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  • Career opportunity in Library Collections Services

    Brock University Library invites applications for the full-time, permanent position of Collections Librarian. This position is part of the Brock Black Cluster Hire initiative and belongs to the Brock University Faculty Association (BUFA) employee group. As a signatory to the Scarborough Charter on anti-Black racism and Black inclusion, Brock is committed to the development of Black academic and research excellence.

    The successful candidate will collaborate with a team of eleven professionals within the Collections Department and will be responsible for developing collection management strategies related to various resource formats including print, ebooks, streaming media, databases, and journals. Collection analysis and assessment is also part of this role.

    All applicants to this Brock Black Cluster Hire must identify as Black, African, and/or as a person of African-Caribbean descent in their cover letter and through the self-identification application process. This opportunity is specific to applicants who self-identify as Black, African, and/or of African-Caribbean descent, and this self-identification information will be used for the purposes of screening candidates.

    Learn more about this position, qualifications, salary, etc. and apply by May 7, 2024 at 12:01 am

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  • Metadata Specialist career opportunity

    Brock University Library invites applications for the full-time, permanent position of Metadata Specialist in the Library Collections Services department.

    Reporting to the Head, Collections Services, the Metadata Specialist is responsible for the creation, maintenance and integrity of metadata for all Library materials, including Archives & Special Collections, and University departmental collections. The Metadata Specialist will also create policies and procedures in accordance with metadata standards of practice for the library catalogue.

    Learn more about this position, qualifications, salary, etc. and apply by April 17, 2024 at 12:01 am

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  • Celebrate Pride Weeks with the Library

    Brock Library is joining in campus-wide celebrations of 2SLGBTQIA+ Pride this month with exhibits and activities focused on education and enjoyment. 

    From March 18 through 29, the Library will host: 

    • Reading out Proud – a curated selection of books and films which take an intersectional approach to examining queer life and issues such as race, disability, class and politics. Reading out Proud includes a digital collection as well as print titles on our Badger Books end cap.
    • Know your Pride flags – Drop by our display documenting the history and identities which are expressed and celebrated through Pride flags. Adjacent to the Badger Books collection. 

    On March 22, all are welcome to join a Queer Crafternoon from 1-4 p.m. in Library Classroom B. Drop in to de-stress and celebrate your Pride with an afternoon of casual crafting featuring 2S&LGBTQ+-themed colouring sheets, button-making and easy origami. We’ll also have a Cricut machine available: select from previously-created designs or make your own. You can even bring in your own T-shirt — we’ll help you print out a vinyl transfer and stick it on a shirt so you can wear your Pride. 

    No RSVP is required. However if you wish to receive CWC credit, register for these events via ExperienceBU, and scan the QR attendance code at each location.

    Wishing everyone a very happy Pride! 

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  • Women, Water, and Words: An Exploration of Visual Culture in Niagara

    A new exhibit in the Library and at the Thistle entrance to the Matheson Learning Commons features a selection of items from Brock’s Archives & Special Collections chosen by Visual Arts students in VISA 2P90 (19th Century Visual Culture).

    Each student selected an item from the collection to research and present. There is a broad range of material in this exhibit–from whimsical sketches to advertisements and tourist material to photographs of architectural monuments–but they are all connected by a focus on the history of visual culture in Niagara. 

    We invite you to visit this intriguing exhibition until April 7.

     

     

     

     

     

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  • Explore deep waters this March

    Dive into Exploring Deep Waters, our latest collection of print and e-books.

    Advance your knowledge of oceanography with The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works. Learn the importance of watersheds and architecture through a design-research project with the Mekong, Mississippi, and Rhine river basins. Read expedition poems from Bronwyn Preece as she traverses into a remote area of Northern B.C. and journeys along rising rivers.

    From droughts to floods, Pacific to Atlantic, shoreline to tap, explore all of the ways water plays a role in our world.

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  • Who’s who: Teaching & Learning

    We are a group of librarians who are dedicated to teaching students the skills to succeed in modern academic research, as well as building the confidence to navigate an increasingly complex information landscape. Led by Jennifer Thiessen, this department includes Kymberly Ash, Justine Cotton, Ian Gordon, and Vanja Stojanovic.

    As a team, we:

    • work with faculty members to develop library research workshops
    • offer consultations to students with in-depth research questions
    • develop online learning tools to build research skills and confidence

    Learn more about our Team and what we offer by visiting the Library Instruction page.

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  • GIS scholarship opportunity

    Attention all Brock ArcGIS users! It’s time for the Annual Esri Scholarship Competition. Eligible students (current students including undergraduate to graduate with B+ Major average) are invited to submit a ~500 word Esri GIS Project Proposal with their resume to sjanzen@brocku.ca by April 1st 4:30 p.m. A nominee will be announced by April 15th with project deliverables due by June 1st. The deliverables for the successful candidate will include a poster and report in the form of an Esri StoryMap. Prizes include $1,000 cash reward, software access, books, conference passes and more!

    Esri is the industry standard for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) across all sectors. GIS is used at Brock in Health Sciences, Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences, History, Literature & Language, Political Science, Earth Sciences, Recreation and Leisure Studies and Geography/Tourism.

    More details: https://scholars.esri.ca/profile/?uid=Brock%20University
    Student FAQ: https://scholars.esri.ca/students/faq-students/

    Submissions and questions should be directed to Sharon Janzen, sjanzen@brocku.ca in the Map, Data & GIS Library, MC-C306

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  • Red Dress Day

    Brock’s Hadiya’dagénhahs First Nations, Métis and Inuit Student Centre and the Office of the Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement are hosting the Legacy of Hope Foundation’s interactive four-piece Waniskahtan exhibit in the Rankin Family Pavilion, February 5 to March 6. The exhibit is designed to educate and create greater awareness about the high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in order to commemorate them and to prevent future occurrences. The exhibit coincides with events taking place at Brock to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Gender Minorities on REDress Day, Wednesday, February 14.

    Brock Library’s Honouring Indigenous Women and Girls featured collection, first curated in September, 2023, includes fiction and non-fiction as well as documentaries which tell stories of survival and resilience that act to support and educate. Browse these titles and explore more at the Indigenous Collection in the Learning Commons.

     

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  • International Love Data Week comes to Brock

    Join the Map, Data & GIS Library for events celebrating International Love Data Week 2024 (February 12-16). A variety of workshops will explore queer data, scraped data, geodata, census data, and more. The Brock University community can learn more about the events and is encouraged to sign-up on ExperienceBU.

    Nicole Stradiotto, Data Services Librarian says, “Love Data week is a chance for the Brock community to highlight the importance of data literacy and to highlight the variety of creative ways that researchers can use data.”

    For more information contact maplib@brocku.ca

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  • Celebrating black voices and sharing Black stories

    This month, as Brock celebrates African Heritage and Black History, we invite you to browse and borrow from a special end-cap of Black authored popular fiction and non-fiction from our Badger Books collection.

    A virtual book display, Celebrating Black Voices and Sharing Black Stories, is freshly updated with new titles and available online.

    The Brock community is celebrating Black History Month and African Heritage Month with a full calendar of events and programming. See what’s going on and join in the celebrations.

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