News @ UNB Libraries

Archives & Special Collections is pleased to host the Fredericton Region Museum’s travelling exhibition“A Hearty Welcome: Royal Tours of New Brunswick, 1794-2012.”

Curated by PhD student Barry MacKenzie (UNB), the exhibit was created to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the reign of Her Majesty Elizabeth The Second. It highlights the history of Royal tours in New Brunswick, beginning with the first Royal visit by Prince Edward Augustus (Duke of Kent) in 1794 and ending with the 2012 visit to CFB Gagetown by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.

The display’s eight richly-illustrated bilingual banners reveal New Brunswick’s role as a long-time host to members of the Royal family and offers an opportunity to explore the history of the Monarchy in New Brunswick and celebrate Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee. In this venue only, photographs from the Archives’ collection depicting Royal Family visits to the Fredericton Campus of UNB will be exhibited alongside the banners.

The exhibition can be viewed in the H.R. Stewart Room (5th Floor, Harriet Irving Library), Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. until 21 December 2012.

Further information: //www.yorksunburymuseum.com/content/251098

Our Fredericton Libraries are offering extended hours prior to and during the upcoming exam period.  Hours are listed below:

HARRIET IRVING LIBRARY (Nov 26 – Dec 18)
Monday – Friday 8:00 am – Midnight
Saturday – Sunday 10:00 am – Midnight

SCIENCE & FORESTRY LIBRARY (Nov 26 – Dec 18)
Monday – Sunday 8:00 am – Midnight

ENGINEERING LIBRARY (Dec 3 – Dec 18)
Monday – Thursday 8:00 am – Midnight
Friday 8:00 am – 11:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am – 11:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am – Midnight

Closing hours will change for the last exam day, please check at individuals libraries.

UNB Libraries’ staff wishes everyone the best of luck during exams!

Enjoy reading the daily news online in newspapers from around the world!

Press Display is a newspaper database that provides access to the current news in 2200 newspapers from around the world. Rather than simple text, articles are displayed in full-colour and full-image newspapers from 97 countries in 54 different languages. Newspapers are searchable and most have a rolling 60-day archive.

Here are some newspaper titles that you will find in Press Display:
• Sporti Shqiptare (Albania)
• Jornal dos Desportos (Angola)
• Golos Armenii Russian edition (Armenia)
• Sunday Tasmanian (Australia)
• Azer News (Azerbaijan)
• Litoral Norte News (Brazil)
• Poslovni Dnevnik (Croatia)
• Nordjyske Stiftstidende (Denmark )
• AlShabab (Egypt)
• Osterbottens Tidning (Finland)
• Le Figaro (France)
• Osterhofener Zeitung (Germany)
• Naftemporiki (Greece)
• South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
• Vilaggazdasag (Hungary)
• Divya Bhaskar (India)
• Wicklow People (Ireland)
• Jerusalem Post (Israel)
• El Nuevo Dia (Puerto Rico)
• Lianhe Zaobao (Singapore)
• Pattaya People Weekly (Thailand)
• Washington Times-Herald (USA)
• The Thao & Van Hoa (Viet Nam)
• The Zimbabwean (Zimbabwe)

Access Press Display to stay in touch with current news from around the world!

For help with any of UNB Libraries’ resources, contact the HIL Research Help Desk in person, by telephone (453-3546), by email, or by Ask Us.

The Eileen Wallace Children’s Literature Collection is pleased to announce its 2012 Fellowship Lecture, “Banning Magic: The Fairy Tale Under Lenin and Stalin” to be presented by Dr. Megan Swift, Associate Professor, University of Victoria.

The fairy tale was a highly contested genre under Lenin and Stalin, becoming so embattled over the course of the 1920s and 30s that school children conducted trials of Cinderella, Father Frost (the Russian Santa Claus) and other folk and fairytale figures accused of being ‘anti-Soviet elements.’ This lecture will explore the attempt to ban magical content in children’s literature after the Russian Revolution of 1917. A selection of books used in Dr. Swift’s research will be on display outside the collection.

Please join us in the Wallace Collection (Room 413, Harriet Irving Library) on Tuesday, November 13^th at 1:00pm.

Dr. Swift is an Associate Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Victoria and the 2012 Wallace Research Fellow. She specializes in modernist literature, art and culture and is currently working on a book called Fairytale Nation: Illustrated Children’s Literature Under Lenin and Stalin, 1917-53.

Our Libraries will be open on Sunday, November 11, please see listings below for operating hours at each location:

HARRIET IRVING LIBRARY              1:00 pm – 11:00 pm
SCIENCE & FORESTRY LIBRARY     1:00 pm – 11:00 pm
ENGINEERING LIBRARY –                 1:00 pm –  11:00 pm

Access a complete listing of hours.

Flu Season is here!

Get your flu vaccine at the HIL Flu Clinic:

When:  Thursday, November 8th, 2012

9:00 am – 2:30 pm

Where:  Seminar Room (Rm. 109), Harriet Irving Library, UNBF

Cost:  $15 for students, $25 for faculty and staff

Please note that you will be required to wait for 15 minutes following your injection for your own safety!

In addition to the HIL Flu Clinic, flu shots are now available at the Student Health Centre and at one of the following clinics on campus:

• Wednesday, Oct 31st: 9:00am – 2:30pm at Currie Center, front plaza lobby
• Thursday, Nov 1st: 11:00am – 3:30pm at SUB Ballroom
• Friday, Nov 2nd: 9:00am – 2:30pm at IUC Physics & Admin, Room 106 (HR)
• Wednesday, Nov 7th: 9:30am – 1:00pm at STU Gym
• Friday, Nov 9th: 9:00am – 2:30pm at CC Jones Student Services Centre, Room 024
• Wednesday, Nov 14th: 9:30am – 1:00pm at STU Gym
• Thursday, Nov 15th: 9:00am – 2:30pm at University Bookstore
• Friday, Nov 16th: 9:00am – 2:30pm at CC Jones Student Services Centre, Room 024

Cost: $15 for students, $25 for all others.
Flu Immunization Clinics are open to staff, faculty, students and friends.

We can only accept cash or cheque at the time of the injection!

Please note that you will be required to wait for 15 minutes following your injection for your own safety!