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ESL Offerings this Fall

Free Fall Workshop Series

Students can drop in for a different topic each week to develop their speaking and listening skills for a variety of specific contexts and improve their academic writing through a focus on grammar. Mondays & Wednesdays from 4:30–6:30 p.m. in Mona Campbell, Room 2110.  Click here for more info and for topics.

Advanced English Courses (Non-Credit)

In these 12-hour, non-credit courses students will review and expand their knowledge of the English language. Class time will include interactive activities and exercises, lab time and instructor feedback. Click here for more information or to register.

REVISED GISciences Centre’s Lunchless Learn Series: Fall 2016

What is a ‘Lunchless Learn’? It’s a hands-on tutorial, held around lunchtime, open to all on campus — without the food.GIS lunchless learns

A GIS, or Geographic Information System, is “a computer system for capturing, storing, checking, integrating, manipulating, analyzing and displaying data relating to positions on earth’s surface.” In other words, it’s an easy and fun way to look at the world differently.

This is a series to help give people a taste of what GIS is and how it can be used. To try and accommodate more people we are offering the same session at different times and locations. These sessions are meant to be self contained. After the Intro session – take only the topics that are of interest to you.

Due to the high level of interest, we ask you to sign up for session(s). To sign up, send an email to gis@dal.ca

Intro – First Encounters of the GIS Kind
Mon., Sept. 19/1:30–3 p.m.                        Room G70, Killam Library, Studley Campus
Tues., Sept. 20/1–2:30 p.m.                        Room C300, C Building, Sexton Campus*
Thurs., Sept. 22/11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.           Room G70, Killam Library, Studley Campus

Sessions cancelled due to unavailability of instructor.
Data: So You Want to Make a Map – where and how to find data
Mon., Sept. 26/1–3 p.m.                             Room G70, Killam Library, Studley Campus
Tues., Sept. 27/1–3 p.m.                             Room C300, C Building, Sexton Campus*

Revised schedule:
Data: So You Want to Make a Map – where and how to find data
Mon., Oct. 3/1–3 p.m.                         Room G70, Killam Library, Studley Campus
Tues., Oct. 4/1–3 p.m.                         Room C300, C Building, Sexton Campus*

Raster: how to become a raster master
Tues., Oct. 11/1–2:30 p.m.                       Room C300, C Building, Sexton Campus*
Mon., Oct. 17/1:30–3 p.m.                       Room G70, Killam Library, Studley Campus

Carto: maps — the good, the bad, and the ugly
Tues., Oct. 18/1–2:30 p.m.                       Room C300, C Building, Sexton Campus*
Mon., Oct. 24/1:30–3 p.m.                       Room G70, Killam Library, Studley Campus

ArcGIS Online – GIS that’s in the Cloud(s)
Mon., Oct. 31/1:30–3 p.m.                      Room G70, Killam Library, Studley Campus
Tues., Nov. 1/1–2:30 p.m.                       Room C300, C Building, Sexton Campus*     

*Due to construction at the Sexton Campus, the location may have to change because of lab availability. If this is the case, the class could be at the Killam Library in room G70. If you are signed up for the session, you will receive an email notification if there is a room change, and the listings here will be updated.

Take part in the Kellogg Health Sciences Library eBook collection consultation

Your input is needed regarding our eBook collections that are currently under review. Please use the survey link provided to indicate which eBooks you consider core to your research, teaching or learning: https://surveys.dal.ca/opinio/s?s=33482

Your advice and feedback, combined with our statistics on usage patterns, will help us identify the most-needed titles and we will continue to subscribe to as many that our budget will permit. Please respond to the survey by Saturday, October 15.

Additional feedback after this deadline is welcomed and will be integrated, but we appreciate your response as soon as possible to develop an optimal strategy. Contact: Kellogg.Library@dal.ca

Ongoing communications will be shared on our website and through your collections and liaison librarians as we move through this process over the coming months.

Thank you for your participation.

