How to meet your library during Orientation
If you’re just starting your studies with Deakin, welcome to your first study period! And if you’ve already commenced your degree but this is your first chance to spend time on campus, we look forward to meeting you!
No matter where you are studying, there are loads of ways you can get to know your library in your first few weeks at uni.
What you will find in this blog:
- Commencing student training sessions: Explore your library
- Get help with your tech set-up
- Need a study buddy? Library Study, Snacks and Chats – a brand new student meet-up group
- Grab your free Library tote bag
- Win a $100 Gift Card
- Join us for a Library tour
- Come say hello at our stall
- Bookmark/subscribe to the library blog
- Follow us on social media
Commencing student training sessions: Explore your Library
The Library is running online ‘Explore your Library’ sessions to help new students understand the resources, services and facilities available to them through Deakin Library. These sessions will take place on:
- Thursday 20 February, 10–11am
- Thursday 20 February, 4–5pm
- Tuesday 25 February, 11am–12pm
- Wednesday 26 February, 1–2pm
In this online session, you will learn all you need to know about how the Library helps you succeed at Deakin. Our programs, services and activities save you time, provide critical information and enable you to be more effective in your learning and research.
Your Library offers a range of services, including live Library Chat, to ensure study from home is just as easy. Discover the best way to approach your studies by joining us for this Library session.
At the end of this session, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- navigate key parts of the Library website
- search for digital and print resources
- borrow, return and request items
- access course materials and subject-specific guides.
Register for one of the above sessions now, as spaces are filling fast!
Get help with your tech setup
Deakin Library’s Student TechAssist service offers students in their first few weeks at Deakin a chance to get one-on-one assistance with their technical setup and related queries. This is an on-demand, student-led service at the Library service desk.
Our Student TechAssist team can help with:
- CloudDeakin/D2L setup
- multi-factor authentication
- wi-fi/Eduroam login
- printing queries
- basic Microsoft support.
TechAssist will be available during OWeek, Week 1 and Week 2 from 10am–5pm Monday to Friday
Look for the Student TechAssist banner at your campus Library service desk. Our team of friendly Deakin students will be wearing grey aprons and blue lanyards, with tablets and laptops at the ready to help you out! No appointment needed.
Need a study buddy?
Make the most of your time at Deakin with Library Study, Snacks and Chats – a weekly meet-up in your Library to learn study tips, meet other students and discover something new about life at Deakin in each session.
Library Study, Snacks and Chats runs at Burwood, Waurn Ponds and Waterfront each Tuesday at 2pm starting in Week 2. At Warrnambool, it runs on Wednesday 12 March and 26 March at 12.30pm.
Get ready to:
- meet fellow students in the Library
- discover what services are available to students at Deakin
- learn study tips from experts
- enjoy free snacks.
No booking needed. Come along for some food, drinks and conversation.
Grab your free Library tote bag!
Each year, Deakin Library unveils a new tote bag featuring artwork by a current student. This year, the talented Maiya Joy Steele has won the competition with her vibrant design that perfectly captures the essence of our Library. Read about the Library tote bag design.
Don’t miss out on your chance to get this exclusive tote bag during OWeek. Supplies are limited, so be sure to grab yours while they last! Visit the Library booth during OWeek (or Week 1 for Warrnambool) to find out more.
Win a $100 Gift Card!
Join the Library OWeek Treasure Hunt to discover your Library and get a chance to win one of two $100 gift cards.
To get started, find the QR code poster in the Library and follow the clues to the end. There are five QR codes in total to scan.
This treasure hunt will help you explore some of the most useful spaces and services available to you as a student at Deakin.
Happy hunting!
Join us for a Library tour
Each campus Library is unique – full of group study spaces, comfy seats and powered desks, computers, printers and scanners, book collections and much more. Guided tours of your campus Library are also available on demand – just speak to staff at the service desk. These tours are a great way for you to get to know the spaces in your Library, as well as ask any questions you might have.
You can also take a virtual tour of all four Library campuses on our website to see what’s available!
Come say hello at our stall
Our friendly Library staff are here to assist you with any queries you may have. You can find us at the service desk or around the Library anytime.
We’ll also have stalls set up to talk to you about Deakin Library. Come find us to get started with your journey:
- Waterfront: Monday 24 February, 11.30am–2pm
- Waurn Ponds: Tuesday 25 February, 11.30am–2pm
- Burwood: Monday 24 February and Tuesday 25 February, 11am–2pm
- Warrnambool: Monday 6 March, 4–7pm
Bookmark/subscribe to the library blog
Deakin Library’s official blog, Article, is updated weekly to provide you with the latest Library news, study tips, interesting stories from our Archives and Special Collections, research insights, digital display innovation and much more. You can subscribe to get an email when a new blog is posted or look out for new blogs on the Library homepage under News.
Follow us on social media
This is the easiest way to keep up to date with what’s going on in your Library is by following us @deakinlibrary on:
Good luck in your first trimester! Don’t hesitate to reach out via Library Chat with any questions you may have. We are here to help you succeed at Deakin.