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Has a book ever changed YOUR life? We want to know about it!

So far this year, the submissions to our “Books that Inspire” compilation are wide-ranging and thought-provoking. We’ve decided to keep adding to the list of books that are not necessarily on any course reading list, yet would provide amazing and transformative experiences if opened. If you haven’t already done so, please consider taking a few moments to recall a book that has had an impact on your thinking and share the title and the reasons with our community.

The Microforms Department of the University of New Brunswick Harriet Irving Library is pleased to present to the public the Marianne Grey Otty Database.

The database, available on May 18^th, offers information useful to genealogists and historians, as well as students. Anglican Church records from the Gagetown, New Brunswick area provide vital data on Loyalist settlers and their descendants, a group with a significant influence on early New Brunswick history.

A series of travelling ministers tending to scattered communities in New Brunswick kept extensive records from the years 1786 to 1841 that detailed marriages, baptisms, and deaths, along with anecdotal notes. The original materials were transcribed by author and local historian, Marianne Grey Otty (1890-1963). The records centre geographically on Gagetown, Queen’s County, and particularly focus on the New Brunswick communities of Fredericton, Saint Marys, Lincoln, Grand Lake, Waterborough, Long Island, Wickham, Hampstead, Maugherville, Petersville, Sheffield, Kingston, Springfield, Greenwich, and Saint John. However, entries as far flung as Nova Scotia, Ontario, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New York are also included.

The Marianne Grey Otty database from the Loyalist Collection provides an opportunity to explore family connections, as well as providing a glimpse into eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New Brunswick.

Enjoy a film in air-conditioned comfort during UNB Libraries’ Summer Cinema Series!
Thursdays at 7pm in the HIL Milham Room (July 12th – August 2nd).

All welcome. Free admission. Refreshments will be served!

Thursday, August 2nd:
THE LITTLE FUGITIVE
(Directed by Ray Ashley, 1953)

When a seven-year-old boy is tricked into believing he killed his older brother, he flees Brooklyn and ends up on Coney Island. A key protoverité slice of urban America filmed with hand-held 35 mm. cameras, the film was a major influence on the French New Wave.

Tuesdays, 4:30-6:00pm
Harriet Irving Library, Seminar Room (109)

The UNB Writing & Study Skills Program will deliver the following series of workshops:

3 July Note-taking/Time Management
Note-taking is critical thinking in practice. Each page of notes represents an active session of interpretation and selection, and each can be a vital part of efficient study. Effective use of time creates space for all your routine activities, leaves room for unexpected assignments, and still saves a place for rest and relaxation.

17 July Critical Thinking and Reading
This workshop will help equip you with the tools necessary for active critical reading. Participants will apply elements of formal and material logic to problem solving and information integration. Mastering critical thinking skills will increase your ability to judge the works you read, analyze their structure, and retain their content!

24 July Effective Formal Writing
Every writer must strive to make his or her language as logical, clear, and concise as possible. This workshop explores ways of mastering crucial elements of effective writing.

31 July Improving Examination Skills
Most courses still end with a traditional examination: a session during which you must demonstrate your complete understanding of a subject. To meet this challenge successfully, you must master not only your course material but three key examination skills as well: stress control, recursive review, and active exam writing. This session will help you to develop strategies for handling most types of exams.

All sessions are free to full- and part-time UNB students. No pre-registration required.

Enjoy a film in air-conditioned comfort during UNB Libraries’ Summer Cinema Series!
Thursdays at 7pm in the HIL Milham Room (July 12th – August 2nd).

All welcome. Free admission. Refreshments will be served!

Thursday, July 26th:
MOTHER
(Directed by Bong Joon-ho, 2010, 128 min)

Critically-acclaimed director Bong Joon-ho (The Host) delivers a chilling look at the depths of maternal devotion in this beautifully crafted murder mystery that draws you in and keeps you guessing at every turn.

In Korean with English Subtitles

Archives & Special Collections, Harriet Irving Library displays Alcuin Society’s “best looking books of 2011”

Winning books from the 30^th annual Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada are currently on display in the H.R. Stewart Exhibition Room, 5^th floor, Harriet Irving Library. Viewing hours are Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.  The Harriet Irving Library is one of the first Canadian venues to host the 2011 exhibition which runs until 25 July 2012.

Judges selected the 35 winning books from 252 Canadian entries representing nine provinces and 103 publishers. Thirty of the award-winning books are on display including three designed by Gaspereau Press (Kentville, NS).  In the poetry category, their Curious Masonry: Three Translations from the Anglo-Saxon won first prize while Incitements received an honourable mention. The Shell of the Tortoise: Four Essays and an Assemblage, authored by former UNB English Professor Don McKay, received an honourable mention in the Prose – Non-fiction category.

The Alcuin Society (//www.alcuinsociety.com) is a Vancouver-based non-profit society for the support and appreciation of fine books. In addition to the annual Book Design Competition, the Society publishes a quarterly journal, Amphora, and organises lectures, workshops, exhibitions, and field visits on various aspects of the book.

For more information, contact Archives & Special Collections at:  (506) 453-4748 or archives@unb.ca