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.
Reduction in printing costs at the Kellogg and Killam Libraries
Effective Tuesday, February 5, printing and photocopying at the W.K. Kellogg Heath Sciences and Killam Memorial Libraries will be 10¢ for the first page and 8¢ for the second page (previously, the costs were 12¢ and 10¢ respectively).
The cost of colour prints at the Killam Library will also be reduced, from $1 per page to 50¢ per page. Colour printing at the Kellogg Library currently costs 50¢ a page and will remain the same.
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
Gail Fraser of the Kellogg Library Will Speak at the Toronto Springer Summit
Gail Fraser, Head of Acquisitions Services, W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library.
The W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library’s Head of Acquisitions Services, Gail Fraser, has been invited to speak at a Springer Summit in Toronto at the end of this month.
Springer Summits are one-day, interactive, in-person conferences about the future of libraries and research tools. Industry experts from libraries, vendors, and research houses lead these informative discussions, held in cities all over the world. The summits are sponsored by Springer, an international eBook and eJournal publishing company, specializing in providing the scientific and professional communities with information produced by authors and colleagues across cultures.
“It is quite an honour to be asked to speak at this Summit; I find the reading and thinking beforehand very stimulating and expect to learn from the other presenters while I am there,” said Gail.
The subject of the Summit in Toronto is eContent Assessment and Return On Investment in Academic Libraries. Gail’s co-panelist is Anne Smithers from Queen’s University. Warren Holder from the University of Toronto will be the moderator.
Gail’s presentation will be about eBook use trends, collecting statistics, improving use, the importance of publicizing our eResources, surveying our users and the Novanet Demand Driven Acquisitions (DDA) pilot project (or PDA, patron driven acquisitions, as it is also called).