The Killam Library will be open as usual today following yesterday’s closure due to a water main break.
Killam Closed for the Day
The Killam Library is now closed for the day due to a water shut down (as of Nov. 14, 3 p.m.).
Please check back later for updates about tomorrow.
As of 11 p.m., there is no news about the water main break. Please check back in the morning.
David Adams Richards at the Killam Library
David Adams Richards Public Reading
Thursday, November 29, 7:30 p.m.
Archives & Special Collections Reading Room, fifth floor, Killam Memorial Library.
Award-winning author David Adams Richards will be reading at the Killam Memorial Library on Thurs., Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. The reading will take place in the Archives & Special Collections Reading Room on the fifth floor. This is a public reading and all are welcome.
David Adams Richards
David Adams Richards’ writing has been called “enigmatic and moving” (The Globe and Mail), and “strong and passionate” (Quill & Quire). Critics have said he has integrity, wit and acuity, while his voice has been called “powerful and necessary,” by the Ottawa Citizen.
His novels are set in the Miramichi River Valley, giving them a strong sense of place, while exploring universal themes such as family conflict, morality, economic class and community. “I think in a non-standard way I would consider myself a moral writer. I think what I tend to focus on is the motivations of characters and why things are done, that’s what I’m trying to get at,” said David Adams Richards in a June 2000 interview with Ray Robertson for Quill & Quire. While the tone of David Adams Richards’ work is generally dark, he says there is humour and hope in his work, too[i].
David Adams Richards is the author of novels, short stories, memoirs, essays, poetry and plays. He has won a number of prestigious awards, including the Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction, the Norma Epstein Prize, the Canada-Australia Prize, the Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence in English-Language Literary Arts, the CBA Libris Award and the Atlantic Provinces Booksellers Award. For his most recent book, Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul, he won the 2012 Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award.
Don’t miss this opportunity to see one of the most accomplished and acclaimed writers in Canada read from his own work. This reading is sponsored by Special Collections, Killam Library.
Some books by David Adams Richards from the Killam Library's collection.
[i] Robertson, Ray. “The Outsider.” Quill & Quire (June 2000)
Killam Library, Remembrance Day Hours
Saturday, November 10
- 10 a.m.- midnight
Sunday, November 11
- 10 a.m.-3 a.m.
Monday, November 12
- 8 a.m.-3 a.m.
The Churchill Archive
The Dalhousie Libraries have recently obtained a subscription to The Churchill Archive. This remarkable resource about Winston Churchill provides the Dalhousie community with instant access to high-quality digital copies of Churchill’s entire collection of personal papers.
This is a virtual treasure trove for historians. The Churchill Archive contains nearly 800,000 documents, including private letters, speeches, telegrams, manuscripts, and a wide variety of government papers. Every scrap of paper that Churchill kept in his lifetime is there.
Dr. Christopher Bell, pictured with his new book, Churchill & Sea Power (Oxford University Press, 2012).
Dr. Christopher Bell, an associate professor of history at Dal, teaches courses on British and global history and he finds this collection an indispensable tool for his research. The original documents, he notes, are housed at the Churchill College Archives Centre in Cambridge, England. “Over the last twenty years I have made numerous journeys to Cambridge and spent countless hours searching through the original documents and microfilm copies. Churchill has always been a major figure in my own work, and he is the focal point of my latest book, Churchill & Sea Power (Oxford University Press, 2012). I am also embarking on a new Churchill project, which will look at the 1915 Dardanelles campaign, and this subscription will save me a huge amount of time and trouble,” says Dr. Bell.
The Churchill Archive is also a fantastic resource for students. “Every year I teach a seminar on Winston Churchill for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. This year I will be able to give these students hands-on experience with archival research – something that is virtually impossible when the archives are located (as they usually are for the subjects I teach) on the other side of theAtlantic. Students in the seminar will now have to navigate through this massive collection to find documents relevant to their research topics,” says Dr. Bell.
If you have an interest specifically in Winston Churchill or in twentieth century history in general, make sure you check out The Churchill Archive. You’re sure to uncover something fascinating.
The Open Access Rainbow
The open access logo.
In today’s installation for International Open Access Week, we’re taking a closer look at the Open Access rainbow. Green, blue, yellow, white and gold make up the open access rainbow, with each colour relating to a different option or model in the open access journal world.
Before we dive into what each colour means, we first have to understand the concepts of pre-print, author’s final version and post-print. Pre-prints are the draft, uncorrected version of an article. The author’s final version is the article written exactly as it will appear in a journal. Post-prints are how the article looks in a journal—this includes the typeface and layout as it appears on the pages of the publication. Usually this is a PDF of the article from the publication.
Each colour in the open access rainbow refers to different levels of open access allowed by publishers.
Green
When a publisher allows both the pre-print and the post-print to be archived, they are considered a green publisher producing green journals. Many publishers will allow the author’s final version to be archived but not the post-print. Such publishers are still considered green as they allow a version to be archived that has the same content as the published version.
Blue
Blue publishers will not allow pre-prints to be archived but will allow post-prints or the author’s final version to be archived.
Yellow
If a publisher allows their authors to archive their pre-prints but not their post-prints, then they are considered a yellow publisher.
White
Publishers that refuse to grant their authors any rights to archive their work online are called white publishers. Their journals are known as white journals.
Gold
Gold refers to open access journals that are available to readers free of charge. Usually, these are electronic journals and the material is openly accessible on the Internet. These journals are financed by payments for the article to be published, as opposed to being financed through reader subscriptions. Sometimes referred to as “author-pays publishing,” when generally the publishing fee is paid from a research grant as part of the cost of doing research.
