New books in the library

A handy way to find recently purchased books is to search LibrarySearch on your topic, filter the results to 'books' and change the 'sorted by' results to the newest date - e.g., new books

On the Specialness of Special Collections

Adam Browne, author and attendant based at the Carlton library, has written an excellent essay on the RMIT Library's Special Collection.

Library as Incubator project features RMIT University Library

The Library's '700s Arts Festival' has been featured on the Library as Incubator website.

"... the 700s Arts Festival was a celebration of the 700s of the Dewey Decimal System–the largest part of the collection [Art, Architecture, Design, Music, Film] at RMIT Swanston Library, a fascinating place to browse–and our way of embracing the temporary spaces made available through preparations for the current renovations, known as the Swanston Library Transformation."

From the Library's Communications & Marketing Coordinator, Amanda Kerley:

"A huge hurrah to Doreen Sullivan, Adam Browne and Nicola Coady for this contribution to

Calls for papers - December 2015

PhD By Design

http://www.phdbydesign.com/2016-drs/

"... part of the Design Research Society (DRS) conference which runs on the 28th - 30th June 2016. It is an opportunity to present work and discuss the diverse aspects of what it means to do a practice-based PhD in Design.