News @ UNB Libraries

In anticipation of a new library system to be launched in May, we request that Research Loan material borrowed over the coming term be returned as soon as you are finished with it. We wish to avoid the traditional rush of renewals and returns in early May.

The formal due date for this material will be September 2013 so renewal will not be required at the end of the Winter term.

The material will remain subject to recall. As always, if you are vacationing or travelling away from campus for more than a few days, please return library materials before you go.

Students due to graduate must return Research Loan materials in May even though printed receipts will show September.

Preparation for the new system requires a change of practice with respect to inter-campus borrowing. Once an item reaches its renewal limit, it must be returned to its home campus.

For further information, please contact Lesley Balcom (lbalcom@unb.ca, 458-7056) or Steve Lelievre (lelievre@unb.ca, 452-6039)

Nineteenth Century Collections Online provides access to a rich range of primary sources from the long nineteenth century, such as monographs, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, and statistics, that are brought together in one central, cross-searchable location.

Four collections are now available:

• British Politics and Society includes tens of thousands of primary sources related to the political climate in Great Britain during the “long” nineteenth century. Invaluable for historical scholarship, the archive not only sheds light on the development of urban centres and the restructuring of society during the Industrial Revolution, but it also includes a range of rare works that offer new avenues for research.
• European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection, based on the 20th-century discovery of the library of Victor Amadeus, constitutes one of the most important collections of British Romantic-era writing in existence. Of the 3,250+ works by more than 1,250 different authors from the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a considerable number are exceedingly rare publications, including previously unknown works, by British writers (women writers in particular, whose works comprise more than 1,000 titles) who were active during the Romantic period. Also included are 3,658 works in French (more than 500 by women) and 2,653 works in German, all dating primarily from the period 1790-1840. Many titles are unrecorded in the catalogues of the British Library and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
• Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange makes available British Foreign Office and United States consular and diplomatic records that constitute a political and social history of Western interaction with a number of Asian countries during the nineteenth century. These records reflect the day-to-day activities of the indigenous populations and their national governments, the expansion of trade, and the exercise of extraterritorial rights and treaty provisions. A selection of missionary correspondence and journals constitute a rich resource for the study of the social, cultural, political, and economic conditions of China, Japan, and Korea. Also included are a selection of contemporary periodicals that provide an unprecedented record of Western and indigenous experiences and reflections on the turbulent transformation of Asian countries from the model of traditional closed society to that of modern nationhood.
• British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture features a wide range of primary sources related to the arts in the Victorian era, from playbills and scripts to operas and complete scores. These rare documents, many of them never before available, were sourced from the British Library and other renowned institutions, and curated by experts in British arts history. Offering not only manuscripts and compositions, but also personal letters, annotated programs, meeting minutes, and financial records, this collection provides a glimpse into the inner workings of the arts world and life in Victorian Britain.

For more information about Nineteenth Century Collections Online, please contact Joanne Smyth, UNBF History Librarian, (453-3516).

For more resources relevant to studies in history, please consult UNB Libraries’ History Guides.

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

This session is scheduled for Friday, January 25th, 2013 (12:15-1:15pm) in the Milham Room at the Harriet Irving Library and includes a brief overview of the UNB Copyright Guidelines and an update on the recent changes to the Canadian Copyright Act regarding classroom copying and distribution.

Copyright sessions with an emphasis on the needs of course instructors continue to be offered periodically. Additional sessions will be added in response to demand. Please let us know if you or your department or faculty has an interest in having an additional session scheduled.

For further information about copyright issues or sessions, please see Copyright at UNB or contact Josh Dickison (447-3378).

Looking for a break? YOU can help shape your library online in 2013!

UNB Libraries are looking for participants to test the library website on desktops/laptops, tablets, and smartphones.

Test sessions will take approximately 1 hour of your time, and all participants will receive a $20 honorarium!

Interested?

Contact James Mackenzie no later than February 15th.

There will be a planned power outage at the Harriet Irving Library Wednesday, January 16th, from 5:30 am – 7:30 am.  Please note that access to the library website, e-Reserves, and off-campus access to library databases will be unavailable during this time.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

VAST: Academic Video Online allows you to stream 13,000 videos (20,000 by 2013) from more than 20 disciplines!

Experience the convenient features of VAST:
• Create and share custom clips and playlists;
• View synchronized scrolling transcripts alongside the videos, search the transcript while watching, and jump forward and backward to your selection;
• Cite whole videos or just your individual custom clips;
• Email, share, and embed links;
• Access the videos with your mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Android).

Some highlights:
• Content includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and news reels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage.
• Subject areas include art, architecture, business, counseling and therapy, dance, economics, education, ethnic studies, ethnography, gay and lesbian studies, health, history, humanities, law and public safety, literature, opera, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, science, theatre, women’s studies, and other subjects.
• Participating producers and distributors include BBC, PBS, Arthaus, CBS, KinoInternational, Documentary Educational Resources, California Newsreel, Opus Arte, Cinema Guild, Pennebaker Hegedus Films, Psychotherapy.net, Zeitgeist, First Run Features, and many more.
• Find counseling and therapy training videos from Microtraining and issue-based documentaries from Filmakers Library.

Access VAST. For more information or a demonstration, contact Marc Bragdon, Film Librarian, (458-7741).

For more film resources, consult UNB Libraries’ Film Studies Guides.

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.