Update: August 26 – This issue has been resolved. Thank you for your patience!
Some ProQuest databases and access to full text content are temporarily unavailable. The Libraries are working with ProQuest to restore access as quickly as possible.
Welcome John Yolkowski, Dal Libraries new Copyright Services Coordinator
We are pleased to welcome our new Copyright Services Coordinator, John Yolkowski!
John is not a stranger to the Dalhousie Libraries. For the past year, he has been the project manager for the Elisabeth Mann Borgese Digitization Project, working with the Research & Scholarly Communications / Archives team on the fifth floor of the Killam.
John’s educational background includes an MLIS from Western and an MA from Guelph. He has previous experience working in archives, research, teaching, and providing chat reference service with OCUL’s Scholars Portal.
“The Dalhousie Libraries Copyright Office provides support to faculty, staff and students, to facilitate fair and ethical use of copyright materials for learning and teaching,” says Donna Bourne-Tyson, University Librarian. “John brings with him relevant experience, expertise and a willingness to work with our community to ensure everyone benefits from the wealth of scholarly material available.”
Whether it’s booking a film screening on campus, putting course materials into Blackboard, applying Fair Dealing, or learning about Creative Commons licenses, John is looking forward to answering any questions staff, faculty, or students have about how copyright affects them. Part of this work will be educational in nature, and he especially excited about delivering a series of presentations to various faculties here in the coming months to discuss copyright at Dalhousie.
“Often people can find the whole concept of copyright a bit overwhelming,” says John. “But with many of the changes that have happened in the last couple of years, educational institutes have a whole new range of options and possibilities and I look forward to helping people see what is possible in their research, teaching, and studying.”
John will be based out of the Killam Library. If you have questions about Copyright, contact copyright.office@dal.ca or 902-494-4346.
Welcome John!
Go Online with Your Reading List: eReserves Service for Faculty
Make course-related articles and book chapters available electronically to your students! The Dalhousie Libraries are offering faculty an option to have links to licensed e-content added to their reading lists and uploaded to BbLearn or Brightspace (for the Faculties of Agriculture, Management (CFAME), Architecture and Planning and Health Professions [Social Work programs] ) by one of the Dal Libraries’ staff, with copyright clearance obtained if possible.
You can do this online via the Reserve page on our website.
- Go to the Reserves page and select the appropriate library submission form
- Login and fill in the brief course particulars
- Choose “Upload Reading List for OWL” (you still have the option to fill out our regular form for “In-Library Reserves” if you don’t want your list annotated and added to your BbLearn/Brightspace course)
And that’s it! Once you’ve submitted your list, Libraries’ staff will create persistent URLs for electronic items and post the list to BbLearn or Brightspace for you.
A note of caution: Some publishers limit the number of readers who can use an ebook at the same time. This publisher-controlled limitation can make ebooks challenging to use as textbooks. Before adding one of the Libraries’ ebooks to your syllabus, check with your library liaison who can work with the Libraries’ Resources team to determine if a particular ebook will meet your needs. Not sure who your library liaison is? Check this list: http://util.library.dal.ca/Subspecialists/
We work with paper as well! We’ll seek copyright clearance for print material—articles and book chapters—through our Copyright Services Coordinator and then scan and upload the items into BbLearn or Brightspace. If we’re not able to obtain copyright clearance, the material will be placed on Reserve at the Service Point/Circulation Desk of your selected library and you will be notified of this change.
By offering this service the Libraries are hoping to build new partnerships with faculty, meet the students where they are, and provide quick and reliable access to library resources. We also hope you find it useful!
Note: Please allow at least 2 weeks for your reading lists to be processed. Lists are processed in the order in which they are received.For further information or to get started, please contact:
- Nancy Melvin, Killam Memorial Library, 494-2147
- Jan Pelley, Kellogg Health Sciences Library, 494-3895
- Jolene Reid, MacRae Library, 902-893-4578
- Amanda Sparks, Sexton Design & Technology Library, 494-6095
- Please contact the Dunn Law Library directly for Reserve information at that location.
- John Yolkowski, Dalhousie Libraries Copyright Services Coordinator, 494-4346
Public presentations by the Research & Instruction Librarian candidates at the MacRae Library
Candidates for the position of Research & Instruction Librarian at the MacRae Library have been invited to make a presentation to the Dalhousie community on the following topic:
The TriCouncil funding agencies (NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR) have recently released their guidelines for research data management and planning. The Faculty Council of the Faculty of Agriculture has invited you to give a 20 minutes presentation to the Council to introduce them to research data management & research data planning, and the related resources for them to meet these guidelines.
