The Red Dress Day exhibit in the Ko’jua Okuom in the Killam Memorial Library.
May 5 is Red Dress Day, a day of honouring missing and murdered Indigenous people.
Learn more about Red Dress Day.
Learn more about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) by reading the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Please join us in wishing Michelle Paon all the best on the occasion of her retirement from the Dalhousie Libraries.
Michelle started working with the Dal Libraries in the summer of 1997 as an MLIS graduate student intern. A few years later, she was hired as a part-time Evening & Weekend Librarian at the Killam Library, a role she held for three academic years. In 2002, Michelle was appointed as a science librarian, supporting faculty and students in biology, environment, oceanography, and marine management, and for shorter periods, psychology and neuroscience, sustainability, and Indigenous issues. She has been an inspiration and a mentor in the Dal Libraries as a leader in the delivery of effective liaison librarian services.
In addition to her liaison duties, Michelle was actively involved in larger initiatives such as the establishment of DalSpace and the Killam Library Learning Commons – at the time, both ground-breaking projects for a Canadian research library.
In 2018, Michelle was appointed to the role of interim Associate University Librarian Resources and Head of Sexton Library, and later, she became the Associate Dean Resources. While at the Sexton Library, Michelle provided leadership to a team of professional librarians and a team of staff and student employees, serving the faculties of Engineering and Architecture & Planning. In her role as Associate Dean Resources, she successfully oversaw the development of a streaming video acquisitions process and oversaw a system-wide budget of more than $7 million, led the Resources team, and oversaw the libraries’ sixth branch, our website.
Michelle is a caring and thoughtful colleague. She was a founding member of the Dal Libraries green team, a team that was responsible for staff education on adopting more sustainable practices. She is also deeply committed to reconciliation, regularly attending seminars and lectures and taking courses from Indigenous Elders and scholars every year.
We will all miss Michelle’s kind nature and gentle mentorship as we wish her all the best in her well-earned retirement!
Sir James Dunn Law Library
Wednesday, December 21: 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Thursday, December 22: 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Friday, December 23: 8 a.m.–12 p.m.
December 24–January 2: CLOSED
Regular hours resume on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
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W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library
Monday, December 19–Thursday, December 22: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Friday, December 23: 8 a.m.–12 p.m.
December 24–January 2: CLOSED
Regular hours resume on Tuesday, January, 3 2023.
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Kellogg Learning Library Commons
Wednesday, December 21–Thursday, December 22: 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
Friday, December 23: 7:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
December 24–January 2: CLOSED
Regular hours resume on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
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Killam Memorial Library
Wednesday, December 21 & Thursday, December 22: 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
Friday, December 23: 7:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
December 24–January 2: CLOSED
Tuesday, January 3–Friday, January 6: 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
Saturday, January 7 & Sunday, January 8: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Regular hours resume on Monday, January 9, 2023.
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MacRae Library
Saturday, December 17: 12–5 p.m.
Sunday, December 18: 12–9 p.m.
Monday, December 19–Thursday, December 22: 8 a.m.–6 p.m.
Friday, December 23: 8 a.m.–12 p.m.
December 24–January 2: CLOSED
Tuesday, January 3–Friday, January 6: 8 a.m.–6 p.m.
Saturday, January 7: CLOSED
Sunday, January 8: 12–5 p.m.
Regular hours resume Monday, January 9.
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Sexton Design & Technology Library
Tuesday, December 20–Thursday, December 22: 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Friday, December 23: 8 a.m.–12 p.m.
December 24–January 2: CLOSED
Tuesday, January 3–Friday, January 6: 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Saturday, January 7 & Sunday, January 8: CLOSED
Regular hours resume Monday, January 9, 2023
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Wallace McCain Learning Commons
Wednesday, December 21 & Thursday, December 22: 8 a.m.–6 p.m.
Friday, December 23: 8 a.m.–12 p.m.
December 24–January 2: CLOSED
Tuesday, January 3–Friday, January 6: 8 a.m.–6 p.m.
Saturday, January 7 & Sunday, January 8: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Regular hours resume Monday, January 9.
Please join us in welcoming Robin Bishop to the Dalhousie Libraries. Robin is the new Manager, Acquisitions and Content Management on the Resources Team.
Robin comes to us with a strong background in academic libraries, having worked as the Manager, Library Services at the Higher Colleges of Technology Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates where she provided leadership for 40+ technical services and campus library staff to deliver services, training, and access to 100+ databases across 14 campus libraries, serving over 20,000 students. Prior to that, she also worked as a Library Supervisor in Dubai, UAE at the Higher Colleges of Technology where she led the strategic planning process, library services, and the annual acquisitions budget across two Dubai libraries for 4,000+ students and 300 staff.
