As of 1 May 2007 the $2.00 interlibrary loan processing fee for students will no longer be charged.  The interlibrary loan policy for faculty members and community borrowers remains unchanged.

For more information about the libraries' interlibrary loan services, please see: http://www.mta.ca/library/ill.html

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SingleSearch(beta): Search multiple library indexes, databases and catalogues simultaneously

SingleSearch(beta) is a research tool that allows you to search multiple electronic resources (library catalogues, journal indexes and full-text databases) simultaneously.

SingleSearch is also intended to make it easier for you to find and access the full text of an article when it is available.

For more information and to access SingleSearch, please go to: www.mta.ca/library/singlesearch.html

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New On- and Off-campus links to the Library Catalogue

In order to improve off-campus access to the contents of the libraries' licensed resources, there are now separate on-campus and off-campus links to the Library Catalogue.

When working from off-campus, Mount Allison users now have the option of logging in before accessing the catalogue. Mt.A users who choose to log in to the catalogue will enjoy easier and more seamless access to licensed library resources.

If you prefer not to log in or do not require access to licensed resources, the "Guests" link provides full access to the contents of the Catalogue.

When is it better to log in?

• If you're searching for a book, a film, a musical recording or a government publication, there is no need to log in.
  
  
• If you're trying to find out whether we have access to a particular journal, logging in will (if the journal is available electronically) allow you to link from the Catalogue record to the full-text database where the journal is available.

Journal Finder: A new way to search for journals in the library's full-text databases

On same page where you access the Catalogue, you will notice a new search tool called Journal Finder(beta).

Journal Finder allows you to search for journals, magazines and newspapers available in full-text library databases such as JSTOR, Project Muse, Science Direct, etc.

You can search Journal Finder by exact title or by title keywords (for example: you can perform a search to find all journals with the word History in the title). You can also browse journals by subject.

Please note that Journal Finder(beta) is still a work in progress and that certain resources are not yet accessible in Journal Finder from off campus.

Access to the Library Catalogue and to Journal Finder is provided via the Library Catalogue page. A link to this page can be found at the top of the right-side banner of every page on the Libraries' website.

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Freedom to Read Week (February 25 - March 3, 2007)

"Censorship does not protect society; it smothers creativity and precludes open debate of controversial issues" - Freedom of Expression Committee Position Statement

It's Freedom to Read Week at the Mount Allison Libraries and Archives! This national initiative is organized by the Book and Periodical Council's Freedom of Expression Committee, and promotes Canadians' right to free choice of reading materials. The Committee recognizes court decisions, but opposes the efforts of individuals or groups which condemn publications simply because they disagree with the contents.

To celebrate Freedom to Read Week, and to draw attention to censorship issues, the Library has put together a display of banned books (located on the main floor of the Main Library). For the most part, the books in the display were challenged by concerned parents of elementary and high school students.

Of course, censorship can be manifested in many other ways as well. Here are but a few additional examples:

•  Consider what news stories appear in the print and visual media and what are left out.

•  Consider what art work is removed from exhibits in response to angry protestors outside the building.

•  Consider the market or economic censorship that can occur when a publisher decides whether or not to publish a book based on projected sales figures and profit.

•  Consider the extent of Internet filtering conducted by many countries, and how some corporations work with them to do so.

Want to know more about Freedom to Read Week and censorship? To get you started, search the MTA Library Catalogue for "censorship" or visit these web sites:

American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom <http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=oif>

Canadian Library Association's Position Statement on Intellectual Freedom <http://www.cla.ca/about/intfreed.htm>

Freedom to Read <http://www.freedomtoread.ca/default.asp>

PEN Canada for Freedom of Expression < http://www.pencanada.ca >

Zittrain, Jonathan, and Benjamin Edelman. "Empirical Analysis of Internet Filtering in China ." Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School . 20 Mar. 2003. <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/china/>

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Video and DVD loan period extended to one week

Earlier this term, the loan period for films on VHS and DVD was extended from one day to one week.

You can search for films and videos using the Library Catalogue, the same way you would search for a book. For more details and examples, please see the How Do I guide.

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Three New Brunswick Newspapers added to Canadian Newsstand (ProQuest)

Three New Brunswich newspapers -- The Daily Gleaner (Fredericton), The Telegraph Journal (Saint John), and The Times and Transcript (Moncton) -- are now available full text in Canadian Newsstand, a ProQuest database that now includes 27 Canadian newspapers. 

Coverage for the New Brunswick papers is currently limited to the period beginning mid-October 2006 to the present but coverage will soon begin at January 1, 1997 for all three papers. 

Canadian Newsstand can be accessed from the Journal Indexes and Databases by Subject--NEWS page.

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Aboriginal Community Development Centre Launches Online Resource Centre and Repository

On September 26, 2006 the Aboriginal Community Development Centre (ACDC), a campus-wide initiative aimed at creating opportunities for the region's Aboriginal communities and the University, announced the successful completion of an important pilot digitization project. Since early 2005 a Mount Allison team comprised of faculty, librarians, staff, and students worked closely with leaders and community members from Miawpukek First Nation (MFN), Conne River, Newfoundland, to tell the story of this First Nation's path to self-government.

