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Eileen Wallace memorial tribute

Posted on Monday, May 12th, 2025 at 11:01am by Jonny Wood
Eileen Wallace Memorial

On January 27th, 2025, Eileen Wallace, ONB, DLitt, founder of the Eileen Wallace Children’s Literature Collection (UNB Libraries), passed away on her 101st birthday. To honour her significant contributions to the study of children’s literature, children’s librarianship, and childhood literacy in the province, UNB Libraries is hosting a memorial tribute on Wednesday May 14th, from 2–4pm in the Event Space, 3rd floor, Harriet Irving Library.  

Speakers will include writer, poet, and literacy advocate, Sheree Fitch, and Sue Fisher, Curator of the Wallace Collection.

A special exhibition honoring Eileen Wallace and her collection is also on display in the HIL Research Commons, 3rd floor of Harriet Irving Library, throughout the month of May.

Wednesday May 14th 2025, 2–4pm

Event Space, 3rd floor, Harriet Irving Library, Fredericton.

 

Light refreshments will be served.
All are welcome. RSVP pollockl@unb.ca

Images of Research 2025 Challenge Winners Announced

Posted on Tuesday, April 01st, 2025 at 9:56am by Jonny Wood
Images of Research 2025 Challenge Winners Announced

The School of Graduate Studies and UNB Libraries' Harriet Irving Library Research Commons announce the winners of this year's Images of Research Challenge

The 2025 editions of the Images of Research Challenge invited UNB graduate students to submit an image they believe encapsulates their research and to explain in 200 words or less its association to their research.  The challenge was adjudicated by a cross-disciplinary panel of UNB faculty, and the winners were announced March 27th at the annual Graduate Student Research Conference, held in Harriet Irving Library Research Commons.

Winners of the Images of Research 2025 Challenge are:

First Place:

Tides of Change, by Liam Brennan, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Applied Science and Engineering

Second Place:

Sweet Illusion: Natural or Engineered, by Elena Vladimirova, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management

Third Place:

Organized Chaos, by Zachary Titus, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

Honourable Mention:

Plants and Bacteria: Symbiotic Relationship, by Isabela Freire, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science

Honourable Mention:

Shoes are Extraordinary Media, by Ryan Drew, Interdisciplinary Studies

Audience Choice Award:

Little Canadian Plates, by Heidi Lauwerijssen, Faculty of Kinesiology

Images of Research submissions will be exhibited in the Harriet Irving Library Research Commons Data Visualization Lab (Room 320D) 11am until 1:30pm weekdays (excluding April 3rd) and daily at the Hans W. Klohn Commons from March 31st until April 11th.

2025 Winter Graduate Booster 3: Humanities and Social Sciences Research Impact Workshop

Posted on Tuesday, March 11th, 2025 at 8:40am by Jonny Wood
Humanities and Social Sciences Research Impact Workshop

2025 Winter Graduate Booster 3: Humanities and Social Sciences Research Impact Workshop

Step up your research. Introductory research sessions featuring UNB professors, librarians, & library professionals.

With Erin Spinney, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Politics
And Julie Morris, Collections Analysis and Bibliometrics Librarian

This 90-minute workshop will support Humanities and Social Science (HSS) researchers looking to use bibliometrics and research impact metrics to strengthen storytelling about their research records, such as for the purposes of supporting assessment packages, grant applications, and other scholarly profiles. Focus will be paid to incorporating research metrics in a way that goes beyond using traditional research impact metrics, and that showcases the research story in a discipline-appropriate way.

Pack your laptop and CV because there will be a hands-on activity that allows participants to engage with their own research impact story.

Thursday March 13th 2025, 14:00–15:30

Keith and Elizabeth Chapman Grand Reading Room (Room 205), Hans W. Klohn Commons (UNBSJ) and online.
Please email mbragdon@unb.ca to register and receive the Teams meeting link if attending virtually.

Drop-ins are also welcome.

Have you tried Scopus AI?

Posted on Friday, February 21st, 2025 at 3:41pm by Jonny Wood
Have you tried Scopus AI?

Have you tried Scopus AI?

Scopus AI is an AI-driven research tool that uses the Scopus peer-reviewed research repository to help users understand and navigate unfamiliar academic content. Scopus AI generates summaries based on Scopus abstracts with references to help decipher complex content, facilitate deeper exploration, and provide academic insights.

  • It’s built on the corpus of Scopus abstracts
  • It lets you learn AI query formation
  • It produces concise and expanded summaries of your topic with links to Scopus entries
  • It draws concept maps of your topic
  • It identifies foundational papers that are key to your topic
  • It identifies topic experts.

Visit https://elsevier.libguides.com/Scopus/ScopusAI or look for the link on the Scopus database.

2025 Winter Graduate Booster 2

Posted on Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 at 11:20am by Jonny Wood
Winter Graduate Booster 2 - recording available

2025 Winter Graduate Booster 2: Tips and tricks for conference poster design and accompanying data visualizations

Step up your research. Introductory research sessions featuring UNB professors, librarians, & library professionals.

Learn our tips and tricks for conference and academic poster design and accompanying data visualizations.

  • Mario Tiozzo, Data Visualization Librarian
  • Jonny Wood, UNB Libraries Graphic Designer

This event took place February 19th, 3-4pm in person in the Harriet Irving Library Research Commons Innovation Hub (316) and online.

Links & Resources

Poster Design:

Useful links:

Data Visualization:

Love Data Week 2025: Whose Data is it Anyway?

Posted on Tuesday, February 11th, 2025 at 10:14am by Jonny Wood
Love Data Week 2025: Whose Data is it Anyway?

UNB Libraries is celebrating Love Data Week 2025 with two events highlighting data-focused research and resources at UNB!

These sessions will be of particular interest to graduate students and early career researchers, but all are welcome, and registration is not required.

50 Ways to Love your Data

Tuesday Feb 11, 2025. 14:00 – 15:00
Innovation Hub, Research Commons, Harriet Irving Library

Join Dr. Barry Blight (Chemistry), Dr. Donna Curtis Maillet (NB Institute for Research Data and Training) and Dr. Willis Monroe (Historical Studies), along with moderator Siobhan Hanratty (UNB Libraries) for a panel discussion of issues in research data management across disciplines. We'll consider data management planning, working with private or sensitive data, sharing data, using or re-using existing data, and more.

From Planning to Preservation: Good RDM Practice and Resources

Thursday Feb 13, 2025. 14:00 – 15:00
Event Space, Research Commons, Harriet Irving Library

If you're beginning a new research project or planning your thesis or dissertation, the best time to start thinking about research data management (RDM) is now!

Siobhan Hanratty and James MacKenzie (UNB Libraries) will lead a brief introduction to good RDM practice, including resources and approaches to planning, organizing, describing, storing, and sharing your research data. These fundamentals will help you to make informed decisions on how to handle your research data during and after your research project.