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Thanks for helping us with the 2008 library client survey![]() The recent Library Client Survey will provide us with a wealth of information about what you want from the library service and any gaps that we need to address. The major prize of an Ipod Touch went to Chanelle King (pictured, top left) who was over the moon about it. Her last MP3 player had recently stopped working. Her smile says it all. We are thrilled to announce the other winners: Then and now: A sketch of the future from 1930.
The following is a 'Futuristic Sketch'. It was written by a Swinburne student, Joyce Henty, in 1930.
![]() Applied art day school students 1931, the class in which Joyce Henty was a student. Photo from Swinburne Image Bank. "Robot No 6 met H. P Doop as he landed his monoplane at the porch. Doop enters the front door, opened the cabinet and saw a message from his wife: 'I shall be attending the Women's Socialists' meeting tonight'. 'Ah' - he reflected brightly - 'the benefits of wireless photography to see the message'. It is an Extract from Open Door, August 1930. Yes, 1930!"He seated himself resignedly in the entertaining room, with all the mod cons. At his touch the room was flooded with light and warmth. He set the wireless televisor in action and adsorbed his intellect in a bright circular. Through some static the face and figure of an aging professor appeared and the speaker stated 'In those days parents sent their children to schools or colleges'. Doop carefully removed the old man to the floor, where the old man pursued his subject unconcernedly with a fixed salesman like smile. Soon the face of the old man was replaced with the complicated curves of a Wurlitzer super 100% 'all-talkie' grand. The home was now filled with duly appreciated beauty. "Robot No 3 announced a guest. Removing the robot's ear, Doop advised 'Supper for two' and sent the unerring and artistically designed robot to the servants' quarters. "Robot No 2, the new safety device, interrupted an unwelcome visitor and with satisfaction Doop viewed his latest investment." Joyce Henty was an Art Student 1929 -32. From the records, in 1930 she passed Advanced Model Drawing; Advanced Drawing Ornament from Cast in Light and Shade; and Drawing with the Brush. Swinburne photographs are available from Swinburne Image Bank and Picture Australia. Movie passes and online activity reminder
I know many of you are busy with exams, but if you have a spare 15 minutes, you still have two weeks to complete an online activity that will put you in the draw to win one of three double movie passes (and help the library organise its website better).
Participate in the online activity now >> ScienceDirect backfiles for business, management and accounting
Access for most ScienceDirect journals is generally available back to 1997, but you now have access back to the first issue for journals in the business, management and accounting collection including journals such as Futures, Long Range Planning and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.
See the online journals page to search or browse for titles, or go to ScienceDirect. RequestTV
As well as RequestTV, don't forget about another Informit media database TVNews. In TVNews you can watch streaming video of news broadcasts from the ABC, ABC2, SBS, Seven, Nine and Ten networks from September 2007. Help the library, and go in the draw to win double movie passes
We at the library want to make our website as easy for you to use as possible, and to do this we need your opinion. So from now until the 20th of June at 23:59, we're asking you to do an online activity to show us how you think the website should be organised, and in return we're offering you a chance to win one of three double movie passes (you get to choose whether Hoyts or Village suits you better).
The activity will take around 15 minutes. Please help us out, whether you would like to improve the library website, or you are just interested in winning some movie tickets. Participate in the online activity now >> Blackwell Synergy and Wiley InterScience journals
The Library provides over 1000 journals from Blackwell and Wiley Interscience publishing. These two publishers have merged and the journals from both publishers will be available only from Wiley InterScience from 1st July 2008. Blackwell Synergy will close on 30th June.
