We always appreciate feedback on this or any other aspect of the Document Delivery Service and invite you to contact us at (902) 494-3612 or by email at docdel@dal.ca.
We always appreciate feedback on this or any other aspect of the Document Delivery Service and invite you to contact us at (902) 494-3612 or by email at docdel@dal.ca.
Today marks the first day of International Open Access Week (October 19-25).
Wondering what Open Access Week is and why it matters to Dalhousie students and faculty?
Open Access Week provides an opportunity for academics and researchers to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation that will make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research. (from the Open Access Week website)
The principles of Open Access are founded on ideas of public access to publicly funded research, author rights, availability of educational resources, and affordable access to materials for educational institutions. The Dalhousie Libraries are pleased to be using these principles to bring the research activities of Dalhousie to the world.
As part of Open Access Week, Dalhousie Research Services and the Dalhousie Libraries will be presenting two information sessions for Dalhousie researchers.
Open Access
General information on researcher responsibilities and Dalhousie supports
Wednesday, October 21st
1:00 to 3:00pm
Room 3H1, Sir Charles Tupper Building
This event will be available for distance participants at the following URL: http://dal.adobeconnect.com/drs/
Please try to connect before the session to make sure your required software (Flash Player) is up-to-date.
RSVP for this session by October 20th to Sara Lavender at sara.lavender@dal.ca
Data Management Planning
Official launch of RDP Assistant, the research data planning tool from Portage, a project of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Thursday, October 22nd
1:30 to 3:30pm
University Hall, MacDonald Building
This event will be webcast via livestream at the following link https://livestream.com/accounts/12469673/events/4408658
RSVP for this session by October 20th to Sara Lavender at sara.lavender@dal.ca
You can also follow @DalLibraries on Twitter to stay up-to-date on everything Open Access.
Yes, you read that correctly! With a new learning commons opening, upcoming renovations, and the collection on the move, we want to make sure you know where everything will be located during the transition.
There will be a lot happening, so we’ve created a handy chart to keep you in the loop. When will the Kellogg be closing? When will the new Learning Commons space in the Collaborative Health Education Building (CHEB) be opening? Where will I go to borrow books? The Gantt chart poster is on display inside the main doors to the Kellogg Library for you to peruse whenever you like.
Of course, staff at the Kellogg are always ready and willing to answer any of your questions about the Kellogg moves, and our services. Don’t be shy! We want to make things as simple and straightforward as possible, so let us know what you think. And if you missed our Kellogg on the Move video, here it is again
You can also email questions to Carol Pottie (carol.pottie@dal.ca).
Alanna McLellan comes to the Dalhousie Libraries all the way from Vancouver, BC!
She attended Simon Fraser University where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree studying History and Humanities and a Certificate in Liberal Arts
“Prior to moving out to Nova Scotia, I had an internship at the SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and worked as a library assistant at a public library,” says Alanna. “From these experiences, I knew I was pursuing the right career path in the field of information.
Alanna enrolled in the MLIS program because she has a passion for helping connect people with the information they need and want.
“I was intrigued by the MLIS program at Dalhousie University in particular because of its placement within the Faculty of Management, and its course content that covers traditional and non-traditional aspects of the information field,” says Alanna. “I also wanted to live and experience a different part of Canada, and Halifax was a city of interest with its east coast culture, while still being near an ocean.”
This Summer Alanna helped organize the library after extensive renovations in late spring. She also provided research assistance at the reference desk and worked on several projects including: designing posters and handouts, a new virtual tour of the library, processing and cataloguing donations, and helped with the migration of the librarians’ subject guides on the LibGuides platform.
“The experience at Sexton Design and Technology Library and the MLIS program has widened my perspective on what I hope to do after graduation. I continue to be passionate about public librarianship, but my interest in working in academic libraries has also grown enormously this past year,” says Alanna. “This is an exciting field to be a part of, and as I enter my final year, I am looking forward to different opportunities as I continue to learn more about the challenges and innovations in the information field.”
Welcome students! There will be a free houseplant giveaway at the Kellogg library on Tuesday September 15th. They will be available for pickup just inside the main doors of the library.
Plants not only make an apartment feel more cozy, they also provide oxygen and improve indoor air quality. See you on Tuesday!
Following some helpful feedback from students and faculty, Dalhousie Libraries have renewed the subscription to BMJ Best Practice for the remainder of this year and will be renewing for the next subscription year as well.
This fall, Dalhousie Libraries will be trialing an updated version of another evidence based resource, Dynamed Plus.
We will again be looking for your advice on the value of Dynamed Plus to your work and its place in our suite of evidence based resources
In preparation for the upcoming ProQuest Ebook Central launch, the ProQuest EBL platform will be unavailable for up to three hours September 15, 2015 to combine ebrary and EBL content into a single new back-end system. This update means that when Ebook Central launches, it will have all the content and access models you’re enjoying with EBL and ebrary today.
The EBL Patron Interface and EBL LibCentral will not be available at these times: 7:00 pm -10:00 pm September 15. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Michelle comes to us from Edmonton, Alberta. She has a Bachelor of Arts with a major in English from the University of Alberta.
She chose Dalhousie mainly with location in mind—“I wanted to see what life was like on the east coast, to expand my theory of mind and learn more about the fullness of this country. Additionally, the focus of Dalhousie’s MLIS program on management alongside more classic skills appealed to me because of its wider situational applicability,” says Michelle.
Over the summer, she has been working on several different projects, but they all share roots in collections management. Working with Kat Felix, the other Killam Intern, a bookmark has been created which explains the meaning of the Library of Congress call numbers and which floor of the Killam each letter is on. She’s also assisted in the move from Libguides V1 to V2.
“I’m not exactly sure what I would like to do after graduation–I’m hoping this final year of studies will help me focus my passion–but I am finding myself gravitating towards digital collections, curation, preservation and all the technical skills that go along with those areas,” says Michelle.
We are experiencing problems with the Cambridge journal online website at the moment. The provider is working on solutions to restore access, and have confirmed that it could take several days before all functionalities are made available again.
All of the Dalhousie Libraries will be closed on Labour Day (Monday, September 7).
Have a great long weekend!