I "Heart" U Bcuz... Contest
You could win gr8 prizes! Tell us why you love the Library and/or the Learning Centre at Douglas College. Prizes awarded for most creative and most inspirational statemment.
What to do:
Send as many statements as you wish but be brief! Each statement should be 140 characters or less. You can submit your statements in any of the following ways:
- Tweet us on Twitter @douglas_library or @dclearningcentr followed by #urgr8
- Become a fan and post your statements on the Library's Facebook page.
- Email us at infodesk@douglas.bc.ca.
- Drop your written statements into one of the I "heart" U Bcuz... contest boxes at the Library or Learning Centre at both campuses. Remember to include your contact information!
- Consider creativity, originality as well as creation of good will and postive feelings in your submission.
- The contest runs from July 1 to 23, 2010.
Details
- Contest is open to all students from Douglas College.
- Each statement entered will be judged on its own merit.
- Statements should be student's original words. Copyrighted materials will not be accepted unless permission from copyright holder for the use of materials is attached.
- Winners will be asked to agree to have their entries and photos reproduced in future publications by Douglas College.
- Winners will be awarded prizes during a special ceremony celebrating the Douglas College 40th Anniversary at the New Westminster Campus on Thursday, September 23.
New Databases
The library has added three new subsctiption databases to our collection:
- GREENR: (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) focuses on the study of sustainability and the environment. This resource provides news, background information, video, primary source documents and statistics, covering relevant categories including energy systems, health care, food, climate change, population, economic development.
- E-CPS: Provides access to the most current Canadian drug information available. It contains thousands of Health Canada-approved drug monographs, links to Health Canada advisories, printable information for patients, searchable product images and more.
- E-therapeutics: e-Therapeutics+ is Canada's authoritative source for prescribing and managing drug therapy at the point of care. It Provides health care professionals with online access to evidence-based, reliable Canadian drug and therapeutic information, e-Therapeutics+ helps practitioners know what works when.
Picturing Canada: a history of Canadian children's illustrated books and publishing
Chair of Douglas College's History Department, Gail Edwards, has co-authored a valuable new book entitled
Picturing Canada now available in our library collection.
From the publisher: "The study of children's illustrated books is located within the broad histories of print culture, publishing, the book trade, and concepts of childhood. An interdisciplinary history, Picturing Canada provides a critical understanding of the changing geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Canadian identity, as seen through the lens of children's publishing over two centuries.
Gail Edwards and Judith Saltman illuminate the connection between children's publishing and Canadian nationalism, analyse the gendered history of children's librarianship, identify changes and continuities in narrative themes and artistic styles, and explore recent changes in the creation and consumption of children's illustrated books. Over 130 interviews with Canadian authors, illustrators, editors, librarians, booksellers, critics, and other contributors to Canadian children's book publishing, document the experiences of those who worked in the industry.
An important and wholly original work, Picturing Canada is fundamental to our understanding of publishing history and the history of childhood itself in Canada."
Copyright in the Digital Age
Wednesday, June 9, 12-2
Room C1003, David Lam CampusIt's easy - perhaps too easy - to download all kinds of documents and resources from the World Wide Web. But who owns this information? Can these materials be posted on Douglas College course websites? Join
Carolyn Soltau from the Douglas College Library for a presentation on digital copyright issues. Bring your questions and concerns.
» Register now
Looking for a Quiet Place to Study?
Sometimes it can get a little noisy on the main floor of the library during the height of the semester. If you're looking for a quiet place to study, we've reserved the second floor of the New Westminster campus and the lower floor of the David Lam campus as a quiet space with study carrels.
Alternatively, there's also a new Research Room at the back corner of the first floor of the New Westminster campus library, past the periodical shelving. You're welcome to spread out your books and study away!
Copyright in the Digital Age
Wednesday, May 5, 12-2pm
Boardroom (4920) New Westmister Campus » RegisterWednesday, June 9, 12-2
Room C1003, David Lam Campus » RegisterIt's easy - perhaps too easy - to download all kinds of documents and resources from the World Wide Web. But who owns this information? Can these materials be posted on Douglas College course websites? Join intellectual property expert Paul Whitney and Carolyn Soltau, from the Douglas College Library, for a presentation on digital copyright issues including the Google Book settlement and copyright legislation reform in Canada. Bring your questions and concerns.
Paul Whitney, City Librarian Vancouver Public Library, currently chairs the following groups - the Canadian Urban Library Council Copyright Committee and the Copyright Forum, which addresses digital copyright issues with the federal government. Whitney is also a resource person to the International Federation of Library Associations Copyright and Other Legal Matters Committee. Sponsored by the Centre for Academic and Faculty Development (CAFD) and the Douglas College Library.
End of Semester Information
Please remember to return all Library materials borrowed and to pay any Library fines you have owing by Saturday, April 24, 2010. Students will not be able to access their grades or transcripts and their registration will be suspended until all materials have been returned or paid for. Please check your
Library Account to see if you have any outstanding materials!
Trial Database: Counseling and Therapy in Video
Counseling and Therapy in Video is a collection in the Alexander Street Press *Critical Video Editions®* series, containing more than 300 hours of training videos, reenactments, and footage of actual therapy sessions conducted by renowned psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers. The videos are designed for training and continuing education, providing a firsthand look at the realities of working with clients and the challenges associated with putting theoretical concepts into practice.
Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works contains more than 2,000 transcripts of actual therapy sessions-almost 40,000 pages of first-person accounts, together with 25,000 pages of major reference works. There are diaries, letters, autobiographies, oral histories, and personal memoirs along with the full-text of the sessions themselves. All accounts are non-fiction, delivered in the first person and, where possible, contemporaneous.
Trial ends March 30, 2010.
Olympic Update
Douglas College has
scheduled changes during this winter semester to give students the opportunity to experience the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Classes will be suspended from February 15 to the 27, but the library will continue to maintain
limited open hours.
Hours
Both campus libraries will be open:
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10am-3pm
- Closed weekends
- Regular hours resume on Monday, March 1st.
Online Services
With the modified library hours, our online services will become even more important to you.
Ask a Librarian
While the physical library may be closed, our
AskAway online reference service will continue to be available for an extended period of time. Chat with a Librarian in real time to get the reference help you need.
Sunday - Thursday 10am - 9pm
Friday & Saturday 11am - 5pm
Your other option is also to
email a Reference Librarian directly or
submit a question through an
online form.
Trial Database: Naxos Video Library
Naxos Video Library brings you an extensive streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries. Over 250 full-length videos are available.
Trial ends February 1, 2010.
(* Note: as of March 2010, this database is now part of the Library's collection)
