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March 28, 2013

• Calculate Your Academic Footprint
• Exhibit in the Dana Porter Library Features Six Nations' Treaties
• Scholars Portal Now a Trusted Digital Repository
• Stat!Ref
• Public Opinion: Polls and Survey Sources
• Extended Hours
• The Dana Porter Library to Close Its Micro Desk Permanently
• Unglue It

February 28, 2013

• A Micro Scanner with Major Research Potential
• Spotlight on Accessibility
• March Research Skills Workshops
• Environment @ Your Library Blog
• Regional Municipality of Waterloo Historical Map Project
• Introducing Sarah Martin
• Introducing Aziz Aboueleinin
• Introducing Dave Gall
• Freedom to Read Week

January 24, 2013

• New GIS Workstations in the Dana Porter Library
• Changes to the Library's Course Reserves System
• Head of Special Collections Becomes the 2013 Edna Staebler Research Fellow
• Ipsos News & Polls Centre
• Research Skills Workshops
• Introducing Walter Miedema
• Introducing Jessica Blackwell
• Retro Library Posters
  

December 19, 2012

• Season's Greetings and Holiday Hours
• The James & Elise Devitt Study Room - Now Open!
• Fine Arts Students Take a Bite Out of DP
• Mobile Library Services Guide
• Introducing Shannon Gordon
• Open Access Week 2012 at uWaterloo
• Google Map Maker Event a Success
• Multicolor Search
  

October 4, 2012

• October Events - Hold the Dates!
• Open Access Week at uWaterloo
• Sparking Innovation through Data Management
• Municipal Open Data Websites
• University Press Scholarship Online Pilot
• Research Skills Workshops in October
• Introducing Patrick Miller
• Introducing Sarah Brown
• Academic Integrity Survey
• Open Data Guide

September 6, 2012

• We Welcome Your Input on the Library's Draft Strategic Directions
• New Features in Primo!
• Construction to Start Soon on the James and Elise Devitt Study Room
• Doors Open - Westmount Walking Tour
• Ebooks @ uWaterloo Guide
• Research Skills Workshops
• Contest Buttons Now Available!
• Changes to Our "Ask a Librarian" Chat Reference Service
• 360° Tour of the Geospatial Centre

June 29, 2012

• The Geospatial Centre's Google Earth Video
  
• Borrow a Phone Charger at the Dana Porter and Davis Centre Libraries
  
• London Review of Books
  
• PsycINFO Changes
  
• Introducing Sam Gibbon, Wish Leonard, and Jamie Reilly
  
• Free IT Support in the Davis Centre Library
  
• Research Guides from Scholars Portal

May 24, 2012

• The Library's Plans for Congress
  
• REAP's Interactive Media Display in the Dana Porter Library
  
• Research Skills Workshops
  
• Canadian Journal of Disability Studies
  
• Polling the Nations
  
• Geospatial Centre - Now Open!
• Introducing Katherine Frankovich
  
• Congress 2012: uWaterloo Library Guide

April 26, 2012

• Article Searching in Primo
• Now Open! The Warren and Mary Ober Group Study Rooms
  
• Geospatial Centre to Open Next Week
  
• Oxford Handbooks
  
• AccessEngineering Enhancements
  
• Introducing Mathure Sivananthan
• Introducing Ingrid Thomson
• Library Places 2nd in the 10th Annual IFLA International Marketing Award Competition
• Buttons Contest Winners

March 15, 2012

• The Map Library Will Become the Geospatial Centre
• Library Update - Now Available!
  
• Laura Bredahl: The Galapagos Librarian
  
• Scholars GeoPortal
  
• Biology Image Library
  
• ARTstor Images for Academic Publishing
  
• What's Next for Westmount
• Introducing Alexandra Johne
• Extended Hours at the Davis Centre and Dana Porter Libraries
• Buttons Contest
  

February 9, 2012

• Moving Forward with a Library Review
• A Book Launch with Eva Dodsworth
  
• Video Tutorials for Students
• New Archives Open for Research
• Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
• Girlhood Studies
• Introducing Graham Faulkner and Steve Weber
• Introducing Vivian Zhang
• Library Love is Back!
• Finding Book Reviews Guide
  

January 19, 2012

• Major Donations Will Transform Student Spaces in the Dana Porter Library
  
• The Map Library Is Moving
  
• Register for Winter Workshops
  
• The Times Digital Archive
• AccessEngineering
  
• We're Keeping Primo Central!
  
