A shout-out to the W. K. Kellogg Library’s own Cindy Miller who recently returned from the Canada +55 Games in Alberta. Cindy plays on the Nova Scotia women’s hockey team, and they took home a silver medal. Congrats, ladies!
Cindy is in the front row, 2nd from the right.
What is a Lunchless Learn? It’s a hands-on tutorial, held around lunchtime, open to all on campus (without the food).
A GIS, or Geographic Information System, is “a computer system for capturing, storing, checking, integrating, manipulating, analyzing and displaying data relating to positions on earth’s surface.” In other words, it’s an easy and fun way to look at the world differently.
This series gives people a taste of what GIS is and how it can be used. We are offering the same session at different times and locations, so choose the one that fits your schedule best. These sessions are meant to be self contained; after the intro session–take only the topics that are of interest to you.
Due to the high level of interest in these sessions, we ask you to sign up for each session. To sign up, contact gis@dal.ca
Intro – First Encounters of the GIS Kind
Tues., Sept. 16/11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Room G70, Killam Library, Studley Campus
Wed., Sept. 24/noon–1:30 p.m. Room C300, C Building, Sexton Campus
Thurs., Oct. 2/11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Room G70, Killam Library, Studley Campus
Data: So You Want to Make a Map – where and how to find data
Wed., Oct. 8/noon–2 p.m. Room C300, C Building, Sexton Campus
Tues., Oct. 14/11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Room G70, Killam Library, Studley Campus
Raster – How to Become a Raster Master
Wed., Oct. 22/noon–1:30 p.m. Room C300, C Building, Sexton Campus
Tues., Oct. 28/11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Room G70, Killam Library, Studley Campus
Carto: Maps – the good, the bad, and the ugly
Tues., Nov. 4/11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Room G70, Killam Library, Studley Campus
Wed., Nov. 12/noon–1:30 p.m. Room C300, C Building, Sexton Campus
New this year! ArcGIS Online – GIS that’s in the Cloud(s)!
Tues., Nov. 18/11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Room G70, Killam Library, Studley Campus
And don’t forget, the GISciences Centre is located on the second floor of the Killam Library.
Andrea is from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her undergrad is a double major in film and German studies. While still living in Winnipeg, Andrea volunteered with the Winnipeg Film Group organizing their film collection. She also volunteered at high school library. “I really enjoyed the process of searching for information. I am particularly interested in film archiving.”
She came to Halifax to go to school and to pursue a professional career. She feels that Halifax is a kindred community to Winnipeg because it’s small and has a great culture scene.
This summer, one of the projects Andrea is working on involves working on digitizing some of the paper files from the collection of materials in the Archives from the Centre for Art Tapes.
Andrea still doesn’t know exactly what she’d like to do upon graduation, but she’d be interested in staying in Halifax, while being open to going anywhere in Canada.
Kaitlin is from Vancouver and holds a degree in history and political science from the University of British Columbia. Prior to working in a library, she volunteered with the Vancouver City Archives and found that she really enjoyed it. She also worked as a flight attendant for the United Nations for a year. She was stationed out of Juba and Darfur and lived on a military base during that time.
She enrolled in the MLIS program because she was interested in working with people, from a social and educational perspective, but wasn’t interested in becoming a social worker or a teacher. “I like connecting people to information and teaching them how to use information. I like helping them to determine what is reliable information, and what’s not.”
Kaitlin is spending her summer internship at the Kellogg Health Sciences Library, helping them to prepare for an upcoming move and providing reference assistance. “I love health sciences because I know that equipping health care professionals with information helps them to make better decisions for their patients. I also did a 3-week practicum at Capital Health, which really ignited my interest in this area of librarianship,” said Kaitlin.
“I came to Halifax because I was interested in moving, but I didn’t want to be away from the ocean. People who have graduated from the MLIS program at Dal speak very highly of it and the work experience opportunities provided. I think this program really equips grads to be hireable, which of course is my ultimate goal,” said Kaitlin.
Hailing from Eagle River, Alaska, Valerie Collins is the intern who has probably travelled the farthest to get to Dalhousie this year. Before coming to Dal, Valerie did a Bachelor of Arts, with a double major in English and German, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
“I was one of those kids who grew up saying, ‘I want to be a librarian,’” said Valerie. But she wasn’t serious about it until she researched LIS programs in the last year of her undergraduate studies, and discovered how broad and innovative the field could be. “The program wasn’t offered in Alaska, so I decided that if I was going to leave then I should go far, and that’s part of what brought me to Halifax,” she said.
In addition to working on DalSpace, Dalhousie’s institutional repository, Valerie is spending her summer working on tutorial videos for the library, and providing reference assistance at the Killam Library Service Point.
