Articles tagged with: Virtual Book Display

• Staff picks: our favourite books & films

  Thursday, June 01, 2023 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  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.

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

• Plants and Pollinators

  Monday, April 03, 2023 | By snixon

  

  Our April Book Display embraces the spring season by digging into the colourful world of pollinating insects, plants, and our relationships to them – as well as the practice of growing plants and food. Featured both online and in-person in the Library, this collection aims to help reconnect us to the nature that surrounds us. Learn about the how to plant a butterfly garden in your own backyard , the history of human’s relationship to flowers, the future of the world’s rarest foods, and so much more.

  This collection is presented alongside a special exhibit on display in our Library and Learning Commons display cases. Curated by Brock Studio Art and the History of Art and Visual Culture (double major) student Mari Brint and Library Engagement Assistant Sara Nixon, the exhibit explores the role pollinators play in our local ecosystems, and how we can help butterflies, bees, and moths thrive in our own gardens. A particular highlight of the exhibit, are several taxidermy butterfly and moths specimens, as well as artwork, created and prepared by Mari Brint. 

  Visit the Learning Commons on the Main Floor of the Library to explore both the Book Display and Exhibit spaces.

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

• Reading Pride Week at the Library

  Friday, March 17, 2023 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  Brock University 2S&LGBTQ+ Pride Week is just around the corner and we have the resources to support the annual celebration.

  This curated book selection takes an intersectional approach to examining queer life and issues such as race, disability, class and politics. A sub-collection of films features documentaries and drama.

  Wishing everyone a very happy Pride Week!

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

• Student-curated display celebrates International Women’s Day

  Wednesday, March 01, 2023 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  This month, in support of International Women’s Day, Student Library Assistant, Mishrka Bucha has curated a thematic display of books by and about remarkable women and their contributions to society. Browse and borrow from the print display next to the Ask Us desk in the James A. Gibson Library, or read the e-books from anywhere.

  Mishrka notes: “The women today are the thought of their mothers and grandmothers embodied and made alive” is a quote by Matilda Joslyn Gage which embodies the 2023 celebration of International Women’s Day. More than ever today, women are free and empowered to have a voice and make a difference in many fields including science, business, social sciences and humanities. More than ever today, women are safer to be strong and make a difference. This 2023 let us imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women’s equality. Collectively we can all #EmbraceEquality

  I wish all a very happy International Women’s Day Celebration.

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

• Freedom to Read Week begins Sunday, February 19

  Friday, February 03, 2023 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  In celebration of Freedom to Read Week (February 19-25), we’ve created a featured collection of censored and banned titles for you to explore.

  Included in the collection are several recent titles including George, Asha’s Mums, and Tendencies which continue to be challenged, restricted or banned from schools for LGBTQ2S+ content. But, censorship is hardly new. William Tyndale’s English translation of the New Testament was ordered burned in 1525 by Church authorities who determined the Bible should only be available in Latin. King James I of England banned Sir Walter Raleigh’s work The History of the World for “being too saucy in censuring princes.”

  Freedom to Read Week “is organized by the Book and Periodical Council’s Freedom of Expression Committee, a group committed to promoting intellectual freedom in Canada. Since 1978, the committee has worked with educators, librarians, publishers, writers, booksellers, advocacy groups and the community at large to provide information that addresses censorship and book and magazine challenges in Canada.” (Book and Periodical Council, 2023).

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

• Celebrating Black voices and sharing Black stories

  Friday, January 27, 2023 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  This month, we celebrate African Heritage and Black History by bringing a special spotlight to Black voices and Black stories. February’s Featured Collection book display brings you important, thought-provoking works of Black writers across disciplines and perspectives. You can find our “Celebrating Black Voices and Sharing Black Stories” book display both online, and at our print display next to the Ask Us desk on the main floor of the Library.

  Interested in the work of Canadian authors? Look out for the books sporting the illustration you see above at our print display.

  Two online titles in this month’s Featured Collection deserve a special mention. Brock University Professor Tamari Kitossa’s Appealing Because He is Appalling: Black Masculinities, Colonialism, and Erotic Racism highlights the contradictions of Black men as objects of sexual desire. Those interested in a local focus to Black History can dig into dann J. Broyld’s Borderland Blacks: Two Cities in the Niagara Region During the Final Decades of Slavery. Broyld spent a semester at Brock researching in the Archives & Special Collections for this book.

  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 on ExperienceBU.

   

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

• Resources for a mindful new year

  Tuesday, January 10, 2023 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  Mindfulness and wellness practices invite us to nurture ourselves, and cultivate self-compassion.  Some of the easily accessible resources for the Brock community to live mindfully include:

  • Taking a walk through the forest. The Bruce Trail runs behind the Brock campus.
  • Jotting down what you are thankful for, concerned about.
  • Curling up with a good book and a hot beverage.
  • Taking a Library Yoga session in the comfort of your own room. The playlist is at bit.ly/LibraryYoga
  • Thinking of others, helping when you can.
  • Nurturing a new houseplant.

  This month, our print book display and e-book collections are full of strategies and inspiration to help you be the best version of yourself.

  Browse the featured titles now, and note the special sub-collections on the topics of Yoga, Breath, and Movement Practice, Inspiration and Reflection, and Mindfulness for Stress and Anxiety.

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

• December thematic book (and film) collections focus on visible and invisible disabilities

  Thursday, December 01, 2022 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  On Dec. 3, 2022, we recognize International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day that was first launched by the United Nations in 1992 “to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities.”  

  One way we can learn more about disabilities is to read a book! Check out our selection of titles at our print book display, and online in Omni. A sub-collection of films is also available. These titles feature works by and about people with visible and invisible disabilities.  

  On December 7, join the University community for ‘Engaging and Celebrating with Disability Communities’. This event will take place from noon to 2 p.m. in Pond Inlet, and will feature a presentation by Nathan Shipley, a disability self-advocate, activist and public speaker, as well as interactive roundtable experiences with disability community members. 

  The event is organized in collaboration with the Office of Human Rights and Equity, the Brock-Niagara Centre of Excellence in Inclusive and Adaptive Physical Activity, and the Anti-Ableism and Mental Health (AAMH) Committee, which is a working group of the President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity and Decolonization. 

   

   

   

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

• Photography

  Tuesday, November 01, 2022 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  Our November book displays (online and in print) are on the topic of photography – a complement to the very special photography exhibit in our Library and Learning Commons display cases. We’ve chosen to include a wide array of sub-topics including the uses of photography to call attention to environmental degradation, to tell the story of child labour, and to bring Victorian history to life. Alongside these socio-historical topics, the collection includes practical handbooks and technical guides for the budding photographer.

  Browse this photography collection online and in-person at our book display shelves next to the Ask Us desk.

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

• Food and Cookery

  Monday, October 03, 2022 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  This month we invite you to work up an appetite and don your aprons. We have amassed a multi-disciplinary collection of books on food history, science and chemistry, culture, and cookery. Our print cookbooks feature cost-saving resources such as Budget Bytes, simple recipe collections like The Best 3-Ingredient Cookbook, and Indigenous recipes from the far North.

  In addition to the books in this Omni Collection, we recommend a closer look at the Food and Drink in History database. This primary source collection includes cookbooks, advertisements, and government documents. The collection is global in scope and covers the 16th to 21st centuries. Brock University has access to Module 1.

  Browse the October Omni collection now.

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