Update: Dal’s Halifax campuses will resume normal operations effective Sunday morning. Check here for more detailed information: http://www.dal.ca/storm-information.html
MLIS: The Perfect Degree for the Information Age
Join the School of Information Management for their Master of Library & Information Studies (MLIS) Open House on Wednesday, February 13, 5-6:30 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time).
Meet with current students in the MLIS and combined degree programs, as well as SIM alumni who are now professionals in the Information Management field. SIM’s instructors will also be on hand to answer your questions.
Food for Fines
February 8 – February 17, 2013
Reduce or clear your library fines with food.
For every non-perishable food item donated, participating Novanet libraries* will reduce your library fine by $2, to a maximum of $20. All food donations will be given to Feed Nova Scotia (recommended items), the Dalhousie Student Union Food Bank and the Colchester Food Bank (for food items brought to the MacRae Library on the Agricultural Campus).
Bring your donations of canned goods or other non-perishable foods to the Circulation Desk at any of the five Dalhousie Libraries during regular hours. We accept cash as well, and you can make contributions even if you don’t owe book fines.
Last year, the Novanet libraries waived $3,140.95 in fines, collected 2,076 food items and took in $709.75 in cash donations.
Good for the libraries, good for the food bank — good for you!
*Food For Fines is an initiative of the libraries at Mount St. Vincent University, Dalhousie University, University of King’s College, Cape Breton University, Atlantic School of Theology, St. Francis Xavier University, Saint Mary’s University, NSCAD University, Université Sainte Anne and the Nova Scotia Community College.
Library Hours for Munro Day
All five of the Dalhousie Libraries will be open tomorrow for Munro day, but a few will be observing reduced hours.
Here is the complete list of hours for tomorrow:
W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library
9 a.m.-7 p.m.
Killam Memorial Library
10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Dalhousie Archives, Special Collections & GIS (located in the Killam Library)
closed
Sir James Dunn Law Library
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
MacRae Library
8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sexton Design & Technology Library
8 a.m.-9 p.m.
If you’d like to know more about Munro day and who George Munro was, read these Top Five Munro Day facts.
Artist talk with William Robinson
Detail from Young Prayer (2011), Nocturne
Artist talk with William Robinson: Wed., Feb. 6/5 p.m.
MacMechan Auditorium, Killam Library, 6225 University Avenue
All are welcome.
William Robinson, the recently named artist-in-residence at the Killam Memorial Library, is a Halifax-based interdisciplinary artist and graduate of NSCAD (2004). He employs video, performance, sculpture, drawing and other media to investigate the culture of sound and social architecture. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, having shown in New York, Bergen and Berlin, as well as in Toronto at Nuit Blanche and in Halifax at Nocturne. His practice is conceptually based, often rooted in intimate encounters and immediate experiences.
William’s residency at the Killam Library is presented in partnership with the Dalhousie Art Gallery and runs from January 28-March 1, 2013. The residency is funded through HRM’s residency initiative, which benefits artists by providing them with resources including space, time, critical discourse and financial support to deepen their practices, create works, investigate ideas and experiment with materials.
Please join us next Wednesday to learn more about William’s work and his residency in the Killam Library. More information is also available here.
Complete a Survey, Improve Library Service
Today is the first day of the LibQUAL+® survey. Please take 6-8 minutes to complete the online survey. When you complete the survey, you can enter your name* in a draw to win an iPad Mini or a $300 VISA gift card.
The survey is easy to access from all public use computers in all five of the Dalhousie Libraries, as well as from the main page of the Dalhousie Libraries website, libraries.dal.ca
Your participation in this survey is important. Your input is valuable. Please tell us what you think and help the Dalhousie Libraries to serve you better. More information about LibQUAL+ at Dalhousie can be found here.
* Your survey answers will be confidential because your email address will not be stored with your responses.
Watch NFB Films in the Classroom
Did you know that Dal has a license that allows faculty to stream films and interactive titles available from the NFB website in the classroom?
Dal also subscribes to NFB’s CAMPUS service. Through this service, Dal users have access to an additional 500 exclusive titles as well as online resources and features that include access to featured themed playlists and study guides.
Here’s a link to a classic and beloved NFB Canadian vignette: Log Driver’s Waltz. Enjoy!
Copyright Workshop
Copyright Workshop
Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Avenue
Room 3089
Thursday, January 31/1:30-4 p.m.
Bring your copyright questions for our experts.
How much do you know about copyright issues? If you want to learn more about copyright law in Canada, consider attending this upcoming workshop.
The workshop will feature copyright and intellectual property experts Ian Colford and Jason MacDonald from Dalhousie Libraries’ Copyright Office; Mark Lewis, reference/information technology librarian from Dalhousie’s Sir James Dunn Law Library; and Marc Belliveau, Intellectual Property Partner at Stewart McKelvey.
Each presenter will focus on various aspects of copyright and intellectual property laws and issues in Canada.
This workshop is being presented by the Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management (DJIM), in conjunction with Dalhousie’s Canadian Association of Law Libraries Student Interest Group (CALL).
For more information, contact djim@dal.ca
Recent Issues with Access to Off-campus Library Resources
Last Wednesday, the Dalhousie Libraries’ IT team made some changes to our proxy server to help maintain consistent access to library resources. Unfortunately, for a small percentage of users, this change is preventing successful logins. Adjunct professors are more likely to be affected than others.
If you are having problems logging in, please contact libsys@dal.ca
Discovering New Dimensions – 3D Printing & 3D Scanning
Some objects printed on the 3D printer.
Last October, the Director of the Dalhousie Libraries’ IT department, Marc Comeau, and two School of Information Management students, Riel Gallant and Michael Groenendyk, gave a presentation at the Access 2012 conference about 3D printing and scanning.
Riel and Mike, while still new library school students, came up with a proposal to bring 3D printing, 3D scanning and a 3D collection to the Dalhousie Libraries . Their idea came to fruition in the spring of 2012. This presentation offers a detailed look at 3D printing at the Dalhousie Libraries so far.