Holiday Hours at the Dalhousie Libraries
For details about the holiday hours at each of the Dalhousie Libraries, please see below.
Sir James Dunn Law Library
Thursday, December 20 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Friday, December 21 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 22 & Sunday, December 23 Closed
Monday, December 24 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
Tuesday, December 25 – Tuesday, January 1 Closed
Regular hours resume Wednesday, January 2.
W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library
Monday, December 17 7:30 a.m.*-11 p.m.
Tuesday, December 18 – Friday, December 21 7:30 a.m.*-6 p.m.
Saturday, December 22 & Sunday, December 23 Closed
Monday, December 24 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
Tuesday, December 25 – Tuesday, January 1 Closed
* Circulation staff available 30 minutes after library opens
Regular hours resume Wednesday, January 2.
Killam Memorial Library
Tuesday, December 18 – Friday, December 21 8 a.m.–6 p.m.
Saturday, December 22 & Sunday, December 23 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Monday, December 24 8 a.m.–12 p.m.
Tuesday, December 25 – Thursday, December 27 Closed
Friday, December 28 & Saturday, December 29 10 a.m.–6 p.m.*
Sunday, December 30 – Tuesday, January 1 Closed
Wednesday, January 2 – Friday, January 4 8 a.m.–6 p.m.
Saturday, January 5 & Sunday, January 6 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
* Please note that the Reference Desk will be closed. The Circulation and Help Desks will be open.
Regular hours resume Monday, January 7.
Dalhousie University Archives
(located fifth floor, Killam Library)
Thursday, December 13 & Friday, December 14 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, December 15 & Sunday, December 16 Closed
Monday, December 17 – Friday, December 21 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, December 22 – Tuesday, January 1 Closed
Wednesday, January 2 – Friday, January 4 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday, January 5 & Sunday, January 6 Closed
Regular hours resume Monday, January 7.
Dalhousie University Archives & Special Collections Reading Room
(located fifth floor, Killam Library)
Thursday, December 13 & Friday, December 14 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, December 15 & Sunday, December 16 Closed
Monday, December 17 – Friday, December 21 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, December 22 – Tuesday, January 1 Closed
Wednesday, January 2 – Friday, January 4 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, January 5 & Sunday, January 6 Closed
GISciences Centre
(located second floor, Killam Library)
Monday, December 24 8 a.m.–12 p.m.
Tuesday, December 25 – Tuesday, January 1 Closed
Regular hours resume Wednesday, January 2.
MacRae Library
Friday, December 14 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 15 & Sunday, December 16 Closed
Monday, December 17-Friday, December 21 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 22 & Sunday, December 23 Closed
Monday, December 24 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Tuesday, December 25 – Tuesday, January 1 Closed
Wednesday, January 2 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Sexton Design & Technology Library
Tuesday, December 18 – Friday, December 21 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Saturday, December 22 – Tuesday, January 1 Closed
Regular hours resume Wednesday, January 2.
Watch the David Adams Richards Reading
Late last month, the Killam Library was thrilled to host acclaimed author David Adams Richards. Mr. Richards read from his latest book, Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul, and then answered questions from the audience with wisdom and wit. Missed the reading? Watch it here. 
Food and drink policy in Archives and Special Collections reading room
Just a friendly reminder for students studying at the Killam Library that the Archives and Special Collections reading room has a no food and drink policy.
Denying your coffee and snacks is our least favourite thing to do, but we need to maintain a clean environment for the archives, rare books, historical maps, and other unique materials that are accessed in the room. Sealed water bottles and thermoses are permitted, but we suggest students finish their beverages in the atrium and come up when they’re caffeinated.
Joanna Briggs Institute eBooks Series Now Available
The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) is a world leader in evidence-based healthcare. The Kellogg Health Sciences Library is pleased to provide online access to JBI’s new Synthesis Science in HealthCare series. This ebook series looks at the JBI model of evidence-based healthcare as well as individual titles on evaluation of qualitative and quantitative research, assessment of evidence from intervention and diagnostic accuracy studies, and methods to minimize risks from adverse events. You may access the book series via the Dalhousie Library catalogue and by links on each of the titles below.
- Synthesizing economic evidence / Catalin Tufanaru, Woan-Shin Tan
- Synthesizing evidence from narrative, text and opinion / Zoe Jordan, Rie Konno, Pei Fan Mu
- Synthesizing evidence of diagnostic accuracy / Sarahlouise White, Tim Schultz, Yeetey Akpe Kwesi Enuameh
- Synthesizing evidence of risk / Edoardo Aromataris, Lisa Hopp, Zachary Munn
- Synthesizing qualitative evidence / Alan Pearson, Suzi Robertson-Malt, Leslie Rittenmeyer
- Synthesizing quantitative evidence / Craig Lockwood, Ralua Sfetcu, Eui Geum Oh
- Translation science and the JBI model of evidence-based healthcare / Alan Pearson, Susan Weeks, Cindy Stern
Other JBI resources like systematic reviews and evidence summaries are available as well.
Accessing SpringerLink
The migration to the new SpringerLink platform took place last week. Since then, we’ve been unable to access some archival journal content and some eBook content on the new platform.
