Educational Services Centre

Clayton campus

The Educational Services Centre (ESC) is located on the first floor of the Education building on the Clayton campus. The main objectives of the centre are to collect and display sample curriculum materials; to provide instruction and advice on the use of curriculum materials and audiovisual equipment, to produce materials; to offer instruction and guidance to staff and students on the production of curriculum materials; to provide an information service on curriculum materials to users.

The collection is housed in the main reading room, where both print and non-print materials are located. The main reading room also provides seating for thirty-five people, as well as an area for displays of curriculum materials. A room is provided for training students on audiovisual equipment operation, with videotape replay, synchronised filmstrip and slide-tape viewing, microfiche readers and cassette recorders.

A microcomputer area in the ESC provides an opportunity for students to experience several of the more common computers available in the schools today. This location is used for both independent study and research on microcomputers as well as for formal instruction and workshops.

Further rooms in the centre are provided for instruction in the use of media in teaching and learning, and in media production. The media workshop provides facilities for the production of overhead transparencies and other graphic materials. Viewers, projectors, cassette recorders and other equipment are available for student use within the centre.

The Educational Services Centre is normally open from 8.50 am to 7 pm Monday to Thursday during semesters, and from 8.50 am to 5 pm on all Fridays and during the faculty vacation and semester break. Any changes in these hours will be posted in advance on the door of the centre.

Borrowing is restricted to staff and students currently enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies. Items in great demand may be placed on reserve by staff and are kept in the office area. Items for which demand is particularly heavy may be restricted to one or two-hour periods of use; they may be reserved in advance. Others may be used for indefinite periods in the centre.

There are coin-operated photocopiers in the centre.

The book stock of the centre consists primarily of books on individual subject methods, and secondary texts. GradDipEd and BEdSt texts and reference material are generally held in the main library. There is also a reference collection for use in the centre only.

Materials in the centre are classified by the Dewey classification system and are accessible on the Ocelot data base. CD-ROM facilities including ERIC, SAGE and AUSTROM are also available.

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