News @ UNB Libraries

Take a walk around the 1st floor of the Harriet Irving Library (HIL) and you will see our space is currently undergoing the final phase of renovations for our new Learning Commons. The project is scheduled to continue over the summer months.

Below is an update of service changes to date:

• HIL Information Desk is now temporarily located on the 3rd floor (in the Government Documents department)
• Computer access is available in our newly renovated group study rooms (1st floor – west corner)
• Study space is also available in the new group study rooms (1st floor – west corner)
• ITLC Computer Lab (1st floor) is open for student research needs (UNB student login required)
• Circulation Desk is temporarily located across from the HIL Coffee Shop
• HIL’s Book Drop has moved to the west side of the building (signs are posted to alert patrons)

Please accept our apologies for any disruptions to library service necessitated by these renovations. We look forward to having you join us for the grand opening this Fall.

UNB Libraries is pleased to offer students, faculty and staff the opportunity to test-drive a variety of electronic products offered to our librarians for evaluation purposes.

To access any of the electronic products currently under trial, select “Current Trials” from the e-Resources drop down menu.

//www.lib.unb.ca/eresources/trials.php

The Current Trials page gives a brief description, trial dates, and online access for each product under review. Your feedback on any product is appreciated and welcomed.

UNB Libraries is proud to host “A Century of Scouting” a new exhibition celebrating the centennial anniversary (1907-2007) of scouting.

Installed and guest-curated by Helen C. Craig, retired librarian and long-time scouter, the exhibit chronicles, through memorabilia, the story of local scouting activities as influenced by provincial, national, and world organisations. Also highlighted are the significant contributions made to scouting by some of the University of New Brunswick’s faculty, staff, students, and graduates.

The exhibition, in the H.R. Stewart Exhibition Room, 5th floor, Harriet Irving Library (5 Macaulay Lane, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton), can be viewed Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and will continue until 31 August 2007.

For more information, please contact Helen Craig at 472-4886 or Archives & Special Collections @ 453-4748 (e-mail: archives@unb.ca).

UNB Libraries and CETL are pleased to present the following lecture on Thursday, June 7 at 2:30pm in Marshall d’Avray Hall Room 249:

Are You Keeping Up or Falling Behind?

Presenter:

Gwendolyn MacNairn

Computer Science Librarian

Dalhousie University

Students expect to be directed toward not only good papers and books to read, but other resources that support content being taught in class.

BLINK! It might be time to update your “current awareness” skills. Whether you use podcasts, YouTube, eBooks, blogs, wikis, or RSS feeds, there is more and more content being added to the collective knowledgebase everyday. Finding relevant content can be a challenge but Google is having a positive impact – not only on the web but on more traditional library resources.

This session will include updates on Google Print and Google Scholar, and will discuss several provocative questions and reconnect you with your digital library.

To register, visit www.unb.ca/training

Access is now available to Britain’s House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (during the 19th and 20th centuries). Papers in this database offer some of the richest and most detailed primary sources not only covering the historical record of Britain over the past two centuries, but also former Colonies and the wider world.

Included in HCPP Online are papers issued by the House of Commons between 1801-2003/2004 including: Bills, Reports of Committees, Reports of Commissioners, Accounts and Papers and Command Papers.

To take HCPP for a test-drive, please go to Indexes and Abstracts and select “House of Commons Parliamentary Papers” from the Browse by Title listing.

The Harriet Irving Library (HIL) is undergoing the final phase of its Learning Commons renovation. This last stage of the project, which will continue over the summer months, will see the current Circulation Desk and Periodical Reading Room areas transformed into a commons for research, learning, and sharing of ideas.

To accommodate renovations, the Circulation Desk has moved to a temporary location across from the HIL coffee shop – Gutenbrews. HIL’s book drop has also moved to the west side of the building (signs are posted to alert patrons).

Please accept our apologies for any disruptions to library service necessitated by these rejuvenation plans. We look forward to having you join us for the grand opening this Fall.