Due to the forecast, all locations of the Dalhousie Libraries will close by 5 p.m. today (unless the location was already scheduled to close earlier).
Stay safe, everyone!
Library Hours Feb 28–End of term
SIR JAMES DUNN LAW LIBRARY
Monday–Thursday: 8 a.m.–10 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Saturday: 12–6 p.m.
Sunday: 12–8 p.m.
CLOSED: FRIDAY, APRIL 15 (GOOD FRIDAY)
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W.K. KELLOGG HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY (Tupper Building)
Monday–Thursday: 8 a.m.–9 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: 12–4 p.m.
CLOSED: FRIDAY, APRIL 15 (GOOD FRIDAY)
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KELLOGG LIBRARY LEARNING COMMONS (CHEB)
Sunday–Saturday: 8 a.m.*–11 p.m.
*The space opens at 7:30 a.m. Monday–Friday, with services starting at 8 a.m.
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KILLAM MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Monday–Friday: 8 a.m.*–11 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: 10 a.m.–11 p.m.
*The space opens at 7:30 a.m. Monday–Friday, with services starting at 8 a.m.
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MACRAE LIBRARY
Monday–Thursday: 8 a.m.–11 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m.–6 p.m. (Open 12 p.m.–12 a.m. on Friday, April 15)
Saturday: 12–5 p.m.
Sunday: 12–11 p.m.
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SEXTON DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY LIBRARY
Monday–Thursday: 8 a.m.–11 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m.–9 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m.–10 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m.–11 p.m.
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WALLACE MCCAIN LEARNING COMMONS
Monday–Friday: 8 a.m.–10 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: 10 a.m.–10 p.m.
Welcome Louise Gillis, Research Data Management Librarian
Louise Gillis
We are pleased to announce that Louise Gillis is the new Research Data Management Librarian for the Dalhousie Libraries.
Louise is a familiar face to many of us at Dalhousie from her time in the Libraries as a limited term librarian, which wrapped up in December 2021. In that term position, Louise served in several librarian roles including Data, Psychology, Post-Graduate Medicine/Medicine, Pharmacy, and Research Data Management.
Before joining the Dal Libraries, Louise worked as a research librarian in Australia and as a bookmobile librarian in Nova Scotia. In addition to holding her Master of Library and Information Science, Louise holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.
In this new role, Louise will be responsible for supporting research data management throughout the research life cycle. She will be available for individual consultations, workshops, and presentations while also serving as a resource on national policy and best practices to keep the Dal community informed and involved with the changing landscape for research data management planning, preservation, discovery, and reuse. Louise will be a key part of the Research and Scholarly Communications Team, led by the Associate Dean Research & Scholarly Communications & Head of the Kellogg Library. The Research Data Management Librarian is also responsible for delivering liaison librarian services to the College of Pharmacy including instruction, reference and research support, and collections development.
Thanks very much to the selection committee chaired by Robin Parker and including Jackie Phinney, Shelley McKibbon, Erin MacPherson, Julie Marcoux, and Dr. Jennifer Isenor.
Please join us in welcoming Louise back to the Dalhousie Libraries!
Phil Laugher: New Digital Asset Technician
Please join us in welcoming Phil Laugher to the role of Digital Asset Technician.
Previously, Phil worked as a Library Services Assistant in the Killam performing front-line Access Services duties at the KLSP and performing Resources work, which included organizing, searching, and appraising gifts and donations and training colleagues in how to do so. Phil was also responsible for retrieving and sending MARC records for Federal and Provincial OA government documents to the Novanet Office for loading into the catalogue for the benefit of all Novanet libraries as well as for doing EBSCO serials renewals for the Killam and Sexton libraries. He also did a lot of cataloguing, including fixing or verifying name and subject authorities and upgrading subpar MARC records. We know Phil will be sorely missed by the Access Services and Resources Teams. Thanks to Gail Fraser for supplying many of these details!
In this new role, Phil will coordinate the digital collection activities across the Dal Libraries and the daily operations of the digitization facilities. He will also be digitizing and disseminating library and archival materials, training project team members, and contributing to the development of policies and technical documentation for digitization and digital collections development.
Welcome to the Archives, Phil!
Sarah Stevenson: New Associate Dean Archives, Records Management, and Special Collections
Please join us in welcoming Sarah Stevenson to the role of Associate Dean Archives, Records Management, and Special Collections. In addition to this new Associate Dean portfolio, Sarah will also remain as the Head of the Killam Memorial Library, a role she has been serving in since 2016.
Although this is a new title for Sarah, she is not an unfamiliar face in the Archives. In 2021, Sarah took on the duties of the Associate Dean Archives, Records Management, and Special Collections while Michael Moosberger was on leave. We are grateful to have an experienced leader transitioning into this role to work with the fabulous Archives, Records Management, and Special Collections team.
In this role, Sarah plans to build on the previous Associate Dean’s accomplishments, with the ultimate goal of making it easier for researchers to discover what we have by increasing the visibility of our collections and services in the Archives and Special Collections. Sarah’s aspirations include increasing the number of our holdings that are represented in the catalogue (AtoM), improving the promotion and discovery of our special collections, building on the success of our fledgling records management program, and providing support and a renewed vision for the digitization program.
As Head of the Killam Memorial Library, Sarah will continue to provide leadership in the development and provision of knowledgeable and flexible library services and sustainable collection development.
Welcome to the fifth floor, Sarah!
The Secret Admirers’ Society — with six surprise authors (Feb. 15)
Feel the love! Join six surprise authors as their secret literary admirers are revealed and they talk about the writing and writers they admire. Discover the usually hidden lines of influence and appreciation that crisscross Nova Scotia writing.
