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

The Engineering Society has a full week of events to promote engineering in the Kingston and Queen’s communities during National Engineering Week in Ontario,  February 29^th to March 8^th !

Now until March 3rd: Canned Food Drive.
Donations of canned food may be left in the collection bin in the ILC Atrium. At the end of the week the cans will be donated to a local organization.

Monday, March 2^nd: Alumni Speaker, at 5:30 pm in Room 111 in the ILC! Queen’s Engineering Alumni will be on hand to talk about their experiences with their degrees as well as answer any questions you might have about life after graduation.

Tuesday, March 3^rd: Cantraption building all day in the ILC Atrium! 
Students will build a structure made out cans from our Canned Food Drive!

Wednesday, March 4^th: Open House Day at the ILC with grade 7 and 8 students from local schools, plenty of volunteer opportunities available for students willing to lead tours and design challenges.

Thursday, March 5^th: Exceptional Speaker Series – Manoj Choudhary will be talking about the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) and how does PEO regulate the engineering profession.  For engineering students keen on practicing engineering in the future and obtaining their P.Eng. License, he will talk about the SMP (Student Membership Program) and the Engineer in Training (EIT) Program. Lee E. Weissling will discuss what Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) does. He will also focus on things you need to think about to give you an edge when seeking work, this will be especially important with the recession. Salary ranges you can expect in entry level engineering work and the benefits to becoming a student member of OSPE.

If you have any questions or are looking to get involved, please contact Emily at 7ekm@queensu.ca. Hope to see you out!

Who’s Citing You? Tips for Searching Cited References
Feb. 25, 10:30-11:30am
Feb. 26, 1:00-2:00pm
Instructor: Michael White
Locating cited references is vital when conducting literature searches, choosing a journal to submit a manuscript to, preparing grant proposals, and applying for tenure or promotion. This workshop provides tips on how to search cited references in Web of Science and other databases. You will also learn how to create an alert that will notify you when someone cites your paper in a published article.
Workshops will be held in the Douglas Library E-Classroom.  Register Online

A bicentennial birthday celebration will take place in Grant Hall on Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM.  Join members of the Department of Biology as they explore the topic of evolution through four short talks (15min each) followed by a reception.

• Dr. Chris Eckert – Ongoing creationist challenges to Darwinian evolution
• Dr. Paul Martin – Natural historians: Following in the footsteps of Darwin
• Dr. Vicki Friesen – What Darwin didn’t know about the origin of species
• Dr. Adam Chippindale – The new evolution: Biology after Darwin

eResource in Thermal & Fluids Science and Engineering
Access to academic, research and applied work in the field of thermal and fluids engineering. “Retrievable electronic files of data … from the most reliable sources in the given field allow subscribers quick and convenient access to a wide selection of scientific and engineering research from Begell House journals and reference works.”

THERMOPEDIA
“Gateway to resources on heat and mass transfer, fluid flow and thermodynamics. All THERMOPEDIA™ articles are full text and presented online in HTML with 3D Max features, animations, and films of experimental data. THERMOPEDIA™ articles are arranged by scientific and engineering areas and are interlinked to related topics.”

These databases are on trial  February 9th – March 23rd.

Comments about these databases can be sent to engsci@queensu.ca

Win up to $2,500 in cash and prizes for expressing your love of books!

Canada’s first national Book-Collecting Contest is open to residents under 30.  To enter, write a 1,500- to 2,000- word essay describing your own book collection and explaining why it is special (it does not have to be expensive or rare). Entries must be postmarked by March 2, 2009.

The contest is sponsored by the Bibliographical Society of Canada, an academic society founded in 1946 with a mandate to promote bibliographical research in its widest sense. Today, this includes the history of printing and publishing, and all other aspects of the past, present, and future of book and print culture. The Society has a particular focus on Canadiana, but not exclusively so.  Visit their website for contest details.