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Welcome to the September issue of news @ your library. This issue includes articles on our fall workshops, new features in Primo, a Westmount walking tour developed by Head of Special Collections, Susan Mavor, and our new e-books research guide "Ebooks @ uWaterloo."
Just under a year ago, the Library launched a strategic Library Review. A lot has happened in the interim, including the campus Mid-Cycle Review (MCR), the development of several Faculty strategic plans, and the introduction of many new faces on campus at the senior leadership level. Work on the Library Review has dove-tailed with and been informed by these various changes. [full article - Library Review] 06 Sept 2012
Just in time for the fall term, the Library has rolled out an upgraded version of Primo, the search tool for the Library's catalogue and online collections. [full article - Primo] 06 Sept 2012
It will be the largest and most transformative renovation since the Dana Porter Library's main-floor renovation in 2008. Thanks to a $100,000 gift from Elise Devitt, the Dana Porter Library's 6th floor will be renovated this fall and will include the creation of a new group study room called the James and Elise Devitt Study Room. [full article - Study Room] 06 Sept 2012
Doors Open Waterloo Region celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with 37 participating sites and activities. To be held on Saturday, September 15, this year's events include a self-guided heritage walking tour of the Westmount neighbourhood. The tour was created by the Library's Head of Special Collections, Susan Saunders Mavor, based on her recent book Westmount: The Tie that Binds the Twin Cities. [full article - Westmount Walking Tour] 06 Sept 2012
Did you know that the Library provides you with access to over ½ million e-books? See the Library's new Ebooks @ uWaterloo guide to learn more about the e-book collections available to you. [full article - E-Books] 06 Sept 2012
Go beyond Google! Registration is now open for the Library's fall research skills workshops. This term we're offering 19 workshops on diverse research topics as well as tours of the Dana Porter and Davis Centre libraries. [full article - Research Skills Workshops] 06 Sept 2012
In the spring we held a contest for students to design "library-inspired" buttons that would be distributed at all of our library locations starting fall 2012. We started distributing these buttons in all of our locations this week! [full article - Contest Buttons] 06 Sept 2012
Our "Ask a Librarian" chat reference service remains available from 12-4pm Monday to Friday. If you've used this service in the past though, you might notice that we've changed the chat interface. [full article - Chat Reference Service] 06 Sept 2012
Take a virtual tour of the Geospatial Centre! Geospatial Centre staff have created a 360° tour of their location in the Dana Porter Library. [full article - 360° Tour of the Geospatial Centre ] 06 Sept 2012
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