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UNB Libraries invites you to join us for a presentation and discussion with Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), on Thursday, October 6 at 3:00-4:00 PM in the Milham Room at the Harriet Irving Library. Dr. Bourg is on campus to deliver the opening keynote at Access 2016, Canada’s library technology conference, hosted by UNB Libraries.

Dr. Bourg has been leading a task force composed of MIT faculty, staff, and students, which has been charged with seeking input from the MIT community and from domain experts, on how MIT libraries ought to evolve to best advance the creation, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge, and to serve as a leader in the reinvention of research libraries. In this presentation, she’ll share some findings from the task force’s report (due to be released later this year), and lead discussion with the audience on the future of research libraries.

Dr. Bourg is the Director of Libraries at MIT, where she also oversees the MIT Press. Prior to assuming her role at MIT, Chris worked for 12 years in the Stanford University Libraries, most recently as the Associate University Librarian for Public Services. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Stanford University, and spent 10 years as an active duty U.S. Army officer, including 3 years on the faculty at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Chris is keenly interested in issues of diversity and inclusion in higher education, and in the role libraries play in advancing social justice and democracy. She is currently serving as Chair of the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion of the Association of Research Libraries and has written and spoken extensively on diversity, inclusion, and leadership.

Offering glimpses into The Loyalist Collection, this blog illuminates relations within the British colonial Atlantic world as reflected through the wealth of primary sources, such as letters and administrative documents.

Be amused by fun facts about Edward Winslow, a key Loyalist figure in New Brunswick, such as his penchant for creative insults (e.g. “a great lubberly insolent Irish rebel”) or his having stopped what became the province of New Brunswick from being named “Guy”!

In the entry “License for Piracy,” learn about the 18th- and 19th-century Atlantic world of privateering (sanctioned seizure of cargoes or ships belonging to enemy nations) that emerges from the impressive collection of primary documents.

Current and upcoming blog post topics include slavery, loyalist biographies, local government, piracy and privateering, and palaeography.

Look, explore, share Atlantic Loyalist Connections!

For more information, please contact Dr. Leah Grandy (lgrandy@unb.ca; 453-4834).

UNB Libraries are seeking the cooperation of faculty to ensure online access to the titles they need to deliver their courses.  Faculty who use specific e-books in their courses are asked to check the library catalogue //lib.unb.ca/ for continued availability before the start of classes, both in September and in January.  If access is lost, be sure to contact the appropriate liaison librarian immediately so that measures can be taken to restore it.  The list of liaison librarians by department and faculty can be found on the Library website at //lib.unb.ca/collections/

In partnership with the J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (TME), UNB Libraries is pleased to advise members of our university community that they now have IP-authenticated access to the Frost & Sullivan database.

This resource, updated as new reports are produced, offers in-depth, full-text market research and strategy reports with global coverage of the following high-technology sectors:

• Aerospace & Defense
• Automotive & Transportation
• Chemicals, Materials and Food
• Electronics & Security
• Energy & Power Systems
• Environment & Building Technologies
• Healthcare
• Industrial Automation & Process Control
• Information & Communication Technologies
• Measurement & Instrumentation

Please note that UNB Libraries does not subscribe to all Frost & Sullivan content.

Our licensing agreement with Frost & Sullivan limits access to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University. As such, database login via our UNB Libraries proxy server is required.

If you would like more information about Frost & Sullivan, please contact the appropriate librarian listed below:

Business: Leanne Wells: lwells@unb.ca (447-3075)

Engineering & Computer Science: Saran Croos: saran.croos@unb.ca (458-7959)

Science & Forestry: Steve Sloan: sloan@unb.ca (453-4814)

UNB Saint John: Linda Hansen: lhansen@unb.ca (648-5788)

St. Thomas University: Barry Cull: bcull@unb.ca (458-7057)

A survey was conducted by UNB Libraries in Spring 2016 seeking information on the use of library resources for research and teaching. Participation by faculty was high, and the feedback from the survey confirmed the importance placed on Library-provided access to critical journals and books. The survey results also revealed a growing dependence on streaming video for classroom teaching and a growing acceptance of ebooks. The survey findings have been compiled and the report has been posted to //lib.unb.ca/collections/. UNB Libraries are grateful to all those who took the time to complete the survey.

NAXOS Music Library (NML) is the world’s largest online classical music library. Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 127,240 CDs with more than 1,903,700 tracks of both standard and rare repertoire.

• Complete Naxos, DaCapo and Marco Polo catalogues via streaming audio
• Selected titles from over 650 record labels, with more labels joining every month
• Multiple genres: Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Legends, Folk Legends, Blues Legends, Nostalgia, World, Contemporary Instrumental, Chinese Music, Pop and Rock, Gospel Legends, Spoken Word, Relaxation Music

• 24/7 Access—anywhere, anytime from any computer
• Access the “service on the go” with the iPhone/iPod and Android mobile app
• Stream music through the standard internet connection of most phones and tablets with the HTML5 player
• Unlimited simultaneous users!

• Search by composer, work, genre, label, or keyword
• Advanced search: Combine up to 11 search criteria

• Find liner notes for many recordings
• Create personalized playlists or use predefined Naxos Music library playlists
• Find playlists for graded music exams (ABRSM, Trinity/Guildhall) in various categories and grades
• Listen to audiobook transcriptions about the history of classical music and opera
• Find libretti and synopses of over 700 operas
• Use a pronunciation guide for composer and artist names
• Consult a glossary or an overview of important musical terms
• Find details about analyses of work, instrumentation, publishers, duration, and other information, including available recordings
• Find classical music podcasts

• Take Guided Tours through different historical eras of music: the Baroque Era, the Classical Era, the Romantic Era, or explore Nationalism in the Romantic Era
• Find a wealth of information and exercises designed to introduce the world of classical music to young children, specifically those in Australia, Ireland, Korea, America, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

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If you would like more information about Naxos Music Library, please contact Leanne Wells, Music Librarian at UNB Fredericton, (506-447-3075). Find additional information about music in UNB Libraries’ Guide to Music.

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