Prior to her time in the UAE, Robin worked in California where she guided librarians and library staff through the design and implementation of customized computing environments around the world, and in Washington where she was part of a team that provided computers to public libraries in low-income communities for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Robin holds a Master of Library & Information Studies from the University of Alberta as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of New Brunswick.
by Jackie Phinney, Courtney Svab, and Maddie Hare
Dalhousie Libraries is excited to announce that we now offer electronic access to the full publication history of The Lancet. The journal was founded in 1823 and has over 10,000 published issues. The journal was founded by Thomas Wakley as an independent, international weekly general medical journal. For over two centuries, The Lancet has provided knowledge to the medical community so that it can better serve and transform society. Items dating between 1823 and 1994 that were previously only available in print are now available for on-the-spot online use through the Dalhousie Libraries.
The Lancet is a leading general medical journal worldwide and publishes scientific research designed to improve health, as well as shape clinical practice and health policy. Publications by the journal include, but are not limited to:
The Lancet is a hybrid journal and offers open-access publishing options. It is also indexed by many databases Dalhousie Libraries provide access to, including Medline, Embase, PsycInfo, Biological Abstracts, and CINAHL. Dalhousie Libraries is pleased to provide digital access to this journal.
Dalhousie faculty, staff, students, and visitors to our library locations can access the full Lancet publication history by searching for the journal through the eJournals tab on Novanet. Once on the journal page, users can access Lancet issues published between 1823 to 1994 using the ‘Elsevier SD Backfile Complete’ option under the “View Online” full text availability heading. To access issues dating between 1995 to the present year, users can select the ‘CRKN Elsevier Additional Journals’ option under the View Online full text availability heading. Dalhousie Libraries is delighted to offer these access options.
Due to repairs needed to be made to the compact shelving, there could be noisy disruptions throughout the day in the W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library. The Kellogg Library Learning Commons in the CHEB is available as an alternative quiet space. We apologize for the inconvenience.
On January 13, 2023, after more than 40 years at the Dalhousie University Libraries, Andrew Finch will begin his retirement. Due to vacation, his last day of work will be Friday, November 25.
Andrew’s career at the Libraries started as a student employee in September 1979. On December 16, 1982, he accepted the position of Evening Circulation Supervisor in the Circulation Department of the Killam Library. After four years in the evening position Andrew accepted a promotion, in May of 1986, to the Reserve Library Assistant position in the MacDonald Science Library, Circulation Department.
In August 1989, the Science Library Circulation merged with the Killam Circulation Department and Andrew’s duties evolved into Circulation Database Assistant. By the early 1990s, Andrew was working in Circulation as well as Technical Services where he provided collections support and worked with Government documents. In 1997, Andrew, along with other members of the access services and technical services teams, played an important role in the very successful integration of the Maritime School of Social Work Collection. This integration took a phenomenal effort and was extremely well done.
Andrew is finishing up a long career in the Libraries as a full-time Library Assistant in the Access Services Department of the Killam Library. Please join us in wishing him all the best as he begins this new chapter of his life.
Due to a disaster simulation exercise in the CHEB presented by the C3LR Team and the Faculty of Medicine on Saturday, November 26, the CHEB, including the Kellogg Library Learning Commons, will be closed for the day. We apologize for the inconvenience.
If you’re in need of a library space on Saturday, the following Dalhousie Libraries locations will be open:
Please join us this Friday, November 25 at 3:45 p.m. as we partner with the English Department to host Tłı̨chǫ Dene author and storyteller Richard Van Camp as part of their Friday Speaker Series.
Richard’s talk is titled The Joy of Reclaiming Family Medicines for Yourself, Your Community and for Future Generations, and it will take place on Zoom.
Richard describes his talk as follows: “Please join us for this lively conversation with Tłı̨chǫ Dene author and storyteller Richard Van Camp as he shares his journey of reclaiming family recipes, photos, videos, lullabies, songs, names, cooking techniques and more. We promise uplifting stories and everyone who attend will receive gifts from Richard just for being the sweet miracle that you are.”
In addition to the gifts Richard has prepared for all attendees, the organizers will also have a draw for a few of Richard’s books.
Link to register: https://tinyurl.com/Van-Camp
Please join us in welcoming Ratna Dhaliwal to the Dalhousie Libraries. Ratna, who is based in the Killam, is the new Collections & Metadata Librarian. Her first day was November 1.
As a member of the Resources team, Ratna will provide leadership and oversight related to metadata, cataloguing, and resource discovery to the Libraries’ community, as well as contribute to collections management decisions. She is a recent graduate of the Master of Information program at Dalhousie University and she holds a Diploma in Library Information Technology from Langara College and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Film Studies from Brock University.
Ratna has previously worked as an eResources Assistant in Collections Services at the University of Saskatchewan, an Information Assistant in Collections Development at the King’s College Library (UK), a Library Technician/Cataloguer at Inspire Health in Vancouver and as a School of Information Management Summer Student in Instructional Development at the Patrick Power Library, Saint Mary’s University. As a Dalhousie graduate student, Ratna also worked as both a teaching assistant and a research assistant.