Thursday, August 20, 9:00am-9:35am – Erin MacPherson
In Truro: Librarian’s Corner, MacRae Library
In Halifax: Room 2902, Killam Library (video-conference)
Friday, August 21, 9:00am-9:35am – Maggie Nielson
In Truro: Librarian’s Corner, MacRae Library
In Halifax: Room 2902, Killam Library (video-conference)
Monday, August 24, 11:15-11:50am – Alison Ambi
In Truro: Librarian’s Corner, MacRae Library
In Halifax: Room 2902, Killam Library (video-conference)
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Update: Trial to Dynamed Plus now including ACP Smart Medicine
Updated August 31
A trial has been set up for Dynamed Plus, which will run until the end of September. Dalhousie currently subscribes to Dynamed and to ACP Smart Medicine (formerly known as ACP PIER). By the end of the year, ACP Smart Medicine will be discontinued as a stand-alone product and the content will be incorporated into Dynamed Plus.
Please check it out during the trial period and provide your feedback on any advantages a subscription to Dynamed Plus might deliver by the end of September.
Please provide feedback through this online form by the end of September.
Thinking about adding an ebook as a textbook for your Fall or Winter courses?
Some publishers limit the number of readers who can use an ebook at the same time. This publisher-controlled limitation can make it difficult for an entire class to use the same ebook. Other ebook publishers offer better access choices.
Ebooks also vary significantly in price depending on whether the Libraries subscribe to the ebook or buy the ebook. In some cases, there are user limits on ebooks that the Libraries¹ own.
Before adding an ebook as a textbook to your course, check with your library liaison who can work with the Resources team to determine if a particular ebook will meet your needs. Not sure who your library liaison is? Check this list: http://util.library.dal.ca/Subspecialists/
eTherapeutics/eCPS renamed RxTx – August 14
On August 14, eTherapeutics/eCPS will switch over to RxTx, a new robust and intuitive product with a powerful search engine that gives you the drug and therapeutic information you need in fewer steps.
The switchover means you’ll see RxTx when you first login. You’ll still be able to access the older interface by clicking on the link in the bottom banner. Please note that the publisher has provided a link to a survey in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
If you haven’t tried RxTx, we encourage you to do so before the switchover date. You can also register for the RxTx Product Overview webinar. Attend this live, interactive product tour on August 11th, 12th or 13th to familiarize yourself with the new interface.
Dalhousie Libraries acquires online access to Oxford Arabic Dictionary
The Dalhousie Libraries have recently acquired online access to the Oxford Arabic Dictionary.
This is the most authoritative English-Arabic/ Arabic-English dictionary ever published. Based on real modern evidence and computational analysis of hundreds of millions of words in both English and Modern Standard Arabic, the dictionary boasts more than 130,000 words and phrases and 200,000 translations. It has been designed for both Arabic and English native speakers and includes up-to-date vocabulary from computing, business, the media, and the arts, across both languages.
The Oxford Arabic Dictionary can be accessed through the Novanet Online Public Catalogue and the Databases page on the Dalhousie Libraries website.
Delayed opening for Killam Library on Saturday, July 18
UPDATE: JULY 15 – 4:00
The timeline for the scheduled power outage has changed, and the Killam will open at 10 a.m., as usual.
As part of Dalhousie’s facilities renewal program, it is necessary to remove a piece of redundant electrical equipment from the Weldon Law Building campus electrical vault. This work is scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 18, 2015 between 5 and 11 a.m. (times approximate).
During this time, buildings located on Studley and Carleton campuses will be without power, and the Killam Library will have restricted access. As a result, the library will open at 12:00 p.m., instead of 10 a.m.
Congratulations Mick!
We’re delighted to announce that Mick Bottom will be taking on a new role with the Dalhousie Libraries!
Mick’s new position is the Manager of Services, Support and Training, where he will be responsible for overseeing the integration of Instructional Technologies support, Help Desks, and Library Desktop support into a unified service team.
“With Mick’s leadership, the unified team will help expand our service capacity and allow us to be more responsive in responding to the regular surges in demand for each area.” Says Marc Comeau, Director of Library IT.
“I am thrilled to be given this opportunity, and to continue working with LITS and my colleagues in the libraries” says Mick Bottom. “I’m proud of the great services already offered by LITS and I am looking forward to further developing and enhancing those services in the future.”
Congratulations Mick! We wish you all the best in your new role.