Springer is aware of the problem and is taking steps to resolve it. In the meantime, you should be able to access archival and eBook content on the old platform, which can be reached by clicking on “access old SpringerLink” in the upper right hand corner of the new platform.
Going to the Market
On Saturday, November 17, staff from the MacRae Library at the Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture gave a presentation on library resources and services to vendors at the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market. Elaine MacInnis, Agricultural Campus librarian and Erin MacPherson, reference assistant, spoke to a small but interested group of vendors about agricultural resources and services available to them as off-campus borrowers.
Minister of Communities, Culture and Heritage Leonard Preyra with Corbin De Waal of Getaway Farms at the launch of the market book drop this summer.
If vendors borrow items from the MacRae Library, they (or anyone using the Seaport Market) can return library items borrowed from anywhere in Nova Scotia to the new library drop box at the market. Libraries Nova Scotia has placed this drop box at the Seaport Market as a pilot project designed to expand the reach of the Borrow Anywhere, Return Anywhere (BARA) service that debuted in 2009.
The library drop box is located at the north entrance to the Seaport Farmers’ Market. Twice weekly, items are picked up by the Novanet book truck and brought to the Killam Library for sorting and shipping.
While the BARA program and library drop box provide benefits and convenience to our patrons, it also exposes libraries to the Seaport Market community, which is ever-growing. Vendors or agricultural groups who wish to learn more about the resources and services available to them as off-campus borrowers are asked to contact Elaine MacInnis at the MacRae Library at (902)893-6670 or Elaine.MacInnis@dal.ca
Canadian Pharmacists Association Online Services: Older Browsers No Longer Supported
News release from CPhA regarding online support. This change affects access to e-CPS and e-Therapeutics.
Please note that as of Jan. 1, 2013, CPhA will no longer support the following web browsers for online services:
- Internet Explorer 6 or earlier
- Firefox 7 or earlier
It has become more and more difficult supporting old browsers for our online services. The support of old browsers imposes restrictions on technical solutions that would enhance your overall customer experience. Please use Internet Explorer 7 or above, or Firefox 8 or above.
If you have any additional questions, please call CPhA customer service at 1-800-917-9489 or 613-523-7877, extension 501.
Thank you for your understanding.
CPhA Technical Team
Killam Library Artist Residency
THIS OPPORTUNITY IS NOW CLOSED.
CALL FOR LOCAL ARTIST: KILLAM LIBRARY ARTIST RESIDENCY
6 week residency, January 21 – March 1, 2013
Application deadline: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at midnight
Call for an artist in residency at the Killam Library, Dalhousie University, with support from the Dalhousie Art Gallery, and funded by HRM residency initiative.
The Killam Library is architecturally distinct internally and externally. Completed in 1971 in the Brutalist style, the lack of exterior windows is in sharp contrast to the interior glass courtyard filled with greenery. The slate floors and concrete or glass walls bounce sound through a space intended for research and quiet contemplation. These contradictory architectural qualities are intriguing potentials for an artist to consider, as are the notions of libraries as repositories of knowledge, the physicality of books themselves, student interactions, and the notion of multidisciplinarity. This library is active visually, aurally, socially, and academically.
The following resources are available:
- Archives and special collections – rare books, Canadian small press, comics, music
- Public learning commons, computers, microfiche stations, historic newspapers, a government documents repository, digital resources such as eBooks and eJournals, data databases, and reference librarians to assist with research
- 3D printer, large format printer, lecture halls, viewing rooms
The selected artist will be compensated $500/week for six weeks, to utilize the residency environment at least 15 hours a week. A dedicated work space will be made available in addition to library resources. Applicants must be professional artists with at least three years of public exposition or publication, an HRM resident (living and working in HRM for 6 months), and not currently a student. We welcome applications that are based in any medium of production, performance, and digital media. The artist will be expected to respect the staff and faculty, library users, and the infrastructure.
The Dalhousie Art Gallery is a public art gallery and academic support unit within Dalhousie University. Programming includes an extensive array of contemporary and historical art exhibitions, and critical discourse through presentations and lectures. Killam Memorial Library is the largest of the Dalhousie Libraries and specifically serves the Arts and Humanities, Computer Science, Social Sciences, Science and Management departments. It contains over one million books and is the largest library in the Maritimes.
Your digital only application should include:
- A 250 word description of your proposed project
- 5 images (each file no larger than 400 kb) / short video or sound files (links to online files) / documents of previous and/or proposed work
- CV (no longer than 3 pages)
Send to: residencykillamdag@gmail.com
We thank all applicants for their interest, only finalists will be contacted.
For more information or questions regarding this call, contact: art.gallery@dal.ca or 902.494.2195.
More Chairs on the Way
This time of year, the demand for seating at the Dal Libraries increases beyond capacity. That’s why, when we can, we develop new seating areas: like the four tables and twelve chairs we repurposed after the Killam atrium renovation that are now set up in the lobby of the Killam.
The newest seating area in the Killam is proving to be very popular.
And more good chair-related news: we are currently waiting on a number of chairs to arrive at the Sexton, Kellogg and Killam Libraries. We don’t know exactly when the chairs will arrive, but we’re expecting them soon.