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Corrective Services Academy Library, Information and Library Services, NSW Department of Corrective Services
| Street address | Corrective Services Academy Cnr Marsden and Terry Roads Eastwood NSW 2122 |
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| Postal address | As above |
| Tel. | 02 9804 5459 |
| Fax | 02 9804 5460 ; International: +61 2 9804 5460 |
| toni.kennedy@dcs.nsw.gov.au | |
| Website | http://www.dcs.nsw.gov.au/information/library/index.asp |
| NUC symbol | NCOR |
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| Opening hours | 9.00-17.00, Mon-Fri |
| Subject strengths | Criminology, penology, law, sociology, psychology and other areas relating to the operation of the Department: business management, training, education HIV/AIDS, special needs and multiculturism |
| Services | Reference, inter-library loans, literature searching, up to date special subject reading lists, Current Awareness Bulletin, electronic transfer of files, online library catalogue access |
| Stock | 12 000 monographs, 300 serial titles, 450 videotapes |
| Special collections | Training/teaching resources, subject vertical files of newspaper clipping, pamphlets and flimsies |
| CD-ROMs | AUSTROM, Criminal Justice Abstracts, NCJRS, Psychlit, Ebsco full text databases: Professional development collection, Legal collection, Psychology and behavioural sciences collection, Proquest law collection |
| Online services | Kinetica, Internet |
| Online catalogue | http://www.dcs.nsw.gov.au/athcgi/athweb.pl |
| Library system | Athena |
| Access | Correctional, Probation and Parole personnel. Although the service is aimed primarily at Corrective Services staff, reference use of the library can be made available to bona-fide researchers, including students and members of the public when appropriate. External clients maybe charged for some services e.g. online searches. |
| Other information | The Corrective Services Academy Library is the central staff library servicing the needs of the Academy, Head Office and Departmental personnel statewide. |