• Introducing Marian Davies
• IT Help in the Davis Centre Library
• News Sources Guide

December 1, 2011

• Using Journal Content for Teaching Purposes
• Westmount Book Launch
  
• Historical Street Map Project
• Library Staff Member Receives the 2011 Waterloo Award
• The Encyclopedia of Mathematics & Society
  
• New GIS Data Resources
  
• Guide to Evaluating Information Sources
  
• Extended Hours at the Davis Centre and Dana Porter Libraries
• Introducing Gayle Bushell
• Introducing Rachel McNeil
• The Library Channel

October 20, 2011

• Join Us for Library Day
• Spotlight on Open Access
• Take Part in Primo Usability Testing for a Chance to Win an iPad 2
• Nature Communications
• Yearbook of International Organizations
• Introducing Our New Circulation Services Staff
• Doors Open: Through the Photographer's Lens
• Workshops in October and November
• RefWorks Guide

September 8, 2011

• Copyright: How the Library Can Help
• Fall Workshops
• Doors Open 2011
• Eureka.cc
• Oxford Handbooks Online - 2011 Additions
• Introducing Pascal Calarco
• Primo Central
• Popular Reading Guide

June 9, 2011

• Featured Workshop: Geocoding Tabular Data with Google Fusion Tables
• RefWorks 2.0 - Coming Soon!
  
• The Toronto Star: Pages of the Past
• The Encyclopedia of Geography
• The Dictionary of Science
• Introducing Meredith Fischer
• Book Signing in the Witer Learning Resource Centre
• Random Name / Word Picker

May 12, 2011

• Find Books, Articles, and More Using Primo Central
  
• Spring Workshops
  
• Oxford Bibliographies Online
  
• Encyclopedia of Research Design
• Germanistik Online
  
• Library Website Redesign
• Data and Statistics Guide
  

April 14, 2011

• Get Healthy in the Library
  
• Special Collections' book2net Machine
• Electronic Theses Guide
• Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics
• E-Books in Fast-Growing Areas of Life Sciences
• Extended Hours until April 21
• TVO Archives

March 10, 2011

• Have Your Say in the Library's Future Website
  
• March Workshops
• BDSL Online
• Professional and Applied Computing E-Books
• New Additions to the Online Reference Shelf
• Introducing Samantha Wellhauser
• Inspired By Nature in the Dana Porter Library
• Google Art Project
  

February 10, 2011

• A New Library Search - Coming Soon!
• Opening Up Local German-Language Letters
• Special Edition Valentine's Day Button
• New Micro Readers
• World History in Context
• New Databases from Knowledge Ontario
• Introducing Ben Robinson
• Workshops in February and March
• Picturesque Porter
• Canadiana Discovery Portal
  

January 13, 2011

• New Collections Open for Research
• Winter Workshops
• Another Poem About Porter!
• The Nation Archive
• New Knovel Content
• Reference eBooks: "Gender and Women's Leadership" and "Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender"
• Introducing Ahmed Kenawy
• news @ your library Survey
• Subject Guides

November 18, 2010

• Let Us Know What You Think!
• Introducing Our Library-Inspired Buttons
• Web 2.0-Based E-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Teaching
• Scholars Portal Reaches 20 Million Articles
• Extended Hours for the Exam Period
• Introducing Colin Fitzsimons
• Primo on Your Mobile and in Different Languages
• "Shhh!" by the University of Waterloo Film Creators' Club

October 21, 2010

• Join Us for Library Day!
• Arts 50th Anniversary Display in Special Collections
• Introducing Our New Subject Guides
• SciVerse
• Encyclopedia of Public Relations
• Introducing Samantha Gibbon
• Doors Open a Success
• Workshops in October and November
• Open Access Week