Eventually, she plans to return to Alaska, but she hopes to stay in Canada for a while.
Valerie was also the recipient of the 2014 Stephanie Downs Memorial Award. Congratulations, Valerie!
Take a look at the fall hours for the academic term, starting soon at a library near you.
John is a law student with experience in libraries, having spent a year working the information desk at the Captain William Spry Public Library, a branch of Halifax Public Libraries. He is from Sackville, Nova Scotia and has already completed a medieval history degree from Dal, graduating with honours.
John started law school this past fall. “I am interested in the challenges that technology poses in law. I saw that the Sir James Dunn Law Library posted a work term, and thought it would be a great opportunity, especially with my library background. I also spent a lot of my first year in law school at the library, and I loved the environment. I love to help people find things and law is such a specialized area of knowledge that a background is law is very helpful in this library. People come in with very specific, law-related questions,” he said.
This summer he’s been working on compiling a list of changes that appear in the most recent version of the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, a standard text all law students use when citing cases. He’s going through the book chapter by chapter and compiling the changes, and eventually he’ll be putting together a LibGuide highlighting the changes to help students navigate what’s new in the latest version of the text.
John is interested in the kinds of issues that arise when law and new technology meet, such as issues raised by autonomous vehicles (self-driving cars) and the right to be forgotten, a hot topic in Europe right now as people apply to try to have information about themselves removed from the internet. John hopes to work in a law firm in the future, but he is having a great summer at the Sir James Dunn Law Library. “This is the best summer job I’ve ever had. I love the people and the work,” he said.
Sir James Dunn Law Library
Monday–Wednesday: 8 a.m.–10:45 p.m.
Thursday: 8 a.m.–8 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Saturday: noon–6 p.m.
Sunday: noon–10:45 p.m.
Effective September 15
W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library
Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m.*–11 p.m.
Friday: 7:30 a.m.*–7 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m.–11 p.m.
* Note: Circulation opens at 8 a.m. Mon.–Fri.
Effective September 5
Killam Memorial Library
Monday–Friday: 8 a.m.–midnight
Saturday & Sunday:10 a.m.–midnight
Effective September 4
Dalhousie University Archives & Special Collections Reading Room
(temporarily located in room 5105, Killam Library, due to renovations)
Monday–Friday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
GISciences Centre
(located second floor, Killam Library)
Monday–Friday: 9 a.m.–noon & 1 p.m.–4 p.m.
MacRae Library
Monday–Thursday: 8:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
Saturday: noon–5 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m.–10:30 p.m.
Effective September 4
Sexton Design & Technology Library
Monday–Thursday: 8 a.m.–midnight
Friday: 8 a.m.–9 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m.–10 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m.–midnight
Effective September 2
Andrew is from Edmonton, Alberta, where he completed his Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Alberta. Andrew discovered through his research that Dalhousie University offers a combined degree in both law and information management. This unique program provides the skills, knowledge, and experience to excel in areas that deal with digital privacy, intellectual property, and data analysis. When he finishes the four year program, Andrew will have both an MLIS (Masters of Library and Information Studies) and a JD (Juris Doctor) degree.
In addition to providing reference and research support at the Killam Library Service Point this summer, Andrew will be helping to implement LibAnalytics, a product that simplifies data collection and allows for more robust data analysis. This software will further encourage evidence-based decision making at Dalhousie libraries.
Dal Libraries staff member Johnelle Sciocchetti will be at the Atlantic Fringe Festival again this year with another new play. This is Johnelle’s third year in a row writing and directing for the Fringe, but this year she’s also performing in the play. In addition to Johnelle, the production also stars Jordan Gracie with special guest Jacob Carey.
Johnelle’s theatre group Wildfire Theatre Society presents How To Win A Guy, a comedic show inspired by the bizarre flirtation guidelines in Cosmopolitan magazine, as part of the 24th Atlantic Fringe Festival. Motivated by the comedic genius of Lotus Weinstock, How To Win A Guy (HTWAG) combines ridiculous flirting, desperation, and a healthy dose of romantic insanity.
HTWAG will play on the following dates:
Friday, Aug. 29 – 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 30 – 7 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 31 – 9:15 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 1 – 4 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 4 – 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 7 – 4 p.m.
All shows will take place at the Living Room (2353 Agricola St.).
Tickets are $6 and can be bought in advance online at http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-to-win-a-guy-tickets-12658490887 or at the venue before each show.
For More Information Contact:
Johnelle Sciocchetti (Wildfire Theatre Society)
(902)456-6191
jh625998@dal.ca