Cambridge Core Launched

Cambridge University Press announces a new academic platform called Cambridge Core. Bringing together over 30,000 books and 360 journals, Cambridge Core replaces our previous books and journals platforms:

  • Cambridge Journals Online
  • Cambridge Books Online
  • Cambridge Companions Online
  • Cambridge Histories Online

Content URL redirects are now switched on and will remain in place indefinitely. The above platforms are no longer accessible, all content is now available on Cambridge Core.

eBook Changes Post-ClinicalKey

Dalhousie’s ClinicalKey subscription to eBooks and eJournals ended in May 2016. As promised, the Dalhousie Libraries have purchased the most highly used ebooks that were in ClinicalKey from another vendor. Feedback and usage statistics will help us determine which additional books to replace in the coming months.

Every vendor has different display, navigation, and access options, and we make every effort to purchase the most advantageous model available. Whenever possible, unlimited access was purchased (e.g Goldman Cecil Medicine); however, in many cases only a three “concurrent users” license was available (e.g. for Nolte’s The Human Brain and Gray’s Anatomy).  “Concurrent user” means that a limited number of users can access the materials at a single time, in this case, three users at a time. The same copyright laws and conditions that applied to ClinicalKey apply to these new subscriptions with alternate vendors.

Given these changes, we recommend that faculty work with the Faculty Course Reserves Service https://libraries.dal.ca/services/course-reserves.html to ensure persistent links to the course material are updated. We also recommend that students be alerted that many resources now have a three concurrent users license and that at peak times, copies will be in high demand. Students should access the resource early if they need to download material in advance of a lecture.

Access has been set up so that all three copies can be read online rather than borrowed in their entirety for multiple weeks. This allows for maximum access to a limited resource.

Both scenarios allow for faculty and students to use the books and print/download the material they need, but they may need to access the book a few times to print/download the needed section or full reading requirement.

When accessing books through the library catalogue, click on the “Open source in new window” option for easier viewing, navigation and printing/downloads. Noltes human brainStudents and faculty working in hospitals may have access to ClinicalKey through their local health authority. Medical students, residents and physicians who are members of CMA will have unlimited access to ClinicalKey through their association membership. https://www.cma.ca/En/Pages/cma-fee-category-schedule.aspx

Ebooks purchased (or already owned) to date:

Title Access model
Anesthesia Secrets 4e, 2011 Unlimited
Blood and Bone Marrow Pathology 2e Unlimited
Bradley’s Neurology in Clinical Practice 7e 3 concurrent users
Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology 7e Unlimited
Chestnut’s Obstetric Anesthesia: Principles and Practice 5e 3 concurrent users
Clinical Sports Medicine: Medical Management and Rehabilitation 2007 Unlimited
Complications in Anesthesia 2e, 2007 Unlimited
Comprehensive Pediatric Nephrology 2008 Unlimited
Current Surgical Therapy 11e 3 concurrent users
Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders 3e, 2013 Unlimited
Electromyography in Clinical Practice 2e, 2007 Unlimited
Essentials of Pain Medicine 3e, 2011 Unlimited
Fundamental Neuroscience Unlimited
Goldman’s Cecil Medicine 24e Unlimited
Gray’s Anatomy 40e 3 concurrent users
Head and Neck Pathology: A Volume in the Series: Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology 2e, 2013 Unlimited
Human Brain 6e, Nolte 3 concurrent users
Larsen’s Human Embryology 5e 3 concurrent users
Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 5e, 2011 Unlimited
Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry 6e, 2010 Unlimited
Miller’s Anesthesia 8e 3 concurrent users
Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics 20e 3 concurrent users
Neurology in Clinical Practice 6e 3 concurrent users
Neuromuscular Case Studies  2008 Unlimited
Neuromuscular Disorders: Treatment and Management Unlimited
Pain Management Secrets 3e Unlimited
Pain Procedures in Clinical Practice 3e Unlimited
Pathology of the Lungs 3e Unlimited
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 4e 3 concurrent users
Principles of Regenerative Medicine 2e, 2011 Unlimited
Schmidek and Sweet Operative Neurosurgical Techniques 6e Unlimited
Simulation in Anesthesia  2007, Gallagher Unlimited
Thompson & Thompson Genetics in Medicine 8e 3 concurrent users
Zakim and Boyer’s Hepatology 6e, 2012 Unlimited

