WHAT’S NEW AT THE UQL CYBERSCHOOL
TERM 3, 2014
Welcome back to Term 3!
DATE CLAIMER
It is not too late to register for our 2014 Professional Development Seminar on Friday 25
July at The Women’s College. The day will focus on presentations by guest speakers
and will also incorporate product updates from some of our vendors. Cost remains at
$77. The lucky door prize is an iPad mini. The full program can be viewed here.
Register here
SHARE YOUR FAVOURITE SITES
Would you like to share your favourite sites with your colleagues? Contact
cyberschool@library.uq.edu.au.
Video 'Promoting Your School Library'
This short promotional film, developed by ALIA Schools, is for principals, school
communities, teacher librarians, library staff and teachers. The film gives an overview of
the exciting role that school libraries and teacher librarians can play by contributing to
student success in learning in both primary and secondary school settings. (Published 6
January 2014)
Video ‘Do School Libraries Need to Have Books?
Another YouTube video that could be useful for advocacy is ‘Do School Libraries Need
to Have Books?’ Annie Kidder, Paul Kay and Diane Maliszewski discuss the evolution of
the school library and whether or not computers are slowly replacing books.
Horizon Report
The K-12 2014 Horizon Report is out now. You can download your copy here.
TERM 3, 2014
CSIRO releases ScienceImage archive into public domain
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has
released its ScienceImage library under a Creative Commons Attribution license. CSIRO
has provided permission for anyone to freely use, repost and transform the collection’s
4000+ high definition images and videos. The library represents more than six decades
worth of environmental, industrial, agricultural and technological research images.
CSIRO’s library is separated into a variety of categories including Animals, Buildings,
Soil Science, Technology and Water. Many of the recently released videos and images
are accompanied by details about the research project involved, or the specimen
photographed.
WHAT’S NEW AT THE UQL CYBERSCHOOL
Makerspace Kits (Brisbane Catholic Education only)
For those in Brisbane Catholic Education, borrow these pre-made kits as a ‘try before
you buy’. ResourceLink have created kits of resources and equipment that can be used
to run a Maker Faire. They can be borrowed by schools who wish to investigate using
this style of hands on learning. The kits can only be lent out to Brisbane Catholic
Education and Catholic Religious Institute Schools within the Brisbane Archdiocese.
Contact ResourceLink find out how you can borrow these new resources today!
LIBGUIDES UPDATE
Our LibGuide for students, Free online resources for secondary schools, has had over
12,000 visits since its launch in February!
You might to look at our Teacher’s LibGuide. Please feel free to let us know, via email,
of any other worthwhile links we can include.
PRODUCT UPDATES
Very Short Introductions
Available via subscription, Very Short Introductions offer concise introductions to a
diverse range of subject areas including Arts and Humanities, Law, Medicine and
Health, Science and Mathematics and Social Sciences. View a complete list of
available titles here.
Click here to request a free trial of the above product.
WHAT’S NEW AT THE UQL CYBERSCHOOL
TERM 3, 2014
TROVE UPDATE
The National Library of Australia is pleased to announce that the following newspapers,
digitised by the National Library through the Australian Newspaper Plan program, have
been recently added to Digitised newspapers and more on Trove. Many of these
newspapers are currently being added to Trove and further issues will become available
shortly.
NSW
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The Australian Worker (Sydney, NSW : 1913 - 1950) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title746
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Catholic Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1932 - 1942) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title710
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Catholic Weekly (Sydney, NSW : 1942 - 1954) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title711
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The Hummer (Milsons Point, NSW : 1891 - 1892) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title745
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The Worker (Wagga, NSW : 1892 - 1913) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title747
QLD
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Maryborough Chronicle (Qld. : 1947 - 1954) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title732
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Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser (Qld. : 1860 - 1947)
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title731
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The Northern Herald (Cairns, Qld. : 1913 - 1939) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title733
SA
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The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser (SA : 1880 - 1954)
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title714
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The Narracoorte Herald (SA : 1875 - 1954) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title715
TAS
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Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas. : 1883 - 1928) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title742
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North-Eastern Advertiser (Scottsdale, Tas. : 1909 - 1954) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title743
VIC
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Jewish Herald (Vic. : 1879 - 1920) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title712
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WA
Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title713
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Eastern Districts Chronicle (York, WA : 1877 - 1927) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title734
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Great Southern Herald (Katanning, WA : 1901 - 1954) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title735
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Norseman Times (WA : 1898 - 1920) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title736
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The Pilbarra Goldfield News (Marble Bar, WA : 1897 - 1923) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title737
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South Western Advertiser (Perth, WA : 1910 - 1954) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title738
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The South-Western News (Busselton, WA : 1903 - 1949) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title739
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Toodyay Herald (WA : 1912 - 1954) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title740
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Westralian Worker (Perth, WA : 1900 - 1951) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title741
Through Trove, the national resource discovery service, there is now free online access
to over 13 million pages from over 700 Australian newspapers. All of the digitised
newspapers are fully text-searchable and users can enrich and enhance the data
through subject tagging, text correction and annotations. To find out the latest titles
which have been added to Trove, subscribe to one of their Web feeds.
BRAND NEW VENDOR
WHAT’S NEW AT THE UQL CYBERSCHOOL
TERM 3, 2014
Amazing People Library
The life stories of over 200 important figures, all housed in one easy-to-use, online,
reference resource, specifically designed for libraries. Because these inspirational
stories are all told from a ‘first person’ perspective, they bring readers ‘face to face’ with
many of the world’s most inspiring and influential characters, from the fields of art,
science, music, politics, medicine and business. Cyberschool members will receive a
20% discount and it is suitable for both junior and senior secondary students.
Click here to request a free trial of the above product.
Feel free to include this advertisement in your school newsletter or share
with teaching staff.
All the best for Term 3!
Nicole and Diane
Nicole Slinger and Diane Nibbs
UQL Cyberschool Coordinators
The University of Queensland Library
Level 6, Duhig Building, UQ St Lucia
Brisbane Qld 4072
Email cyberschool@library.uq.edu.au
Telephone + 61 7 3365 7065 or 3365 6064
Fax: + 61 7 3365 7930