During the transition on 28th and 29th June there may be times when both Blackwell Synergy and Wiley InterScience are unavailable. Links to journals and articles in Blackwell Synergy will automatically redirect to Wiley InterScience after 1st July. Now and Then: Astronomy at Swinburne since 1937
Now 2008
Readers may be aware that Swinburne has just signed an MOU with Caltech which will see extensive collaboration in radio and optical astronomy over the next 5 yrs.* This will include access to the world's largest and most powerful optical telescope: the twin 10m telescopes of the W. M. Keck Observatory for up to 20 nights a year: Then 1937 (From Article in the 1937 edition of Open Door, The Swinburne College magazine) 'On the roof of the Art School building, there is an iron structure which houses the Swinburne telescope (donated to the college in 1926). ** This instrument has not attracted very much attention from the students until this year when a group of determined students banded together and set about putting the instrument in working order.' Now 2008 'We'll be able to start new research into the observation of galaxies and distant universes, quasars and the structure of the local universe,' he said.* Then 1937 'Notable among things of interest which have been observed by the students in their nocturnal study of sytematical "telescopology"are the rings around Saturn, the satellites and markings of Jupiter, the craters on the moon and the polar caps on Mars.' ** Now 2008 Professor Karl Glazebrook, also an astronomer at Swinburne, believes the agreement will have a significant impact on the learning environment for astronomy students who will be able to access equipment that nobody in Australia has had access to before. * Then 1960 (Listed in Special classes section of the 1960 edition of the Swinburne Technical College Handbook) 'Special classes - Astronomy *** 'Instructor: Mr J Long, A.M.T.C., M.S.R., M.I R. 'The class caters for beginners who wish to be able to recognise the various types of heavenly bodies and to know something of the methods by which astronomers have obtained their knowledge of these bodies. The College has an eighteen inch Newtonian telescope which is used in conjunction with the class.' (Photograph available online from Swinburne Image Bank and through Picture Australia) Now 2008 'Access to Keck's giant mirrors and state-of-the-art instruments is going to make an enormous difference,' he said. 'In particular, Keck has taken the lead in Adaptive Optics. This is where a laser beam is projected 90km into the Earth's atmosphere to create an artificial star. Astronomers can then use this star as a reference point, allowing them to compensate for atmospheric distortions and make corrections.' * Then 1937 'The telescope itself is one of no mean size. The length of the barrel is eight feet and the diameter twenty-one inches. The instrument is a reflecting telescope, that is, based on the principles of reflected light.. Light coming from a heavenly body passes down the barrel in parallel rays and strikes upon a spherical mirror eighteen inches in diameter. This mirror is so made that when rays parallel to its principal axis, the centre line of the barrel, strike its silvered surface, they are reflected back to converge at the focal point which is about six feet six inches from the mirror. This small flat mirror collects the light rays and reflects them at right angles to the principal axis at the eyepiece where the image is inspected. The eyepiece is so arranged that magnifications from 50 to about 500 can be obtained.' ** Sources* Press Release: Swinburne astronomers gain access to the world's largest optical telescopes ** From Article in the 1937 edition of Open Door, The Swinburne College magazine *** Listed in Special classes section of the 1960 edition of the Swinburne Technical College Handbook Researcher iPod winner announced
Last year the library ran a survey to understand how researchers at Swinburne manage their research data. We awarded one lucky participant a 30 Gb black iPod last week at the launch of the Swinburne Research Bank, and the new Swinburne Research homepage. The winner was Natalie Michael, who is working on her PhD in Neuroscience. You can see Derek Whitehead, Information Resources Director, presenting Natalie with her iPod below:
![]() Extended Opening Hours at Hawthorn Campus Library
From Tuesday May 6th until Thursday 19 June the Hawthorn campus library will be opening most of the library space for an additional 5 hours per day. You can access most of the collection and use the quiet or open group study areas for an additional 5 hours on top of our previously advertised opening hours.
All spaces within the library, except the foyer and Reserve Book Room on level 2, will be available during the extended hours. During this Extended Opening opening :
If you are planning to use the library during the extended opening hours you must have a current Swinburne ID card with activated LateLab access. You can register by bringing your current student card to the Hawthorn Library Service desk. We are extending our opening hours in response to many requests, and we would appreciate your feedback on this new initiative. Now and ThenLaunch of centenary publication Practical measures: 100 years at Swinburne.
With Mr Popple is Dr Love, the author of Practical measures. Mr Popple gave an address at the launch and inspired the guests with his stories about Swinburne then, his life as a 'Swinburne-qualified' engineer and, most of all, his ability to speak at length without notes and entertainingly. The photograph, taken by a Swinburne colleague, Kelvin Rowley, is online on our Swinburne Image Bank. In this photograph (below), also on Swinburne Image Bank, Mr Popple is one of the alumni engineers standing on the right: It is still quite special for Swinburne to have this colourful history recorded so clearly in the 21st century via the Swinburne Image Bank and Picture Australia Swinburne Library client survey 2008Tell us what you think for your chance to win an iPod Touch (32GB), or one of three iPod Nanos (4GB)! The Library is running a general survey from 28 April to 11 May, open to all library users - including students, staff, and visitors from other universities. Spanning all Swinburne campuses, the survey is the largest of its kind run by the Swinburne library and will help to inform our decisions in the future, improving our service offerings to students, staff and the public. The results from our previous survey in 2006 led us to increase computer access, renovate library campuses to increase space, purchase more textbooks and improve the online experience. Help us by participating in the 2008 survey and you could one an iPod Touch (32GB) personal web browser and audio/video player, or one of three iPod Nano (4GB) personal audio/video players. Now available online: Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Technology
Now available online, the third edition of the Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Technology presents authoritative and engaging articles on all aspects
of drug development, dosage, manufacturing, and regulation.
The Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Technology provides a comprehensive overview of topics relating to the research, manufacture, marketing, and use of pharmaceuticals. It contains articles on pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, analytical chemistry, quality assurance, drug safety, and manufacturing processes. Go to the Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Technology in EBL >>> |
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