News
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Dalhousie Launches Partnership with the National Centre for Truth & Reconciliation
Dalhousie Libraries News - Friday, February 22nd, 2019
by Stephanie Rogers, initially appeared in Dal News on February 8, 2019 Indigenous culture, music and language was at the centre of an important event to launch Dalhousie’s partnership with the National Centre for Truth & Reconciliation (NCTR) on Tuesday, February 5. As the first East Coast hub of the NCTR, the space, located in… Read More »
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United Nations iLibrary
UNB Library News - Wednesday, February 20th, 2019
For a comprehensive global search, discovery, and viewing source for digital content created by the United Nations, access the UN iLibrary. Themes include Agriculture Rural Development and Forestry, Children and Youth, Democracy and Governance, Disarmament, Drugs, Crime and Terrorism, Economic and Social Development, Environment and Climate Change, Human Rights and Refugees, Human Settlements...
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OECD iLibrary
UNB Library News - Wednesday, February 20th, 2019
(Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) UNB Libraries is now providing access to OECD iLibrary. This online library features its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. OECD Books and Papers covers all OECD’s published (ISBN/ISSN) monographs, journals, statistical annuals and periodicals available online in 17 subject themes. The main texts...
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Donna Bourne-Tyson Receives the Ken Haycock Award
Dalhousie Libraries News - Friday, February 15th, 2019
Donna Bourne-Tyson, University Librarian of Dalhousie, has won the prestigious Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship from the Canadian Federation of Library Associations, presented at the OLA Superconference in Toronto on January 30. Donna received this award for her significant contributions to the field of librarianship, to which many of her colleagues at Dal can attest.… Read More »
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Public Domain Day 2019
Dalhousie Libraries News - Friday, February 15th, 2019
January 1st was Public Domain Day, when copyrights expire and creative works enter the public domain in the US. A few notable works that entered the US public domain this year include “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost and The Ten Commandments by Cecil B. DeMille (1926 version). In addition to… Read More »
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Delayed Opening for Killam Library on Sat., Feb. 16
Dalhousie Libraries News - Tuesday, February 12th, 2019
Due to a planned power outage on campus the morning of Sat., Feb. 16, the Killam Library will open at noon (instead of 10 a.m.). We will close at the regular time of midnight. Apologies for the inconvenience and we hope everyone has a great reading week!