Melbourne Centre for Japanese Language Education Collection

The Melbourne Centre for Japanese Language Education (MCJLE) was established in 1996 with a grant to Monash University from the Nippon Foundation in Japan. The MCJLE is committed to improve the teaching of Japanese in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Its activities include the organisation of in-service training programs, lectures and workshops, study scholarships for teachers of Japanese, the development of teaching materials, research, the publication of a newsletter, and the MCJLE Collection.

The MCJLE Collection was established in July 1997 as one of the major projects of the MCJLE, in collaboration with the Monash University Library. Teaching and other materials are available for loan to teachers who hold resource cards issued by the MCJLE. The Collection includes a range of materials suitable for use in the classroom, such as kits, flash cards, story books, cultural information, readers and workbooks, as well as audio-visual materials and CD-ROMs.

Registration

Japanese language teachers can arrange borrowing rights to the collection by completing the print registration form available from the Melbourne Centre for Japanese Language Education or the Asian Studies Research Collection (ASRC). Teachers will then be issued a special users card from the Library's Loans Desk. Holders of an MCJLE users card can also borrow non-MCJLE materials from the Matheson Library.

Location and access

The MCJLE Collection can be accessed by visiting the Sir Louis Matheson Library on the first floor Main wing, Clayton campus during opening hours. Check library homepage for daily opening hours. View the Matheson Library floor plan to locate these collections.

• MCJLE materials are labeled with a prefix MCJ and the call number.
• materials in audio-visual formats (videos, DVDs, CDs, etc) are located in the Music and Multimedia Collection in the Matheson Library
• items in the collection are available for loan
• use Search to find items

Finding materials

• to find resources in the library use Search
• using Natural language, a simple search box will bring back results from a number of different sources
• you can refine the results of your Basic search
• for more options you can do an Advanced search

Search tips

Basic search
Example 1:

• type: 日本語 and select Library collections, you will find 日本語 resources held in the Library
• refine your results by 'Collection - Melbourne Centre for Japanese Language Education Collection', you will find 日本語 resources held in the MCJLE Collection

Example 2:

• type: Cooking Japanese and select Library collections
• refine your results by 'Collection - Melbourne Centre for Japanese Language Education Collection', you will find resources on food, eating and cookbooks held in the MCJLE Collection

Advanced search
Example:

• select 'as author' and 'contains'; type: Sue Burnham and select Library collections
• refine your results by 'Collection - Melbourne Centre for Japanese Language Education Collection', you will find resources written by Sue Burnham held in the MCJLE Collection

Loan conditions

• return books through the book chutes located in the foyer of the Matheson Library, and, after hours outside the main entrance
• videos, audio tapes and kits must be returned to the Music and Multimedia desk

Most items can be reborrowed (renewed)

• to renew online, sign into Search and use the My Loans function
• to renew by telephone, phone +61 3 990 55054
• to renew in person, bring the items to the loans desk of any Monash University Library

Related links

• Monash University, Faculty of Arts,
  • Japanese Studies Centre
  • School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Japanese Studies
• YesJapan.com - Culture Center
• Japanese Language Teacher's Association of Victoria

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