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The Red Dress Day exhibit in the Ko’jua Okuom in the Killam Memorial Library.
May 5 is Red Dress Day, a day of honouring missing and murdered Indigenous people.
Learn more about Red Dress Day.
Learn more about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) by reading the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
By Alison Brierley
Attention all students! You are invited to take part in the first-ever MacRae Library Research Poster Competition. This is an opportunity to share your work with others, learn more about research, and win one of three gift card prizes.
Submit Your Research
To register for the competition, complete the online application form by March 15 and prepare a digital or print version of your research poster* to present at a lightning talk event on March 27.
Your digital posters will be presented to lightning talk attendees as QR codes so be sure to create your poster so that it is scalable for mobile devices. If you would like to showcase a print version of your research poster, it must be submitted to the MacRae Library front desk by 12 pm on March 22.
This competition is open to all undergraduate, graduate students, and post-docs on the Truro Campus including Truro Start students. No previous publishing or presentation experience is required and your research can explore any topic.
Vote for the Winners
On March 27, from 6:00-8:00 p.m., researchers will present their posters at a lightning talk event in the MacRae Library program rooms (218/219). Audience members will vote for their favourite presentations using a scoring rubric and the top three posters will receive a gift card! A celebratory reception with food and refreshments will follow.
Can’t make the event? Posters will be on display at the MacRae Library from March 22 – April 5.
We want to bring together students and postdocs from across the Truro campus to share their knowledge and help to build community. We look forward to your submissions and hearing more about your work!
Important Dates
If you have any questions, please reach out to Jaclyn Chambers Page at jchamberspage@dal.ca.
*Curious about how to prepare a poster presentation?
Sign up for Research Camp, an online, asynchronous program created by Dal Libraries with support from the Writing Centre. Research Camp covers all the elements of research, from basic to advanced skills with video lectures, interactive exercises, and more. Included is a special module on Poster Presentations in the “Presenting and Publishing Research” section.
Self-register in Brightspace by clicking Academic Support > Self-registration> Online Community – Research Camp 2023-2024. You can enroll anytime and complete as many modules as you wish.
Contest Terms and Conditions:
The competition submission form opens on March 1, 2024, at 8 a.m. and closes on March 15, 2024, at 11:59pm. A digital or print copy of the entrant’s poster must be received by the MacRae Library by March 22, 2024, at 4 pm. The lightning talk is from 6 – 8 pm. Entrants must have reached the age of majority in their province of residence and must be an active full- or part-time Dalhousie University students at the Truro Campus.
Three (3) Prizes are available to be won. All entries must be submitted before 11:59 pm March 15, 2024, via submission form ( https://forms.office.com/r/VL3TUGmqLn). Three (3) winners will be selected from all entries based on the scoring rubric attached to the full Competition Rules in Appendix A by 8 p.m. March 27, 2024. The winners will be contacted in person at the event, or via their provided contact information if they are no longer present. Odds of winning are dependent on the number of eligible entries received and the quality of an entrant’s poster based on their score as determined using the scoring rubric. No purchase is required. First prize is a $100 Amazon gift card. Second prize is a $50 Amazon gift card. Third prize is a $25 Amazon gift card. Winners must claim their prize between the time of notification and April 5 or will forfeit their prize.
View full contest terms and conditions (login required).
Blind date with a book is happening now in the libraries!
We want to set you up with the book of your dreams – find love in a library near you.
Find our book displays at the Killam, Kellogg, Sexton, and Dunn libraries.
A Canadian Legion Educational Services publication series was identified while processing historical government documents at the MacRae Library. They appear to be unique, with very few copies found elsewhere in Canada.
The University of Fraser Valley’s online resource, The Encyclopedia of Canadian Adult Education, indicates that these items were under the care of the Canadian Legion Educational Services from 1939 to 1946. The series at the MacRae aligns with the Encyclopedia’s records, with imprints of 1945 and 1946.
