ETL507 – Melbourne Study Visit Summary Reflection

Being a teacher librarian student, I enjoyed the opportunity this study visit gave me to experience and learn from a wider variety of libraries and information sites. Although each of the libraries were unique in their role and user-base, I began to notice some themes common to most of the libraries in the direction they … Continue reading →

ETL507 – Melbourne Study Visit Day 4

Melbourne City Library Reflection The Melbourne City Library is doing wonderful things to recognise its patrons and use their limited space in the centre of the city in the best ways for its users. While at first I was surprised by the small size of their children’s and Young Adult sections, I soon realised these … Continue reading →

ETL507 – Melbourne Study Visit Day 3

Mary Immaculate Academy Library Reflection The Academy of Mary Immaculate library is much like many secondary schools libraries and is doing some wonderful things to bring the library into the online world such as a recent improvement in its website to a libguides format and the promotion of online resources through this site. There was … Continue reading →

ETL507 – Melbourne Study Visit Day 2

Melbourne University Libraries Reflection I was very interested to see the improvements made to customer service in the Ballieu library of Melbourne University. Taking their lead from Apple stores, banks, and Centrelink I like how they made the service and reference desks a central island where staff worked side by side with patrons to break … Continue reading →

ETL507 – Melbourne Study Visit Day 1

State Library of Victoria Reflection As I had never been in any state library before, I learnt a great deal and was inspired by this visit to the State Library of Victoria. I learnt that as a non-borrowing deposit library for the state of Victoria, it serves a different purpose as a library – one … Continue reading →