We hope that the blog posts featured on the LibVine throughout Open Access Week have shed light on some of the issues facing the academic world. In recognition of Open Access Week, the School of Information Management is launching the latest issue of their journal, the Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, as an open access edition. The launch will take place today (Fri., Oct. 26) from 12-1 p.m. in room 3089 of the Rowe Building.
Source: Green, Blue, Yellow, White & Gold: a brief guide to the open access rainbow, by Bill Hubbard. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/documents/sherpaplusdocs/Nottingham-colour-guide.pdf
Green or Gold? International Open Access Week
The Open Access logo.
In today’s installation for International Open Access Week, we’re taking a closer look at the two main roads to open access: green and gold.
The terms green and gold already have a lot of meaning. When we hear something is ‘green’ we usually think of environmental-friendly initiatives. When we hear something is ‘gold’, it usually conjures the phrase ‘gold standard’, meaning the best. In the open access world, these associations don’t necessarily hold true.
The green road
The green road means self-archiving. Authors are encouraged to archive pre-prints (draft, uncorrected versions) and/or post-prints (the final version as it will be published) in repositories. The repositories can be institutionally based, such as DalSpace, or they can be connected to specific disciplines, such as arxiv for Physics, RePEc for Economics, and E-LIS for Library and Information Science. The repositories can be searched with tools such as Google Scholar, Scopus, and OAIster. To find which repositories publishers allow authors to deposit in, visit the SHERPA/Romeo site.
To be considered ‘green’, an author can publish in a journal that is open access or not, but they have to also deposit in an institutional repository (IR).
The gold road
The gold road refers to open access publishing, particularly journals. Open access journals are available to readers free of charge. Usually, these are electronic journals and the material is openly accessible on the Internet. Since these journals don’t charge a subscription fee, they employ different methods of paying for the publishing including sponsorship, grants, advertising, and submission fees. Two well-known open access publishers include BioMed Central (BMC) and Public Library of Science (PLoS).
If you plan to publish in a journal, consider the open access implications. Also, consider retaining your rights as an author.
Source:
“Scholarly Communication - Open Access.”
University of Calgary.
ucalgary.ca/scholarlycommunication/openaccess
Dalhousie Night Owls Are Back
Can’t get enough time at the library? Need to keep on studying after midnight?
Dal Night Owls means you can study til 3 a.m. at the Killam!
Beginning Sunday, October 28, the Learning Commons in the Killam Library will remain open until 3 a.m., Sundays through Thursdays, until the last day of exams (December 17).
These extended hours apply to the Learning Commons and atrium only. The Help Desk, Circulation Desk, and upper library floors will close at midnight. Students in those areas can move to the Learning Commons or atrium.
Access to this service is for current Dalhousie or University of King’s College students with a valid DalCard. To access the Killam after midnight, swipe your card through the reader at the main University Avenue entrance. Students already in the Learning Commons/Atrium at midnight will need to swipe their DalCard in a mobile card reader as requested by the commissionaires.
PARKING & SAFETY
To improve safety, the McCain Building Parkade* across from LeMarchant Street will offer FREE parking from midnight until 3 a.m., Sundays through Thursdays, until December 17.
If you’re walking or biking, consider becoming “study buddies” with friends or classmates who live near you, and head home together.
*The McCain Parkade is the main parking area for events at the Arts Centre each evening and a fee will be charged if you park there before midnight. After midnight, parking is free of charge until the Learning Commons and atrium closes at 3 a.m.
Have questions about Night Owls? You can call the Killam Circulation Desk at 494-3617.
Good luck with your studies!
Securing Your Rights as the Author of a Journal Article: International Open Access Week
In recognition of International Open Access Week, we wanted to address the challenge of maintaining your rights as an author of a journal article and offer a solution.
If you have had an article published in a journal, did you have to sign a restrictive publication agreement? Sometimes called a ‘copyright transfer agreement’ these agreements often do just that—transfer the copyright from you (the author) to the publisher. But did you know that publishing agreements are negotiable? Publishers only need your permission to publish an article, they do not need to control the copyright as well.
By retaining the copyright of your journal article, you can freely share it with colleagues and students. If you retain the copyright, you can post the article on your website or in an online repository and include sections from the article in later works. In short, you will be able to share your article with the academic community as you wish, giving your research the exposure it deserves.
SPARC®, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system. They have developed the SPARC® Author Addendum, which is a “legal instrument that modifies the publisher’s agreement and allows you to keep key rights to your articles.” In keeping with the open access theme, this form is a free resource developed in partnership with Creative Commons and Science Commons.
The Open Access logo: International Open Access Week is Oct. 22-26.
International Open Access Week
The Open Access logo used by many institutions.
Today marks the first day of International Open Access Week (October 22-28). Not sure what Open Access is and why it matters to Dalhousie students and faculty? Read on.
Peter Suber, a leader in the field of Open Access, said it best: Open Access (OA) is the practice of providing unrestricted access via the Internet to peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles. Open Access literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
The Dalhousie Libraries are developing a repository to make the research done at Dalhousie more visible to the university community and the world. This repository will be a single access point for academic research documents that will showcase the quality and breadth of research conducted at Dal. In addition to faculty profiles, the repository can hold published papers, including conference posters, slide presentations, educational materials, schematics, data, and videos.
The Dalhousie Libraries are making a commitment to Dalhousie scholars and researchers to preserve this material in perpetuity, migrating the data to new platforms over time as technology changes. The key objective of this project is to provide unrestricted permanent access to research for the purpose of advancing knowledge.
The principles of Open Access are founded on ideas of public access to publicly funded research, author rights, availability of educational resources, and affordable access to materials for educational institutions. The Dalhousie Libraries are pleased to be using these principles to bring the research activities of Dalhousie to the world.