Workplace Environmental Awareness

Workplace environmental awareness is a new DVD that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Summary from back cover:

In today's world, environmental management, energy efficiency and waste reduction have become synonymous with business success.

This programme includes topics on current environmental issues such as energy efficiency, carbon footprints and e-waste. It also show cases real-world examples of environmentally friendly work practices in action.

Workplace Environmental Awareness is a must-have training tool for inspiring change, reinforcing established practice, and for creating a positive platform for discussion.

Topics covered in this programme:

• Your environmental impact
• Understanding your carbon footprint
• The benefits of environmental awareness

What can you do? Including:

• Energy efficiency
• Sustainable water use
• Reducing air pollution
• Waste management
• Hazardous waste management

http://www.vocam.com

The Great Book Swap - 1st September 2010

The Learning Centre along with the Yurauna Centre and CITSA are participating in the Great Book Swap and Indigenous Literacy Day 1st September 2010.
Donate a book, and take another for a gold coin - Swap children's books, text books, fiction, any book that you don’t want that someone else might treasure.
Drop off your donation from now until Wednesday…..

Join the Learning Centre and Yurauna Centre for the Great Book swap and donate a gold coin while enjoying tea & coffee, mini muffins & fruit platters from CITSA
Time: 12-2pm
Location: Reid Learning Centre

Why do you want money donations? Why can’t we just send our old books?
Firstly because these kids, like all kids, deserve at least a handful of their own new books. And also because we are not set up logistically to collect, evaluate, and transport used books. ILP is currently run largely by volunteer work and donated freight and funds, and so our programs are tailored to what we can do well. It’s very important for the books to be chosen by early childhood literacy specialists, and also that they are culturally appropriate for the communities to which they are supplied. Books can be rejected for unexpected or unknown reasons. Some children’s books may be about an Indigenous custom, or display artwork that is alien to other communities, or a book could unwittingly violate cultural ideas of proper behaviour, or even be about a fictitious child who has the same name as a person in the community who has passed away –a name that should not be spoken. All of these complex and important considerations have to be taken into account.

See FAQs http://www.indigenousliteracyproject.org.au/Resources/FAQ.aspx#WhatISILP

However, the Yurauna Centre has offered to pass on any appropriate left over books to a local Indigenous organisation.

Share the love of a good book - The Great Book Swap

Support the Indigenous Literacy Project and Indigenous Literacy Day - 1st September.

The Great Book Swap - Bring a gold coin donation to raise money for the Indigenous Literacy Project

Southside Campus
Book swap or drop this week during Children's book week 23-27 August and on 1st September.
On 1st September Southside Campus Language, Literacy and Numeracy student Warren Brim, an Indigenous artist will be talking about his book "Creatures of the Rainforest" which was shortlisted in the 2006 Children’s Book Council Awards.

September 1st
Book swap or drop:
1-4pm at Bruce Campus
12-2pm at Reid Campus

If you have a book that you no longer need but think another staff or student might appreciate it you can drop it in to the Learning Centre at Bruce, Reid or Southside Campus. The Yurauna Centre will be finding a good home via an Indigenous organisation for any left over books.
For more information on the Great Book Swap see: http://www.indigenousliteracyproject.org.au/GBS/Index.aspx and
for more information on the Indigenous Literacy Project see: http://www.indigenousliteracyproject.org.au/ILD/Index.aspx

Fee Assistance for students

ACT Government Fee Assistance is available for local CIT students with assistance towards the payment of fees and/or course materials available through CITSA bookshops.

The main eligibility requirement is financial hardship which is often relevant to students who are apprentices, trainees, low income earners and Centrelink recipients. The amount of assistance provided is according to their individual circumstances.

Further information and forms are available at any Student Services Hub or electronically for staff on the SIS at https://staff.cit.act.edu.au/student_services/procedures or for students on the CIT website at http://www.cit.act.edu.au/current/student_forms.

Dumbo feather, pass it on - Issue Twenty-Three (Autumn 2010)

The latest issue of Dumbo feather, pass it on is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

Ben Keene "We came up with this idea of giving an online community a base somewhere in the world. It's the idea of living in a remote place, an island, combined with the new culture of communication and networking online."

-- Chiefly tropical -- Where legends bloom -- Stools for a school --

Caroline Swift "I would spend my weekends at home, just making things, and I felt really happy doing tht. It was so cathartic after a full-on week [as head of knitwear design for Benetton]. I wanted to take the road a bit less travelled and try something new."

-- Learning life's equations -- Lost & found in Italy -- What says Li, will be --

John Hardy "The big thing we've done recently is founded a school, The Green School ... Al Gore ruined my bloody life. I'd done well in the jewellery business and was going to retire and have a happy time chasing white balls around the place."

