Library Services: Introduction

CAVAL

The free CAVAL program allows Melbourne Polytechnic students and staff to borrow from other Victorian university and TAFE libraries. To obtain a CAVAL card, just visit a participating library and present your Melbourne Polytechnic student or staff card. Use your CAVAL card to borrow from any participating library. 

To be eligible for a CAVAL Card, Melbourne Polytechnic students must be studying a course of 12 months duration and Cert IV or above.

Click here for a list of CAVAL participating libraries.

As ​​the CAVAL program is reciprocal with other Victorian tertiary Institutions, students from these institutes follow a similiar process and set of borrower guidelines.

Interlibrary Loan

• Request resources from other libraries in Australia to be delivered to your Melbourne Polytechnic campus.
• This service is free for higher education students and Melbourne Polytechnic staff.
• $16.50 per ILL request for VET students.
• Priority delivery is an extra fee for all requests.

• Interlibrary loans can be placed through the Findit@ catalogue. If you cannot find your resource with Findit@ or it isn’t freely available online you can fill in an Interlibrary Loan Request Form.

WiFi

Connect wirelessly to the internet anywhere on campus, with any device, for free!

Simply select the ‘wifi@mp’ network, type 's' and your student number and then your password.

Staff can login with their Melbourne Polytechnic username and password.

Click here for help with setting up WiFi.

PCs

Each campus library has PCs and some have Macs with full internet access and a range of software available for use.

Click here to book a PC.

Click here for a list of software available on library computers.

Printing/ Photocopying

Black and white:

• A4 – 8 cents per page
• A3 – 15 cents per page

Colour:

• A4 – 15 cents per page
• A3 – 30 cents per page

You need your ID card to use the printer.

Add credit to your ID card using the add value machines provided, or pay by card at the library desk ($5 minimum on EFTPOS/credit transactions).

Scanning

Scan documents on the photocopier and send them directly to your email.