Granville CSI - Lab Science

The Library’s colourful display on Lab Science at Granville Tafe – (CSI) shows current students working on  several Laboratory skills that are part of the several courses available in Laboratory technology or techniques .

 The display complete with pipettes, burettes, test tubes, PH meter and a Bunsen burner also highlights the various Lab Technology courses available at Granville.  Courses such as Certificate IV in Laboratory Techniques or Certificate III in Laboratory Skills.

The display also promotes new books available in the Library.  Books on subjects such as Haematology, Anatomy, Histology, Clinical Chemistry, High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Immunology are all subjects that require a large component of  Laboratory skills and procedures.

2012 National Year of Reading

Did you know that there are 46% of Australians who can't read newspapers; follow a recipe; make sense of timetables, or understand the instructions on a medicine bottle? As part of the 2012 National Year of Reading SWSI is participating in a coordinated activity to raise awareness through a Frequent Reader campaign.
During July and August borrowers will be able to enter a lucky draw for donated prizes consisting of Movie tickets, USB flash drives and various others. Winners will be notified by phone and need not be present at the draw.

Librarians at work : The times they are a-changing

It used to be that measuring library work was largely a matter of counting book loans. The computer age has changed all that so that much of it is invisible. During the week ending the 2nd of March other statistics were kept to gauge the work being done in the provision of library services.

At Granville there were altogether 1164 queries dealt with personally and over the phone. It was shown that 32% of these queries taken were of an Information Technology nature.

Survey Result
Booking Enquiry 88

Directional Equiry 185
DEC Username/Password (IT) 121
Informational Enquiry 235
Overdues/fines/BOD 23
Printing/Photocopying (IT) 116
Reference Enquiry 246
Technical Support (IT) 136
Other 14
Total 1164