-- To go far ... quickly -- Bamboozled -- Larger than life --

Hayley Allen "It's important to have things around you that lift your spirits ... Colour and a sense of humour are integral to the products I design. I love that there's a story. I love that I've seen how it impacts on people's lives."

-- A Single Word -- On bananas & banality -- A little more heart --

Martin Hughes "I don't have a cause; I'm just really excited about coming up with creative solutions to social problems. Although 'The Big Issue' wasn't my idea, its success was partly my responsibility so I feel like I was part of that solution."

-- Entertaining Trouble -- Being Good Sports -- Wall St. --

Wanted - Items for Display - World Intellectual Property Day

World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated on Monday 26 April 2010, and this year’s theme is Linking the World. CIT is celebrating intellectual property in all its forms through a week of displays in the CIT Learning Centres. CIT teachers and students develop a wide variety of intellectual property in their courses. CIT is celebrating the diverse types of intellectual property and linking the variety through the displays.

The week of celebrations will commence on Tuesday 27 April 2010 and showcase the amazing intellectual property (IP) created here at CIT.

How can you help? We are looking for a range of IP objects to display at each campus Learning Centre. We plan to showcase all of the different types of IP listed below:

· Patents;
· Trademarks;
· Designs;
· Copyright;
· Circuit layout rights; and
· Plant breeder's rights.

Examples of types of IP objects we could display include: photographs, documents, inventions, artworks, computer software and games, different plants, fashion garments, furniture, metal work design, spray painted panels, computer chips, business plans, graphic design works, new recipes, logos, music or videos. IP covers a diverse range of materials, so if you are unsure contact us.

Every Centre will have objects that are suitable to display and we would like to hear from you to ensure we have a diverse range of CIT’s creativity.

If you would like to display any of your work please see me in the Learning Centre or email me at peta.kemmis@cit.act.edu.au

Wednesday Gallery Talks

Wednesday Gallery Talks

National Portrait Gallery

Prima Ballerina Lee Christofis Curator of Dance National Library of Australia discusses the career of Irina Baronova and the Ballets Russes in Australia
Wednesday 7 April
12:45pm - 1:30pm

For more information check out the website: http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/programs_category.php?categoryId=1

Change makers lecture series

National Portrait Gallery

The series focuses on subjects in the collection who are committed to bringing about long-term social change in Australia
Bookings essential

Jim Conway and the Big Wheel Trio Raising awareness of Multiple Sclerosis the Big Wheel Trio features Jim Conway on harmonica, Jess Green on guitar and Don Hopkins on keyboards
Sunday 28 March
2.00 – 3.00pm

For further information visit the National Portrait Gallery website: http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/programs_category.php?categoryId=33

Visual Impact

Visual impact: culture and the meaning of images by Terence Wright is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

"From the office to domestic interiors to shops, images surround us in modern life. The internet has increased this visual onslaught exponentially. Is there a systematic order to this seemingly endless array of pictures and depictions? Looking at picture-making traditions around the world, the author demonstrates how schemes of depiction are ordered throughout all ages and across all cultures.

Drawing on a wide range of examples - from painting and drawing to film, photography and the Web - Visual Impact analyses the theory and practice of visual representation. Pictures and images provide a cognitive context through which people can explore and understand their world. They frame and shape daily life. By considering the techniques and systems that inform visual displays, the author examines how cultural values and traditions shape particular visual styles.

Drawing on the growing field of visual anthropology, Visual Impact, sets image making in an historical and global context, and uses it as a window for exploring the human condition at a deeper level. Anyone interested in the cultural role of art, film and the internet will find this book an exciting and stimulating read." -- back cover

Contents:

1. Perception and Representation
2. Perceiving Images
3. Cultural Representation
4. New Media and Pictorial Tradition
5. The Representation of Refugees
6. Collateral Coverage
7. 'To Boldly Go': Digital Media and Interactive Narratives
8. Theory into Practice: The Interactive Village

1000 Artist Journal Pages

1000 artist journal pages : personal pages and inspiration by Dawn DeVries Sokol is a new book now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

"An art journal is a visual diary, a place to play, experiment, imagine, remember, try new techniques, and to document your daily life, your ambitions, and your dreams. It is also a place to scream, to cry, to lament, to fantasize, and to get in touch with your innermost self.