 

Academic Term Hours

ac hours2Sir James Dunn Law Library (effective Sept. 12)

Monday–Wednesday                         8 a.m.–10:45 p.m.
Thursday                                                      8 a.m.–8 p.m.
Friday                                                           8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Saturday                                                         noon–6 p.m.
Sunday                                                     noon–10:45 p.m.

Holidays:
Monday, October 11/9 a.m.–10:45 p.m. (Thanksgiving)
Friday, November 11/9 a.m.–4 p.m. (Remembrance Day)
Friday, February 3/9 a.m.–4 p.m. (Munro Day)
Monday, February 20/9 a.m.–10:45 p.m. (Nova Scotia Heritage Day)
Friday, April 14/9 a.m.–4 p.m. (Good Friday)
Monday, May 22/CLOSED (Victoria Day)

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W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library (effective Sept. 6)

Kellogg Library Learning Commons (CHEB)
Monday–Friday                             7:30 a.m.*–midnight
Saturday & Sunday                           10 a.m.–midnight

Holidays: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

*Building opens at 7:30 a.m., service stats at 8 a.m.

Kellogg Library Collection (Chapter House)
Monday–Thursday                   8:30 a.m.–8 p.m.
Friday                                          8:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday                           noon–4 p.m.

Holidays: 1–4 p.m.

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Killam Memorial Library (effective Sept. 6)
Monday–Friday                        7:30 a.m.*–midnight
Saturday & Sunday                      10 a.m.–midnight

Holidays: 1–9 p.m.

*Building opens at 7:30 a.m., service starts at 8 a.m.

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MacRae Library (effective Sept. 6)
Monday–Thursday                    8:30 a.m.–11 p.m.
Friday                                            8:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
Saturday                                                noon–5 p.m.
Sunday                                              10 a.m.–11 p.m.

Holidays:
Monday, October 10/10 a.m.–11 p.m. (Thanksgiving Day)
Friday, November 11/1–6 p.m. (Remembrance Day)
Friday, February 3/1–6 p.m. (Munro Day)
Monday, February 20/10 a.m.–11 p.m. (Nova Scotia Heritage Day)
Friday, April 14/10 a.m.–12 p.m. (Good Friday)
Monday, May 22/CLOSED (Victoria Day)

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Sexton Design & Technology Library (effective Sept. 6)
Monday–Thursday                    8 a.m.–midnight
Friday                                                8 a.m.–9 p.m.
Saturday                                         10 a.m.–10 p.m.
Sunday                                        10 a.m.–midnight

Holiday hours:
Monday, October 10/10 a.m.–6 p.m. (Thanksgiving Day)

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Wallace McCain Learning Commons (effective Sept. 6)
Monday–Friday                                8 a.m.–10 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday                          10 a.m.–10 p.m.

Holidays: 1:30–8:30 p.m.

Service Enhancement for GIS & Data Services

The GIS Centre and other data services at the Dalhousie Libraries have been brought together with the goal of supporting a wider variety of teaching, learning, and research activities.

Leading this activity will be the new Coordinator of GIS & Data Services, Gwen MacNairn. Gwen brings her impressive record of the provision of library services, experience in the development and oversight of staff training, and her knowledge of ESRI and GIS applications to this new system-wide role that began August 15. Gwen has a strong service orientation, having worked for the past fifteen years as the Computer Science Librarian for the Faculty of Computer Science, and most recently as the Assistant Head of the Killam Memorial Library. She is also the liaison librarian for the Medical Sciences program, and spends her time in the Kellogg and Killam Libraries in this capacity.