This panel is presented by the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia, Dalhousie Libraries, and Penguin Random House Canada,
which has donated an awesome “door prize” for this virtual event. Everyone who registers will get a chance to win the prize which includes books by a three-time winner of the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award. (Hint, hint…)
This event is free to attend and will be held on Zoom on Tuesday, Feb 15, from 7:30–9 p.m. Register to receive the link to attend.
Library Hours Feb 14–27
When entering Dalhousie Libraries spaces you must be wearing a 3-ply mask. Eating and drinking (expect for water) is not permitted in the libraries at this time.
SIR JAMES DUNN LAW LIBRARY
Monday–Thursday: 8 a.m.–10 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Saturday: 12–6 p.m.
Sunday: 12–8 p.m.
Heritage Day (Mon., Feb. 21): CLOSED
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W.K. KELLOGG HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY (Tupper Building)
Monday–Friday: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: 12–4 p.m.
Heritage Day (Mon., Feb. 21): CLOSED
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KELLOGG LIBRARY LEARNING COMMONS (CHEB)
Sunday–Saturday: 8 a.m.*–11 p.m.
Heritage Day (Mon., Feb. 21): 1–8 p.m.
*The space opens at 7:30 a.m. Monday–Friday, with services starting at 8 a.m.
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KILLAM MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Monday–Friday: 8 a.m.*–11 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: 10 a.m.–11 p.m.
Heritage Day (Mon., Feb. 21): 1–8 p.m.
*The space opens at 7:30 a.m. Monday–Friday, with services starting at 8 a.m.
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MACRAE LIBRARY
Monday–Thursday: 8 a.m.–9 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m.–6 p.m.
Saturday: 12–5 p.m.
Sunday: 12–9 p.m.
Heritage Day (Mon., Feb. 21): 12–5 p.m.
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SEXTON DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY LIBRARY
Monday–Friday: 8 a.m.–6 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: 12–5 p.m.
Heritage Day (Mon., Feb. 21): CLOSED
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WALLACE MCCAIN LEARNING COMMONS
Monday–Friday: 8 a.m.–10 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: 10 a.m.–10 p.m.
Heritage Day (Mon., Feb. 21): CLOSED
Love Data Week
by Gwen MacNairn, Erin MacPherson, Lachlan MacLeod, James Boxall, and Julie Marcoux
Do you love data? Or do you want to know more about data before going to the next step? Whether you have lots of experience with data or are just starting to dip your toes in to the data pool, then International Love Data Week is for you. As this year’s theme of International Love Data Week is “Data is for everyone”, the Dalhousie Libraries will be hosting a series of presentations on data that will introduce you to the many different aspects of data, whether you are new or experienced. Taking place from February 14–18, these 30-minute presentations will cover things like:
- A hands-on introduction to the basics of data
- Tips for managing your research data
- GIS and geospatial data
- Where to find data
To register for these sessions and other Dal Libraries sessions, check out the Libraries Events calendar: https://dal.libcal.com/calendar/events
New Journal Subscription to BMJ Case Reports (With 100% Author Processing Charge Discount!)
by Jackie Phinney
The Dalhousie Libraries is pleased to announce a new subscription and open-access fellowship to BMJ Case Reports.
With a large collection of case reports across multiple healthcare disciplines (including medical specialties, rehabilitation, dentistry/oral health, and more) BMJ Case Reports publishes cases that are peer-reviewed and focus on valuable clinical lessons related to unexpected outcomes (including adverse drug reactions), novel treatments (new drug/intervention as well as new application of familiar drugs/interventions) and rare disease. Dalhousie’s subscription, supported through the WK Kellogg Health Sciences Library, provides access to content from 2008–present and can be accessed using your Dalhousie NetID and password.
With Dalhousie’s Institutional Fellowship, Dalhousie researchers can publish open access content in BMJ Case Reports without paying author processing fees (APCs). This means your article will be openly accessible to practitioners, decision-makers, and researchers anywhere, regardless of affiliation or access to institutional subscriptions!
Dalhousie researchers who wish to submit to BMJ Case Reports using our 100% APC discount can start the submission process via casereports.bmj.com. At the end of the submission process, enter our fellowship code, which you can obtain by sending a request to kellogg@dal.ca from your Dalhousie email address.
For more information on other APC discounts available to Dalhousie researchers, please check out the APC page of the Dal Libraries’ Open-Access subject guide found here: https://dal.ca.libguides.com/open_access/apc.
Open Scholarship Survey
by Melissa Rothfus, Scholarly Communications Librarian
“Open research” or “open scholarship” includes a broad range of practices throughout the process of conducting research. These include, but are by no means limited to, deposit of publications, abstracts, posters or presentations in repositories, open sharing of data and open access of formal publications. These practices come with a range of benefits, including greater dissemination and impact of research, reduced redundancy and greater value from research investment, and more equitable opportunities to benefit from and contribute to research. At the same time, a range of possible challenges can hamper or prevent researchers from engaging in open practices.
While academic librarians and others are often eager to support and promote open practices in order to further the advancement of research, they are not always on the same page as the researchers they want to assist. Understanding the practices, concerns and barriers to open scholarship practices can help librarians develop useful programming, but also drive positive changes in practice and policy in the dynamic world of scholarly communications to address current problems.
With that in mind, researchers from Dalhousie Libraries invite all graduate students, post-docs, staff, and faculty who do research to participate in a survey on open scholarship until February 25. Participation is voluntary and responses are anonymous. The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete. This project has received Research Ethics Board approval: REB file # 2021-5866 and is supported by a CARL (Canadian Association of Research Libraries) Research in Librarianship grant.
If you have any questions please reach out to me at melissa.rothfus@dal.ca. Please click here to participate.