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AVEL
Newsletter August 2001
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WELCOME
Hello and
welcome the August 2001 edition of the AVEL newsletter. Each month we
will bring you news about the latest engineering and IT resources on AVEL,
the latest services and the latest news.
Please
note: All past AVEL Newsletters are now available in the
AVEL Newsletter Archive.
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NEW
SITES ON AVEL
We add sites to AVEL on a daily basis. We love to hear from you about
new, quality sites you would like to see added, so contact us today. AVEL
now contains over 3550 quality records. That's 232 new resources added
in the last month.
View the
Latest Resources Added.
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AVEL's
BEST OF THE BEST
AVEL contains links to only quality websites. We handpick them so
that you can save time searching. That said, sometimes we find sites that
deserve a special mention.
This month we focus on IT and Engineering Recruitment and Employment web
sites.
IT
Job Stuff -- "The most comprehensive site for IT and T jobs in New Zealand
"
http://www.it.jobstuff.co.nz/
This is their
claim, not ours, but with nearly 2000 jobs in their database, IT Job Stuff
provide a useful web site for anyone looking for an IT job in New Zealand.
The site includes an email alerting service and links to related websites.
The database allows you to search across a range of agencies, for contract
or permanent work, or for employment in a specific region. If your aim
is to emigrate to New Zealand, the site offers useful tips.
Aacorn
International Limited - New Zealand
http://www.aacorn.co.nz/
Aacorn International
Limited is a free service and specialises in recruitment for the New Zealand
information technology industry. Aacorn International are full members
of the Recruitment & Consulting Services Association and have preferred
supplier status from a number of employers. Their website offers advice
on finding work in New Zealand, a listing of the "Top 10" jobs currently
available, as well as useful links to New Zealand-related web sites.
Command Recruitment Group - Australia
http://www.command.com.au
Command Recruitment Group offer a range of employment service for permanent
and contract work in Australian IT and Engineering fields. They offer
a free, searchable database, interview tips, online CV submission, advice
on immigration, and useful links. The web site is beautifully designed
a worth a look for it's own sake !
Engineers International
http://engineers-international.com/
This Australian based portal offers detailed advice on creating your CV,
writing application letters , and seeking employment. Employers can search
through a database of job seekers. It also offers services such as news,
free software, and online discussion lists. A nicely designed, functional
site.
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SciTech
NEWSLETTER
The latest edition
of the SciTech newsletter (produced by United States-based
National Science Foundation) is now
available from the AVEL website.
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Top
New International Sites
AVEL already
brings you the best in Australasian Engineering and IT websites. Now,
for the information of our regular newsletter subscribers, we are pleased
to provide a glimpse of some of the top new international sites. (All
sites supplied courtesy of the University of Queensland Library)
Great
Images in NASA
http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/
Access to more than 1000 digital pictures relating to NASA's history.
Mathgate
http://www.mathgate.ac.uk/
Index to Internet resources related to mathematics.
Corante Tech News
http://www.corante.com/
Daily selected technology news.
Google Image Search
http://images.google.com/
Beta test version of a new image search engine that indexes over 150 million
images.
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CONFERENCE
WATCH
In this new
section we aim to help you keep up to date with some of the conferences
coming up in our region over the next few months. A complete listing of
up-coming conferences is
available on the AVEL website.
International
Congress on Modelling and Simulation - 2001
(Canberra, Australia, 10-13 December 2001) http://cres.anu.edu.au/~tony/modsim2001.htm
COAL 2002 2nd Australasian
Coal Operators Conference
(Woolongong, Australia, 14-17th February 2002)
http://www.uow.edu.au/eng/conf/coal2002/
Asian Aerospace 2002
(Singapore, 26th February - 3rd March 2002)
http://www.asianaerospace.com/
FEEDBACK
AVEL appreciates getting your comments and suggestions. They help
us design services that meet your needs and ensure that we maintain a
portal of the highest quality resources. So, how can we make AVEL even
better? Send your suggestions or comments to us at:
avelinfo@library.uq.edu.au
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INFORMATION
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For more
information, please contact:
Ms Nicole
Clark
Coordinator, AVEL
Dorothy Hill Physical
Sciences & Engineering Library
The University of Queensland
email: n.clark@library.uq.edu.au
tel: +61 7 3365 3974
fax: +61 7 3365 3658
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