News @ UNB Libraries

Music Online is a comprehensive and high quality streaming audio collection that supports the teaching and research of music.

Some highlights:

• streaming access to over 765,000 tracks, including over 45,000 unique recordings
• new recordings are added monthly
• unlimited simultaneous users

Listening databases include:

• American Song
• Classical Music Library
• Contemporary World Music
• Jazz Music Library
• Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries

For more information about Music Online, please contact James MacKenzie, Music Librarian, (458-7058); for more resources, please consult UNB Libraries’ Guide to Music.

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.

Use ABI/INFORM Complete to find the full-text of scholarly and trade journal articles in business, management, and trade, and more!

You can find:

• electronic access to the full-text of The Wall Street Journal
• dissertations and SSRN working papers
• market reports, industry reports, and business cases
• local and regional business information
• global and trade news

For more information about ABI/INFORM Complete, please contact Leanne Wells, Business Librarian, (447-3075); for more resources relevant to studies in Business, please consult UNB Libraries’ Business Administration 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.

Congratulations to Judy MacLean for her efforts to alleviate stress by dispensing generous doses of humour along with helpings of research advice!

Inspired by Lucy’s booth in the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, Judy MacLean set up a similar booth with the slogan “The Librarian is IN” from which she has been dispensing smiles, small talk, candy, and pencils in addition to answering any and all research questions posed by passers-by.

“I wanted to add a little levity at the Science & Forestry Library by setting up in the IUC concourse for a few hours each morning,” Judy/Lucy says. “Many students are intimidated by or uneasy about using libraries, so they don’t bother coming in. My booth is catching their attention, even if it is just to smile as they walk by. If a student can connect the worlds ‘LIBRARY’ and ‘FUN’ in the same thought bubble, then I will have succeeded.”

The Librarian is IN kiosk was made possible by the support of UNB Libraries, the Office of the Vice-President (Academic), and Student Affairs and Services, UNB Fredericton campus.

Mark Walma has used history to preserve history in New Brunswick!

The year is 1941 and Canada is embroiled in WWII. Wanting to serve her country and support the soldiers in far away lands, Abigail finds work at the McAdam Railway Station and Hotel, Canada’s Gateway to the East.

Join Abigail and her friends as they experience the thrills and excitement of working in a place through which the world passes on a daily basis.

Based on the rich stories that have been passed down orally from one generation to the next, this 3-volume collection of short stories entitled Abigail Massey at McAdam Station recreates imaginatively a period of Canada’s history as it unfolded in the historic McAdam Railway Station and Hotel. The books were created not only to preserve the stories, but also to support the restoration of the McAdam Railway Station and Hotel.

Built in 1900/1901, the McAdam Station and Hotel is truly a piece of New Brunswick’s history. Unfortunately, but for the people of McAdam itself and a small number of supporters, it also seems to be a forgotten piece of New Brunswick history. The residents of McAdam have been working hard to maintain and eventually restore this classic building and are making amazing progress. Still, millions of dollars are needed to bring the Station back to its original splendour and preserve this important piece of Canadian history.

What:    “Let’s Talk About Writing, Publishing and Preserving New Brunswick’s History”
Where:  Milham Room, Harriet Irving Library, University of New Brunswick in Fredericton
When:   Thursday, December 20, 2012 from 12-2 pm

Come and enjoy a visit with Mark Walma, author of the Abigail Massey stories, who will discuss the challenge of using creative writing to help preserve history.

Find out more about the Abigail Massey at McAdam Station stories.

Find out more about McAdam Railway Station and see more photos of McAdam Station.

McAdam Railway Station and Hotel

Due to the threat of freezing rain this afternoon and evening, all UNBF examinations scheduled for today, Monday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. have been postponed.

The examination cancellation policy is in effect and the examinations scheduled for today will be held on Sunday, Dec. 16, at the same time and in the same location as shown on the final examination schedule.

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