The DalSpace theses repository will undergo updates during October 15-22. These updates will address issues and ensure ongoing functionality.
From October 15-22 users will experience outages. Please avoid uploads and deposits until the update is completed after October 22.
If you have any questions about the update, please contact dalspace@dal.ca.
Dal Libraries is thrilled to announce that the 2024-2025 book title for Dal Reads is Shut Up You’re Pretty by Téa Mutonji.
About Shut Up You’re Pretty
The debut story collection from Téa Mutonji was the runner-up in CBC’s 2024 Canada Reads competition, won the Trillium Book Award and Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction (2020), was a finalist in the Rogers Writers’ Trust of Canada Fiction Prize (2019), and was a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year.
From the publisher, Arsenal Pulp: In Tea Mutonji’s disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions during a family wedding, a teenage girl looks for happiness inside a pack of cigarettes, a mother reconnects with her daughter through their shared interest in fish, and a young woman decides to shave her head in the waiting room of an abortion clinic. These punchy, sharply observed stories blur the lines between longing and choosing, exploring the narrator’s experience as an involuntary one. Tinged with pathos and humour, they interrogate the moments in which femininity, womanness, and identity are not only questioned but also imposed.
Shut Up You’re Pretty is the first book to be published under the imprint VS. Books, a series of books curated and edited by writer-musician Vivek Shraya featuring work by new and emerging Indigenous or Black writers, or writers of colour.
Get a Copy of Shut up You’re Pretty
Free paperback copies of the book will be available at Dalhousie Libraries – look for our book stations at a library near you to grab a copy.
eBook and audiobook copies are available by searching Novanet or the Libby app. To borrow materials, just log in with your NetID and password.
First time borrowing an eBook? Get more information and guidance on borrowing eBooks from Dal Libraries.
About Dal Reads
Dal Reads is the university’s unity reading program – it’s designed to encourage our Dal community to share their love of reading. Dal Reads selections are provided for free and come in ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Launched in 2009, the program brings the Dalhousie community together through the shared experience of reading the same book and taking part in programming and events.
On September 12, DMP Assistant, the national bilingual data management planning tool, enabled institutional and social ID logins. This means you can log in with your Dalhousie credentials – and you have one less password to remember!
To move your existing account to a single sign-on account:
To make a new account with single sign-on:
If you need support, contact the DMP Assistant Team or Dalhousie Libraries’ Research Data Management Team.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we move through the phases of the Killam Library Deep Energy Retrofit Project.
The next phase of the project requires closures on the fourth floor of the Killam Library including the Grad Pad and quiet study rooms. Closures will happen in 3 stages and are scheduled to avoid closing during both the December and April exam periods.
Phase 4-1: Closed for Construction November 1 – January 24
Phase 4-2: Closed for Construction December 4 – January 3
Phase 4-3: Closed for Construction January 25– March 31
Alternative seating for phase 4-3: the study carrels that run along the perimeter of the book stacks are available during this time.
Welcome back to the Killam Library! Based on data collected during assessment, and feedback and recommendations we collected from our users this year, we’ve made some changes to the noise level designations on each floor.
As always, if you are seated in a quiet or silent area and have noisy neighbours you can text us at 902-220-5318.
Noise Level Designations:
| Conversation Friendly Areas | Quiet Study Areas | Silent Study Areas |
|---|---|---|
| Talking and group work allowed | Quiet conversation | No talking |
| Use Headphones with all devices | Use Headphones with all devices | Use Headphones with all devices |
| Phones must be on silent | Phones must be on silent. Leave quiet area to take calls | Phones must be on silent. Leave silent area to take calls |
First Floor/Main Level
Second Floor
Third Floor
Fourth Floor
Fifth Floor
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
By Shannon Bateman
A new edition of Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry is now available.
Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry is the standard reference work for chemistry and chemical and life science engineering. First published in 1914 by Professor Fritz Ullmann in Berlin, generations of chemists have come to rely on the encyclopedia as the source on industrial chemistry. Ullmann’s is fully international in scope and compiled under the supervision of a renowned global Editorial Advisory Board.
This sixth edition covers inorganic and organic chemicals, advanced materials, pharmaceuticals, polymers and plastics, metals and alloys, biotechnology and biotechnological products, food chemistry, process engineering and unit operations, analytical methods, environmental protection, and more. Students and researchers alike will find complete coverage of the science and technology in all areas of industrial chemistry, including over 1000 major articles written by experts in the field.
Access Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry online (Dal credentials required for off-campus access).
By Jenna Green
A new edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code is now available.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is the global source of standards. Founded in 1880, the ASME promotes collaboration and development across all disciplines of engineering. In 1914, the first edition of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, previously called ASME Boiler Code – Rules for the Construction of Stationary Boilers and for the Allowable Working Pressures, was issued in response to multiple boiler-related explosions that occurred in New England.
The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code is the standard set of rules and regulations for the design and construction of power boilers. With access to the 2024 edition, mechanical engineering students, faculty, and professionals can be sure that they have the most accurate standard in the field.
The 2024 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code is available in the Sexton Library Reserve Readings Collection for in-library use only.
The Killam Atrium will be closed from May 6 – August 12 as part of the Killam Library Deep Energy Retrofit Project.
There will be no access to the atrium and food services in that area (Second Cup, Subway, and Bento) will be closed.
Closure of the atrium will enable:
A large swing stage will be erected and will move clockwise around the atrium to enable window cleaning and replacements. This work is primarily why the atrium must close.
A covered walkway will usher people through the Atrium from the main entrance to the Killam Library. Additionally, staff and library users can use the back entrance (Howe Hall side).
Thank you for your patience during this significant phase of the retrofit!
Please note: Due to construction related to the Killam Library Retrofit Project, the Killam will be closed on Friday, August 2, and will not reopen until Tuesday, August 6.
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The Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries (CAAL) announced the opening of the Atlantic OER Development Grants 2024 cycle in May. Applicants were invited to submit proposals for funding to create new open textbooks, adapt existing open textbooks, or create new ancillary materials.
CAAL recently announced the recipients of this year’s Atlantic OER Development Grants, including two successful applicants from Dalhousie. Congratulations to Hannah Rosborough, Instruction and Scholarly Communication Librarian at the Sir James Dunn Law Library, and Matthew Walker from the School of Performing Arts!
Hannah Rosborough received a creation grant to create an accessibly designed Legal Citation Guide that will benefit students and legal professionals. It will include commonly cited primary and secondary sources, explain specific components of legal citation, and contain a glossary of legal sources. Tailored to law students, it will provide guidance for formatting legal documents and major papers.
Matthew Walker received a creation grant to develop a textbook entitled Devised Theatre Tools for Actor Training, which will articulate how devised methods and collaborative models can serve the actor in training. The collaborative nature of devised training seeks to give actors greater autonomy and empower them as artists. The book will help artists explore the parts of their own complex identity they wish to represent in their work.
Check out the full list of 2024 recipients.