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Dalhousie Libraries is trialing Sage Research Methods from January 25th to February 24th.
Sage Research Methods offers ebooks, videos, journal articles, and more to help researchers grow their understanding of research methods. The content covers a broad range of social and behavioral sciences methods as well as science, technology, medicine, and the humanities methods.
During the trial, you will have access to
You can access the trial here: http://ezproxy.library.dal.ca/login?url=http://methods.sagepub.com/
***If you are off campus, you will need to log in with your Dal NetID and password when you land on the Dal off-campus Ezproxy page.***
Please send feedback about the trial to Library.Collections@dal.ca
Join us when Ingrid Waldron discusses her book, There’s Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities. Using Nova Scotia as a case study and colonialism as the overarching theory, she examines the legacy of environmental racism and its health impacts in Indigenous and Black communities in Canada. Dr. Waldron is an Associate Professor at Dalhousie’s School of Nursing.
Presented by the Dalhousie Libraries Literary Events Committee. Books will be available for purchase.
All are welcome.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 6 p.m.
Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, Room 1020, 6100 University Avenue
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/theres-something-in-the-water-a-reading-with-ingrid-waldron-tickets-55349177881
Please note both the Kellogg Library Learning Commons in the CHEB and the W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library in the Tupper Building will be closed this Saturday, January 5 for a planned power shutdown necessary to do some electrical repairs. We apologize for this inconvenience.
Facilities Management has provided the following information about the shutdown:
Please note that there will be a power outage on Saturday, January 5th, 2019 to install a new high voltage (25kV) cable from Dentistry building to the Tupper Building. The outage is planned for 7am – 7pm. The buildings affected by this shutdown will be :
Although Tupper and LSRI buildings will have emergency power, only essential personnel should enter the building.
We apologize for any inconvenience this necessary work may cause.
Please contact Glen Deveau with any concerns :
glen.deveau@dal.ca | Mobile: 902-222-2217
The Classroom Technologies Unit, part of Dalhousie Libraries’ Academic Technology Services Team (ATS), invite faculty and instructors to start the year off right by checking out the technology in classrooms on the Studley and Sexton campuses in early January, before classes start up again.
Classroom Technologies staff will be on hand to answer technology-related questions. Additionally, MedIT will also be offering some Try Your Room sessions on the Carleton campus, see dates and times below the table.
Happy new year and here’s to a successful winter term for all!
Tupper Theatre B, Wed., Jan. 2, 9–11 a.m.
CHEB 170, Thurs., Jan 3, 9–11 a.m.
CHEB 140, Fri., Jan. 4, 9–11 a.m.
CHEB 150, Fri., Jan 4, 9–11 a.m.
This year, the Dal Libraries is examining six journal packages to determine whether we should renew these subscriptions. The packages we are examining this year are Cambridge, Oxford, Sage, Springer, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley.
Since the summer, subject-based teams of librarians have been analyzing the data from the faculty and student consultations we held in the spring, journal usage statistics, citations, and other metrics to determine the value of each package. As a result of these efforts, we can now report on the results of the analysis on one of the six packages — we will be renewing the full subscription for Cambridge.
We expect to decide on the renewal status of the Oxford package in January. Analysis of the remaining four packages will continue into the new year and updates will follow as that work is completed.
This is complex and time-consuming work. Thank you to the librarians for carefully analyzing all the factors leading to the decision to maintain the Cambridge package. For more information, visit our collections management page or contact Library.Collections@dal.ca
We are pleased to welcome Morning Star Padilla to the brand-new role of Indigenous Services Librarian with the Dalhousie Libraries.
Morning Star Padilla (Diné/Apache) has a Master of Arts degree in Community Development from Clark University and Master of Archival Studies and Master of Library and Information Studies degrees from University of British Columbia. She brings a background in social science research, community engagement, and Indigenous cultural/intellectual property and language reclamation.
Morning Star will spend time in both the MacRae Library on the Agricultural Campus and in the Killam Library on Studley Campus, but she will be available to work with people from all campuses. She will work closely with faculty, researchers, staff, and students to support learning and research on Indigenous topics in all disciplines. Morning Star will also coordinate reference support, programming and other services to users of Dalhousie’s National Centre for Truth & Reconciliation Hub in the MacRae Library.
“We have identified Indigenous Services as a priority within the Dalhousie Libraries and I am looking forward to working with Morning Star to develop new services and initiatives in this area. We envision these services extending not only to our Indigenous and non-indigenous students, staff and faculty but also to our local Indigenous communities,” said Elaine MacInnis, Associate University Librarian Services and Head, MacRae Library.
“I am happy to be here in Mi’kma’ki and to take part in the positive work that Dalhousie is doing towards building its relationship with Mi’kmaq and other Indigenous peoples,” said Morning Star.
Welcome, Morning Star!
Please join us for a day of stimulating discussion and presentations on Indigenous knowledge and access.
Co-hosted by Dalhousie Libraries, Dalhousie’s School of Information Management, and Library and Archives Canada, the event will focus on the work and challenges of documenting and improving access to Indigenous knowledge. The day features a keynote address by Elder Albert Marshall and Dr. Cheryl Bartlett, presentations from the Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre, Beaton Institute and much more.
This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited. Please register in advance.
Event info:
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Registration opens at 8 a.m. (AST)
Sessions begin at 8:45 a.m. (AST) and run all day until 4:10 p.m. (AST)
Collaborative Health Education Building (CHEB), Room 170, 5793 University Avenue
Reserve your spot for this event now All seating is general admission.
Sunday, November 11 is Remembrance Day. Because Dalhousie is observing the holiday on Monday, November 12, our hours will be as follows:
All locations of the Dal Libraries will run their regular Sunday hours on Sunday, November 11 with the exception of the MacRae Library in Truro, which will be open from 12–5 p.m.
All locations of the Dal Libraries will be running on holiday hours Monday, November 12, with the exception of the MacRae Library in Truro which will be closed for a scheduled power outage.
Consult the hours widget on our landing page for specific hours by location: https://libraries.dal.ca/
On this day in 1993, Daniel Paul’s ground-breaking book We Were Not the Savages was launched. Nearly 300 people attend the event.
A review by historian Geoffrey Plank describes the book as “…unique, in chronological scope and the story it tells, covering the last three centuries of Mi’kmaq history in detail. It is also extraordinary in the way it presents a distinctive voice [for] the Mi’kmaq…Prior to the appearance of …this book it was common for historians to downplay or even deny the violence inflicted on the Mi’kmaq…by European and Euro-American colonizers. …it is important to recognize that we have far too few histories written by Native American authors – very few indeed that cover as extensive a time span as this book does.”
We are proud to have featured We Were Not the Savages as last year’s Dal Reads book.
Thanks to the Mi’kmaq Book of Days (CBU) for the information in this post.