News @ UNB Libraries

Due to renovations for HIL’s new Learning Commons, all VHS and DVD films housed at the HIL Circulation Desk (with location designation HIL-CIRAV) have been moved temporarily to a basement storage area.

In order to retrieve films, patrons will be required to submit an online Item Retrieval Request Form (//www.lib.unb.ca/requests/search_form.html)

Please check with Circulation Desk staff (453-4756) to discuss turnaround time for AV material requests. We apologize for any inconvenience that this temporary relocation may cause.

As renovations for a Learning Commons in the Harriet Irving Library enter their third and final phase, LIVE, UNB Libraries’ online reference service, will be unavailable temporarily from May – August 2007. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.

Patrons who require assistance are asked to telephone the HIL Reference and Information Desk at 506-453-3546. Distance education students can use our toll-free number, 1-888-393-8222. Reference assistance can also be obtained via email at live@unb.ca. Contact information for other UNB libraries and their departments is listed on our Ask a Librarian page.

Please visit LIVE again in September 2007, when we will offer online assistance from our new Learning Commons. We look forward to seeing you there.

Due to a power outage required by renovation work at Harriet Irving Library, the Library will be closing at 6pm on Thursday, May 10, opening again as usual at 8am on Friday, May 11.

During the scheduled power outage from 6-10pm, the library webpage and online resources will be unavailable. Quest can still be accessed at //quest.unb.ca/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/49?user_id=QUEST&password= during this time.

We regret the inconvenience this outage will cause.

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

For more information, visit the CETL website at www.unbf.ca/cetl

Following the completion of the LibQUAL survey, a draw for prize winners took place at the Harriet Irving Library on April 5th, 2007. John Teskey, Director of Libraries (Fredericton), drew from among our eligible entries to select the name of three lucky winners:

• Grand Prize (Nintendo Wii): Catherine MacDonald (Catherine MacDonald (UNBSJ
  

Our UNB and STU communities now have online access to the complete collection of Taylor & Francis e-journals (currently over 1200 peer-reviewed e-journals). The electronic journals cover many disciplines including the Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities. This new acquisition was made possible by UNB Libraries