E-Books Down Under

Australian libraries have been early adopters of groundbreaking e-book initiatives for the past 10 years, helping to build and shape some of the innovative models and tools we use today. There has been a significant shift to e-preferred collection policies and e-book acquisition programs (including demand-driven acquisition [DDA]) are generally substantially larger and more established in Australia than North America. In 2006, Swinburne was the first ever library to load the full EBL catalog into its library OPAC and make all titles available for immediate access using EBL\u27s DDA model. Evidence from University of Western Australia (UWA) shows that DDA is more effective in selecting relevant material for the collection. As a result, UWA is currently implementing an e-preferred strategy across all monographic acquisition processes. This presentation will present and discuss studies from two institutions that have shaped e-book collections in Australia and look back at the bold beginnings of demand-driven acquisition and to where Australia is now—where a markedly more established e-book purchasing market exists

Recognising Pupils' Attainment when Using leT

This article deals with two important aspects: assessing pupils' work, and how this might raise new issues when ICT is involved, and reviewing and evaluating the effectiveness of using ICT to achieve learning objectives. Some new techniques will be required to assess pupils' design portfolios and their made products. Designing on screen happens very quickly and little evidence of changes is seen compared with drawing on paper where several copies are kept to show development work. Pupils are able to access designs by others and manipulate them as their own. Teachers have to encourage pupils to develop ways to record their thinking and collect evidence of it. Pupils are also able to make sophisticated products using CAM - the quality of the product looks like one that you might buy in the shop. It is even more important than ever not to assess merely the outcome, but to assess how well this is supported by design thinking

Moral economy, solidarity and labour process struggle in Irish public transport

This article empirically applies Knut Laaser’s integrated conceptual framework, combining Sayer’s moral economy (ME) theory with labour process theory (LPT), to examine how two rival Irish unions engaged with an uneven moral economy and consciously sought to build collective worker solidarity during a dispute over competitive tendering and marketization. Using qualitative data from a case study of BusCo in Ireland’s public transport sector, the article enriches sociological understanding of trade union solidarity, and how it is engendered, contested and experienced. </jats:p

The evolution of an e-book demand-driven acquisition programme at Swinburne University of Technology

In 2006 Swinburne University of Technology became the first library in the world to launch a large-scale implementation of a demand-driven acquisition (DDA) programme for e-books. At that time, the 34,000 e-books made available through the EBL DDA programme accounted for almost all the e-books available from the Library. In the intervening years the demand-driven collection has grown to almost 300,000 e-books but these now form only a component of a much larger collection of 765,000 e-books in total, acquired through a range of acquisition models. When changes in publisher charging models caused a large increase in short-term loan-based DDA expenditure from late 2014, the library took action during 2015 to put the DDA programme on a sustainable footing. Further changes were introduced in 2016 when Swinburne became one of the launch customers for a new DDA model developed for ProQuest’s Ebook Central platform called Access-to-Own (ATO). This paper describes the evolution of DDA at Swinburne and the early experiences of using the new ATO model

How arsenic residues get in wool

Wool can become contaminated with arsenic in various ways, and several different sources may each contribute to any individual arsenic residue problem. • dipping sheep in an arsenical dip ( now illegal), • dipping sheep in a non-arsenical dip in a contaminated dipping facility • penning sheep on soil with high levels of arsenic before shearing. Other possible sources include running sheep on land contaminated by gold mine tailings or exploration sites, and allowing sheep access to sites on the farm where arsenical compounds have been dumped, for example, rubbish dumps or sites where dip/sump sludge has been dumped. Farmers can prevent wool arsenic levels above the Industry Standard by soil testing and sensible management of their dip and yards

Midgut malrotation first presenting as acute bowel obstruction in adulthood: a case report and literature review

Malrotation of the midgut is generally regarded as paediatric pathology with the majority of patients presenting in childhood. The diagnosis is rare in adults, which sometimes leads to delay in diagnosis and treatment. A high index of suspicion is therefore required when dealing with patients of any age group with abdominal symptoms. We present a case of a 55-year old man who presented with an acute abdomen with preoperative computed tomography scan and operative findings confirming midgut rotation. The duodenum, small bowel, caecum and appendix were abnormally located, with the presence of classical Ladd's bands. There was no evidence of intestinal volvulus. The patient underwent an emergency laparotomy with an uneventful postoperative recovery