The text on the back of the series instructs students enrolled in courses to carry their textbooks with them while traveling overseas. Upon arrival at their new stations, they were encouraged to promptly connect with the Education Officer or Naval Schoolmaster.
These agricultural textbooks were not just academic resources; they were intended to travel with soldiers during the peak of World War II. They provide powerful insight into the hopes and dreams these students had for their futures.
Visit the MacRae Library to view this publication series.
Hidden Gems contest alert!
The MacRae Library on the Dal Agricultural Campus is hosting a self-guided library tour and gem hunt.
Find the gems, discover the secret phrase, and enter to win a prize!
The contest runs until October 3; the winner will be notified by email.
Good luck!
Dalhousie Libraries is excited to share that we’ve added the comprehensive Burleigh Dodds agricultural eBook collection to our resources. In it, you will find over 1,900 chapters on subjects like crops, livestock, and forestry, that focus on areas including crucial steps in the supply chain, breeding to harvest, and sustainable management practices.
This collection is an excellent resource for undergraduate students, as well as more experienced researchers in the field of agriculture. It features an easy-to-navigate platform and the ability to read chapters online or download them to your computer, with new content chapters being added frequently. The procurement of this collection highlights agriculture-centered resources for our students, faculty, and researchers.
A unique feature of the Burleigh Dodds eBooks collection is its organization. Rather than a limited assortment of full books, this compendium is comprised of themed chapters from a wide range of various books. Searching these chapters for the information you need is simple – a search bar on the top of each page allows you to search by keyword, title, author, ISSN, or subject. You can also do an advanced search by selecting the “search” button at the top of the page. You will then be directed to an advanced search page to sort and narrow your results based on your needs.
You can access the collection directly or visit the Dal Libraries website and select Databases A-Z in the Quick Links and scroll until you see Burleigh Dodds Agriculture eBook Collection.
If you need help navigating the database, please don’t hesitate to contact our Agriculture subject specialist librarians, Erin MacPherson or Jaclyn Chambers-Page.
We hope you enjoy this expansive collection!
Due to a planned power outage, the MacRae Library on the Agricultural campus will be closed on Monday, July 31. 
Wednesday, April 26 is Lesbian Visibility Day at Mount Saint Vincent University. To mark this special day, an event will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the MSVU Art Gallery.
The event will highlight the MSVU Lesbian Pulp Fiction Collection, the Dalhousie University Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive, and the Dalhousie University Lesbian Oral History Project. Speakers will reflect on lesbian visibility and invisibility, and the need for collections that highlight the lives of women who love women. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.
The event is a highlight of Lesbian Visibility Week, which runs from April 24-30.
Please contact elisabeth.heroux-rhymes@msvu.ca to RSVP.
Are you a graduate student, research assistant, or teaching assistant looking to develop your research skills? The Research Summer Camp is a comprehensive program that will take you through the research process from literature searching and writing all the way to publication. The program is open to any student, faculty, or staff member at Dalhousie, but is specifically tailored to graduate students.
The Research Summer Camp will be offered as a series of online modules on Brightspace and live online sessions. Modules may include short video lectures and interactive exercises to help you brush up on your literature searching, writing, information management, and research skills. By registering for this program, you will have access to all of the pre-recorded modules beginning on May 15th, 2023. You also have the option to register for sessions in the program that will be delivered live (online) in May and June.
Starting in May 2023, we are also offering certificates for completion of Research Summer Camp sessions and modules. For a full list of available certificates, see the Certificate page on the Research Summer Camp website.
Registration is open now, and access starts on May 15th, 2023. To self-register for the program
· Log into Brightspace
· In the Academic Support menu, select Self-registration
· From the list of courses, find and select Online Community – Research Camp 2023-2024
To register for live sessions, visit the Dal Libraries Events Calendar: https://dal.libcal.com/calendar/events
Program website, including schedule, module descriptions, FAQs: https://dal.ca.libguides.com/ResearchCamp