Take a look at the fall hours for the academic term, starting soon at a library near you.
20-minute Library Orientation Sessions
Want to know more about the Killam Library?
Drop in for an interactive library information session. All sessions will be held in Room G70 (just off the North Learning Commons, first floor of the Killam Library). Please bring any questions you have; a librarian will be on hand to answer them.
Pick the time that’s most convenient for you:
Thursday, September 5/10 a.m. OR 2 p.m.
Friday, September 6/11 a.m. OR 3 p.m.
Monday, September 9/12 p.m. OR 4 p.m.
Tuesday, September 10/12 p.m. OR 4 p.m.
Wednesday, September 11/11 a.m. OR 3 p.m.
Thursday, September 12/10 a.m. OR 2 p.m.
Friday, September 13/10 a.m. OR 2 p.m.
Intern profiles 2013: Maggie Neilson, Intern at the W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library
Maggie checks out some of the medical equipment in one of the Kellogg Library’s group study rooms.
In Maggie Neilson’s family, libraries are in the genes. This soon-to-be third generation librarian has a grandmother who was a librarian in Montreal and a father who has worked as a librarian at Memorial, Lakehead, and UNB. With a family history like that, it’s no surprise that Maggie has just completed her first year of the Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) degree at Dal and is spending her summer working at the Kellogg Library.
“I know I’m supposed to be a librarian,” says Maggie, who did her undergraduate degree in animal science at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (now known as Dalhousie’s Agricultural Campus). Even while she was pursuing her Bachelor of Science, Maggie spent two summers working in the MacRae Library as a summer student. “I was encouraged by the staff of the MacRae Library to pursue my MLIS degree,” says Maggie. “They could see that I really liked the role that libraries play in research.”
This summer, Maggie has been revamping the design of the Libguides, assisting with systematic reviews (large searches that involve upwards of 10,000 articles), and helping students and researchers with their searches. One major undertaking that she is especially excited about is a bibliometric project where she is counting citations in five different clinical pharmacy journals. (Bibliometrics is the statistical analysis of books, articles, or other publications.) Maggie is assisting with evaluating how often the journals cite other sources and how often other people cite them. This information will be used in a paper to help science libraries select the best journals, based on both popularity and prestige.
“A health sciences library is a great fit with my undergraduate degree and I’d heard that the Kellogg Library offers an extensive internship with boundless learning opportunities,” says Maggie. “Every day I have an opportunity to help someone. Working at the Kellogg Library allows me to contribute to the health of my community, and that’s very exciting to me.”
Johnelle Sciocchetti is back at the Atlantic Fringe Festival
Dal Libraries staff member Johnelle Sciocchetti will be at the Atlantic Fringe Festival again this year with another new play. This is Johnelle’s sixth show and her second year in the Fringe Festival.
Backstage: you’re so vain you probably think this play is about you, is a show about Halifax theatre and what really happens behind the scenes. Presented by the Wildfire Theatre Society, the 23rd Atlantic Fringe Festival happens from August 29 through September 8.
Written and directed by Johnelle and performed by a spectacular cast, Backstage doesn’t hold anything back. Sometimes the drama happening offstage is more entertaining than what’s happening on stage. Caution: approach this play with a healthy sense of humor, because it’s not really about you… is it?
Backstage will play on the following dates:
Saturday, August 31/8:40 p.m.
Sunday, September 1/4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, September 3/8:30 p.m.
Friday, September 6/8:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 7 /8:30 p.m.
All shows will take place at the Museum of Natural History Theatre.
Tickets are $6 and can be bought in advance online at http://backstageaf.eventbrite.ca/ or at the venue before each show.
Academic Term Hours at the Dalhousie Libraries
Updated Tuesday, October 8
Sir James Dunn Law Library
Monday – Wednesday: 8 a.m.-10:45 p.m.
Thursday: 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday: 12-6 p.m.
Sunday: 12-10:45 p.m.
Effective September 16
W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library
Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m.*-11 p.m.
Friday: 7:30 a.m.*-7 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
* Note: Circulation opens at 8 a.m. Mon.- Fri.
Effective September 6
Killam Memorial Library
Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m.-midnight
? Friday: 8 a.m.-midnight new!
? Saturday: 10 a.m.-midnight new!
Sunday: 10 a.m.-midnight
Effective September 5
Dalhousie University Archives & Special Collections Reading Room (located fifth floor, Killam Library)
Monday-Friday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
GISciences Centre (located second floor, Killam Library)
Monday-Friday: 9 a.m.-12 p.m. & 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
MacRae Library
Monday – Thursday: 8:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday: 12 -5 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m.-10:30 p.m.
Effective September 5
Sexton Design & Technology Library
Monday – Thursday: 8 a.m.-12 a.m.
Friday: 8 a.m.-9 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m.-12 a.m.
Effective September 3
Follow Us
Do you want the latest information from the Dal Libraries? Follow us! Whether you’re looking for copyright updates, information about the latest databases, library events, or more, we’re tweeting, posting, and pinning about it.
Here’s a little about each account:
Twitter – @DalLibraries
Regular updates about library events, copyright news, workshops, services and more for all five Dalhousie Libraries.
Pinterest – Dalhousie Libraries
We’re still getting going with this account, but the most popular feature is the virtual CCC board. If you like the CCC board (compliments, comments, complaints) in the Killam, you’ll love reading our hand-picked favourites on Pinterest.
The W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library pages features news from their library, the Carleton Campus, and Dalhousiewide news and initiatives.
The Killam Memorial Library page posts about library events, workshops, and services happening at the Dal Libraries, with an emphasis on the Killam.
The Dalhousie University Archives page features news and photos from the Dalhousie Archives.
