News @ UNB Libraries

Welcome Back from UNB Libraries to all students!

Please drop by to check out our services, resources,  and  spaces for group and quiet study.  All our libraries offer expert assistance in developing research strategies, finding the best search tools, and using our extensive print and online resources.  Come in and meet the staff  at the research help desks in any of our libraries.

Also available …..    UNB WorldCat – our new library catalogue,  Popular Reading Collections, Video Quick TIps online tutorials and lots more.

Best wishes to all for a successful Winter Term.

The Eileen Wallace Children’s Literature Collection is the largest research collection of its kind in Atlantic Canada. UNBF librarian, Sue Fisher, is the Curator of this collection.

In her blog, Mouse-traps and the Moon, Sue showcases material from the collection, reviews books, discusses key issues in the field of children’s literature and provides lists of great books for children and young adults alike.

Link to Sue’s blog today at: //mousetrapsandthemoon.blogspot.com/

Looking for a quiet place to study?  Room 310 in the Harriet Irving Library is now open as a comfortable new study area. The  room is equipped with tables and seating for approx 44.  Students are most welcome to drop by and check out the new space.

Try our new UNB LIbraries mobile site!

The mobile site is intended to allow library users with a web-capable, handheld device (e.g. iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, Blackberrys, etc.), to use key features of the library site more easily.

Try catalogue searching using a beta version of UNB’s WorldCat Mobile. Article searching will be added as the mobile catalogue continues to be developed.

Although UNB Libraries Mobile is designed and best suited for use with modern smartphones, you don’t need a handheld device to use the site. It’s available using any web browser at //m.lib.unb.ca. Formatting may vary depending on how you access the site.

Further enhanced versions of the site, which leverage the growing capabilities and personalization options of newer devices, are planned for the following months.

Wondering about the strange graphic?

It’s called a QR (or Quick Response) Code. According to Wikipedia, a QR code is a matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by QR scanners, mobile phones with a camera, and smartphones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on white background.

To use our code, you’ll need a QR reader and camera on your phone. Just point your phone’s camera at the code and you will be transported to our new mobile web page!

If you don’t have a QR reader installed, a listing of suggested QR applications (//percentmobile.com/getqr) is available for your device. Another site lists both UPC barcodes and QR codes (//www.cellphone-barcode.com/qr-code-readers/). Additionally, visit the “App Store” or web site for your device and search for QR Codes. There are free QR Code Readers for almost mobile devices capable of supporting them.

UNB Libraries’ staff wish everyone the happiest of holiday seasons. A complete listing of our holiday hours is available by clicking the following link:

//www.lib.unb.ca/about/hours.php?loc=all&term=holiday

Try our new UNB LIbraries mobile site!

The mobile site is intended to allow library users with a web-capable, handheld device (e.g. iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, Blackberrys, etc.), to use key features of the library site more easily.

Try catalogue searching using a beta version of UNB’s WorldCat Mobile. Article searching will be added as the mobile catalogue continues to be developed.

Although UNB Libraries Mobile is designed and best suited for use with modern smartphones, you don’t need a handheld device to use the site. It’s available using any web browser at //m.lib.unb.ca. Formatting may vary depending on how you access the site.

Further enhanced versions of the site, which leverage the growing capabilities and personalization options of newer devices, are planned for the following months.

Wondering about the strange graphic?

It’s called a QR (or Quick Response) Code. According to Wikipedia, a QR code is a matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by QR scanners, mobile phones with a camera, and smartphones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on white background.

To use our code, you’ll need a QR reader and camera on your phone. Just point your phone’s camera at the code and you will be transported to our new mobile web page!

If you don’t have a QR reader installed, a listing of suggested QR applications (//percentmobile.com/getqr) is available for your device. Another site lists both UPC barcodes and QR codes (//www.cellphone-barcode.com/qr-code-readers/). Additionally, visit the “App Store” or web site for your device and search for QR Codes. There are free QR Code Readers for almost mobile devices capable of supporting them.