News @ UNB Libraries

With the holidays upon us, I wish to remind users to check the hours of opening (posted here) before making a trip the library.

All Library servers, excluding Quest but including the main web server at www.lib.unb.ca, will be unavailable for approximately 15 minutes on Friday, December 19th at 3:00 PM. The brief shutdown is necessary to make a number of hardware and software modifications. Systems will be fully functional immediately following the upgrade.

A new Collections Development Policy was approved by the University Senate on November 25, 2003. The policy governs the selection and acquisition of library materials and the maintenance of collections at UNB Libraries (Fredericton).

From the ACM Digital Library

Please note that due to a building power supply upgrade, the ACM site will not be available during the following period:

Saturday, November 22, 2003 from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon EST (-5 hours GMT).

The power outage will affect access to the ACM Portal which is the gateway to:

Geography Awareness Week was established by the National Geographic Association and other members of the geographic community in 1987 to celebrate the importance of geography in schools and universities. As part of the week-long celebrations, November 19 is designated as “GIS Day”, to highlight the role of geomatics in understanding our environment.

UNB Libraries have recently acquired a collection of fifteen criminology e- Journals published by SAGE and affiliated societies. The collection is titled “Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection” and has been added to the UNB Libraries e-Journals directory.