The MacRae Library page features news from their library and the Agricultural Campus.
The Sexton Design & Technology Library page features news from their library and the Sexton Campus.
We’re also on YouTube (Dal Libraries and Dalhousie University Archives) and Vimeo.
Follow us today!
See Our Revamped Copyright Website
The Dalhousie Libraries’ Copyright Office has a completely revamped website, including all new content and a refreshed layout.
The new layout was designed to make the site more user friendly, with helpful sections for students and faculty. The new content includes all the latest information from the Copyright Act, and is reflective of the most recent Supreme Court decisions.
The revamped website has been designed to answer many of our most frequently asked copyright questions, thus saving you the time of making a formal inquiry. But, we are always here to provide assistance with topics such as fair dealing rules, electronic license agreements, copyright rules regarding materials for online teaching, and more. Contact us at copyright.office@dal.ca
Intern Profiles 2013: Samantha Fritz, Killam Memorial Library
Samantha in the Special Collections Reading Room, fifth floor of the Killam Library.
Samantha Fritz is spending her summer as an intern in the Killam Memorial Library. Having completed her first year of the Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) degree, one of the things Samantha is enjoying so far is seeing the theories she’s learned in the classroom come to life in the library.
“I really enjoy learning the theories behind the organization and classification of information,” says Samantha. “I have a background in history and English, so I was also drawn to the MLIS program because I loved the research aspects to those disciplines.”
Coming to Halifax via Kitchener, Samantha says that she chose Dalhousie’s program not only for the high-quality of the courses offered, but also because of the welcome she got from the people in the program. “The program here at Dal makes you feel like you are part of a community,” she says, adding, “and Halifax is a beautiful city.”
Since her internship began, Samantha and the two other Killam interns have been keeping busy on a number of projects, including citing and uploading to DalSpace more than 350 faculty profiles. Other projects include uploading the Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science to DalSpace (older issues) and to Open Journal Systems (newer issues), and offering information assistance at the Killam Library Service Point (formerly the circulation desk). Samantha has also been using Camtasia software to produce a new tutorial video about how to search for journals, a common question asked in the library.
Samantha sees herself working in an archive or special collections library in the future. She is also interested in working in an academic library, and she finds projects that connect the libraries to their universities particularly intriguing. She also enjoys the digitization process. “Learning the technical skills such as HTML coding and working with metadata present challenges which are certainly interesting to grapple with,” she says. “The opportunities with this degree are so diverse, I could go into a traditional librarianship role, or do more of the information management side; the opportunities are endless,” says Samantha. Whatever she chooses, she’ll be well served by her love of organization and challenges.
Intern Profiles 2013: Linda Cormier, MacRae Library
Linda in the Agricola Collection at the MacRae Library, surrounded by agricultural artifacts.
Linda Cormier is spending her summer as an intern in the MacRae Library. Located on the beautiful Agricultural Campus in Truro, this is the first time the MacRae Library has had a student intern from the MLIS program, and Linda couldn’t be happier to be there.
“Last summer I worked at an aquaculture hatchery in New Brunswick, where I’m from. I loved watching the tiny oysters develop into adults, and I love the connections between aquaculture and agriculture. At the most basic level, both are forms of farming,” says Linda.
Linda didn’t start out in aquaculture though; she holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Education. She substituted in public schools in New Brunsiwck and also taught English in Japan for seven years. “I see a very close connection between teaching and librarianship. Both professions are essentially giving people information,” says Linda.
One of the projects Linda is working on this summer involves preserving the two-volume The History of the Lowbush Blueberry Industry in Nova Scotia 1880-1990. Linda is scanning the original documents and posting them in DalSpace. She is also working on migrating the Wild Blueberry Information Network Centre website to Dalhousie’s website. The information within that site gives people a central place to go for all the information available about the history of the wild blueberry industry in Nova Scotia.
As for her plans post-graduation, Linda is open to many types of work and settings. “Technical work, digital work, cataloguing, information or data management, I’m interested in it all. I could see myself working in an academic library, or in a government setting, or in a corporation,” says Linda. She particularly likes the digital aspect of the work, including web design and HTML, the main language for creating web pages.
“I’m really enjoying my work term and seeing what each staff member in the library does. The internship program is excellent, and the MacRae Library is a great place to learn,” says Linda.
Access Journals Easily from BrowZine
What is BrowZine, anyway?
BrowZine unites articles from databases into complete journals, then arranges them by subject on a library-branded newsstand. The result is a revolutionary new way to browse, read and monitor scholarly journals on various electronic devices.
The Dal Libraries have access to BrowZine on a trial basis until Nov. 30 (this has recently been extended from Sept. 30).
To access the trial from an iPad (works best on iPad 2 or later)
• From an iPad, download BrowZine from the App Store and install it.
• When you open BrowZine for the first time, you will see a list of schools, select Dalhousie, then enter your Dal ID and password.
• Select the subject areas and start browsing
BrowZine is also available for Android users. It can be downloaded on a Google Nexus, Samsung Galaxy or Kindle Fire HD tablet (Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean OS recommended) from the Google Play or Amazon/Kindle stores. Same approach as listed above for access on those devices.
If you have previously downloaded BrowZine and have been using their Open Access library, you will first need to log out of that library. To do so, open BrowZine and tap the Settings button at the bottom; in the Settings page, tap the Logout button in the upper right. The list of libraries will appear, please follow the above steps.
Unfortunately, not all e-journals Dalhousie has access to are available via BrowZine. This is a list of supported publishers.
BrowZine will be adding JSTOR content later this month, and on October 1 EBSCO, ProQuest, and OVID content will be available as well. We welcome your feedback about this product, please comment below.