Bracken Library hours will be expanded during the exam period:
For info on hours at all libraries, go to: http://library.queensu.ca/library/qulhours
An accessibility café will take place on April 10 from 11:30 to 12:30 in Speaker’s Corner, Queen’s Learning Commons, Stauffer Library. The event will consider the accessibility barriers Queen’s students might face during their time at the university and feature a panel of students, faculty and representatives from university service departments in a discussion entitled “Creating an inclusive environment for students with disabilities: from application to graduation.” The accessibility café is hosted jointly by the Senate Library Committee and the accessibility framework’s Information & Communications Working Group. Martha Whitehead, University Librarian, sees this partnership as representative of the increased awareness of accessibility issues at Queen’s. She notes that “members of the Senate Library Committee were eager to participate in this café. There is recognition across campus that we all must actively ensure the work we do and the services we provide are accessible for everyone.” Heidi Penning, an Equity Advisor at Queen’s who is working with departments across the university to raise awareness and find solutions to accessibility issues states “We want to engage people in a discussion about how the university can better enable the success of all of its students. Queen’s academic programs, and the many other services the university offers, should be accessible to all students.”
Queen’s University Library is one of 10 early-adopting university libraries in Ontario to acquire a new ebook collection of books published by Canada’s university presses, including McGill-Queen’s University Press. Thanks to a partnership between the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) and eBOUND, and in conjunction with the Association of Canadian University Presses, over 3,000 ebooks will be available online through OCUL’s Scholars Portal platform. Jane Philipps, Coordinator of Collection Development, notes that Queen’s Library does not currently own the majority of these books and that “this agreement will give our users much greater access to recent Canadian scholarship.” For more information, see the Queen’s University press release.
A special issue of Nature looks at the transformation taking place in scientific publishing. Available at:
http://www.nature.com/news/specials/scipublishing/index.html
Exambank is the official database of past exam questions from courses offered at Queen’s University. Access the Exambank to see past exam questions from your courses.
See a visual breakdown of Exams added to the Exambank since 1999
We are excited to launch a new look for our library hours page. Building hours will now be featured for easy access on the front page of our website and the main hours pages for the library will have a completely new look.
Library staff were consulted on an Alpha version of this and their feedback was incorporated into the design to bring you our first Beta release.
We now welcome your feedback as well! Either use our feedback form or email Katie Legere. In subsequent weeks we will be incorporating your suggestions as well into our new design.
This week’s spotlight is “Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine”. Check out Bracken Library’s collection of resources available in both print and electronic!
March 29 (Good Friday): 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
March 30: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
March 31: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Join in the egg hunt on Thursday, March 28!
Many thanks to everyone who participated in the Library Service Quality Survey, LibQUAL+. Your responses will help us to ensure that we are meeting your expectations of library service. Results will be analyzed and shared soon. Congratulations to Kory Sutton, winner of the GoPro Camera!
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