Articles by author: Evelyn Smith

• Exam encouragement exhibit

  Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  This month, the Learning Commons display cases feature a little bit of encouragement to all those writing exams and completing final assignments.

  The Library offers group, quiet and silent spaces for student work. We host de-stress events during the exam period, and have curated an array of relaxation links in a newly updated library guide. Visit the display today to learn more or, check out the full slate of relaxation activities and our Exam De-stress Guide.

  To all writing and marking exams this month, we wish you success.

  Tags: display, Exams, Services, Students
  Categories: Featured Collections, Learning Commons

• Exam supports: studying in the Library

  Friday, April 05, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  Brock University Library offers a variety of study options which include areas for group learning and collaboration as well as quiet individual zones and silent areas. Just in time for exam season, here’s a reminder of the options available to you.

  Silent Zones: No talking please

  • Learning Commons Classroom B
  • Floor 5 Silent Study room (ST 500)
  • Floors 9 & 10 (even in the single study rooms)

  Quiet Zones: Low level conversation between individuals

  • Learning Commons Classroom A, one-person study desks, and computer areas.
  • Floors 5, 6, 7 at single study desks
  • Floor 8

  Group Zones: Low level conversation in groups

  • Learning Commons group tables and hallway seating
  • Floor 5
  • Floor 6
  • Floor 7

  Wherever you choose to study, stop by the Ask Us desk first and pick up some free ear plugs.

  Exam time often means high stress and high spirits. If you have concerns about noise, please contact us in-person at the Ask Us desk for immediate assistance.

  Beyond the James A. Gibson Library, additional sweet study spots include:

  • The Map, Data & GIS Library, MC C-306
  • Jubilee Court
  • Walker Courtyard
  • Goodman Atrium
  • Market Hall

  Tags: Exams, Students, Study space
  Categories: Learning Commons, Main

• Exam supports: Unstudy spot, de-stressing events return

  Friday, April 05, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  A library crowd favourite from last term is returning in April. As part of wellness and exam de-stressing activities, the Unstudy Spot will be available from April 9 to 23 in the Learning Commons. Colouring sheets, jigsaw and crossword puzzles, a giant Sudoku, and more were a welcome diversion for students in December, and we are happy to bring it back.

  Check out the full slate of relaxation activities and our Exam De-stress Guide.

  To all writing and marking exams this month, we wish you success.

  Tags: Exams, Students, Study space, Wellness
  Categories: Learning Commons, Main

• Career opportunity in Library Collections Services

  Wednesday, March 20, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  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

  Tags: Collections, Employment opportunity
  Categories: Main

• Metadata Specialist career opportunity

  Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  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

  Tags: Collections, Employment opportunity
  Categories: Main

• Celebrate Pride Weeks with the Library

  Friday, March 15, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  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! 

  Tags: display, Events, Virtual Book Display
  Categories: Learning Commons, Main

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

  Tuesday, March 05, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  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.

   

   

   

   

   

  Tags: Archives and Special Collections, Course Collaboration, display, Students
  Categories: Archives, Featured Collections, Learning Commons

• Red Dress Day

  Thursday, February 08, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  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.

   

  Tags: Indigenous Collection, Our Collections
  Categories: Featured Collections, Learning Commons

• International Love Data Week comes to Brock

  Tuesday, February 06, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  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

  Tags: BrockUDSL, MDGL, Research, Research methods, Workshops
  Categories: Main, MDGL

• Celebrating black voices and sharing Black stories

  Monday, February 05, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  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.

  Tags: Black History Month, Our Collections, Virtual Book Display
  Categories: Featured Collections, Learning Commons