The creation of the Coordinator of GIS & Data Services position acknowledges that GIS and other data services are required to support the curriculum, in addition to supporting research, and the services will be aligned and strengthened across the five libraries at Dal. Other members of the team include Julie Marcoux, the Data Librarian, who helps Dalhousie’s community locate and access data and statistics in the most appropriate formats and promotes access to Canadian microdata through Dal Libraries’ resources. James Boxall and Jennifer Strang, the highly regarded GIS specialists in the GIS Centre, run the busy GIS service point in the Killam Library, at a time when we are observing increasing demand for spatial data in all disciplines at the University. Joining them are a growing number of Dal Libraries staff who will be able to provide front-line service and referrals to GIS & Data Services, from each of the Dal Libraries.

With the creation of this coordinating role under Elaine MacInnis, the Associate University Librarian, Library Services, the GIS Centre will become part of the AUL Library Services’ portfolio, moving from the AUL Research and Scholarly Communication. Thanks to Michael Moosberger, AUL Research & Scholarly Communication and University Archivist, for overseeing the GIS Centre staff and services for the past five years. Mike’s commitment to staff development, and his close communications with faculty, saw the development of a GIS Faculty Advisory Committee, new services, and a more consistent approach to annual budgeting and planning.

Congratulations to Gwen MacNairn on this new role.

Staff profile: Leah Unicomb

We would like to welcome Leah Unicomb to the Dal Libraries. Leah has been working in libraries in the public school system for the past 16 years, where she flourished with her students, worked on many projects and always strived to make a positive impact on those around her. She started as the new Manager of Library Services at the MacRae Library on July 4. In this position Leah is responsible for the daily management of the Library including staff, services, and facilities. Leah endeavours to improve personally and professionally, to provide the best possible service to patrons and to always look for opportunities for growth and development.

Leah Unicomb

“I have enjoyed the warm welcome received from all those I have met here at Dalhousie! I look forward to developing many great relationships with faculty, staff, and students,” said Leah.

When she’s not working hard at the MacRae Library, Leah enjoys yoga and fitness, music, and the beach experience. She lives in North River with her family.

Taylor & Francis Title Lists with Additional Subject Information

We’ve received requests for title lists that include subjects to help with the process of identifying journals to retain. These updated spreadsheets include subjects as assigned by Taylor & Francis. Each workbook includes a table of contents listing the number of journals associated with each subject.

Not all journals are associated with specific subjects and not all subject assignments will be entirely accurate.  

Each spreadsheet can be sorted and includes filters you can use to isolate information. This quick guide to using filters (PDF) may be helpful.

Intern Profile: Nick Manuel

What brought you to the MLIS program at Dal? The MLIS program at Dal looked more flexible than the other schools I was considering at the time, and being part of the School of Management was a plus for me having just left a management role at my former career. Also, being closer to my family in Newfoundland and the small-town vibe of the city of Halifax were large attractions for me.

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What drew you to the internship at the Dal Libraries? I was very keen to start building real experience in a library and after hearing the experiences of the second-year students working in the various Dalhousie Libraries, I set my sights on the internship at the Kellogg Health Sciences Library. Helping connect people to the right resources to allow them to improve the health of themselves and others has proven to be an extremely gratifying work experience.

Your educational background: I completed my BA in English at the University of Windsor, and during my former career in logistics I was able to attend many workshops on training, safety, and leadership. Both my academic and professional educational experiences have helped my personal growth, and I urge people to always try to learn regardless of where they find themselves in life.

What you’ve been doing during your internship: I’ve had the opportunity to work with patrons at the service points, to answer reference emails, and have sat in on reference interviews with some of the experienced librarians here at the Kellogg. I’ve assisted with literature searches, updated Libguides, created tutorial and informational videos, worked on electronic surveys for collection development, as well as collaborated on a group project with my fellow Dalhousie Libraries interns.

Fun and interesting facts about you: During my internship I’ve had the chance to set my experience in radio to good use. You may occasionally hear my monotone voice narrating videos found throughout the Library website.  Also, Pokemon Go has taken over all of my free time and destroyed my data plan.

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