An introduction to Open Educational Resources / Open Textbooks (webinar)

March 11, 2016 Marlo MacKay

The Dal Libraries and the Centre for Learning & Teaching (CLT) have organized an introductory webinar about Open Educational Resources / Open Textbooks. It will be held on Friday, March 18 at 12 p.m. in the Killam Library, room B400 (in the basement). You can also attend remotely. Details and registration can be found here: http://www.dal.ca/dept/clt/events-news/Calendar%20of%20Events/2016/04/15/an_introduction_to_open_educational_resources.html

Problems with EBSCOhost databases RESOLVED

March 8, 2016 Marlo MacKay

Update: The problem has been resolved. (Thursday, March 9, 8:58 a.m.)

You may encounter problems if you are using the Get it @Dal button today to access any EBSCOhost databases. You may get the error message: “A System Problem has Occurred. We’re sorry, your request could not be processed due an internal server error. To continue with your session, please click here.”

We apologize for the inconvenience and we’ll let you know here when it’s resolved. Ebsco is working to resolve this problem.

Esri Canada GIS Scholarships Program

February 3, 2016 Marlo MacKay

Through the Esri Canada GIS Scholarships program, Esri Canada is proud to recognize students at Canadian post-secondary institutions who are involved in projects. The scholarships are provided through schools, Dalhousie being one of 50 schools across the country, that demonstrate strong, multidisciplinary GIS courses and programs. This scholarship provides recipients with great networking opportunities, funding and access to extensive GIS resources including Esri ARCGIS software, books and training to develop their GIS skills and knowledge.

Awards

The Dalhousie award will be divided into two scholarships: one for graduate students and one for undergraduate students.

Graduate

$1500 from Esri Canada
A perpetual license for Esri’s ArcGIS software for educational and research purposes and one year of complimentary maintenance license
One Esri Canada instructor-led training course
A virtual campus premium annual user license
A one-year subscription to the Esri Developer Network (EDN)
Registration for one of Esri Canada’s User Conferences in 2016

Undergraduate

$1000 from Esri Canada
Select Esri Press publications
One Esri Canada instructor-led training course

Eligibility

Applicants must be registered as full-time students at Dalhousie University in the term when the award is being assessed. Students must also have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 (B+) or higher.

Expectations of the scholarship recipients

The successful candidate will be asked to submit to Esri Canada a poster demonstrating their project, lab work, or interesting research in a special setting (eg. promoting education, conservation, disaster response, urban planning, business, engineering, social science, et cetera) and its outcomes using Esri’s ArcGIS software as the focus of the work. Along with the poster, the successful candidate will be asked to provide a write up summary of his or her work in the form of a paper with maps that express or visualize the project effort. The poster and write up are due to the selection committee by the end of the school year in which the award is provided to be displayed at the local Esri User Conference.

We also expect the students to meet with an Esri Canada representative for a photo-op of receiving the award and be willing to be featured in a DalNews article on the scholarships.

Application process

The following must be submitted by email to Mike.McAllister@dal.ca with subject line “Esri Scholarship Application” or by hardcopy in a sealed envelope to the main reception of the Faculty of Computer Science, 6050 University Ave.

Applicants should address the elements of the selection criteria in their submission.

The submissions must include the following information:

Cover page with your name, student number and contact information, your major, and minors
Academic transcript (unofficial one is acceptable)
A summary of significant course work and/or postgraduate research using Esri technology. Courses of particular interest that should be highlighted to the committee are:

Courses in which GIS is a core focus of the course
Applied GIS courses
Remote sensing course
ESRI online certificates (providing copies of the certificates)

A summary of projects relating to or using Esri technology. A summary can consist of of:

A digital copy of a poster demonstrating the use of GIS
A GIS-based web site
A written description (two page maximum) of a project that includes use of and analysis with GIS. The submission should include an illustration of the results.

A maximum of one page description of what you would do with a 1 year supply of Esri software, virtual campus and access to instructor led learning courses

Deadlines

All applications must be submitted, either in hardcopy or electronically to Mike.McAllister@dal.ca by noon on Monday, February 8, 2016.

Announcement of the scholarship recipients

The recipients of the award will be notified on or before February 16, 2016.

Additional information

For more information on the Esri Scholarship contest

http://www.esri.ca/sites/default/files/filemanager/GIS_Scholarships/2014_FAQ_for_students_ENG.pdf

http://www.esri.ca/en/content/esri-canada-gis-scholarships

Do you use Dalhousie Libraries’ Subject Guides for research help and ideas?

June 25, 2015 Michele Charlton

On July 1^st, our Subject Guides will be going through a system and interface upgrade. During this time, there may be minor interruptions and downtime.

Old Site

New site

The helpful content on the guides will remain the same, but the guides themselves will have a different look. The pages for the Subject Guides will now be accessible via side navigation rather than top navigation.

If you visit our Subject Guides homepage at www.dal.ca.libguides.com after July 1^st (or by clicking “Subject Guides” from the Libraries homepage), you’ll be able to browse through a list of all of our guides, as well as a list of many of our online databases and resources.

If you are a frequent user of our Subject Guides, we hope you enjoy the new interface. If you’ve never used the guides before, we encourage you to check them out!

Seed Library Opening for Second Season

April 22, 2015 Michele Charlton

Happy Earth Day! On Wednesday, April 22, the MacRae Library on Dalhousie’s Agricultural Campus is launching their second season of their seed library, Seeding Ideas.

We would like to thank all the students, staff, faculty, and community members who participated in the first year of the program—with 76 registered members the circulation of over 5000 seeds to our community we are honored at the amount of interest and passion generated from our efforts.

We continue to hear from people from all corners of Canada who want to get involved. We can be reached at seed.library@dal.ca, on Facebook at Seeding Ideas: a seed library, and on Twitter, @seeding_ideas

Food for Fines is back!

February 2, 2015 Michele Charlton

This year, Food for Fines will run from February 9–March 1. That’s three full weeks to bring in food donations while reducing or clearing your library fines.

For every non-perishable food item donated, participating Novanet libraries* will reduce your library fine by $2, to a maximum of $50. All food donations will be given to the Dalhousie Student Union Food Bank, Feed Nova Scotia, and the Colchester Food Bank (for items collected at the MacRae Library on the Agricultural Campus).

Bring your donations of canned goods or other non-perishable foods to the front desk at any of the Dalhousie Libraries during open hours. We accept cash as well, and you can make contributions even if you don’t owe book fines. By donating to the Food for Fines campaign we will waive overdue fines, but not charges for lost items.

Last year, the Dalhousie Libraries waived $1,296.96 in fines, collected 786 food items and raised $373 in cash donations.

*Food for Fines is an initiative of the libraries at Dalhousie University, Mount St. Vincent University, University of King’s College, Cape Breton University, Atlantic School of Theology, St. Francis Xavier University, Saint Mary’s University, I’Université Sainte Anne, NSCAD University, and the Nova Scotia Community Colleges

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