Need a cool space to meet during the hot days of summer?

The Harriet Irving Library has 9 air-conditioned Group Study Rooms that are available to all members of the university community over the summer!

All rooms have wireless internet access and many are equipped with whiteboards or SMARTboards to facilitate collaborative work or presentations.

No need to book in advance–the rooms will be open and available for walk-in use by UNB or STU students, faculty, and staff. If you want to reserve a particular room for a particular time, just call ahead to make a booking with the staff at the Commons Services Desk (453-4756).

(Please note these rooms are not intended to be used for classroom instruction.)

Showcasing recent acquisitions from the UNB Film Collection!

7pm Thursdays, HIL Milham Room

June 20: Mystery Train

(Directed by Jim Jarmusch, 1989, 110 min.)

Aloof teenage Japanese tourists, a cranked-up Italian widow, and a cranky British immigrant (Joe Strummer) all converge on Memphis in pursuit of their own personal Gracelands. Roger Ebert proclaimed that “[t]he best thing about Mystery Train is that it takes you to an America you feel you ought to be able to find for yourself, if you only knew where to look.”

July 4: Dogtooth

(Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009, 97 min.)

Perhaps a parable on the essential strangeness of what is often considered a societal benchmark of normality, “the family”, this darkly surreal, wholly original creation was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.
In Greek with English subtitles

July 11: The Sounds of Science

(Directed by Jean Painlevé; Scored by Yo La Tengo, 2002, 90 min.)

Painlevé was one of the first filmmakers to take his camera underwater. Surreal, otherworldly documents of marine life, these films transform sea horses, octopi, and mollusks into delicate dancers in their own floating ballets. Art Rockers Yo La Tengo were commissioned to provide a new score to accompany eight of these transfixing documentaries dating from the early- to mid-twentieth century. Deeply immersive scientific-poetic cinema.

July 25: .REC

(Directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, 2007, 89 min.)

While covering the night shift at a small-town fire department, an ambitious young television reporter and her cameraman follow the crew on a call to rescue an elderly woman trapped in her apartment. A multiple award-winning supernatural horror film in the hand-held, faux-documentary style.
In Spanish with English subtitles

Thursdays (7pm)
HIL Milham Room
All welcome. Free admission.
Designer water and Jiffy Pop^tm provided!

For more information about UNB Libraries’ Summer Cinema Series or the UNB Film Collection, please contact Marc Bragdon, Film Studies Librarian, (458-7741); for more resources relevant to studies in Film Studies, please consult UNB Libraries’ Guide to Film Studies.

Provincial Archives of New Brunswick,
William Gow fonds: P749-32.

Fredericton Heritage Trust and UNB Archives & Special Collections is pleased to host the exhibition “York St. Station: Train Treks and Tracks Through New Brunswick.”

Focusing on railway history in New Brunswick, the display consists of 8 panels sharing the history of the York Street Station in Fredericton.  Complementing these panels are books and archival resources that tell stories of railway lines, stations, and travels through New Brunswick and includes the McAdam Station, The UNB Train to Mount Allison, and Henry George Clopper Ketchum’s involvement in railway development in the Maritimes.

The display can be viewed in the H.R. Stewart Room (5th Floor, Harriet Irving Library), Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. from May 21^st to August 16^th, 2013.

For more information, please contact Archives & Special Collections at archives@unb.ca.

Calling All Coffee Lovers – Come join us for a JavaMoose brew!

Harriet Irving Library and Sodexo are seeking your feedback on JavaMoose coffees, a New Brunswick company.

Come visit the HIL for a sampling of coffee tastings between 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on June 10, 11 or 12. You can help us choose which JavaMoose brews we will offer in September.

Charmaine Norris, Grand Prize Winner and UNBSJ student, and Karen Keiller, Director of Information Services and Systems at UNBSJ.

Thanks to the UNB and STU communities for responding to our LibQUAL 2013 survey!

The LibQUAL survey is part of a worldwide effort led by the Association of Research Libraries to collect patron opinions on library services, facilities, and resources.

UNB Libraries has been a participant since 2004, and LibQUAL 2013 has been our most successful survey yet: over 1500 students, faculty, and staff shared their thoughts with us. Our analysis of survey results will be shared with the university community later this year.

We are pleased to announce the winners of the LibQUAL 2013 optional prize draw:

1. Grand Prize (Nexus 10 Tablet):
   Charmaine Norris (UNBSJ)
2. Second Prize (iPad Mini):
   Amanda-Paige O’Blenes (STU)
3. Third Prize (Kobo Arc):
   Laura Romero-Zeron (UNBF)

Congratulations to our prize winners, and thanks to all participants for helping us improve library services!