Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd, Assistant Professor at the School of Information Management and Director of the Social Media Lab at Dalhousie University, has been awarded a $25,000 grant for 2011 from the GRAND research network. GRAND is a federally-funded Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) research network and commercialization engine whose goal is to address complex issues in digital media and transform multidisciplinary research into user-centred solutions.
Sea Stacks At Low Tide: Atlantic Canadian Books For Children
Please join us for the launch of the book display
Sea Stacks At Low Tide: Atlantic Canadian Books For Children
Presented by the Eileen Wallace Children’s Literature Collection and School District 18’s Enriching Visual Literacies Project
Monday, May 30th, 2011, 5:30-7:00 pm
Room 415 Harriet Irving Library, UNB
Light refreshments will be served
RSVP: Sue Fisher (sfisher@unb.ca, 506-452-6044)
The Eileen Wallace Collection at the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton) is the largest research collection of children’s literature in Atlantic Canada. Its holdings are historically and regionally diverse, with an extensive representation of literature published in, by and about Atlantic Canada. Visit us at www.lib.unb.ca/collections/clc/
Another student presentation at CLA
MLIS student Nicole Dixon will be co-presenting the following paper at CLA:
Sea Stacks: Contemporary Atlantic Canadian Books for Children and Teens
This presentation addresses the lack of information on regional Atlantic authors and illustrators by describing our SSHRC-funded research project which documents and analyzes the current state of regional literature for children and young adults in Atlantic Canada, and describes the process of creating an authoritative website devoted to contemporary Atlantic Canadian literature for youth.
Speakers: Dr. Vivian Howard, Professor, School of Information Management Dalhousie University
Dr. Keith Lawson, Professor, School of Information Management, Dalhousie University
Nicole Dixon, Graduate Student, School of Information Management, Dalhousie University
SIM Students presenting at Canadian Library Association Conference
MLIS students from the Dalhousie University’s School of Information Management will present summaries of their research papers at the annual conference of the Canadian Library Association (CLA). The session will be held on May 26, 1:00 – 2:00 pm in the Halifax World Trade and Convention Centre. If you are attending CLA, please don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about the wonderful work conducted by our students and future information management professionals.
User Satisfaction Survey of French-language Services at Halifax Public Libraries.
Speaker: Samantha Read
Contributors: Jeanna Greene, Jasmine MacDonald, Tammy Whynot and Jennifer Yurchak
Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management: Changes and Challenges of Producing a Student-Run Peer-Reviewed Publication
Speaker: Amy Paterson
Enough is Enough? Understanding the Role of Satisfying Undergraduate Research Behaviour
Speaker: Mark McHale
The Student Research and Writing Process: Technologies, Activities, Information, and People
Speaker: Sarah Gilbert
Bike Sharing Comes to the Academic Library
I came across this interesting article today about an academic library that has established a bike lending program. The author of this post wonders whether this type of service serves to only dilute and diminish the role – and, perhaps more importantly, the perception – of the academic library:
“The problem with offering great coffee, comfy chairs, and bicycle rentals to the library is not that these amenities are unwelcome — indeed, they are appreciated by most patrons. The problem is that they start diluting the brand of the academic library. And a dilution of the academic library brand may make it more difficult to justify hiring, retaining, and compensating highly trained academic staff.”
I would be interested in reading your thoughts about this matter.
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