News @ UNB Libraries

UNB Libraries is celebrating “Freedom to Read” week by displaying a selection of banned or challenged books.  The display entitled “Closing Books Shuts Out Ideas”is situated directly in front of the Research Help Desk (main floor) in the Harriet Irving Library (HIL) Learning Commons.  

Drop by and celebrate the freedom to choose and the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox viewpoints to all who wish to read them.

Harriet Irving Library is pleased to host a new display in the Commons Café entitled “2008 Fredericton Heritage Icons.”

Organized by Fredericton Heritage Trust, the display contains icons selected via individual nomination to represent various aspects of Fredericton’s history, natural environment and culture. 

The display, located in the Commons Café area of the Harriet Irving Library’s Learning Commons (5 Macaulay Lane, University of New Brunswick), can be viewed during regular library hours and will continue for several weeks.

Further information about Fredericton Heritage Trust and their Heritage Icon program can be obtained from their website at: //www.heritagefredericton.org/
 

Fall hours of operation are now in effect in all UNB Libraries. Fall hours run from Sept. 4 to December 18, 2008.

Please consult our website for the complete listing of fall hours or feel free to pick up a bookmark at any of our libraries.

Registration is now open for UNB Libraries’ Fall Cool Tools workshops. From finding e-books, searching our film collection, database searching and avoiding plagiarism, to using RefWorks, Cool Tools workshops are free and will cover many library research basics.

For more details, and to register, go to the Cool Tools website at: //www.lib.unb.ca/instruction/CoolTools.html

Staff at the Science & Forestry Library wish to advise all members of the university community that renovations are progressing in one section of the library until the end of October. 

This first phase of renovations will result in the creation of three group study rooms, two of which will be equipped with SMART Boards courtesy of UNB’s Student Technology Fee.  Additional phases, which are dependent upon funding and projected to take place next Summer, include changes to the entrance, reference and service desk areas, replacement of study carrels, plus the addition of a fourth group study room.

Staff will continue to provide regular service to users with as little disruption as possible. Your patience and understanding is appreciated, especially in the areas around the IUC concourse.  Renovation updates will be posted periodically through the e-daily/e-news service.

For further information, please contact Francesca Holyoke, Head of the Science & Forestry Library at holyoke@unb.ca or 453-4601.

UNB Libraries has a new Facebook page.  Check it out at the link below:

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