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June 20: Mystery Train

(Directed by Jim Jarmusch, 1989, 110 min.)

Aloof teenage Japanese tourists, a cranked-up Italian widow, and a cranky British immigrant (Joe Strummer) all converge on Memphis in pursuit of their own personal Gracelands. Roger Ebert proclaimed that “[t]he best thing about Mystery Train is that it takes you to an America you feel you ought to be able to find for yourself, if you only knew where to look.”

July 4: Dogtooth

(Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009, 97 min.)

Perhaps a parable on the essential strangeness of what is often considered a societal benchmark of normality, “the family”, this darkly surreal, wholly original creation was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.
In Greek with English subtitles

July 11: The Sounds of Science

(Directed by Jean Painlevé; Scored by Yo La Tengo, 2002, 90 min.)

Painlevé was one of the first filmmakers to take his camera underwater. Surreal, otherworldly documents of marine life, these films transform sea horses, octopi, and mollusks into delicate dancers in their own floating ballets. Art Rockers Yo La Tengo were commissioned to provide a new score to accompany eight of these transfixing documentaries dating from the early- to mid-twentieth century. Deeply immersive scientific-poetic cinema.

July 25: .REC

(Directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, 2007, 89 min.)

While covering the night shift at a small-town fire department, an ambitious young television reporter and her cameraman follow the crew on a call to rescue an elderly woman trapped in her apartment. A multiple award-winning supernatural horror film in the hand-held, faux-documentary style.
In Spanish with English subtitles

Thursdays (7pm)
HIL Milham Room
All welcome. Free admission.
Designer water and Jiffy Pop^tm provided!

For more information about UNB Libraries’ Summer Cinema Series or the UNB Film Collection, please contact Marc Bragdon, Film Studies Librarian, (458-7741); for more resources relevant to studies in Film Studies, please consult UNB Libraries’ Guide to Film Studies.

Provincial Archives of New Brunswick,
William Gow fonds: P749-32.

Fredericton Heritage Trust and UNB Archives & Special Collections is pleased to host the exhibition “York St. Station: Train Treks and Tracks Through New Brunswick.”

Focusing on railway history in New Brunswick, the display consists of 8 panels sharing the history of the York Street Station in Fredericton.  Complementing these panels are books and archival resources that tell stories of railway lines, stations, and travels through New Brunswick and includes the McAdam Station, The UNB Train to Mount Allison, and Henry George Clopper Ketchum’s involvement in railway development in the Maritimes.

The display can be viewed in the H.R. Stewart Room (5th Floor, Harriet Irving Library), Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. from May 21^st to August 16^th, 2013.

For more information, please contact Archives & Special Collections at archives@unb.ca.

Grant Connect (formerly Canadian Directory to Foundations & Corporations) is a bilingual database that provides detailed information on all Canadian grant-making foundations, hundreds of corporate community investment programs, as well as government funding programs and American foundations that will fund Canadian charities.

Features:

• Updated daily with information from multiple data sources
• Financial history of the funder
• Giving history of the funder
• Application guidelines, including deadlines, evaluation criteria, and application turnaround time

Four Ways to Search:

1. Quick Look-up by name or charitable business number to find a specific funder
2. Funder Search to identify which funders are most likely to support your organization or project
3. Gift Explorer to look for organizations like yours that have received gifts or to find a funder that has made grants to organizations in your field
4. People Seeker to look for a particular individual associated with a funder (e.g. an officer, board member, or staff person)

Learn more…

Register for 2 free webinars to learn how Grant Connect can help your organization achieve its fundraising goals:

1. Grant Connect 101: An Introduction to Grant Connect designed for those who have little-to-no experience with Grant Connect or similar tools. Topics include the following:

• Understanding Prospects: An overview of the funding available to Canadian charities
• Grantseeking Basics: A look at best practises in grant solicitation
• Effective Searching: How to find great prospects using our Grant Connect Funder Search
• Managing Prospects: Perform successful funder management with the MyPipeline report

• Our Methodology: An interesting look at the data that drives Grant Connect
• Advanced Searching: Learn to maximize your results in all four Grant Connect searches
• Evaluating Prospects: How to distinguish between decent prospects and great ones
• Networking with Grant Connect: Using the power of LinkedIN to uncover connections

Imagine Canada is a national charity whose mission is to advance knowledge and relationships to foster effective and sustainable charitable and non-profit organizations. Grant Connect is Imagine Canada’s social enterprise, driven by social good above profit, with decades of success in the Canadian charitable sector.

If you would like more information about Grant Connect or any of UNB Libraries’ resources, contact the HIL Research Help Desk in person, by telephone (453-3546), by email, or by Ask Us.

Charmaine Norris, Grand Prize Winner and UNBSJ student, and Karen Keiller, Director of Information Services and Systems at UNBSJ.

Thanks to the UNB and STU communities for responding to our LibQUAL 2013 survey!

The LibQUAL survey is part of a worldwide effort led by the Association of Research Libraries to collect patron opinions on library services, facilities, and resources.

UNB Libraries has been a participant since 2004, and LibQUAL 2013 has been our most successful survey yet: over 1500 students, faculty, and staff shared their thoughts with us. Our analysis of survey results will be shared with the university community later this year.

We are pleased to announce the winners of the LibQUAL 2013 optional prize draw:

1. Grand Prize (Nexus 10 Tablet):
   Charmaine Norris (UNBSJ)
2. Second Prize (iPad Mini):
   Amanda-Paige O’Blenes (STU)
3. Third Prize (Kobo Arc):
   Laura Romero-Zeron (UNBF)

Congratulations to our prize winners, and thanks to all participants for helping us improve library services!

Welcome, delegates, to WILU 2013!

The Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU), is an annual Canadian conference where delegates meet to discuss timely topics related to information literacy. UNB Libraries are honoured to host the 42nd WILU Conference as it returns to Canada’s East Coast, and to UNB after 11 years!

Our theme, Synchronicity: The Time is Now, reflects the increasing need for Instruction Librarians to balance a myriad of seemingly competing demands. What does it mean to provide timely information literacy programs in a world of synched devices, decentralized instruction, and information overload, all while serving institutions in flux? Our sessions will help us grapple with the contemporary challenges of merging tradition with innovation, balancing theory with pedagogical practice, providing instruction for interdisciplinary programs, and engaging with information ethics, open access resources for instruction, and literacies that go beyond information literacy.

Please note that the Harriet Irving Library will close at 5pm on Wednesday, May 8th for a WILU reception.