News @ UNB Libraries

The Microforms Department of the University of New Brunswick Harriet Irving Library is pleased to present to the public the Marianne Grey Otty Database.  The site, available at http://vre.lib.unb.ca/motty  on May 18^th, offers information useful to genealogists and historians, as well as students.  Anglican Church records from the Gagetown, New Brunswick area provide vital data on Loyalist settlers and their descendants, a group with a significant influence on early New Brunswick history.

A series of travelling ministers tending to scattered communities in New Brunswick kept extensive records from the years 1786 to 1841 detailing marriages, baptisms, and deaths along with anecdotal notes.  The original materials were transcribed by author and local historian, Marianne Grey Otty (1890-1963).  The records centre geographically on Gagetown, Queen’s County and particularly focus on the New Brunswick communities of Fredericton, Saint Marys, Lincoln, Grand Lake, Waterborough, Long Island, Wickham, Hampstead, Maugherville, Petersville, Sheffield, Kingston, Springfield, Greenwich, and Saint John.   Entries, however, as far flung as Nova Scotia, Ontario, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New York are included.

The Marianne Grey Otty database as The Loyalist Collection provides an opportunity to explore family connections, as well as providing a glimpse into eighteenth and nineteenth century New Brunswick.

Check out our book sale located in the basement of the Harriet Irving Library (continue past Room 014).

You will find a wide range of reading material and the prices are excellent!

Please pay at the Commons Service Desk. All proceeds go towards library acquisitions.

Student Positions Available for Fall :

Interested in working in our libraries this Fall? Each year, UNB Libraries hire Student Assistants for part-time work during the Fall and Winter terms.

If you’re interested in library work, it’s a good idea to submit an application now. More information and an application form are available at:
http://www.lib.unb.ca/about/student.php

Course instructors preparing for next term are reminded that scanning or photocopies of course materials need to be cleared for copyright before they can be made available to the class. Instructors are invited to use the new course reserve system developed and recently launched by the Libraries. Our new system offers many enhancements, including the ability to organize readings by week, linking to online readings, and the ability for students to log in and access their reserve readings for all courses in which they are enrolled.

Please submit your reading lists as soon as possible for courses to be offered during the Intersession term. We will endeavour to clear any items which require copyright clearance, but encourage instructors to provide as much lead time as possible.

Course Reading Lists should be directed to:

Harriet Irving Library

Jane Diduch   jdiduch@unb.ca   506-458-7063

Science and Forestry Library

Susan Malone   smalone@unb.ca   506-458-7759

Engineering Library

Elisabeth Schaap  engreserves@unb.ca   506-453-4747

Hans W. Klohn Commons
Stefanie Dempster   sdempste@unb.ca   506 – 648-5702

Further information on Course Reserves can be found here:  http://lib.unb.ca/faculty/reserves

We also encourage instructors to contact their liaison librarian with any questions regarding course readings: http://lib.unb.ca/faculty/liaison.php, or the Libraries Copyright information page:  http://www.lib.unb.ca/copyright/

Due to a scheduled UNB ITS outage, the UNB Libraries website and all online services, including document delivery and email, will be unavailable on Sunday, May 6th between 6am and 4pm.

Harriet Irving Library will NOT be open on Sunday, May 6th as previously scheduled.

Details regarding the outage are available from UNB’s ITS Services at http://www.unb.ca/fredericton/studentservices/enews/view/view.cgi?article=6061*5

We apologize for any inconvenience.