Pre-July 2008

Take a few minutes to browse our Winter schedule of Cool Tools sessions at //www.lib.unb.ca/instruction/CoolTools.html

For those new to UNB & STU, Cool Tools is a series of instruction sessions designed to help students, faculty and staff make the most of library resources, including our licensed electronic databases.

UNB Libraries’ staff wish everyone the happiest of holiday seasons. Our holiday hours are as follows:

Each of our campus libraries will be offering quiet study space and extended hours during the Fall exam period. Exam hours are as follows:

Engineering Library (December 5-19)

Monday

Due to a scheduled system upgrade, UNB Libraries’ Relais Document Delivery form may be temporarily unavailable at times between Friday (Dec. 2) and Sunday (Dec. 4). We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.

The draw for the 20 GB iPod provided courtesy of CompuSmart (Fredericton) took place at 10am on December 1 at the Harriet Irving Library.

John Teskey, the Director of UNB Libraries, did the honours and reached into our barrel of approx. 400 entries to draw out the name of the lucky winner — Dave Barna. Dave is a full-time student at UNB.

UNB Libraries has just acquired the online version of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

In observance of Remembrance Day, Friday, November 11, UNB Libraries will be open during the following hours:

• Harriet Irving Library: 1:00pm – 11:00pm
• Science & Forestry Library: 1:00pm – 9:00pm
• Engineering Library: 1:00pm – 8:00pm

Additional Remembrance Day information:

UNB Libraries received top honours for its Library Services and Online Library Resources in the 2005 Globe and Mail University Report Card.

To view the complete survey results online, please click on the following link: //www.globeandmail.com/reportcard

The Engineering and Computer Science Library is launching a bi-weekly electronic bulletin to alert faculty and students to their newly acquired materials.

An example bulletin can be found at: //www.lib.unb.ca/engineering/Message2005-10-16.pdf

UNB Libraries is pleased to announce the availability of the World Shakespeare Bibliography Online. The World Shakespeare Bibliography Online provides brief, annotated entries for important Shakespeare-related publications on an international scale, from 1964 onward. The bibliography includes entries for: