Posted on: January 15, 2014
The TRU Library continuously evaluates resources to ensure that funds and resources are allocated as effectively as possible. Database offerings are changed to reflect usage, content and availability of funds. A recent analysis of usage statistics reveals declining usage of Health Source Nursing/Academic, Health Source Consumer Edition and Alt HealthWatch. There is also a great deal…
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Posted on: January 7, 2014
Bring your lunch & find out what some of your colleagues are working on! On Thursday, January 16, the TRU Library kicks off an informal, brown bag lunch & learn series with a talk by psychology faculty member Denise Weisgerber about her research on the relationship between sleep deprivation and driving performance. The weekly speaker…
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Posted on: December 2, 2013
Starting Monday December 2, the TRU Library is once again setting up a “Stress-Free Zone” for final exams. The “Zone” will run December 2-13 on the first floor of the House of Learning. It’s a place for students to take a break from studying, refresh their minds, and have a bit of fun — while…
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Posted on: November 18, 2013
The Library is introducing a brand new leisure reading collection called TRU Reads. This collection of books, located in the House of Learning Library (3rd floor HOL), features popular novels and non-fiction titles for your reading pleasure. Because sometimes you need to take break. Maybe you just need something to read on the bus, or…
Read morePosted on: October 17, 2013
The Writing Centre has a tutor available in the House of Learning in the Learning Commons (1st floor near the Library and IT service desks) on Wednesday evenings from 7pm – 9pm until November 27th. You may receive help with any stage of the writing process, including generating ideas; organizing; managing issues of sentence structure, grammar,…
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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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