This webpage offers information about the services and facilities available to students by the William Angliss Institute LRC staff. As a William Angliss Institute student, you have access to a wide range of LRC services.

These include:

• Professional librarians to help you to find information
• Loan of resources, such as books, multimedia, maps
• Reservation and renewals of books
• Reserve collection of lecture notes and high demand resources
• Online resources, such as full text journals and databases
• Information literacy training
• Student computer access
• Printers, photocopiers and scanner
• Simply the best websites

Borrowing Rights

Who may borrow

All full and part-time students of William Angliss Institute of TAFE may borrow. Your current student card is your passport to borrowing, printing and copying, so you need to have it with you at all times.

We do not accept driver’s licence or any other form of identification if you forget to bring your student card. Memorizing your student number and reiterating it to staff will not help either.

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Items for loan

Students may borrow 6 items at any time, including reserve room items. Most items are available for loan, with the exception of periodicals, training videos, and archive and menu collections. All "not for loan" items can be used in the LRC.

Loan Periods

Not for Loan

Renewals

Loans can be extended on or before the due date, unless the item has been reserved by another borrower. A maximum of two renewals per items are permitted. You can renew your loans by contacting the Loans Desk at 9606 2237. Alternatively, log into ROOMS, the LRC homepage with your user name and pin, click on Renew My Materials to renew your loans online.  Your username is your student number and your pin can be obtained from the Loans Desk staff.

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Fines

LRC fines are applied to overdue items. Fines are charged at the rate of 30 cents a day for books and $1.00 a day for videos and DVDs. Fines are not charged for weekends and public holidays. Additional fees apply to items that are lost or damaged. In the event of a lost or damaged item, we encourage students to remain in close contact with the Cyber Centre. For further information please contact the Lending Services Coordinator on 9606 2224.

A reservation service is available for students wishing to place the next available copy of an item on hold. Loans Desk staff will be happy to place a hold on the desired item for you. Alternatively, log into ROOMS, the LRC homepage with your, user name and pin and place a hold yourself. Your username is your student number and your pin can be obtained from the Loans Desk staff

Returns

All LRC items need to be returned to the designated return bins to avoid LRC fines. Return bins are located into the front entrance of the LRC and on the west face of Building C, opposite the Bistro.

Loans from other libraries

CAVAL

William Angliss Institute LRC is a member of CAVAL, a network of Victorian academic and TAFE libraries. Students wishing to borrow from other academic libraries can register as a CAVA borrower for free. The respective library’s catalogue can be searched to ascertain the availability of resources. Contact staff at the loans desk to arrange for a CAVAL borrowing card.

Use this link to access individual and combined library catalogues.
http://www.coolcat.edu.au/

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Facilities

The LRC is located on the ground and second levels of Building C. Seating is available for over 200 students on both levels. Students may chose to work at computer workstations, study tables, group or private discussion areas. A video viewing room is also available for students to view videos and DVDs not available for loan.

Students can access the following electronic resources from the 150 personal computers available in the LRC

1. Internet
2. ROOMS, the LRC homepage
3. Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Publisher)
4. Online reference tools (full text journals, e-journals and databases)
5. WAC Search – a specialised tourism and hospitality database
6. TAFE VC and WEB CT (online notes)

All personal computers are connected to laser printers. Colour printing is also available.

Students log in by using their student number as the username and their date of birth as the password.

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