| Resource Centre
The Resource Centre (RC) contributes
to the aims and ideals of ORS by offering access to the best
collection of information on sport, recreation and related topics in South
Australia.
Our services
The Resource Centre offers services including:
- loan collection of books and videos
- a core reserve collection of various journals
- an interlibrary loan service
- audiovisual viewing facilities
- database searching (Sports Discus, Libraries Australia)
- referrals to other information agencies
- sale of Office for Recreation and Sport publications
- a monthly listing of new articles, books
and audio/visual material
Our clients
The RC is available to a variety of specific users (apart from fulltime ORS staff) who are encouraged to utilise resources 'on site'. Users who may become
registered borrowers include:
- ORS casual staff
- ASC staff
- all coaches/officials or undergoing accreditation under the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme (NCAS)
- anyone actively involved in coaching in SA
including teachers
- ORS and SASI scholarship holders
- any other library
- other sport and recreation providers eg officials, local government officers, allied health related roles, education related roles ie teachers
- sports medicine professionals
Others may negotiate borrowing rights.
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Our collection
The collection includes books, videos, journals and articles
on a variety of topics. Besides specific
coaching information on some 64 sports, material is also held
on:
- general coaching principles
- sports conditioning
- nutrition
- sports psychology
- sports physiology
- children in sport
- women in sport
Book collection
A large proportion of our collection is listed in the National Library of Australia data base Libraries Australia and can be searched for by author, title or subject.
Audio/Visual collection
The RC holds over 1600 videos, CD's and DVD's.
A catalogue of these titles is now available as a pdf file.
Our networks
In order to facilitate both obtaining and providing information
to and from other libraries, the RC participates in the interlibrary
loans network, which operates at a local and national level.
The RC is also a member of the Australasian Sport Information
Network which encourages cooperation amongst Australasian
sports libraries.
Our electronic facilities
The RC houses a range of audiovisual equipment used to transfer
audio/visual material from different formats eg Video8 and
digital to VHS or DVD, NTSC to PAL. TVs are available for
viewing.
Due to copyright law the RC is unable to copy
commercial footage for users. If Associations or individual
coaches have their own material, use of the equipment may
be negotiated.
Computers are available in the RC for use by
scholarship holders. They can access the Internet, e-mail
and have the use of word processors for completing resumes
and assignments.
Our hours
Monday - Friday: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Closed for lunch - please ring if you plan to come in between 12noon and 2pm
For further information
Di Forgan
Resource Centre Librarian
Phone: +61 8 7424 7631
E-mail: sasi@saugov.sa.gov.au
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