Librarians Bruno Gnassi, Ruthmary Macpherson, and Elizabeth Millar are pleased to have been a part of this innovative collaboration.  The documents which were selected for inclusion in the repository are also available through the libraries' catalogue, providing an additional access point for material which will prove essential to the study of Aboriginal self-government. 

Interested in seeing the documents?  Visit the ACDC's Resource Centre and Repository at::  http://www.mta.ca/acdc/acrcr/ or, search the libraries' catalogue for miawpukek

The full press release from September 26, 2006 is available here:  http://www.mta.ca/news/index.cgi?id=1105

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Libraries Book Sale

Items withdrawn and other items not added to the collections of the Libraries are now on sale in the R.P. Bell Library.

Most books are being sold for one or two dollars. Sale items are on the two tables along the wall near the stairwell on the ground level (red) floor of the R. P. Bell Library.

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Transfer of RefWorks Accounts to Canadian Servers

RefWorks account information was moved to servers located in Canada on 4 October 2006.

The contents of your accounts should not have been affected by this swicthover. If you notice any problems with your accounts, please notify us by calling 506-364-2564 or by sending an e-mail to infodesk@mta.ca

Please note that the Export to RefWorks feature in certain library databases may not be working at this time. Also, Write N' Cite, a RefWorks utilty that interfaces ith MS Word, will need to be reloaded onto campus PCs. Librarians are working to address these problems and restore access to Write N' Cite as soon as possible.

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Library Podcasts: Library Instruction at Your Convenience

24 August 2006 - This year the library is offering audio instruction. You can download the podcasts (or libcasts), listen to them in streaming audio, or subscribe to all the libcasts using iTunes or another podcatcher. The first four libcasts are available now!

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Store, organize and format your citations using RefWorks

updated August 2006 - RefWorks, a Web-based bibliography and database manager, is now available via the Mount Allison University Libraries and Archives. RefWorks allows you to store and organize your citations and will automatically format your bibliographies according to APA, MLA, Chicago or other citation styles.

Many of the indexes and databases made available by the Library (ProQuest and Project Muse, for example) have built-in features allowing you to export citations to RefWorks. For databases that do not have this built-in feature, citations may be entered manually or imported as text files.

To set up your account and get started using RefWorks, please see the Citing Sources and Creating Bibliographies section of the Research and Citation Guides page.

Your privacy: Please note that all RefWorks account information and data imported into your RefWorks accounts is currently stored on servers located in the United States. Accounts should be transferred to servers in Canada by the end of the summer.

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We asked, you responded! 

August 2006 - The Libraries would like to thank the students who completed our Instruction Survey in April and May.  Your comments were thoughtful, helpful, and much appreciated.  Stay tuned as we start to incorporate your suggestions into our instruction services.  The results for the first five questions are available here.

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Sculpture Unveiling: "Onward and Upward"

As part of the events during Convocation weekend, the Mount Allison University Libraries and Archives unveiled a new sculpture Saturday 13 May 2006 which will be permanently on display on the main floor of the R.P. Bell Library.  The two-metre high free-standing figurative art piece of metal and glass is entitled "Onward and Upward."  The commissioned work was created by graduating Fine Arts student Alisha Maloney and is the result of a juried project organized by the Libraries and supported through Leadership Mount Allison.

Student Alisha Maloney and her sculpture, "Onward and Upward."

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Mount Allison Undergraduates Enjoy Archival Research Experience

Over the past two academic years two Mount Allison professors have focused courses on the examination of archival records held in the Mount Allison University Archives and thereby offered undergraduates a valuable and unique primary research experience.

Students in Dr. Peter Ennals historical geography class had the opportunity to examine the Thomas Rheese Anderson fonds. Anderson was a nineteenth-century master mariner from Sackville, NB and his extensive personal and professional records provide rich and expansive evidence of his sea-faring life.

Dr. Marie Hammond Callaghan, Department of History and Women’s Studies Program, engaged her students in research on Mount Allison women and women’s organizations from the local community . This course resulted in both a conference at which the students presented their papers and the publication of these student papers in April 2006 : We were here; Exploratory Essays on Women’s History at Mount Allison University. Feedback from students about this archival research experience used words such as “awesome” and “meaningful”.

The Archives holdings are comprised of historical records created by both Mount Allison institutions and private individuals and organizations. As a research source these records present rich opportunities for original work. The provision of assistance to students in the development of their research skills is part of the mission of Archives staff. Working with faculty members to encourage undergraduates to examine primary evidence provides depth to academic programs and awakens and fosters a respect for documentary heritage in the next generation of potential researchers.

For further information contact archives@mta.ca

CE/May1, 2006 for Mount Allison University Libraries and Archives