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On
November 23, 2004, the UW Library officially opened the RBC Information
Commons located in the recently renovated Davis Centre Library. With the
aid of a $1 million donation from RBC Financial Group,
the University of Waterloo is able to provide its community with the needed
equipment and technology to promote an enriched e-learning environment. [full
article - RBC Information Commons]
Recently, the UW Library and the Faculty of Arts jointly received a grant worth $50,000 from the J. W. Graham Information Technology Trust Fund. This grant will help fund a cross-disciplinary research project that aims to understand the process and development of technology transfer. Also researched will be how spin-off companies effect the UW community, the Waterloo Region, plus their impact on other universities world-wide. [full article - Technology Transfer]
WaterlooSFX, which is better known as Get It! Waterloo,
is a service designed to make the research process more efficient and effective.
This service links most database citations to full-text articles (if available)
and other related supporting resources available from the UW Library. [full
article - SFX]
RefWorks is a personal bibliographic software manager that is free of charge for all UW students, faculty, and staff. RefWorks makes managing bibliographic references easy and efficient since users can either input citations manually or export citations directly from a number of the research databases available from the UW Library. [full article - RefWorks]
Several subject areas within the Faculty of Arts now have new Liaison Librarians: Anthropology, Fine Arts, and Film Studies. [full article - Liaison Librarians]
The Library is currently holding various workshops designed to assist graduate students, faculty, and staff with the development of information literacy skills and research strategies. [full article - Winter Workshops]
As of January 2005, undergraduate students in Optometry have access to UW @ UW and CISTI Source retrieval and delivery services. [full article - New Services]
The Special Collections Department's web site contains a wealth of information pertaining to its vast collection of archives, manuscripts, rare books, and other information resources that require special care and handling. [full article - Special Collections]
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