Posted on: February 19, 2013
As our civilization’s future grows “scarier by the minute,” zombies — lurching, brain-dead, hideous and hungry — have become contemporary culture’s preferred bête noire. They embody our dread of tomorrow, both in books and major motion pictures, Margaret Atwood told a packed TRU ballroom last week. Yet we’re hardly original in that respect. Throughout its…
Read morePosted on: February 18, 2013
By Kathy Gaynor Thompson Rivers University Library is deeply disturbed by the action of Edwin Mellen Press and their attempts to infringe on the academic freedom of Dale Askey and McMaster University. TRU Library strongly believes that freedom of research, thought, and expression are required for a healthy and democratic society. Join us in…
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Posted on: February 4, 2013
Your nation’s heritage is now showing on a screen near you – the screen in front of you, in fact. Note: The contest has concluded. TRU Library has launched a subscription to several decades’ worth of NFB films, including a number of Academy Award-winners. The 2,000-plus films are now ready for streaming on any computer….
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Posted on: January 30, 2013
By Elizabeth Rennie, Instruction & Outreach Librarian People are often the most interesting stories. That’s why TRU Library is presenting “The Living Library: An Intercultural Exchange” as part of International Days. Based on the Human Library project, the Living Library (on Tuesday February 5th) lets people “borrow” another actual person, someone has volunteered to be…
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Posted on: January 17, 2013
Why not test-drive a fascinating new database containing all the beer in China? TRU Library has launched a trial of the Euromonitor Passport database, which houses a vast array of global market data, statistics and analysis. Passport allows researchers to drill down by product, region, country, company and brand to find out who’s consuming, producing…
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Posted on: December 14, 2012
Thompson Rivers University, including the TRU Library, will be closed for the holidays as of noon on Monday, December 24, 2012 and will reopen on Wednesday, January 2, 2013. Both Library locations will also be closed January 4 for staff training. The staff and faculty of the TRU Library wish you the best of the…
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Posted on: December 5, 2012
The TRU community has gained online, 24/7 access to some the world’s most prestigious scientific journals. The Library has switched its subscriptions to Nature, Nature Genetics and Nature Neuroscience from print to online versions in order to expand access — and reduce costs in the bargain. “This vastly increases access to important scientific literature for…
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Posted on: December 3, 2012
You like us. You really like us, according to a national survey. The Globe and Mail newspaper has crunched the numbers and found TRU’s library is on par with the national average of small-university libraries, according to the Globe’s Canadian University Report – Student Survey. The survey compares universities, and their libraries, against a range…
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Posted on: November 30, 2012
Finals got you frazzled? We’ve got a toy for that! TRU Library is setting up a “Stress-Free Zone” next to the House of Learning’s ground-floor Learning Commons, starting Monday 3 Dec. It’s a place to build a Lego dinosaur. Or get in touch with Waldo. The project is a joint venture between the Library, Computer…
Read morePosted on: November 27, 2012
Main Library is gonna wait ’til the midnight hour — starting Monday, Dec. 3rd. The annual tradition of keeping Main open until 12 pm is to facilitate exam study for students. This year, the late hours last from Monday 3 Dec. until Friday 14 Dec., including the weekend. The Barber Centre at HoL has also…
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