The organisers of such sporting and cultural activities should seek endorsement in advance of such programs from the Executive Principal, where they are of a College nature, or Campus Principal, where they are of a campus nature, so that the College community can be advised of BCAE participation through BCAE News, Nexus, or other media.
ACCESS BY EXTERNAL INTEREST GROUPS TO CAMPUSES
The College Administration will not normally sponsor or authorise the presence on campus of external interest groups for political, promotional or commercial purposes unrelated to College programs and needs, particularly during Orientation periods. It is considered that sponsorship and organisation of such activities directed primarily to students is more properly within the discretion of the Union subject to any Council policy respecting use of College property. In this context Council believes it appropriate that Orientation periods be reserved for internal College purposes.
DISABILITY AND HEAL TH PROBLEMS
Students with disabilities or health problems who may require special assistance or support services during their studies should contact the Counsellor on their campus or relevant Course Coordinator. Early contact will assist in the arrangement of necessary services.
Students who lack facility in spoken or written English should seek similar assistance.
STUDENTS SUFFERING FROM TEMPORARY INCAPACITY
From time to time students may affected by temporary incapacity, of a certificated kind, which prevents or inhibits them from completing certain unit requirements. These may be the performance of certain skills, the writing of assignments or test papers or the carrying out of certain physical or laboratory tasks related to their course.
In such cases students should be given alternative assessment requirements or if this is not practicable, have parts of unit requirements which they are certificated as being temporarily incapable of completing, deferred to some appropriate time.
Students should approach the lecturer concerned in the first instance. However, they also have the right to approach the Head of School as well as the Head of Department concerned for such consideration.
Kedron Park Telephone 357 7077 - ext 258 (Loans) - ext 231 (Information)
- ext 278 (Audiovisual Services) Kelvin Grove Telephone direct lines 352 8359 (Loans)
352 8374 (Information)
352 8383 (Audiovisual Services) Mount Gravatt Telephone direct lines 343 0692 (Loans and Information)
343 0777 (Audiovisual Services) The Resource Centre on each campus supports the teaching and research programs of the academic schools based at that campus and resources are distributed according to the courses taught there. Hence the strength of the Resource Centre at the Carseldine Campus is primary and preschool teacher education, welfare and expressive arts; Kedron Park - business studies: Kelvin Grove - secondary teacher education, creative and performing arts, and early childhood studies; Mount Gravatt - primary, preschool, special education, manual arts, TAFE teacher education and recreation studies. At present the Resource Centre collections hold about 600,000 volumes of print and audiovisual materials.
Opening Hours. Notices displaying Resource Centre hours are prominent on the campuses and advertised in the Resource Centre Sticker which is available during orientation week from the Circulation and Information Desks.
Membership. All staff and full-time and part-time students are automatically 'members' of the Resource Centre and may borrow materials on any campus. All users must produce their College identification card whenever and wherever they borrow.
Staff and students may also be eligible to register for reciprocal borrowing privileges from a number of other tertiary institutions. Enquiries may be made at Circulations Desks.
Students who are undertaking continuing education programs may need to register as Associate Borrowers. For information on borrower status ask at the Circulations Desk.
Audiovisual Services. Classroom services, equipment loans and production services are offered by the Resource Centre through its Audiovisual Services unit.
Audiovisual Services on each campus provide facilities for the production of material in a variety of formats for lectures, seminars, evaluative studies and field work. Production services include slide-copying, black-and-white and colour photography, microfilming, audio and video recording and production, laminating and graphics. Staff are available for the professional planning and production of programs.
Classroom services are available for student and staff teaching needs but should be booked well in advance.
Equipment loans of cassette recorders, projectors, cameras, portapaks and a wide range of other specialist hardware and associated accessories are available from the AudiovisualServices staff. Where necessary, training in the use of the Resource Centre's equipment may be arranged with the staff.
Information Services. The Resource Centre provides a range of information services to users. Resource Centre staff are always on duty at the Information Desks to answer queries and assist users in finding and using the collections and resources. If the resources required by a user are not held on their home campus, they may request an lntercampus loan. Similarly, a user may request and Interlibrary loan if the resources are not held anywhere within the Resource Centre. Ther are also online searches of databases which are available for appropriate reference needs. However, there may be a charge for this service.
Consultation with teaching staff on the development of resources and services is promoted through the departmental liaison service.
