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Welcome to the March issue of news @ your library. This issue includes features on the Library's soon-to-be Geospatial Centre, the Scholars GeoPortal (a new resource for geospatial data), the Library's own "Galapagos Librarian," and much more.
The Map Library will be renamed the Geospatial Centre when it relocates from EV1 to the Dana Porter Library later next month. [full article - Geospatial Centre] 15 Mar 2012
The Library Update - Winter 2012 report is now available. This publication provides an overview of the Library's current activities and initiatives including our Library Review, current and upcoming renovation projects, involvement in the Association of Research Libraries' eScience Institute, and more. [full article - Library Update] 15 Mar 2012
Did you know that the Library has its very own "Galapagos Librarian"? Many of you may know Laura Bredahl as the Liaison Librarian for Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, and Astronomy, but for 10 weeks during the fall term she was also the International Librarian Volunteer at the Charles Darwin Foundation Research Station in Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos archipelagos. [full article - The Galapagos Librarian] 15 Mar 2012
Do you use geospatial data in your research and studies? If so, you're going to love Scholars GeoPortal, a new geospatial data search tool that lets you discover, map, share, and download a wide range of geospatial data. [full article - Scholars GeoPortal] 15 Mar 2012
The Library now has a subscription to the Biology Image Library, a useful online resource containing over 15,000 images, movies, illustrations, and animations across biology and biomedicine. [full article - Biology Image Library] 15 Mar 2012
ARTstor contains over a million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences. Its collections include contributions from museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, artists, and photo archives from around the world. Although ARTstor isn't a new resource, it's one worth remembering - especially if you're looking for images to use in your academic publications. [full article - ARTstor] 15 Mar 2012
Since launching her book Westmount: The Tie that Binds the Twin Cities back in November, the Library's Head of Special Collections, Susan Mavor, has received a flurry of invitations from community groups interested in learning more about the Westmount neighbourhood and its history. Mavor has three speaking engagements during the months of March and April. [full article - Westmount] 15 Mar 2012
Alexandra Johne has come all the way from Mannheim, Germany to study at the University of Waterloo for one year as part of a joint MA in Intercultural German Studies (IcGS). Since arriving in January, she has also been working at the Library as a Research Assistant, helping to update the German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography (GCO), a resource that is a joint project of the Library and the Waterloo Centre for German Studies. [full article - Alexandra Johne] 15 Mar 2012
To accommodate students preparing for exams, the Library will be extending its hours from March 25 to April 21 for the exam period. [full article - Extended Hours] 15 Mar 2012
Students, faculty, and staff have picked up over 30,000 of the Library's regular library buttons since they were launched. Now uWaterloo students have a chance to design one of the next library-inspired buttons and win $250 cash! [full article - Buttons Contest] 15 Mar 2012
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