue image: dreamstime.com
grinch iphone ebook app image: flickr creative commons

Here's the Library hours over the Christmas break

Well, the end of the exam period is fast approaching, which means that the prospect of a break from things university-related is not far off as well.

Starting this weekend the opening hours for the Main Library, Law Library, and the MLC change a little, and we will be closed for the season's festivities from 25th December through to 3 January. Here are all the details of our hours over the break:

So you can still use our resources as usual, including loaning books, DVDs and other materials - just bring them back by the due date! (And just a little reminder, if you have any overdue items at the end of semester your exam results can be withheld).

Hope your exams are going well, and the season is looking bright for you.

Library extended opening hours

We're at that time of semester again when the Main and Law Libraries extend their weekend opening hours.

This Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening (4th, 5th and 6th December) the Libraries remain open until 9pm.

The weekend after (Friday 11th, Saturday 12th, and Sunday 13th) both Libraries remain open until 11pm.

You can find out the Library's opening hours for any given day in the leadup to the end of semester here.

isolated clock 2 image: dreamstime.com

Library refurbishment update - why are the toilets closed?

We've been enjoying the results of the Main Library refurbishment for some months now, and work continues. Here's what's coming up:

Next in line are the toilets on levels 3 and 4 of the Library. These are now closed to be refurbished; during this period the toilets on level 2 will still be available.

Also on track is the refurbishment of level 4, and then level 3, of the Main Library. To do this work it's necessary to first move all of the print journals on level 4 to storage space in the area adjoining level 3. This area had temporarily been available as a general study area, however the continuation of the refurbishment program means that this area is now no longer available as a study space.

So that's the work currently being undertaken as the refurbishment project enters its final stages. We apologise for any inconvenience that may be caused, and look forward to the completion of some more new learning spaces.