Special Shelves for Large Books at Te Puna

We’re pleased to share that our Special Shelves for Large Books is now fully set-up and ready for staff and students to explore at Te Puna Library (B180). Bringing together beautifully illustrated, large-format books that showcase visual content across Art, Architecture, Natural Sciences, Photography, and Design.

These large print books have now been grouped into dedicated, easy‑to‑find locations across Levels 1–3.

Here’s where you can find them:

•          Level 1 – One white tambour located near north end of printers
• Level 2 – Two wooden shelves near printer in middle of mezzanine floor (for Creative Industries and Architecture respectively)
• Level 3 – One white tambour near printer at west end of mezzanine floor

To support safe handling, two small browsing tables have been added on Level 2 - one on each side of the shelving areas.

New L sticker for easy identification

Large-format books can now be easily recognised by a new L sticker. This initiative helps ensure they are shelved correctly, returned to the appropriate locations, and handled with care.

The large books kept on these shelves in Dewey decimal order and have a L sticker on them and will have a note in the item record description “ Note: Large book – may be on display table or shelves” and LARGE in the call number 720.92 PAL MIT LARGE

Improvements to ProQuest Central Ebooks

Unitec Library is excited to announce upcoming improvements to our ProQuest Ebook Central e-books, making them more accessible and easier to use. (ProQuest Ebook Central supplies the majority of Unitec Library’s e-books.) These changes include:

Enhanced accessibility features, including:

• Navigating using just a keyboard or speech recognition software
• Navigating using a screen reader
• Going directly to main content areas on the page using skip links (web)
• Listening to an ebook using a screen reader with Text Only Mode enabled
• Zooming in up to 200% using browser tools without text spilling off the screen

(These changes meet Level AA of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.2))

An easier way to download whole e-books or chapters of e-books

Adobe Digital Editions will no longer be needed. Instead, users will be able to download content through the new ProQuest Ebook Central App. 

We are expecting this change to go live by 27 July 2026, and we will update the library’s ‘Ebooks at Unitec Library’ guide with new, clear instructions.

 Ngā mihi nui,

 The Unitec Library team