Posted on: October 15, 2013
Open Access Week: UBC-O’s Peter Arthur to speak about the democratization of knowledge As the price tag on access to scholarly research rises exponentially and post-secondary educators and libraries are increasingly, albeit ironically, priced out of the market, “open access” scholarly publishing models have gained widespread attention. Free, online access to scholarly research could radically…
Read morePosted on: September 20, 2013
TRU Library is implementing a liaison librarian program to forge better communication between the library and the various academic departments at TRU and to help us meet the teaching, learning, and research needs of the TRU community. Goals of the Liaison Librarian Program: To work with faculty to ensure that the Library is meeting their…
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Posted on: September 11, 2013
The Harvard Business Review (HBR) has recently made changes to its licensing provisions. Although there has always been a statement saying that you could not place HBR articles into e-reserves (i.e., Blackboard, Moodle, and online library reserves systems), the publisher has now taken technical steps to prevent this and is actively looking for infringements. In…
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Posted on: August 27, 2013
The “New Year” starts in September, not January. This was the case back when “back to school” meant new crayons and a Muppets lunchbox, and it still feels that way now, as university faculty gearing up for the Fall semester. At the TRU Library, we’re busy getting ready for classes in all sorts of ways….
Read morePosted on: July 24, 2013
TRU Library is pleased to welcome Ms. Brenda Mathenia as the new University Librarian (chief administrator for the TRU Library). According to Dr. Ulrich Scheck, Chair of the University Librarian Search Committee, Ms. Mathenia has held many roles during her fifteen years working in academic libraries, including public service and instruction, collection development and management, facilities and…
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Posted on: April 30, 2013
Got a yen for medieval travel? How about a trip through mid-century Britain, 19th-century China, or the brutality of 18th-century slave markets? You can experience these distant social landscapes almost first-hand via seven fascinating databases added to TRU Library’s online collection this month. The new research resources — of particular interest to scholars in…
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Posted on: April 23, 2013
Mountain caribou are not directly displaced by heli-skiing operations over the long term, suggests a TRU student’s thesis now in the Library’s catalogue. The thesis by grad student Katharina Huebel, which is accessible online, is titled Assessing the impacts of heli-skiing on the behaviour and spatial distribution of mountain caribou (rangifer tarandus caribou). It was…
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Posted on: April 12, 2013
A five-minute stress break can refresh your mind and enhance its performance, while at the same time liberate your body from high blood pressure and headaches. With that in mind, TRU Library is once again setting up a “Stress-Free Zone” for final exams. The “Zone” will run April 15 – 27 next to the House…
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Posted on: April 8, 2013
Both the Main and House of Learning libraries will be open for study until midnight from Monday 15 April through Thursday 25 April. Midnight hours for the HOL Library will provide students with equitable access to science, law and nursing Reserve materials and will enable students to use the Library’s third-floor study space. “This means…
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Posted on: April 3, 2013
Information literacy is truly a cross-campus learning objective at TRU. Since the start of September, the Library Instruction Program has provided library instruction for 4,189 students in 209 classes and workshops, up slightly from the 2011-12 academic year. TRU Library’s Instruction Program is based on a graduated structure, helping students develop research skills as…
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