This book shares with you over 1,000 intimate, exciting, beautiful, experimental, and very personal pages from journal artists all around the world. You will be inspired, touched, and amazed by what you find within these pages." -- back cover

Contents:

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Prompts to Get You Pumped
• Gallery of Journal Pages
• Resources
• Directory of Artists
• About the Author
• Acknowledgements

Creating The Breakthrough Portfolio

Creating the breakthrough portfolio: strategies for managing a successful career by Ken Thurlbeck is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Getting Started -- You might be one in a million, I was -- The reason behind the breakthough portfolio -- You are creative, right? -- If your portfolio stands out, so do you -- Getting the work you want -- The breakthrough portfolio strategy -- The don'ts -- The dos -- In summary -- Your assignment

Chapter 2. Creating Your Vision -- Stop and take a deep breath, this is where your vision takes form -- Brand is experience -- What are your defining attributes, do you have any and why exactly do you need defining attributes -- We are what we do -- Defining your vision -- Okay, it's time to roll up your sleeves -- Creating the vision statement -- Making your choice -- Brand attributes -- Time to review -- Testing your results -- I thought this was about creating a portfolio? -- A swipe or aspirational portfolio and what can you gain by making one -- Here's how it's done -- What makes you, you

Chapter 3. The Professional Portfolio -- Picky, picky, picky, and you should be too -- Decisions, decisions, decisions; what fun! -- Buying a book off the shelf -- A tour through a custom portfolio manufacturer -- And, in summary -- Your assignment

Chapter 4. Making the Portfolio -- You will be judged on every choice you make -- What tools do you need to assemble your portfolio -- Mounting work -- The leave behind CD/DVD -- A few other presentation scenarios -- Creating pages for a portfolio -- And now the outside -- Dare to be great

Chapter 5. Marketing -- The follow through -- Networking and Marketing -- Being the "IT" girl, or boy or woman or man -- There are only 5 people in your business -- How to present a portfolio -- Marketing yourself

Chapter 6. The Career Path -- The path to a great career -- Do your homework first -- Assignment

Chapter 7. The Digital Portfolio -- The online portfolio and other digital portfolios -- What makes a great site

Voyage to the American Stonehenge

Voyage to the American Stonehenge is a new DVD that has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

"In the magnificently stark landscape of the Bolivian highlands lies Tiwanaku, a 2,000 year old city that was home to one of the most influetial civilizations in pre-Inca South America. Scattered throughout this remarkable metropolis are huge temples, pyramids and delicately carved monoliths constructed from colossal slabs of stone. But Tiwanaku's beauty comes with an equally beguiling mystery. The nearest quarry that could have produced the city's rocks lies some 40 kilometers on the other side of Lake Titicaca, the second larges lake in South America. How could these multi-ton stones possibly have made their way to Tiwanaku?" -- back cover

Caffeine for the Creative Mind by Stefan Mumaw and Wendy Lee Oldfield

Caffeine for the creative mind: 250 exercises to wake up your brain by Stefan Mumaw and Wendy Lee Oldfield is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

Pattern Sourcebook - Japanese by Shigeki

There is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. The Pattern sourcebook: Japanese style: 250 patterns for projects and design by Shigeki Nakamura is a great resource for graphic designers, visual artists and fashion designers. It also contains a CD-ROM with all the patterns in .jpg and .psd format.

Study Smart: A Guide to Successful Study at TAFE by Manny Aston

Study smart: a guide to successful study at TAFE by Manny Aston is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre. It is a useful resource for all CIT students because it focuses on study from a vocational education perspective. It includes chapters on:

• Organising your time
• Taking notes
• Assignments and reports
• Group work
• Presentations

It is now available for loan.

If You Want To Write - Brenda Ueland

If You Want To Write by Brenda Ueland is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. It is described as "A book about art, independence and spirit".

Viewpoint #23

The latest issue of Viewpoint has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. Please let me know if you would like me to email the contents page to you.

Holiday Borrowing

Did you know that you may borrow up to 10 items at a time over the holidays? It is a chance for you to catch up on some reading without the stress of assignments being due. Other than the beautiful art related books we also hold a small collection of fiction. Get inspired over your holidays! I will still be blogging over the break (except from 20 December 2008 - 10 January 2009) so make sure you check regularly for new information.

Learning Centre Opening Hours

The Reid Learning Centre opening hours over the break are as follows:

8 – 19 December
Monday 9.00am - 4pm
Tues -Thurs 9.00am - 8pm
Friday 9.00am - 4pm
Saturday 9.00am - 4pm

20 Dec – 10 January CLOSED

12 January - 7 February
Monday 9.00am - 4pm
Tues -Thurs 9.00am - 8pm
Friday 9.00am - 4pm
Saturday 9.00am - 4pm

University of Canberra Library

Don't forget that as CIT students/staff you may also borrow from the University of Canberra Library. Just take your student card in to their library and they'll sign you up! To access their library catalogue you can follow the link below.

http://www.canberra.edu.au/library/home