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Welcome Summer students! New term. New research topics. We invite you to explore our Subject & Research Guides for article databases and other research resources. If you have any questions be sure to ask at the desk, or contact us at library@msvu.ca, or call us at (902) 457-6250, or check out the online tutorials, web demonstrations and help-sheets.

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The response to our survey has been great and the feedback is still coming in! We invite all current students and soon-to-be alumni to fill in the Mount Library users survey. The survey is running until convocation. Responses are anonymous. Choose to enter a draw to win $100 in gift cards to iTunes or Sobeys or Chapters! Please help us make the Mount Library the best that it can be.

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Author and librarian Ian Colford.

Ian Colford, the collection development librarian for the Dalhousie Libraries, has been nominated for an Alberta Book Publishing Award for his novel, The Crimes of Hector Tomás. The book was published by Freehand Books, a Calgary-based press, and is nominated in the category of Trade Fiction Book Award.

This is Ian’s second book and first novel. His first book, a collection of short stories called Evidence, won the Margaret & John Savage First Book Award and was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, The Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize and the ReLit Award.

The Crimes of Hector Tomás was launched in October. A review of the book in the National Post called Ian “a gifted writer with an unusual, sometimes inspiring command of language.”

The winners will be announced at an event on May 25  hosted by novelist and colunmist Todd Babiak, with a keynote address by Shelagh Rogers. Best of luck Ian, we hope you win!

 

 

Sir James Dunn Law Library

 Monday-Friday:   8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday:   closed

Effective April 26-September 9

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W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library

Monday- Friday:    8 a.m.-5 p.m.*
Saturday & Sunday:   closed
*Circulation, computers, printers and photocopiers shut down at 4:45 p.m.

Effective May 31-September 1. Closed Canada Day, (Mon., July 1), Natal Day (Mon., Aug. 5) & Labour Day (Mon., Sept. 2). .

Killam Memorial Library

Monday-Thursday:   8 a.m.-9 p.m.
Friday:   8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday:   10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Effective April 27-September 4

. Dalhousie University Archives & Special Collections Reading Room  (located fifth floor, Killam Library)

Monday-Friday:   9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Effective April 27-September 4

. GISciences Centre  (located second floor, Killam Library)

Monday-Friday:   9 a.m.-12 p.m. & 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday:   closed

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MacRae Library

Monday-Friday:    8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Closed weekends and holidays.

Effective April 16-September 3

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Sexton Design & Technology Library

Monday-Thursday:    8 a.m.-9 p.m.
Friday:    8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday:    1 p.m.-6 p.m.
Sunday:    closed

Effective April 27-August 10

 

The Librarians’ Academic Council at MUN has written an open letter to Daniel Caron, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, over concerns with the Library and Archives Canada Code of Conduct

Could you use some assistance with English pronunciation, academic vocabulary, written and oral communication for the workplace and more? Would you like to learn more about Canadian language and culture?

Dalhousie ESL is offering a series of workshops  focusing on skills for academic success for students whose first language is not English. Workshops are carried out in small groups, and are hands-on and interactive. Undergraduate and graduate students from any Halifax university are eligible to register.

Each workshop is 2.5 hours long. The cost per workshop is $20, or two workshops for $30.

Mon. April 29

10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.:    Canadian Culture and Language

1:30-4 p.m.:    Effective Oral Presentations

Tues. April 30

10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.:    English Pronunciation

1:30-4 p.m.:    Oral Communication for Grad Students

Wed. May 1

10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.:    Written Communications for the Workplace

1:30-4 p.m.:    Oral Communication for the Workplace

Thurs. May 2

10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.:    Focus on Academic Vocabulary

For more information, visit Dalhousie’s ESL department.

 

 

Check out our book sale located in the HIL Learning Commons.  Additional books for sale are located in the basement of the Harriet Irving Library (continue past Room 014).

The prices are excellent!  Please pay at the Commons Service Desk.  All proceeds go towards library acquisitions.

UNB Libraries adopted UNB WorldCat as our default catalogue on our homepage a few years ago, and we are now completing the transition.   As of April 24, Quest (our old catalogue) will be officially retired and UNB WorldCat will become our sole catalogue search option.  The transition involves the switch to a new circulation system over the end of April and early May period.

Associated changes will occur to our systems behind the scenes and we anticipate minimal disruption for library users.

Please direct any questions to James MacKenzie, Head of Reference, jmackenz@unb.ca.

I knew the Library had been busy lately.  Very crowded, lots of traffic, few empty chairs.  But I didn't know it had been that busy.

In March we hit the 100,000 mark. For the first time since this Library opened (back in the summer of '75), we had more than 100,000 visits - 102,124 to be exact.  How do I know?  Because there's an electronic counter at the entrance which keeps track of these things, every hour of every day. That's a lot of people, more than 3,000 a day, dropping in to borrow a book, use a computer, get help with an assignment or just sit back and read.

People vote with their feet.  So I guess you like the way the Library has changed over the past few years - all the renovations, the Atrium, the reading area, the new furniture, the different environments we provide.

Another school year is winding down.  But the spring and summer terms aren't that far off and September will be back before you know it. So we'll be spending our time looking for ways to make the Library an even better destination - for those 102,124 and the new kids coming in.  Records, after all, are meant to be broken.

The Harriet Irving Library is holding a special book sale in aid of the Alicho Wuriro Reading Room in Ethiopia. The books are in very good condition without library labels or other markings. The collection includes a significant number of collectable children’s books as well as lovely books on art, gardening, Persian carpets and antiques. The sale will be held in the Learning Commons, Harriet Irving Library from April 19-26, 2013.