User Education. The Resource Centre is committed to teaching students efficient information-seeking skills. The development of such skills is seen as important both for students' success in their College studies and for their general professional development.
All new students have the opportunity to participate in orientation sessions. The aim of these sessions is to familiarise students with the facilities and services available, explain how the catalogues are organised and how to locate and borrow items from the collection.
Instruction on more sophisticated subject-oriented information search strategies is offered to class groups and individual students. Teaching staff interested in these programs should contact their liaison librarian and students should enquire at the Information Desk or ask their lecturers.
A range of information and instructional publications and audiovisual programs is available to users. These include the Resource Centre Sticker, guides on collections, services and catalogues, literature and research guides and bibliographies. These are displayed at the Information Desk, catalogues and at convenient points in the collections.
Circulation Services. Information on Resource Centre Circulation Services is contained in the Resource Centre Sticker and the Guide to Resource Centre SeNices. Some procedural details may differ from campus to campus and these are displayed in notices and guides at each campus.
The following Rules and Schedules promulgated by the College Council apply throughout the Resource Centre:
Any resource borrower who returns resource materials later than the stipulated loan period will be deemed guilty of a breach of discipline/
misconduct and will be subject to penalties (including fines) according to the schedules established from time to time by the Resource Centre for each resource item retained in excess of the stipulated period.
Any resource borrower who retains resource material in excess of the stipulated loan period as set out in the resource schedule for a period deemed unreasonable by the Campus Principal will be subject to disciplinary action as stated in the provisions of By-Law No. 7/By-Law No. 8. In the case of unreturned resource materials, this action would normally be to charge restitution costs for the material concerned.
In the event that a student has not discharged his/her financial liability to the institution at the completion of a semester, he/she shall not receive a certification of the award to which he/she is entitled, under which circumstances he/she is not entitled to seek re-enrolment in a succeeding semester, or to graduate.
Schedules to Cover Regulations for the Borrowing of Items from the Resource Centre:
1. Student 'Resource item' loans Loan periods: two weeks
Fines: 20c per day to a maximum of $5 for one item 2. Staff 'Resource item' loans
Loan periods: four weeks
Fines: 20c per day to a maximum of $5 for one item
3. Student and Staff 'short term' loans
Loan periods: as specified at time of borrowing Fines: as displayed at the place of borrowing
4. If for a period of more than two weeks, liability by way of fine or restitution remains outstanding, then borrowing privileges will be forfeited.
Cataloguing System. The Resource Centre uses the Dewey Decimal classification system for the organisation of its collection materials. All new materials are listed in the multicampus online computer catalogue.
Copying Facilities. The Resource Centre on each campus has photocopiers and microform reader-printers for self-service copying of materials in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act.
COMPUTING SERVICES
Introduction. Computing Services is responsible for the provision of computing facilities and services. A variety of equipment, software, data communications and human resources is provided to meet computing needs which arise from the teaching and research activities of the College, and from support areas including administration branches and the Resource Centre. The College is equipped to meet the bulk of its computing needs internally. External computing services are used where necessary.
Computing Services incorporates three sections whose main functions are described below.
Customer Services Section. The Customer Services Section undertakes facilities- management of public access computing laboratories and provides first line support services to students and staff. The work of the Section includes delivery of training programs and publication of a newsletter and technical bulletins.
Systems Development Section. The Systems Development Section undertakes the acquisition, development and maintenance of computer software. It provides related services including feasibility studies, software evaluation, systems analysis, systems design and programming. The Section provides a common facility for the in-house development of computer software and coordinates support for personal computer applications. Responsibility for the prioritisation of administrative systems development projects rests with the Systems Review Committee.
Technical Services Section. The Technical Services Section undertakes computer operations in the Computer Centres and provides technical support including the selection, installation and maintenance of computer hardware and data communications equipment. The Section has a limited capacity for the development of specialised computer hardware to meet specific needs.
Computing Facilities. The main computing facilities of the College are a network of time-sharing minicomputers and some 200 personal (micro) computers. The network hosts are one AWA Sequel and four HP3000 systems. The computer network currently supports in excess of 300 data terminals. An INFOTRON Contender :500 automatic data switch has been installed. This unit allows terminals connected to it to selectively communicate with the main administration, academic and library hosts. A number can be connected to the time-sharing network and used as data-terminals/intelligent workstations. A DEC LSI 11 computer system is used for research purposes in Special Education.
Access to local, national and overseas computer-based information services is provided via telecommunications links.