September 16, 2010

• Friends of the Library Lecture Featuring Three-Time Olympian Beckie Scott
• Closed Doors... Opened Through Archives
• Fall Workshops
• Oxford Handbooks Online
• Natural Standard
• Introducing Aziz Aboueleinin
• A Better Primo!
• Upcoming Elsevier Events
• Special Collections' Back to School Image Collection

July 8, 2010

• Olympian to Speak at Friends of the Library Event
• What is the bX Recommender?
• Big Changes Planned for Primo
• Waterloo Librarians and the G20
• Art Museum Image Gallery
• Encyclopedia of Communication Theory
• Walkway Renovation at the Dana Porter Library - Update!
• Introducing Rebecca Hutchinson
• Extended Hours
• From the Rare Book Room
• Foursquare

May 20, 2010

• Walkway Renovation at the Dana Porter Library
• Scholars Portal and RACER Down on May 24
• Featured Workshops: ArcGIS and RefWorks
• Express Workstations at Porter
• Encyclopedia of Human Geography
• Springer Protocols
• LGBT Life
• Introducing Mary Lynne Bartlett
• Geese Gone Wild
• Special Collections' Latest Researchers
• Doodle

April 22, 2010

• German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
• Engineering Village Newsletter Features Waterloo
• Going the Extra 3,985 Miles
• SimplyMap Canada
• Business Source Complete
• Nanotechnology Collection in Knovel
• Congratulations to Alex McCulloch
• Finding Your Way Around DP
• Special Collections’ Digital Collections

March 25, 2010

• Join Us for Scopus™ Day
• Interlibrary Loans Made Easier
• Out of Context: Subjective Realities Photographic Exhibition
• Web of Science - Expanded Access
• Opinion Polls Online
• Extended Hours for the Exam Period
• Readability

February 25, 2010

• Around the World with Primo
• The Library to Launch the 2010 LibQUAL+® Survey
• Freedom to Read at the Dana Porter Library
• The New York Review of Books
• E-Resource Negotiations Secure $140 Million in Digital Content for the Library
• Introducing Christina Zoricic
• Introducing Jennifer Domise
• March Workshops
• Freedom to Read Week

January 26, 2010

• Over 250,000 E-books Added to Primo
• Special Collections: Best of 2009
• A Poem About Porter
• Adforum
• The Dictionary of Irish Biography
• Culinary Arts Collection
• Introducing Steve Xu
• Winter Workshops
• SciFinder - Now Web Access Only
• Smithsonian Image Collection

November 26, 2009

• John English Launches Volume Two of His Trudeau Biography
• Course Packs, eReserves, or UW-ACE?
• History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
• Oxford Language Dictionaries
• Who's Who in LexisNexis Academic
• Extended Hours and the DC Exam Study Zone
• ARTstor Expands to Include MoMA Images
• Get Help at the Map Library - Video

October 22, 2009

• Join Us for Library Day
• A Video Introduction to Special Collections
• Earth Sciences Display in DC
• Scopus Events for Faculty and Grad Students
• Libris Canadiana
• A Patio for Porter
• Introducing Chris Halonen
• Introducing Mark Smith
• Ask-a-Librarian Via Chat

September 24, 2009

• Welcome
• Graduate Students and Academic Integrity
• Grand River Conservation Authority Donates Its Archives to the Library
• The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas
• 19th Century British Pamphlets in JSTOR
• Cambridge Histories Online
• PubMed Gets the "Get It!" Link
• Introducing Annie Bélanger
• Primo Replaces TRELLIS as the Primary Search Tool
• Library Survival Guide

June 11, 2009

• Witer Learning Resource Centre Opens Its Doors
• It’s the Porter Library, LEGO™ Style
• Primo Set to Replace TRELLIS This Summer
• Nature Chemistry
• Community of Scholars
• Changes to CANSIM
• Introducing Kristen Jensen
• IYA2009: Discover Canadian Telescopes
• June Workshop: Mapping Census Data
• Wordle