The proceeds of the sale will go to help supply reading material, furnishings and staff training for this new library. For more information please go to http://www.codecan.org/get-involved/adopt-library/find-library/alicho-wuriro-reading-room

 

Starting Monday, April 15th, the Library will be open extended hours for the exam period, until Wednesday, April 24th. See our Hours page for more details.

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You are invited to participate in the Mount Library users survey. It will take you about 5 - 10 minutes. The survey is running until the end of term and you can fill out the survey at any time day or night. Responses are anonymous. Choose to enter a draw to win $100 in gift cards to iTunes or Sobeys or Chapters!  Your feedback is important to us and we are listening.  Please help us make the Mount Library the best that it can be.  

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(image credit:Ross Mayfield)From mobile research databases and catalogues, to downloadable e-books and journal articles, you can take your Library on the go with you. Bring your mobile device (smartphone, ipod touch, tablet, ipad) to this session and discover how to access Mount Library resources and services on it. 

Date: Monday April 15th, 2013.
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Fireplace lounge,  Library 1st floor, EMF building.
BYOD (bring your own device). 

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Our Fredericton Libraries are offering extended hours prior to and during the upcoming exam period.  Hours are listed below:

HARRIET IRVING LIBRARY (April 2 – 24)
Monday – Friday 8:00 am – Midnight
Saturday – Sunday 10:00 am – Midnight

SCIENCE & FORESTRY LIBRARY (April 2 – 24)
Monday – Sunday 8:00 am – Midnight

ENGINEERING LIBRARY (April 2 – 24)
Monday – Thursday 8:00 am – Midnight
Friday 8:00 am – 11:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am – 11:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am – Midnight

Closing hours will change for the last exam day; please check the hours at individual libraries.

UNB Libraries’ staff wish everyone the best of luck during exams!

This message from Wiley-Blackwell, the company that brings you the Cochrane Library:

“The Cochrane Library will be unavailable for no more than 12 hours starting at 5 p.m. Atlantic Standard Time on Saturday,  April 13. During this time, due to the nature of the work, we cannot show a maintenance note so anyone trying to access the site will get a “site not found” or similar message.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to you and your website users.

Wiley-Blackwell”

A little more information is available here: http://dmmsclick.wiley.com/view.asp?m=gwo7cw4befdoqcct5kcf&u=9406598&f=h

 

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Help us name the new service area that’s coming to the Killam this summer.

Starting this summer,  there will be a new model of service delivery at the Killam Library. Circulation services, information help and research assistance will be available from a single service point.

Why are we doing this?

We think this will be a better model for learning. We hope it will minimize confusion for our users and ensure a more efficient and effective allocation of the staff’s time.

What will we call it?

That’s where you come in. You can post your suggestions in the comments section of our blog, on Twitter, Facebook, or suggest a name in person. Your reward? Bragging rights!

 

 

 

 

 

Alex displays some of the new cables.

Tired of your phone or iPad dying while you study the night away? The Killam Library has just acquired some new cables for charging your stuff!

We now have cables for iPhone and iPad up to generation 4, as well as USB to mini USB cables that will fit most cell phones. Plug the cables into any computer’s USB port.

To borrow the cables, just present your DalCard at the Circulation Desk. Cables are loaned for two hours.

HIL Group Study Rooms are now bookable online!   Nine rooms are available at HIL for students to book.  Book a Room  or find the link to Group Study Rooms under Quick Links on the Library home page.

This just in: starting tomorrow (April 11) classrooms 3616 and 4106 in the Killam will be open as quiet study spaces.

These spaces cannot be booked, they are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The rooms can accommodate a number of people. Please be respectful of everyone using the space and the observe the rules of quiet study space, which means that personal conversations and audible recorded sounds (e.g., music, movies or cell phone ringtones) are not allowed.

Also, please keep the doors open, as these rooms are intended to be used by more than one person at a time.

Please note that room 3616 will not be available as a quiet study space April 15, 16 & 17, due to a previous booking.

Happy studying!

UPDATE  

Thurs., April 11

The 8-seat classroom spaces in the Mona Campbell Building (rooms 2010, 2011, 2019, 3011 & 4013) have also been booked for quiet study areas (based on their availability, see the schedule below). These rooms are intended to be used as shared study space. Please discard any garbage you bring in with you.

Here is the schedule of availability of those rooms:

Thurs., April 11/8 a.m.-10 p.m.
room 4013

Fri., April 12
no rooms available

Mon., April 15/8 a.m.-10 p.m.
rooms 2010, 2011, 2019, 3011, 4013

Tues., April 16/8 a.m.-10 p.m.
rooms 2010, 2011, 2019, 3011, 4013

Wed., April 17
no rooms available

Thurs., April 18/8 a.m.-10 p.m.
rooms 2010, 2011, 2019, 3011, 4013

Fri., April 19/8 a.m.-10 p.m.
rooms 2010, 2011, 2019, 3011, 4013

Mon., April 22/8 a.m.-10 p.m.
rooms 2010, 2011, 2019, 3011, 4013

Tues., April 23/8 a.m.-10 p.m.
rooms 2010, 2011, 2019, 3011, 4013

Wed., April 24/8 a.m.-10 p.m.
rooms 2010, 2011, 2019, 3011, 4013

 

 

The Harriet Irving Library will be hiring a Student Maintenance Worker to work through the summer months with the potential for hours of part-time employment during the academic year.

Preference will be given to returning students.

For a description of the position and the application form please go to http://lib.unb.ca/about/student.php

Please submit the application to  Lyn Saunders, Rm 311, Administration Office, Harriet Irving Library by the end of the day on Friday, April 12, 2013