Articles by author: Evelyn Smith

  • The Barbenheimer craze

    Friday, July 21, 2023 | By

    An illuminated movie theatre sign features the film names: Oppenheimer and Barbie. A sign installer atop a ladder works to install the letters.

    Today (July 21), marks the release of two biopics in movie theatres. Barbie, a comedy, features the doll and her partner Ken on a voyage of self-discovery after their expulsion from “Barbieland”. Oppenheimer, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, is the story of the nuclear physicist who was the head of Los Alamos Laboratory, which was instrumental in the development of the first-ever nuclear bomb.

    Many moviegoers are making a double feature out of the two films, which have become known as “Barbenheimer.”

    The Library has compiled a featured collection of Barbie and Oppenheimer e-books and print titles. You can find the print volumes atop our Badger Books shelves on the main floor.

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  • Employment opportunity

    Wednesday, July 12, 2023 | By

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    Join our User Services & Engagement team at the James A. Gibson Library as a Library Assistant, Engagement. In this role you will:

    • promote Library services and build awareness of Library services and resources
    • initiate engagement and outreach activities
    • manage the Library’s social media accounts
    • create physical and virtual promotional / informational materials
    • act as first point of contact for users and assist with research and general inquiries
    • provide back-up support, as needed, to departmental teams supporting other key service areas (e.g. Reserves, Interlibrary loan, Stacks maintenance).

    If you are a highly creative and collaborative person with a strong service ethic, please apply on the Career Services website by August 12 at 12:01am.

    Note: Interested applicants are asked to provide a sample of their promotional work along with resume and cover letter.

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  • Instructors encouraged to submit fall term reading lists soon

    Tuesday, July 11, 2023 | By

    A woman works at a desk next to a window. Documents and highlighted books are spread out in front of her.

    Reserve request processing for the fall term is underway at Brock University Library. Beat the rush and ensure your students have timely access to their fall course materials. We encourage you to submit reading lists as soon as possible. Ideally by early to mid-August.  

    An instructor self-serve option is also available, providing flexibility to instructors who wish to do this work themselves. All self-submissions will get a final check for copyright compliance, and will then be active for students. 

    Questions? reserve@brocku.ca

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  • Improvements coming to interlibrary loan services

    Friday, June 23, 2023 | By

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    The RACER software that has supported interlibrary loan activity for over 20 years, has reached end-of-life and is being discontinued. Over the past several months, Brock University Library and our Ontario partner universities have been transitioning interlibrary loan activity to the Omni platform which has become the predominant tool for interlibrary loan activity here at Brock. This summer we will be completing the transition to using the Omni interface exclusively. All Ontario universities are required to make this shift.  

    Effective July 1st, Brock RACER accounts will no longer be functional, and the system will not accept requests.   

    • Any in-progress requests will still be completed. 
    • If you have information in your teaching materials directing students to RACER, please remove/replace with information directing them to Omni instead. 

    The good news is that Omni, our academic search tool, is equipped to support all of your interlibrary loan needs!  

    Rest assured that no services are being lost with this change. Access to materials at other libraries remains the same. 

    More improvements! 

    • there will no longer be a need to create and maintain a separate RACER password: Your Brock account credentials provide access to Omni and all related services.   
    • When searching in Omni, you can select ‘Get it from another library’ to request an item that Brock does not own (see screen shot below).  
    • Or skip the searching and use the Omni blank request form available on the library website to submit a request! We’ll do the searching for you!     

    An Omni catalogue record for a book showing with an arrow pointing to "Get it from another library."

    We are committed to making this transition as smooth as possible and have notified active RACER users and faculties directly of the change.  

    Please feel free to send any questions to: cmackinnon@brocku.ca

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  • Exhibit: The A. & C. Black Twenty Shilling Book Series

    Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | By

    Illustrated book spines from the A. & C. Black Travel Series.

