Articles tagged with: Virtual Book Display

• Sustainable Development Goals

  Friday, February 28, 2025 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.

  This month, the Library presents a range of titles – print and electronic, which provide context, food for thought, and a path forward for all 17 goals. Browse them online, and in-person on the Library main floor.

  Learn more about the Brock University commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

  Tags: display, Our Collections, Virtual Book Display
  Categories: Featured Collections, Learning Commons

• Freedom to Read Week 2025

  Thursday, January 30, 2025 | By Amanda Emery

  

  In celebration of the 41st Freedom to Read Week (February 23 – March 1), we’ve put together a list of challenged and banned titles for you to read in print and online.

  Many of these controversial titles were challenged and have become classics. This includes titles such as:

  • Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
  • John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell
  • A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
  • Dubliners by James Joyce

  It is widely regarded that book bans and challenges are a thing of the past, however the number of challenges continues to rise. The Canadian Federation of Library Associations’ (CFLA) Intellectual Freedom Committee, along with the Book and Periodical Council’s Freedom of Expression Committee, developed an annual survey to track challenges within Canadian public libraries. This survey began in 2007 and provides access to challenges libraries have faced to items in their collections, and to displays, programs, room usage, and computer access.

  Freedom to Read Week is an annual event which highlights intellectual freedom and encourages Canadians to defend their right to read, write, and publish freely. Browse all of the featured titles and more on the display next to the Ask Us desk in Matheson Learning Commons, or view eBooks online.

  Tags: display, Our Collections, Virtual Book Display
  Categories: Featured Collections

• Fresh Start

  Thursday, January 02, 2025 | By Amanda Emery

  

  Welcome to a new year, new term, new chapter!

  Embrace a fresh start and explore books in this featured collection that focus on overcoming burnout, getting organized, mindfulness, health eating, wellness, and more.

  • Read the newly published Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout, which helps people pursue meaningful accomplishment and avoid being overloaded.
  • Explore Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga’s The Courage to be Disliked and ask yourself if happiness is something you choose for yourself.
  • Do you use to-do lists? Check out Eat That Frog! and learn how to structure your task lists and defeat procrastination.

  Browse all of these titles and more on the display next to the Ask Us desk in Matheson Learning Commons, or view eBooks online.

  Tags: display, Our Collections, Virtual Book Display
  Categories: Featured Collections

• Crime and Consequence

  Tuesday, December 03, 2024 | By Amanda Emery

  

  Do you have a curiosity for true crime? Are you interested in learning about justice and the legal system? Check out some of the mysterious and fascinating stories in December’s Featured Collection of books.

  • Read about the notorious ‘Georges’ communities of British Columbia and their reputation as Canada’s most dangerous city prior to World War I.
  • Explore the newly published Outlaw Bikers as Organized Crime, providing research on outlaw bikers and clubs from all over the world.
  • If you are interested in cross-border organized crime, read up on the millennial mobsters who brought chaos and the cartels to the Canadian underworld.

  You can browse the Crime and Consequence collection by visiting the book display next to the Ask Us desk in Matheson Learning Commons, or view the eBooks online.

  Tags: display, Our Collections, Virtual Book Display
  Categories: Featured Collections

• International Education Week, 2024

  Monday, November 18, 2024 | By Amanda Emery

  

  Explore this curated collection of books and eBooks focusing on international education and studying abroad. International Education Week (IEW) is celebrated globally on the third week of November each year. IEW highlights the importance of a globally oriented learning experience and showcases the impact that international education has on learning, research, and community.

  Brock International Education Week events, held November 18-22, are great opportunities to get involved, expand your knowledge, and connect with the world.

  Tags: Our Collections, Virtual Book Display
  Categories: Featured Collections

• Political Landscapes

  Thursday, October 31, 2024 | By Amanda Emery

  

  Our November Featured Collection explores works on the intricate and evolving landscapes of current politics in the United States and Canada. With the US election a trending topic, this collection of books and eBooks highlights a variety of related subjects including democracy, campaigns, polling, and parties.

