The WK Kellogg Health Sciences Library will not be opening today due to storm conditions. Please stay tuned for further notice.
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A National Digital Infrastructure: ideas wanted!
The Leadership Council for Digital Infrastructure has launched a crowdsourcing campaign to get fresh ideas for how to build a world-leading advanced digital infrastructure ecosystem for Canada.
Your input is important and will inform the development of a policy framework and roadmap for achieving an advanced DI. Visit the Council’s new website at digitalleadership.ca and participate early in the campaign.
Broad participation from the entire DI (digital infrastructure) community will help ensure a more integrated, inclusive, comprehensive, accessible and sustainable advanced DI ecosystem that will accelerate research, education and innovation in all sectors, and at all levels.
The campaign is open to all researchers, academic administrators, project managers in government and academe, students, policy makers and anyone else who stands to use and benefit from an advanced DI ecosystem in Canada.
Please share this notice widely through your networks.
Good News about the Future of the Dal Libraries’ Acquisitions Budget
As you know, the Dalhousie Libraries made reductions to acquisitions this year due to a number of factors, namely, a cut to the acquisitions budget, inflationary costs of the resources, and an unfavourable exchange rate on the US dollar. On November 1, special funds were provided to the Libraries to complete the purchases needed for this academic year, but many students and faculty were left wondering what would happen next year and in the years to come.
A review of the acquisitions budget was recently conducted by the VP Academic, the VP Finance, the University Librarian, and an Associate University Librarian. Our goal was to propose an acquisitions budget model that will provide more consistent purchasing capacity over time.
The review recommended the following to ensure sustainability of the acquisitions budget:
a. A three-year moratorium of any further cuts on the acquisitions budget.
b. The annual shortfall of purchasing power from exchange rate fluctuations will be covered by central funds (from Dalhousie).
c. An annual adjustment for increases due to inflation will be built into the acquisitions budget based on an external metric, like CPI (Consumer Price Index).
d. Funds in the acquisitions budget will remain restricted to the purchase of library material and select related expenses (such as interlibrary loans).
e. The cost of Novanet will be funded annually from the acquisitions budget with special additional funding.
The Dal Libraries will be well positioned to meet the research needs of students, faculty and staff as a result of these changes to the acquisitions budget and we are pleased that a solution has been found.
Thank you for your continued support of the Dalhousie Libraries. In the future, there will be more time to work with faculty and students to determine priorities together, and to make transparent, collaborative decisions about the collections.
Sincerely,
Donna Bourne-Tyson
University Librarian
Extended hours at the Dal Libraries for Exams
Extended hours at the Dalhousie Libraries started this week at most of our locations. Check out this handy schedule, and best of luck on your exams!
Sir James Dunn Law Library (Studley Campus)
Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–10:45 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: noon–10:45 p.m.
Effective Thursday, November 21-Tuesday, December 17
W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library (Carleton Campus)
Monday–Friday 7:30 a.m.–11 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m.–11 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m.–11 p.m.
Effective Friday, November 15-Tuesday, December 17
Killam Memorial Library (Studley Campus)
Sunday–Thursday 8 a.m.–3 a.m.
Friday & Saturday 8 a.m.–midnight
Effective Saturday, November 23-Monday, December 16
MacRae Library (Agricultural Campus)
Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–11 p.m.
Saturday noon–5 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m.–11 p.m.
Effective Wednesday, November 18-Thursday, December 12
Sexton Design & Technology Library (Sexton Campus)
Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–midnight
Saturday 9 a.m.–midnight
Sunday 10 a.m.–midnight
Effective Friday, November 29-Monday, December 16
Resolved: Some links to resources on the Kellogg’s page not working
November 18, 2:56 p.m.
This issue is now resolved. Thanks for your patience.
November 18, 1:50 p.m.
A number of links on the Kellogg Library’s research page are not working. If you normally access links from the page below, please use instead the “search libraries website” box in the upper right-hand corner of the page. Enter the database name in the search box.
We hope to have this problem solved as quickly as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Extended opening hours at Kellogg
It’s that time of year again! The Kellogg Library is open until 11:00 pm every night to provide a quiet place for exam study. Extended hours will be in effect from November 15 to December 17.
Restored: Access to PsychiatryOnline
November 18:
Update: Access to PsychiatryOnline has been restored.
November 8:
The Dalhousie Libraries’ subscription to PsychiatryOnline, which includes DSM-5, is down. Our serial vendor is working with the publisher to enable access as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Taylor and Francis Online problems resolved
UPDATE (Friday, November 8, 5:12 p.m.): Regular access has been restored.
Taylor & Francis Online is currently experiencing intermittent server problems. Some users are receiving a “Server Busy” error message. Their tech support is aware of the problem and treating it as a priority.
Taylor & Francis expects the problem to be resolved
quickly.
Wiley Online Library down
UPDATE: Access restored (11:49 a.m. on Thursday, November 7)
Wiley Online Library is currently experiencing network problems and is therefore unavailable. Their technical team is working to restore access as a matter of urgency. We will post an update when access has been restored.
They apologize for the inconvenience this causes their users.
Dalhousie Libraries win Healthy Workplace Award
Members of the Dalhousie Libraries Health & wellness team accept the Healthy Workplace Award on behalf of the Dal Libraries. From l to r: Carolene Robertson (Sexton Library), Carol Richardson (Killam Library), Angela Hersey (Kellogg Library), Sandra Dwyer (Dal Libraries), Dr. Richard Florizone, Alice Stover (Killam Library), Kellie Hawley (Killam Library), Anne-Marie White (Dunn Law Library). Not pictured: Verna Mingo (MacRae Library)
Update, April 4, 2014: The Dalhousie Libraries now have the trophy on display in the administration office of the Killam Library. Facilities Management, who we shared this award with, had the trophy for the first half of the year.
The Dalhousie Libraries are this year’s winner of the Healthy Workplace Award! We are sharing this honour with Facilities Management.
The Libraries’ Health & Wellness Committee nominated the Dalhousie Libraries for this award based on the libraries’ staff participation in various health and wellness initiatives, including initiatives of the libraries’ committee and larger Dalhousie initiatives.
A truly healthy workplace involves the six dimensions of wellness: physical, emotional, intellectual, interpersonal/social, spiritual, and environmental. This includes taking part in events like Pink Day and the Pride Parade.
Staff from the Dal Libraries with Dalhousie’s new President and his family. From left to right: Stephen Murray (Sir James Dunn Law Library), Marlo MacKay (Dal Libraries), Judy MacDonald (Hardware Services, Killam Library), Cindy Miller (W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library), Dr. Richard Florizone, daughters Elinor and Zoë, his wife Dr. Mona Holmlund, and Sandra Dwyer (Dal Libraries).