The ScienceDirect database will be unavailable for approximately 19 hours between 11:30 am Saturday 25 August and 6:30 pm Sunday 26 August.
This scheduled outage coincides with the release of an number of new enhancements.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Take advantage of the inclement weather to curl up with a good book. CPIT Library has some new titles for you to try.
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter – Seth Grahame-Smith
The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry – Rachel Joyce
Bring up the bodies – Hilary Mantel
Just make sure your assignments are done first…
If you need to return Library items when the Library is closed, you will need to make sure your ID card lets you into the atrium. There is no longer a returns drop-box at the back of the Library on Coventry Street.
The video returns slot will be adjusted this week to allow for all items to be returned here.
When the Library is open, please just pop in and return items at the service desk.
Chris Reddington’s sound sculpture concept Song Song (A Musical Bridge) has been selected as CPIT’s earthquake commemoration artwork.
The commemoration artwork was an initiative of the CPIT council. The judging panel consisted of CPIT Chief Executive Kay Giles, CPIT Council member Lynne Harata Te Aika , artist Neil Dawson and CPIT tutor/artist Bing Dawe.
Click on any title below to view its details in our Primo Library catalogue. If you would like to request any of these, sign in first and then select Request. (Hint: the sign in is in the top right corner once you have clicked on the resource.
For more resources on, by or in Māori be sure to visit the subject guide.
Click here to learn how to follow our blogposts using an RSS feed.
New Resources
Pohatu, W. (2007). Taniwharau : guardians of the land Collection of stories for younger readers about taniwha, mythical creatures and special guardians of Māori legend
Drewery, M. (2009). Itiiti’s gift Itiiti has the gift of singing. A children’s picture book. Also see the version in te reo below called Ko te koha a Itiiti
Drewery, M. (2009). Ko te koha a Itiiti A children’s picture book in te reo.
Flintoff, B. (2011). Kura koiwi : Bone treasures Both a personal account of Brian Flintoff’s career as a bone carver, and an important exploration of Māori art and bone carving
Romanos, J. (2012) 100 Māori sports heroes Profiles of 100 top Māori sports achievers, over a range of 33 sports including Michael Campbell, Wai Taumaunu, Zinzan Brooke, and Pero Cameron.
Melbourne, H (2012) He rangi paihuarere a tribute to the late Dr Hirini Melbourne (Audio CD) Interpretations of songs composed by Hirini Melbourne
Hēni Jacob (2012). Mai i te kākano Aims to help Māori language speakers and learners sustain more animated, in-depth conversations in Māori. It gives examples of alternative and fun ways to say things in everyday situations.
With all the drama surrounding the Olympics and world affairs, it can be easy to forget that towards the end of last year, the Mars Science Laboratory, containing the Curiosity rover blasted off from Cape Canaveral. Ancient history this may be, but this evening, at about 5:30pm Christchurch time, the Curiosity Rover is set to make a dangerous descent into the Martian atmosphere, and if all goes according to plan, will land in the Gale Crater on the surface of Mars. Here’s a 5 minute video on the descent:
If it makes a successful landing, Curiosity will begin experimenting on the area surrounding the landing zone. The primary mission is to search for present or past microbial life, but the scientists behind the mission have excelled themselves- the craft is loaded with experiments and sensors, which should provide a whole new understanding of the red planet.
Many of you, like me, might chose to follow the landing out of a sense of shared purpose as humanity continues to take faltering steps from our home planet. I am awestruck by our technological capabilities- that it’s possible for us to overcome all the barriers to interplanetary flight, and I can’t wait to see the news trickle back about the rover’s findings, if the landing is successful.
Those of you who are studying Engineering or Computing, however, can watch the landing with ulterior motives swimming about your devious minds, however. With stories about the commercialisation of space on the increase in the media, you might begin considering what steps might be required to spend your career in developing hardware and software to help us expand our horizons. As ever, the library is here to help, we have quite a lot of material on helping get yourself airborne on a variety of topics, like control systems, propulsion and communications technology.
If, like me, you’re more interested in watching the landing unfold, you can point your browser at NASA’s TV site, and see if the Curse of Mars will claim another victim today- or perhaps we are about to gain a host of new and fascinating information about our wandering neighbour.
Click on any title below to view its details in our Primo Library catalogue. If you would like to request any of these, sign in first and then select Request. (Hint: the sign in is in the top right corner once you have clicked on the resource.
For more resources on Construction Trades be sure to visit the subject guide.
To follow our blogposts on the topic of Māori paste the following URL into your favourite RSS feed reader or just click this link to subscribe to this RSS feed.
https://aralibrary.wordpress.com/tag/construction/feed/
Click here to learn more about RSS feeds.
New resources in the library at Trades Innovation Institute, Sullivan Avenue Campus:
Wierenga, J. (2011) Selecting timber
This is the 3rd edition of this BRANZ publication.
The construction management industry is expected to increase employment by 16 percent over the next decade. This second edition of a bestselling introduction to construction management walks you through each stage of the construction management process.
Butterfield, D. (2011) Painting and decorating
The 6th edition of this Wiley Blackwell publication.
Comprehensive coverage of essential plumbing information.
Click on any title below to view its details in our Primo Library catalogue. If you would like to request any of these, sign in first and then select Request. (Hint: the sign in is in the top right corner once you have clicked on the resource.
For more resources on Pasifika be sure to visit the subject guide.
To follow our blogposts on the topic of Pasifika paste the following URL into your favourite RSS feed reader or just click this link to subscribe to this RSS feed.
https://aralibrary.wordpress.com/tag/Pasifika/feed
For more about RSS feeds click here.
New resources:
Kuchler, S & Eimke, A (2009) Tivaivai : the social fabric of the Cook Islands Elaborate and beautiful patchwork quilts known as tivaivai have been produced by Cook Islanders since the early nineteenth century and are “social fabrics” used in the shaping of social networks communicating the Cook Islands understanding of identity.
Ara Library Blog 