  Read the relevant Electable: Why American Hasn’t Put a Woman in the White House…Yet with a focused chapter on Kamala Harris and the 2020 US election.

  Explore the growing discussion around Illiberal Democracies as it pertains to the history of political ideals in the United States. The newly published Illiberal America: A History looks to the past to understand this recent resurgence.

  If you are interested in a Canadian perspective you can read up on current movements in What’s Trending in Canadian Politics? which explores political communication and democratic governance in a digital age.

  You can browse the collection by visiting the book display next to the Ask Us desk in Matheson Learning Commons, or view the eBooks online.

  Tags: display, Our Collections, Virtual Book Display
  Categories: Featured Collections

• Featured Collection: Honouring Indigenous Women and Girls

  Tuesday, October 01, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  This month’s featured Omni Collection is intended to honour and remember the lives of Indigenous Women and Girls in recognition of the Native Women’s Association of Canada‘s Sisters In Spirit Day. Browse and borrow from the print collection displayed next to the Ask Us desk and head online to view the Indigenous Women on Film sub-collection of documentaries.

  The collection also acts as a complement to The Canadian Library, a grassroots art installation project that acts as a memorial to all Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people. View the Brock University micro gallery at the Entiohahathe’te Knowledge Den.

  

  The Entiohahathe’te Knowledge Den is located home to an Indigenous book collection and Brock’s Canadian Library Project micro gallery.

  Tags: display, Our Collections, Virtual Book Display
  Categories: Featured Collections, Learning Commons

• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  Tuesday, September 17, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  On September 30, we recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities.  

  Learn more about the impact of residential schools by exploring our virtual book display, a mixture of print titles, ebooks, and streaming video.

  Image credit: The Survivors’ flag was designed during six weeks of consultation, discussion and collaboration with Survivors from across Canada. Inuit, Mi’kmaq, Atikamekw, Cree, Ojibway, Dakota, Mohawk, Dene, Nuu-chah-nulth, Secwepemc, Métis Survivors brought the flag to life by sharing their thoughts, ideas and lived experience to identify the important symbolism you see. The NCTR (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation) ensured the Survivors’ wishes and ideas were conveyed to Vincent Design to complete the flag.

  Tags: Our Collections, Virtual Book Display
  Categories: Featured Collections

• Who’s behind the Ask Us desk

  Thursday, September 12, 2024 | By Amanda Emery

  

  The Ask Us desk is your main stop in the Matheson Learning Commons, and is staffed by the User Services & Engagement department. Services at the desk include retrieving course reserves, borrowing resources, lending wellness items, and much more.

  There are several teams working behind the scenes:

  • Course Readings; we help you with access to high-demand course materials in a variety of formats at no cost to students.
  • Engagement and Outreach; we connect you to library resources through events, displays, and partnerships.
  • Interlibrary Loan; we support your borrowing requests by sourcing items from other libraries around the world.

  Learn more about how we can help you by visiting the Use the Library page.

  Tags: display, Events, Faculty, Services, Students, Virtual Book Display, Wellness
  Categories: Learning Commons, Main

• Dark Tourism

  Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | By Amanda Emery

  

  Our August Featured Collection delves into the darker side of tourism, exploring why people choose to visit places associated with tragedy, death, or disaster. “Dark Tourism” is a long-time practice and some scholars describe it as an opportunity to engage with history and gather a deeper understanding of events that occurred in specific locations.

  Read about the preservation of cultural and natural heritage in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where Ukraine is transforming the site into a tourism attraction. Consider the term social memory and explore collective remembrance of the Holocaust through the visitation of Holocaust memorials and museums.

  These books cover a variety of sites such as: Fukushima, war memorials, concentration camps, catacombs, penitentiaries, and natural disaster sites like Pompeii.

  You can browse the collection by visiting the display next to the Ask Us desk or view the e-books online.

  Tags: display, Our Collections, Virtual Book Display
  Categories: Featured Collections, Learning Commons