Christmas Closing time

Information Services advise that all facilities will close at 1.00pm on the 24th December. This includes the Main and Law Libraries, the Multimedia Learning Centre and the Service Desk. All facilities will reopen at 9.00am Friday the 2nd of January 2009.

The Director and Information Services staff wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Library Catalogue - System Maintenance

System maintenance has been scheduled for the Library Catalogue from 7.00am – 9.00am on Monday 15 December. During this period you will not be able to search the catalogue but access to all other library resources will not be affected.

Information Services apologises for the inconvenience and your patience is greatly appreciated.

Bond Library Rotaract Christmas Tree

Yes, it’s nearly that time of year again. I can hear distant sleigh bells tinkling…

In Bond Library foyer you will find our very special Christmas tree where you can get into the Christmas spirit by leaving a gift for The Smith Family Toy and Book Appeal.

Help bring happiness to a young child on Christmas morning by placing your wrapped present under our tree. Special gift tags are available in the Library.

Merry Christmas


Image "Christmas Tree" by Z170727-Liz KB, used here under a Creative Commons Licence

Amnesty International Display

In the Library are banners made by staff, students and friends of Bond University in celebration of the 16 day period calling for the elimination of gender based violence.

Each hand symbolises an individual’s pledge never to perpetrate domestic violence

Come in to buy a ribbon or wristband for White Ribbon Day, sign a letter of petition or put your name on the list to learn more about human rights issues.


On display in the Library from 24 November until the 1 December

New in October

This month, from the new titles list ....

Videogames and education / Harry J. Brown.


"Videogames and education are not necessarily antithetical. In this mind-expanding work, Harry J. Brown shows how videogames have become a powerful form of political, ethical, and religious discourse that influences the way we teach, learn, and create. He traces the major trends in game design, the public controversies surrounding videogames, and the major positions in game criticism. The book speaks to thoughtful educators, parents, and players who seek a fuller understanding of this cultural phenomenon."--BOOK JACKET.


Bioclimatic housing : innovative designs for warm climates / edited by Richard Hyde


In the search for sustainable architecture there is growing interest amongst architects, designers and enginners in the relationship between nature and design. The authors focus on countries where housing requires cooling for a significant part of the year and present both theory and practice.


Internationalising higher education / edited by Elspeth Jones and Sally Brown


This book explores how best to broaden the approaches to learning and teaching in the higher/further education environment. This text embraces the opportunities for the enrichment of the learning environment through a values-driven approach to internationalization.


See more of the new titles lists.

Climate change and emissions trading information - Carbon Extra

Need news or analysis about climate change, carbon risk or emissions trading?

Available every Friday, Carbon Extra's specialist editor and journalists provide in-depth coverage of policy and regulatory developments, updates on significant global trends plus interviews with senior stakeholders from government, industry, NGOs and practitioners.

This trial is available until the 6th of December.

Please contact your Liaison Librarian to obtain the username/password for this resource, then go to: www.thomsonreuters.com.au/resources/p_login.asp.

Under Subscriber News, select Carbon Extra from the Service drop down menu.

We welcome your feedback regarding this resource.

New database - Hospitality & Tourism Complete

The Library has just added another database to the collection of electronic resources available to Bond students and staff.

Hospitality & Tourism Complete covers all areas of hospitality and tourism, including such areas as management, investment and development, travel, market trends, technology, and the culinary arts. There is full text coverage for 440 domestic and international publications, including periodicals, company and country reports, and books.

This new database is available via EBSCO Megafile Premier, on the Library's Electronic Resources page.

Image from Microsoft clip art

4th Year Psychology Poster Display

4th Year Psychology Students’ Poster Display

Every semester fourth year psychology students in their final subject complete a poster project outlining their research topics. Friday 14th November all was revealed when the Semester 3/08 posters were displayed in the Main Library foyer.

The large number of students and staff who attended the display opening, prize giving and morning tea were all justifiably impressed by the very high standard of students’ work.

First prize was awarded to James Champion for his poster entitled ‘Age and the abstraction of prototypes versus exemplars for schematic faces’.
Runners up were Cecilia Moar and Vanessa Basch.
James is also a library staff member in his spare time…you may have already seen his smiling face at the library loans desk. Well done!

James Champion (centre) with Dr Mike Lyvers and Dr Mark Bahr

The posters will be on display in the library from Friday 14th until Monday 24th of November … so come into the library and have a look!


Some of the admiring crowd...