CAN YOUR FINE!

Can Your Fine! is Miller College Library's latest charity campaign.

As part of this campaign, we are encouraging staff members and students to donate a can or two of non-perishable food. We would love staple food such as rice, beans, pasta, etc., but we will happily accept any canned or packaged food you can spare.

We will waive all overdue fines for students who make a donation.

So dig deep in your pantry cupboards and bring along a can or two to MG 30 & 31. Your donations will help local families in need, and give the people of Miller a truly happy Christmas.

Career Planning

Career planning is an ongoing process that can help you manage your learning and development.

You can use the four step planning process whether you are:

• still at school;
• a school leaver;
• an adult adding on skills; or
• an adult changing your job or career. 

Career planning is the continuous process of:

• thinking about your interests, values, skills and preferences;
• exploring the life, work and learning options available to you;
• ensuring that your work fits with your personal circumstances; and 
• continuously fine-tuning your work and learning plans to help you manage the changes in your life and the world of work. 

Talk to our Career & Counselling Unit at TAFE today!

Temporary relocation of Miller College Library Service

SWSi is building library, Service and Support Centres at Bankstown, Campbelltown, Macquarie Fields and Miller Colleges.

To commence this work in Miller Library and ensure there are no issues around work health and safety, the library functions and staff will be relocated for the construction period. These temporary arrangements will ensure that all students have access to computers and the ability to request and return library books.

M:G.30 and M:G.31 will be used to house Library staff and provide facilitated access to the physical Library collection (including books) during the hours:

Monday - Thursday 8.30am-6.00pm
Friday  8:30am -5.00pm .

There will still be access to the great services the Library offers:

• computers & internet access
• library resources (on request)
• free printing & photocopying
• free tea, coffee and biscuits

These arrangements will commence from Monday 10 November.

Environment Design Guide (EDG)

The Environment Design Guide (EDG).   

Staff and students will need to contact their Library for log in details.

It is published by the Australian Institute of Architects. It is Australia's leading source of environmental design advice for architects and building professionals. EDG comprises over 200 peer-reviewed, regularly updated design notes on built-environment sustainability. 

BCA Illustrated

BCA Illustrated which is available through this link.  

You need to sign in using your personal username and password.  

BCA Illustrated  is an electronic version of the Building Code of Australia / National Construction Code, enhanced with over 3000 explanations and illustrations designed to assist with interpreting the BCA as it applies to your building.  

This will continue until April 2015 when the NCC/ BCA is freely available to registered users.  Pre-registration for access to the free NCC/BCA will be available from the 1 December 2014.

Trial product - Business & Management and Nursing Handbooks by Oxford University

Oxford Handbooks Online brings together the world's leading scholars to write review essays that evaluate the current thinking on a field or topic, and make an original argument about the future direction of the debate. The Oxford Handbooks are one of the most successful and cited series within scholarly publishing, containing in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field and for the first time, and now SWSi Libraries has the Nursing Handbook and Business & Management Handbooks available as a free trial.

Contact your local SWSi Library today about access.

Trial is available until 31 December 2014.

Loud Shirt Day

Friday 17 October 2014 is Loud Shirt Day, a day which celebrates Deaf children.

With the support of the Miller College Student Association, the Miller College Library will be organising a cake stand on Loud Shirt Day from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm near the Music sculpture.  There will be cake pops, brownies, cupcakes, cheesecakes and more!

All funds raised will go directly to the Shepherd Centre, a NSW organisation that helps Deaf and hearing-impaired children develop spoken language skills.  The Shepherd Centre was founded in 1970 with just five families, and is recognised as a leader in the field of Auditory-Verbal Therapy.  The support they provide costs the Centre more than $18,000 per year per child, so please come along to the cake stand and give generously.

Wear your loudest shirt, bring along your appetite (and wallet!) and we’ll see you then!

You can donate anytime at https://loudshirtday2014nsw.everydayhero.com/au/saminah, where donations over $2 are tax deductible.  For more information, contact Saminah Alam in the College Library (9825 7414).