Join us for cake Tuesday, December 7 at 3:00pm in Stauffer Library

A group exhibition of books, book objects and works on paper is on display at the W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library this Fall.  The exhibit, titled The Nature of Words, features work by Reg Beatty, Sigrid Blohm, Wendy Cain, Mira Coviensky, Margaret Lock, Will Rueter, and Don Taylor.

The exhibition will be on display from October 13 – December 22, 2010.

Join us for the opening reception — all are welcome to attend:

The Nature of Words Opening Reception
Wednesday October 13 2010, 5-8pm
W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library
(2nd floor, Douglas Library Building)

At 5:30pm: an introduction to the exhibition by Margaret Lock
At 6pm: an illustrated lecture on paper-pulp painting techniques by Wendy Cain

Light refreshments (tea, coffee, cookies) will be served.  A 50-page catalogue is available at the Jordan Library information desk for $15.

W.D. Jordan Library hours: Mon-Thurs 9-9; Fri 9-5; Sat-Sun 1-5

September 8 – October 6, 2010

W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library
Second Floor, Douglas Library
93 University Avenue (at Union)
Mon-Thu 9am-9pm; Fri 9:00-5:00; Sat-Sun 1:00-5:00

Selected items from the personal collection of Robertson Davies, one of Canada’s most celebrated authors.

In addition to numerous first editions and signed copies, many volumes are richly annotated in Davies’ hand – providing fascinating insight into the personality and thoughts of a truly distinguished “man of letters.”

Open to the public.

The I@Q Conference Program is available at http://library.queensu.ca/inforef/inquiryprogram.pdf or at http://iatq.ca/
Drop by and celebrate undergraduate research and inquiry-based learning at Queen’s.  Attend a session, stay for an hour, or a day!   Think, share, learn, discover and ask questions.  No registration required.

On Friday, March 5, 11:30-1:00 the poster presenters will be at their posters to talk about their research and answer your questions, pizza lunch available.

At 12:15 on Thursday, March 4 there will be an informal discussion about inquiry learning with participants including: Les MacKenzie, Anatomy and Cell Biology; Sue Fostaty-Young, Faculty of Education; Brian Frank, Faculty of Applied Science; Jenn Stephenson, Drama; Andy Leger, CTL; and Vicki Remenda, Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering and I@Q student presenters.

Food for Fines Supports Local Food Banks

Queen’s Library is pleased to announce the 13th annual Food for Fines campaign which begins on Monday, March 8th at 9 am and continues until Friday, March 12th at 5 pm.

Since its inception, the campaign has raised several thousands of dollars in cash donations as well as many many barrels of food items for the Queen’s AMS Food Centre and the Partners in Mission Food Bank.

How does it work?

The Library will gladly accept non-perishable FOOD ITEMS in lieu of payment for library fines (this does not cover any other library fees which may be owing). For each item you donate, your fines will be reduced by $1.00 to a maximum of $20.00 per person for the week.

You also have the option of donating your cash fine payments to a maximum of $20.00 per person (credit card and debit payments cannot be donated).

In addition, food or cash donations not applied to fines records are always welcome.

Where and when can you make your donations?

Food and cash may be donated between 9:00 am – 5:00 pm at any of the following Circulation Desks:

• Stauffer Library
• Bracken Library
• Education Library or Teacher Resource Center
• Engineering and Science Library
• Law Library

Which food items make acceptable donations?

Suggested donations:

• baby food
• soup
• side dishes
• canned juice
• canned meats, fish, vegetables or fruit
• evaporated milk
• peanut butter
• crackers
• rice, pasta, pasta sauce
• cereals
• beans

We cannot accept the following items:

• “junk” food
• fresh food, home-made food, or bulk food
• dented or rusted cans
• damaged items
• open packages
• packages with expired dates

From February 16-19, 2010, faculty, students, staff and local authors will come together in Speaker’s Corner, Stauffer Library, to celebrate our Freedom to Read. Public readings drawn from a wide variety of works in a range of disciplines and formats will take place each day between noon and 1pm.

The readings represent material that is inspiring, provocative, sometimes enjoyable and sometimes challenging. Many readings represent challenged and banned works. 

Recognizing the nature of academic inquiry and scholarship, please note that the reading selections do not necessarily reflect the views or values of the readers, the Library or the University.

An assistive listening device is available from the Circulation Desk in Stauffer Library for persons who are hard of hearing.

Scheduled readers include:

Tuesday, February 16

• Irene Bujara, Equity and Human Rights
• Paul Carl, Four Directions Aboriginal Student Centre
• Jeff Drake, News and Media Services
• Jackie Duffin, History of Medicine
• Leora Jackson, Rector
• Sam McKegney, English
• Brenda Reed, Education Library
• Larry Scanlan (author)
• Udo Schuklenk, Philosophy
• Principal Daniel Woolf, History

Wednesday, February 17

• Doug Babington, Writing Centre
• Michele Chittenden, Adaptive Technology Centre
• Tim Fort, Drama
• Wayne Grady (author)
• Cory Laverty, Education Library
• Robert Morrison, English
• Jeanette Parsons, Equity Office
• Kim Renders, Drama
• Diane Schoemperlen (author)

Thursday, February 18

• Nancy Dorrance, Communications & Public Affairs
• Philip Jessop, Chemistry
• Wayne Jones, Queen’s Library
• Sidney Eve Matrix, Film and Media
• Heather O’Reilly, Education
• Geoff Roulet, Education
• Jennifer Smith, Queen’s Library
• Mary Claire Vandenburg, Stauffer Library
• Paul Wiens, Queen’s Library
• Ken Wong, Business

Friday, February 19

• Janet Brooke, Agnes Etherington Art Centre
• Arig Girgrah, Student Affairs
• Adnan Husain, History/Educational Equity and Diversity Projects
• Ellen Symons, Queen’s Library
• Francis Tse, Political Studies
• Brian Yealland, University Chaplain
• Hope Hutchins, Sociology

Limited reader opportunities remain available.  Please contact Jennifer Smith (jennifer.smith at queensu.ca) if you are interested in presenting a brief reading (5 minutes or less).

