Steam shutdown coming up on Sunday, May 7

April 27, 2023 dpryan Leave a Comment

Facilities Management must do essential maintenance to our steam distribution network and have determined that this will take place for 20 hours on Sunday, May 7 from 12:01 a.m. until 8 p.m. in the evening.

This will mean no heat or hot water in many of our buildings on Studley and Carleton campuses during this time. All Dalhousie Libraries locations will remain open. However, only cold water will be available in the washrooms. Water fountains will remain operational.

Key personnel in the most impacted areas are aware. If you see any issues with this shutdown please contact Gordon Rines Gordon.rines@dal.ca

Explore a World of Research with SAGE Research Methods (Webinar)

May 19, 2021 Marlo MacKay Leave a Comment

Dalhousie Libraries has recently purchased a subscription to SAGE Research Methods.

Do you work with students who need help designing a research project or understanding various research methods? Have you struggled helping researchers understand how to conduct a literature review? Whether overseeing a student research project, thesis, or dissertation; or preparing your own work for publication or dissemination, SAGE Research Methods (SRM) can help with every step of the research process.

In this session, you will learn more about SRM and its various content types — including books, journal articles, reference works, videos, and medicine & health cases — and how these resources can help in teaching and learning research methods.

As a result of this session, you will be able to:

Explain the purpose and scope of SRM and each of the resource’s content types
Instruct your students and colleagues on how SRM can enhance their research and teaching
Search and browse for information across content types and disciplines
Incorporate content into your classroom and library
Create custom video clips and embed them in learning/course management systems

Tuesday, May 25/12–1 p.m.
Register
(After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the session.)

Can’t attend this session? There will be another one offered in June, so watch for the announcement.

Publish APC Free with SAGE: Dalhousie Libraries & CRKN partner in a publisher transformative agreement

March 2, 2021 Marlo MacKay Leave a Comment

by Ann Barrett

On behalf of academic libraries across the country, the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has reached a transformative open access agreement with academic publisher SAGE that significantly increases open access options for Canadian researchers. Through the agreement, authors affiliated with participating CRKN institutions, like Dalhousie, may now publish their articles as open access with no Article Processing Charge (APC) in most of over 900 SAGE Choice journals (a few journals are excluded from SAGE Choice and are listed here). With the elimination of the standard SAGE article processing fee of $3,000 USD, Dalhousie authors who seek to publish in a hybrid SAGE journal will see substantial savings.

In addition, the agreement includes a 40 per cent discount on APCs in SAGE’s gold open access journals. (See the title list of participating gold journals.)

How does it work?

Processing of the APC waiver for SAGE Choice journals and the discount for gold open access journals is done automatically via the SAGE Open Access Portal (SOAP) when authors identify themselves as affiliated with a participating CRKN institution. SOAP is a dashboard for authors to submit their article, select a copyright license, assign a bill payer (if applicable), and view article status. A Creative Commons license CC–BY (Creative Commons-Attribution) will be applied to open access publications unless a different license is requested by the author.

What is a Transformative Agreement?

There are many “flavours” of transformative agreements, but they generally all espouse the core principles of:

shifting from paying for library subscriptions to paying for publishing, with inclusion of clauses that favour open access.
requiring that copyright be retained by the author and not transferred to the publisher through a CC–BY license (allows copy and distribution of the material in any medium or format and adaptation, so long as attribution is given to the creator and changes indicated)

How has this agreement been achieved? The agreement includes a total package price increase of 6% over three years to cover the costs of open access publishing that in the past were often paid through researcher funding grants or discretionary funding at universities.

This is a major step forward for Open Access publishing at Dalhousie. Please check out this and other APC discounts that the Dalhousie Libraries have arranged through publisher agreements, memberships and sponsorships.

Dal Libraries COVID-19 Update #2

March 17, 2020 Marlo MacKay Leave a Comment

Starting Wednesday, all Dal Libraries locations will be closed for three weeks, with the exception of the CHEB Learning Commons.

Today (Tuesday), all of our libraries will be moving to reduced hours, closing at 5 p.m. and reopening at 9 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) morning

Going forward, the Kellogg Library Learning Commons in the CHEB will be open from 7:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Monday–Friday, to provide access to computers and internet-based scholarly resources for students. We recognize that not every student has a computer or internet access.

Library Collections

Online collections are available from the Dal Libraries website.
Guides to library resources by subject are available (LibGuides)
All physical collections (print books, music, etc.) are unavailable while we are closed.
Print materials are not available at this time. We are working on providing print materials in digital format by request, while adhering to Canadian copyright legislation and for as long as it is possible to obtain content from other libraries. As other libraries start to close, this could become more challenging.
Inter-Library Loan requests will continue with delivery in digital format to the extent possible. Please continue to submit your requests at: https://libraries.dal.ca/borrow/documentdelivery.html
Equipment lending (laptops, headphones) will not be available

Library Hours and Spaces

The Kellogg Library Learning Commons in the CHEB will be open 7:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Monday–Friday. All other locations will be closed for three weeks.
Group Study Rooms will be unavailable in the CHEB
Some computers will be removed in support of social distancing
Use the LiveHelp chat box on libraries.dal.ca for asking quesitons

Due dates and late fees

All due dates have been moved to May 30. This is Novanet-wide, so items borrowed from other university and college libraries in Nova Scotia and from Mount A are not due until May 30.
Overdue notices will stop as of March 17.
You can still return items in our book drops during the closure. If you are self-isolating, please do not return your items until more information can be provided.
If you know how to renew online, you can do that. If you have problems renewing, please ask us.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Invitation to Participate: Understanding Research Data Management Practices at Dalhousie University

July 24, 2019 Marlo MacKay Leave a Comment

Below is an invitation from Dal Librarians Erin MacPherson and Melissa Rothfus to participate in a survey on the topic of research data management practices at Dal. Your participation will be of great assistance as we finalize our Institutional RDM Strategy for Dalhousie. We want to help our researchers to follow the FAIR principles for research data – ensuring their data is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable.

