Curl up with a good book during trimester break
Exams are wrapping up and the trimester is drawing to a close, but your library still has a lot to offer! Whether you are coming…
‘The book of my heart’: the Children’s Encyclopaedia
Our Special Collection contains many items read and used by children throughout history, including particularly the Australian schools textbook collection and the children’s literature research…
Your library is not the ocean: a student’s campaign
It may surprise you to know that ocean creatures have a lot to say about how we behave in the library. That is the premise…
Meet the man who holds Deakin’s history: Archivist Antony Catrice
The library is not just responsible for four campus buildings, 24-hour online databases and chat services, hundreds of thousands of collection items, copyright guidance and…
Get involved in Indigenous Literacy Day
2019 is the International Year of Indigenous Languages, and Australia has joined with countries all around the world in a commitment to promote and preserve…
Meet Deakin author R.W.R McDonald
Today we’re interviewing Rob McDonald – aka R.W.R. McDonald – author of The Nancys, a novel published in June 2019 by Allen & Unwin. Rob…
Meet the Powerful Owl for Science Week
It’s National Science Week, so what better time to showcase some of the science-based research being led out of Deakin University? PhD Candidate Nick Bradsworth…
Beautiful botanical illustrations on display
Despite the wide use of photography as a record keeping medium, botanical illustration is still necessary for the scientific descriptions of plants. It can produce…
Indigenous artwork on display at Burwood Library
In January 2019, Art Collection Officer Claire Muir and Curator James Lynch received a number of works which were returned from a storage room at…