The open source publisher, Biomed Central, has offered the Dalhousie community complimentary access to the journal entitled Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy until 1st May 2011. Dr. Kenneth Rockwood from Dalhousie University is an Editorial Board Member.
Featured Guide For International Women’s Day
Our Gender & Women’s Studies Guide brings together the resources you’ll need to do your research in this area. The guide, put together and maintained by one of our subject specialist librarians, includes key databases (have you heard about The Perdita Manuscripts, for example?), reference works, and data and statistics sources. It also features a special section on Writing and Research Help with links to online tutorials, style guides, and tips for search strategies, information retrieval and much more.
Check out the Gender & Women’s Studies Guide now!
Impressed? Find more guides in your subject area on our Subject Guides page.
Video Tutorial: Find Articles Using EBSCO
Learn how to find scholarly information in an ESBCO database. This tutorial shows you how to do a simple keyword search and how to build advanced searches, too.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76YrBwsKcuA
Book of the Week: A History of Modern Libya
Dirk J. Vandewalle, A History of Modern Libya. Cambridge University Press, 2006
“…For most of the three decades following Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi’s self-styled revolution in 1969, Libya was politically isolated and labelled a pariah state. Dirk Vandewalle, one of only a handful of Western scholars to visit the country during this time, is intimately acquainted with Libya. He offers a lucid and comprehensive account of Libya’s past, and corrects some of the misunderstandings about its present … As the first comprehensive history of Libya over the last two decades, this book will be welcomed by scholars and students of North Africa, the Middle East, and by those who are visiting and doing business in the region. “ Excerpted from the publisher description
Congrats to Iron Ring Recipients
The Sexton Library staff would like to congratulate all of engineering students receiving their iron ring on Saturday, March 5th. This is one of many events being held during Engineering Month.
To learn more about the Iron Ring and the Calling of an Engineer, click here.
Palgrave Macmillan Ejournals Trial Access
The Dal Libraries are offering our users trial access to a large suite of ejournals published by Palgrave Macmillan. These will be available on and off campus until March 31. Subjects covered include:
- Bioscience Business
- Business & Management
- Economics
- Education
- Finance
- Information Systems & Technology
- Marketing
- Political Science & International Studies
- Social & Cultural Studies
- Urban Design, Real Estate & Construction
Take a cruise through the ejournals in your subject area, and please send your comments to Patrick Ellis (pellis@dal.ca)
Extended Hours at Killam for Dal Night Owls
Stressing about finals? Need more late night study time? We hear you!
Starting Sunday March 6 and continuing through April 27, use your DalCard to access Dal Night Owls extended hours in the Killam Learning Commons and Atrium. Dal Night Owls runs Sundays through Thursdays, from midnight to 3am. Please note that extended hours apply to the Learning Commons/Atrium only. The Help Desk, Circulation Desk, and upper library floors (2nd to 5th) will close at midnight.
Access is restricted to current Dalhousie or University of King’s College students with a valid DalCard. Just swipe your card through the reader at the main University Avenue entrance. Students already in the Learning Commons/Atrium at midnight will need to swipe their DalCard in a mobile card reader as requested by Library staff.
Free parking in the McCain Parkade* will also be available throughout Dal Night Owls extended hours. If you’re walking or biking, remember to stay safe by travelling with “study buddies” — friends or classmates who live in your area.
For more information on Dal Night Owls, please contact the Killam Circulation Desk at 494-3617. Good luck with your studies!
*The McCain Parkade is the main parking area for events at the Arts Centre. A fee will be charged if you park prior to midnight. After midnight, parking is free of charge until the Learning Commons closes at 3 am.
Applied Life Sciences EBooks Trial
The Libraries have been provided with a 30-day free ebook trial from CAB (Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux). Subjects include organic agriculture, veterinary science and plant science, soil biology, climate change and sustainable forestry. To quickly view a book’s content, you can download one chapter at a time.
Access is available on campus until March 31, 2011.
Let us know what you think!
Information Management Public Lecture
From Just-in-Case to Just-in-Time: The Changing Models for Information Resources Management and Development
Joyline Makani, Management and Economics Librarian, Dalhousie University
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
2:00-3:00pm
Rowe Building Room 3089
In today’s economy, faced with increased pressure to reduce costs, information resources vendors and publishers are more receptive to the idea that just-in-time (JIT) business and service models could be beneficial to their bottom-line. JIT is a management philosophy that focuses on the production and inventory system ensuring that supplies arrive just as they are needed. JIT enables companies to save money and time because they don’t have to pay for storage space or manage as much inventory. Consequently the mounting pressure on vendors’ margins and the increasing adoption of JIT concepts as ways to reduce costs has resulted in new selection and acquisition models being pushed into the information manager’s work processes, specifically collection management and development processes. These models are enshrined in new concepts such as “patron driven acquisition” (PDA), or “print-on-demand services”.
For librarians/information managers the question remains, is JIT the right prescription to the effective building and maintaining of library collections, i.e., does JIT enable lean and efficient collection development processes? This paper explores the theory behind collection management and development in general, relating this to the changes and underlying attitudes in the currently evolving business models, specifically the role of the customer/patron versus that of the collection development librarian in academic libraries. The recently launched patron-driven e-book acquisitions pilot at the Dalhousie University Killam Library is also discussed as a case study informing this paper.
Joyline Makani has worked as the management and economics librarian at Dalhousie University for over ten years. As a subject specialist her primary areas of responsibility with regards to collection management and development include business, commerce, economics, information management, and public administration. She also teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the Faculty of Management. She holds MLIS and MBA degrees from Dalhousie University and is currently a PhD candidate in knowledge management.
Love the Library? Say It In a Video!
Create a short video telling us why you love the Dal Libraries and you could win a wifi Kobo ereader, or other great prizes!
How to Enter
- Read the contest rules below.
- Grab your cell phone, camera, or any other video recording device.
- Tell us why you love the library in 45 seconds or less. It doesn’t need to be fancy!
- Submit your video by filling out this form (you’ll be asked for your NetID and password first).
- Be sure to include your full name and department/program when submitting your video.
Contest Rules
- The contest is open from February 1 until midnight February 28, 2011.
- All current Dal students, faculty, and staff are eligible to enter, with the exception of permanent library staff.
- Videos must be 45 seconds or less in length, 100 MBs or less in size.
- Please submit videos only in .wmv, .mov, and .avi file formats.
- One entry per person. You can work in teams, but each entry must be submitted under one name only. You are responsible for getting permission from everyone who appears in your video. Winner(s) may be required to provide signed waivers from all individuals appearing in their video.
- All content must be original. Videos will be disqualified if they use copyrighted material (i.e. music).
- Videos will be disqualified if they include violence, offensive language, etc.
- By entering your video in the contest, you grant the Dalhousie Libraries permission to use your name and video in library promotions.
- Have fun!
Entries will be voted on by a panel of library staff and students. Winners will be notified in early March and decisions will be final. All eligible entries will be posted for viewing via YouTube on the Libraries’ website at the completion of the contest.
Don’t feel like creating a video?
Send us an email telling us why you love the library and we’ll put your name in a draw for a chance to win a prize! Please use this form to send us your love letters, poems or other effusions.