Researchers can find more information about current RDM services in the Dal Libraries at https://dal.ca.libguides.com/rdm or contact data.management@dal.ca

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To: Dalhousie University research community, including all current faculty (non-tenured, tenured, limited term appointments), postdoctoral fellows, instructors, staff and graduate students at Dalhousie University

Subject: Invitation to Participate: Understanding Research Data Management Practices at Dalhousie University

Researchers from the Dalhousie Libraries are conducting an anonymous, online survey focusing on the research community at Dalhousie University, including faculty at all ranks (tenure, non-tenure and limited term appointments), instructors, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students at all departments, institutes and schools at Dalhousie University.

The purpose of this survey is to contribute to a national growing body of knowledge on research data management in universities and versions of this survey have been conducted at several other Canadian universities. Additionally, results of this survey may help the Libraries develop infrastructure and educational programmes to meet the research data management needs at Dalhousie University. The combined results may also assist in developing national initiatives for research data management.

We will be sharing our aggregate and anonymized data with the participating schools and the wider community in a data repository such as Dataverse. The researchers also aim to publish and/or present the research results openly within the academic community through academic journals and/or conference presentation and in an institutional repository such as DalSpace.

This research is being conducted by Erin MacPherson (Research Data Management Librarian – MacRae Library, 902-893-3296) and Melissa Rothfus (Scholarly Communications Librarian, Kellogg Library, 902-494-1649) and has been approved by the Research Ethics Board at Dalhousie (REB #2019-4738)

The survey deadline has been extended and is now open until midnight, August 16th, 2019. It can be accessed here: https://surveys.dal.ca/opinio/s?s=48047

Killam Library Closing at 8 p.m. on Friday, October 5

October 4, 2018 Marlo MacKay Leave a Comment

This closure is necessary to allow Facilities Management staff to do needed repairs so the heat can be turned on. If you’re looking for a study space nearby after 8 p.m., the Wallace McCain Learning Commons is open on Friday till 10 p.m. We apologize for the inconvenience this early closure may cause.

Scheduled System Update for Taylor & Francis – July 5th, 2017

July 4, 2017 Margaret Vail Leave a Comment

Taylor & Francis platform update Wednesday 5th July 2017

Please be advised that some features on Taylor & Francis Online will be unavailable on Wednesday 5th July, from 10:00 – 20:00 GMT. This is due to a scheduled update to the platform.

The features which will be unavailable during this period are Your Account, search, payment options and informational pages. Articles will still be available to view or download. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Night Owls & Extended Hours

March 28, 2017 Marlo MacKay Leave a Comment

Exam season will soon be upon us! Extended hours and Night Owls are on at the Dalhousie Libraries. Check out this handy schedule, and best of luck on your exams!

Kellogg Library Learning Commons (CHEB)
Effective Monday, March 20–Tuesday, April 25
Sunday: 8 a.m.–3 a.m.
Monday–Thursday: 7:30 a.m.–3 a.m.*
Friday: 7:30 a.m.–midnight*
Saturday: 8 a.m.–midnight

*Exception: Good Friday, April 14: 10 a.m.–6:30 p.m.

Please note: Tiger Patrol is running until 3 a.m. during Night Owls. Call (902)499-1831 or (902)718-9908 for more information.

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Killam Memorial Library
Effective Sunday, March 26

Sunday: 10 a.m.–3 a.m.
Monday–Thursday: 7:30 a.m.–3 am.
Friday: 7:30 a.m.–midnight
Saturday: 10 a.m.–midnight

Effective Saturday, April 1–Tuesday, April 25*

Sunday–Thursday: 8 a.m.–3 am.
Friday: 8 a.m.–midnight
Saturday: 8 a.m.–midnight

Please note: Tiger Patrol is running until 3 a.m. during Night Owls. Call (902)499-1831 or (902)718-9908 for more information. There is also free parking in the McCain Building parkade from 11:30 a.m. until 3 a.m. during Night Owls.

*Exception: Good Friday, April 14: 1–9 p.m.

All Dalhousie & King’s students are welcome, but after midnight you’ll need your DalCard for access.

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MacRae Library
Effective Monday, March 20–Friday, April 21*

Monday–Friday: 8:30 a.m.–midnight
Saturday & Sunday: 10 a.m.–midnight

*Exception: Hours on Friday, April 14 (Good Friday) will be 10 a.m.–midnight.

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Sexton Design & Technology Library
Effective Friday, April 7–Wednesday, April 26

Monday–Friday: 8 a.m.–midnight
Saturday & Sunday: 10 a.m.–midnight

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Sir James Dunn Law Library
Effective Thursday, April 6–Saturday, April 22*

Monday–Friday: 8 a.m.–10:45 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m.–5:45 p.m.
Sunday: noon–10:45 p.m.

*Exception: Hours on Friday, April 14 (Good Friday): 9 a.m.–10:45 p.m.

Please note: Hours in the W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library (Tupper location) and the Wallace McCain Learning Commons will not be extended during exams.

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