News
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Brightspace Update: Introducing “Daylight”
Dalhousie Libraries News - Monday, July 17th, 2017
Starting the first week of August, you’ll notice a new look and feel for Brightspace. Your common workflows and the way you use Brightspace tools aren’t changing, but you will notice some positive interface changes. These changes are designed to make the experience more consistent and visually appealing for students. The new look includes a… Read More »
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University Records Management Training
Dalhousie Libraries News - Saturday, July 15th, 2017
The Dalhousie Libraries is offering sessions to introduce individuals to the university’s new Records Management Policy and the tools and resources being developed to support its implementation. The session will outline the policy, discuss the fundamentals of good records management practice and highlight the various records management resources available to assist you. DalCLASS, the University’s...
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Scheduled System Update for Taylor & Francis – July 5th, 2017
Dalhousie Libraries News - Tuesday, July 04th, 2017
Taylor & Francis platform update Wednesday 5th July 2017 Please be advised that some features on Taylor & Francis Online will be unavailable on Wednesday 5th July, from 10:00 – 20:00 GMT. This is due to a scheduled update to the platform. The features which will be unavailable during this period are Your Account, search,… Read More »
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Reduced eBook Access on June 24th
Dalhousie Libraries News - Thursday, June 22nd, 2017
eBooks hosted on ProQuest’s EBL platform will be unavailable from 2–3 p.m. on Saturday, June 24 due to maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Citation Management Workshops
UNB Library News - Wednesday, June 21st, 2017
Please be reminded that UNB Libraries has made the decision to cancel our subscription to RefWorks in favour of supporting freely available citation management alternatives like Zotero and Mendeley. Our license with RefWorks will come to an end on August 31st of this year. Any RefWorks content that has not been transferred from RefWorks into a new software will be irretrievably lost on that...
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Digital Kipling Project: about the Kipling Collection
Dalhousie Libraries News - Friday, June 16th, 2017
by Roger Gillis, Digital Humanities Librarian; Diana Doublet, Digitization Assistant; and Jessica Ruzek (digital exhibit assistant) This post is the first in a series that will highlight the Dal Libraries’ Digital Kipling project. The project involves digitizing and contextualizing the Rudyard Kipling Scrapbooks — part of the internationally renowned Kipling Collection held in the Dalhousie...