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It’s official! The Learning Commons on the first floor of the Harriet Irving Library in Fredericton has been named in honour of John B. McNair, one of the most accomplished scholars, jurists, and public servants ever to graduate from UNB.

The Learning Commons is a big success offering UNB’s students an enriched learning environment incorporating service points, social learning space, technology and study spaces.

“The impact of the Learning Commons is exemplified by the number of students in the Library, said John Teskey, Director of UNB Libraries. “Within the past couple years the traffic in the Library has increased by 75 per cent.”

For details about the recent dedication ceremony for the John B. McNair Learning Commons please click here.

Information about the John B. McNair Learning Commons is available at their website:
//www.lib.unb.ca/commons/

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UNB Libraries now provide access to Library Press Display, a wonderful database of full-colour and full-image international newspapers.

Our subscription enables members of our university community to access over 500 newspapers in 37 different languages from around the world. Papers are searchable and have a rolling 60 day archive.

Take “Library Press Display” for a test-drive today. We know you’re going to love it! From the UNB Libraries website, go to e-Resources, choose e-Newspapers and select “Library Press Display.”

UNB’s Writing Centre is offering morning drop-in hours in Harriet Irving Library’s Learning Commons (Room 116) Monday-Thursday from 9:00am to 11:00am.

For more information concerning Writing Centre activities, click the following link: //extend.unb.ca/wss/

Archives & Special Collections at the Harriet Irving Library is pleased to announce the arrival of “The Art of the Book ’08”, a juried travelling exhibition of the book arts celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG).

The exhibit, comprises 78 works by Canadian, American, and Japanese book artists, and includes a variety of work reflecting the distinct but overlapping elements of the book arts: livre d’artiste (artists’ books); fine binding; fine printing; box-making; paper decorating; papermaking; and calligraphy.

Fredericton mixed-media artist Stacey James’ Reflective Journal II is included in “The Art of the Book ’08”, the only New Brunswick artist represented. Stacy James is a graduate of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design with a diploma in Fine Craft majoring in Textiles/Fiber Arts and is pursuing her BA in Fine Art with a specialization in Sculpture at NSCAD University in Halifax.

“The Art of the Book ’08” can be viewed Monday – Friday from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. in the H.R. Stewart Exhibition Room, 5th floor, Harriet Irving Library (UNB Fredericton Campus) and will continue until 31 May 2009.

For more information, please contact Patti Auld Johnson, Archives & Special Collections, at 458-7524. Please see //www.cbbag.ca/home.html for more about CBBAG.

An introductory tutorial on RefWorks will be offered from 10:30-12 on May 19 in Harriet Irving Library’s Learning Lab, Room 112.  RefWorks is  a web-based database for organizing citations and keeping track of articles and publications used in your research. It includes features to help you create a reference list for your thesis or paper.

Please register at  //www.unb.ca/ctd/more.cgi?course=RefWorks%20Tutorial%202009-05-19

Drop by the Learning Commons in the Harriet Irving Library (HIL) and browse From Crystals to Gems – a travelling exhibition of the Canadian Museum of Nature.

For thousands of years crystals and gemstones have been coveted for their beauty, value and perceived powers, yet most of us know little of how crystals grow or how they are cut and polished into gems.  From Crystals to Gems explores the world of crystals: how they grow and their variety in form and colour. Visitors will also be introduced to gemstones: their special attributes of beauty, rarity and durability and how they are cut and polished.

The exhibit is open during HIL opening hours until Thursday, June 4.

Sponsors: UNB Department of Geology & Faculty of Science, Science East, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick, NB DNR-Minerals, Freewest Resources Canada, Canadian Geologcal Foundation, Atlantic Geoscience Society, & NSERC.