Additional information on intellectual freedom, censorship issues and the Freedom to Read is available from the following websites:

Freedom to Read Week (Book and Periodical Council, Canada Council for the Arts)
PEN Canada
Canadian Library Association Statement on Intellectual Freedom
American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom

From February 16-19, 2010, the Library will be hosting a series of public readings to raise awareness of censorship issues and to celebrate Freedom to Read Week.

Members of the Queen’s Community are invited to participate by delivering a brief public reading. Readings from provocative, challenged or banned works are welcome, but in the spirit of freedom to read this is not mandatory! We ask only that you limit your selection to a reading time of 5 minutes or less.

Readings will be held daily during lunch hours; early evening readings may also be offered.

If you are interested in taking part in the reading series, please forward the following information to jennifer.smith at queensu.ca by Monday, February 8 (extended):

1. Name and Queen’s affiliation (e.g., student/faculty/staff/alumni/visiting scholar and Faculty/Department)
2. Your preferred reading, as well as an alternate choice (to avoid duplication of readings)
3. Bibliographic details (author, title, etc) and your reason for choosing the passage (this information will be displayed during your reading)
4. Your preferred reading date and time

The schedule of readings will be confirmed and posted next week.

Lists of Banned or Challenged Works

Challenged Books and Magazines (Book and Periodical Council)
Banned and Challenged Classics (American Library Association)
Books Banned by Governments (Wikipedia)

Katie McIntosh and Nitasha Sarin will be setting up camp in the Stauffer loggia for the fifth annual Live-in for Literacy event.  From Saturday, January 23 through Saturday, January 30, they will remain in the library 24 hours a day, with only five minutes of every hour permitted for bathroom or other necessary breaks.

The students are raising funds to support the work of Room to Read, a non-profit organization that partners with local communities throughout the developing world to provide quality educational opportunities by establishing libraries, creating local language children’s literature, constructing schools, providing education to girls and establishing computer labs.  This year’s campaign will support the construction of one library in India and the publication of 10,000 copies of a local language children’s book

Initiated at Queen’s University in 2005 by the DREAM (Discover the Reality of Educating All Minds) student association, the Live-in for Literacy event has expanded to eight university libraries across Canada and has raised $70,000 to build libraries in Nepal and India as well as a computer lab in Cambodia.  Visit www.liveinforliteracy.com to learn more about the campaign.

October 19-23, 2009, Queen’s University will be participating in International Open Access Week. The aim of this event is to engage the research community in discussion about the issues and trends related to open access and promote awareness and understanding of open access. Open Access Week @Queen’s will include a series of events on campus with a keynote address by Professor John Willinsky (Stanford University), founder of the Public Knowledge Project and a leader in the development of open access.

The Open Access Week @Queen’s Organizing Committee invites scholars and research staff at Queen’s to submit presentation/panel discussion proposals by email to Sam Kalb, Queen’s Library’s Assessment and Scholarly Communication Services Coordinator, at: kalbs@queensu.ca.

Presentation Theme/Panel Themes: any issue related to open access, digital publishing and the future of scholarly publishing, authors’ rights and intellectual property, research in an electronic environment, etc. Presentations will be 45 or 90 minutes.

Possible topics include:

• Author’s rights and author addenda
• Intellectual property and Retaining Copyright in Journal Articles
• Authors’ Rights and Copyright
• Institutional advantages from Open Access
• Future of academic publishing
• Social networking and academe
• Open access in the humanities
• Subject repositories and the preprint culture
• Open access journals: expanding or diluting academic research
• Open access publishing and sustainability
• Journal impact factors in the digital environment

Deadline for Submissions: September 25

Presentation Locations: to be determined

Audience: Open to any and all members of the Queen’s community including faculty, students and staff

Food for Fines Supports Local Food Banks

Queen’s Library is pleased to announce the 12th annual Food for Fines campaign which begins on Monday, March 9th at 9 am and continues until Friday, March 13th at 5 pm.

Since its inception, the campaign has raised several thousands of dollars in cash donations as well as many many barrels of food items for the Queen’s AMS Food Centre (formerly known as the Kingston Area AMS Food Bank) and the Partners in Mission Food Bank.

How does it work? 

The Library will gladly accept non-perishable FOOD ITEMS in lieu of payment for library fines (this does not cover any other library fees which may be owing). For each item you donate, your fines will be reduced by $1.00 to a maximum of $20.00 per person for the week.

You also have the option of donating your cash fine payments to a maximum of $20.00 per person (credit card and debit payments cannot be donated).

In addition, food or cash donations not applied to fines records are always welcome.

Where and when can you make your donations?

Food and cash may be donated between 9:00 am – 5:00 pm at any of the following Circulation Desks:

• Stauffer Library
• Bracken Library
• Education Library or Teacher Resource Center
• Engineering and Science Library
• Law Library

Which food items make acceptable donations?

Suggested donations:

• baby food
• soup
• side dishes
• canned juice
• canned meats, fish, vegetables or fruit
• evaporated milk
• peanut butter
• crackers
• rice, pasta, pasta sauce
• cereals
• beans

We cannot accept the following items:

• “junk” food
• fresh food, home-made food, or bulk food
• dented or rusted cans
• damaged items
• open packages
• packages with expired dates