    Select titles from the A. & C. Black Twenty Shilling Book Series are featured in our latest exhibit in the Library and Learning Commons.  The series consists of ninety-two high-quality travel books illustrated in colour by various artists and published from 1901 to 1921. The print runs for these books were limited – typically to 3000 copies or less. Decades later, this scarcity has made the books quite collectible.

    As passionate travellers, David Murray and Elizabeth Surtees of Niagara-on-the-Lake fell in love with these books. For over 15 years, they assembled a complete collection of the 20 Shilling Book Series. In December, 2022, they donated their collection to the Brock University Archives and Special Collections with a wish to share the resource with the Brock community.

    View this very special exhibit in the Library and at the south entrance to the Learning Commons until late-July.

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  • Construction on floor 10 begins soon

    Monday, June 19, 2023 | By

    floor 10 of the Schmon tower showing empty bookshelves and chairs stacked on top of desks.

    Construction adjacent to Brock’s Archives and Special Collections on floor 10 will begin on Monday, July 3. Noise and disruption are expected during the project which is expected to last 3-4 weeks. The floor will remain open for book retrieval, and access to the Archives and Special Collections Reading Room is not affected.

    Alternative silent study spaces in the library are located on floor 9, the silent study room on the northside of floor 5 and Classroom B in the Matheson Learning Commons.

     

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  • Print and virtual collections in support of Indigenous History Month

    Friday, June 16, 2023 | By

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    In June, we commemorate National Indigenous History Month to recognize the history, heritage and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada.

    The Indigenous Collection at the south entrance to the Matheson Learning Commons features many new titles including Our Voice of Fire: Memoir of a Warrior Rising by Brandi Morin, Permanent Astonishment by Thomson Highway, and Run as One: My Story by Errol Ranville.

    More print and e-books as well as films by and about Indigenous Peoples in Canada are available in two recently updated Featured Collections via Omni.

    Beyond Library resources, the Brock and wider communities are invited to learn and participate in 20 workshops hosted by Hadiyaˀdagénhahs First Nations, Métis and Inuit Student Centre. Read more about them and get registration links in this article from the Brock News.

     

     

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  • Staff picks: our favourite books & films

    Thursday, June 01, 2023 | By

    A little wooden toy van with an open book on its roof.

    Do library workers read all day as the old trope goes? No. But in our off time, watch out. We’re serious about our books.

    This month’s featured collection comprises some of our favourite fiction – old and new, as well non-fiction on topics as diverse as animated film production, indigenous culture, and the enduring mystery of the life, loves, and violent death of one of Canada’s most famous artists.  A sub-collection of our favourites on film includes romance, comedic mystery and even a cold war classic.

    Explore this month’s featured collection of staff picks online and in print next to the Ask Us desk.

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  • Join our team as the Makerspace Supervisor

    Thursday, May 18, 2023 | By

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    Brock University Library invites applications for a full-time permanent Makerspace Supervisor in our state of the art facility which consists of prototyping equipment, an audio lab, a photography/video production lab and an instructional lab.

    The Makerspace Supervisor will provide operational leadership and supervision to the Makerspace team, coordination, technical support, and end-user support for the Library Makerspace. The Supervisor is responsible for developing and/or coordinating partnerships and participation in events, including preparing and delivering workshops and demonstrations.

    If you are keen to promote ‘Maker Culture’ on campus and in the community, we invite you to learn more about the role, qualifications, salary, etc. and apply by June 2 at 12:01am

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  • Join our team as Teaching & Learning Librarian, Special Projects

    Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | By

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    Brock University Library invites applications for a full-time, two-year limited term appointment position of Teaching & Learning Librarian, Special Projects. Responsibilities include course-based instruction in a variety of formats and supporting special projects of strategic importance to the department, including development and maintenance of e-learning objects, support for open education, and assessment of teaching & learning.

    Learn more about this opportunity and how to apply. Applications will be accepted until June 18, 2023 at 12:01am.

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