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Late Opening for Exams, Public Holiday & Winter Vacation Research Break, May - July 2013
36 days ago
Late Opening for Exams, Monday 20th May - Thursday 20th June 2013
Examinations are beginning on Monday 27th May 2013. Wartenweiler, Education, Commerce and Law Libraries are open until 11 pm Monday - Thursday evenings from Monday 20th May until Thursday 20th June 2013.
Public Holiday, Monday, 17th June 2013
Monday 17 June is a public holiday and all libraries will be closed.
Winter Vacation Research Break, Tuesday 25th June - Sunday 14th July 2013
Branches which normally remain open in the evenings will close at 17:00 Monday-Friday from Friday 21st June - Friday 12th July 2013.
Saturdays, 29th June, 6th July & 13th July: Wartenweiler & Cullen (& Research Commons), Biophy, Archit, Commerce, Engineering & Law will be closed.
Wits Library of Management (WLM) and Witwatersrand Health Sciences Library (WHSL) do not change hours during the June - July break.
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Library STAR Awards
42 days ago
Recently the Library held its first STAR Awards Ceremony for our Champions!
The nominees for the Rock Solid Award were:
* Khulisa Sithole from Library Computer Services
* Godfrey Machaba from Commerce Library
* Mandla Nkambule from Wartenweiler Library
* Zanele Msomi from William Cullen Library
* Simon Netshaulo from Engineering Library (Winner)
The nominees for the STAR Achiever Award were:
* Molefi Lebelo from Wartenweiler Library
* Thomas Baloyi from Wartenweiler Library (Winner)
SIMON NETSHAULO OF ENGINEERING LIBRARY
We are pleased to announce the winner of the STAR Achiever Award was
THOMAS BALOYI OF WARTENWEILER LIBRARY
STAR Awards Ceremony for our Champions Simon Netshaulo and Thomas Baloyi. Simon is from the Engineering Library and Thomas works in the Main library. Well done!
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Library Week 16 - 23 March
92 days ago
Wits Library in support of SA Library week event celebrates Library Week from 16-23 March 2013 , with the theme "Educate yourself @ your Library". Have and look at the library week displays in some of our libraries and come join us for a dynamic talk by:
Innocentia Mhlambi: Senior Lecturer - African Languages.
Venue : Electronic Class Room 1st Floor, Wartenweiler Library - East Campus
Date: 20 March 2013
Time 13h:00-14h:00
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New e-resources
147 days ago
AccessEngineering
Full-text access to McGraw-Hill's Engineering publications such as Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain. Includes instructional videos, interactive tables and charts.
PsycARTICLES
Full text access to journals from the American Psychological Association and the Canadian Psychological Association. Covers all aspects of the psychological and behavioural sciences and related fields such as education, nursing, business and neuroscience.
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Library Orientation Week- "O Week"
149 days ago
Walk in Library training sessions available from 4 – 8 February 2013 for all new Wits students.
Time: Session 1:12:30 – 1:00 or
Session 2: 1:00 – 1:30
Venue: Electronic Classroom (ECR1) First floor in the Wartenweiler Library.
Course Coverage: What Wits libraries can offer new students to help them achieve success in their studies.
No booking is required.
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Reading & Writing
157 days ago
Reading & Writing is an inter-disciplinary and inter-professional scholarly journal that explores how literacy is defined, enacted and promoted in a range of institutional, socio-cultural and disciplinary contexts', particularly within Africa and other developing countries. Read more...
The South African Journal of Childhood Education (SAJCE) is a peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for the dissemination of research in childhood learning and development and the care and education of children from birth to 12 years. Read more...
Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa was ordered by the School of Literature and Language Studies. Access does not require a username and password. Read more...
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It's a book
159 days ago
It's a book/ [by] Lane Smith. - New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2010 - [32] p.-EDUC CHILD PZ 3 SMI.
Well-designed children's picture books catch the adult eye - children are of course oblivious. Lane Smith's books are all designed by his wife Molly Leach. This is unusual as he writes the text and does the illustrations. This book is worth reading just for the elegance of the design. In It's a book Lane Smith has given children a minimalistic story driven by the lure of peer influence and curiosity. Nonetheless the story is a vehicle for acute observations on e-devices and books. The virtues of e-devices are indirectly enumerated: 'Can it tweet?' asks Jackass. 'No', replies Monkey, 'it's a book.' The difference between power reading and submissive reading is demonstrated. The demands made by devices (passwords, recharging, accessories, etc.) are also indirectly mentioned ' accepted by gadget-lovers, resented by those who just want to read. Teachers and parents have commented that device-loving children may lose their grip on reality, and so Smith emphasizes the concrete: It's a book; it's a mouse; it's a jackass. The limitations of the book format are listed; the toy-features of the devices are given full credit. The breath-taking brevity and ingenuity of texting conventions are contrasted with the compelling prose of Treasure island. The gentle message that came to me is that devices and books are both worth having and enjoying.
Two copies of this were ordered for the Education Library by lecturer Toni Gennrich.
Mark Sandham
Education Librarian
3 January 2013
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New databases for 2013
160 days ago
Just a few of the databases to start the new year with. The Africa portal is an online knowledge resource for issues on Africa.
Isigidimi SamaXhosa has been re-established. (Free Google account required).
Europeana provides access to material digitised throughout Europe.
The Music Treasures Consortium provides online access to some of the world's most valued music manuscripts.
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New Library Boost Skills
224 days ago
Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) and Wits University officially opened the Gold Fields Engineering Library at the Wits Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment on Wednesday, 7 November 2012... find out more
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Graduate Research Support Workshop
288 days ago
The Graduate Support Division presents the following workshops aimed at postgraduate students. Please book with hildegard.chapman(at)wits.ac.za. Telephone (011) 717 1156 or visit http://www.wits.ac.za/prospective/postgraduate/11554/research_support.html
e-Resources in the Faculty of Humanities Part 1
Date: 5 September 2012
Time: 9:30-13.30
Venue: Electronic Classroom 1, Floor 1, Wartenweiler Library, East Campus
e-Resources in the Faculty of Humanities Part 2
Date: 6 September 2012
Time: 9:00-13:00
Venue: Electronic Classroom 1, Floor 1, Wartenweiler Library, East Campus
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