May 14, 2009

• CS Students Offer Tech Design Solutions
• Sign Up for Spring Workshops
• Springer E-Books Get a Boost
• CRL Focuses In on French Resources
• Griffin Poetry Picks
• Geo-Abstract Opens at Davis and Porter
• Liaison Librarian Shuffle
• World Digital Library

April 9, 2009

• UW Chancellor Elect, Mr. Prem Watsa, to Speak at the Friends of the Library Lecture
• Student Feedback on the DC Exam Study Zone
• Act On It @ Your Library
• Knowledge Ontario Resources
• Special Collections' Seagram Display
• Musagetes Does Food For Fines
• Extended Hours Continue
• Follow the Library on Twitter

March 12, 2009

• Calling All UW Authors, Artists, and Composers
• DC Exam Study Zone — Coming Soon!
• Haiku Happens at the Musagetes Library
• Map Library’s Digital Air Photos Attract Google Earth
• CISTI Source Service To End March 31
• Library Photo Contest — Results!
• Extended Hours for the Exam Period
• Live & Learn Lecture Series

February 12, 2009

• Enter the Library's Photo Contest
• Special Collections' Valentines
• Tagging and Reviewing Now Available Within Primo
• Defining Gender, 1450-1910 Online
• Social Theory
• Introducing Kathy Szigeti
• Library Workshops in February
• National Film Board

January 15, 2009

• IYA2009: Astronomy Exhibit Opens at Davis
• Winter Workshops – Registration Open
• Map Library Now Offering Chat Reference
• Special Collections Showcases Its Children's Facsimiles
• ASTM Standards
• Center for Research Libraries – Update
• Request-Only Date Due Slips
• New Smart Search Tool – Update
• LIFE Photo Archive

November 20 , 2008

• New Smart Search Tool - Now Available
• Student Art Installation at Porter
• Students Show Support for the Library
• Exclusive Screening of The Hollywood Librarian
• Eighteenth Century Journals
• Cambridge University Press E-Books
• Porter Main Floor Reopening and Library Day
• Introducing Agnes Zientarska-Kayko
• Connotea and Del.icio.us

October 9, 2008

• Copyright FAQ Now Available
• Student Artist Envisions the Library
• Library Day at UW on Oct. 28
• Adam Matthew Collections
• French Databases CAIRN and Érudit
• Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
• Porter's Main Floor to Reopen Oct. 14
• History of Computing Exhibit
• Introducing Pauline Dewan
• Library Month and Open Access Day

September 11, 2008

• Welcome
• Academic Integrity Tutorial Now Ready
• "Geo-Abstract" Exhibit at the Modern Languages Gallery
• Porter's Main Floor to Reopen Early October
• CRKN Spotlight
  • Theatre in Video
  • E-Books Collections
• Introducing Anita Streicher
• Register Now for Fall Workshops
• Mind Mashup: The 2008 Sparky Awards

Summer Edition

• Engineering Dean Donates the Millionth Copy of His Textbook to the Library
• Special Collections Showcases Its Euclid Collection
• New In the Davis Library!
• Local Historical Air Photos Now Available Online
• Springer eBooks
• Porter's Main Floor Takes Shape
• Welcome to Laura Howell, Martha Lauzon, and Kathy MacDonald
• Zotero

June 12, 2008

• Nationwide Initiative Secures $47 Million in Digital Content for the Humanities and Social Sciences
• Decorative Book Arts Display
• The Library Celebrates Long-Service Staff
• Changes to the Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life Databases
• Looking for the "Article Finder"?
• Porter's Main Floor Now Closed
• Welcome to Sara Perkins
• StumbleUpon

April 17, 2008

• Main Floor of Porter Closes for Renovations
• Making Pixels of the Past
• Davis Gets a Dose of Fine Art
• New JSTOR Platform
• Canada Year Book Historical Collection
• Friends of the Library Event a Success
• Library Contest Winners Announced
• Celebrate National Poetry Month

March 6, 2008

• Grow @ Your Library
• Article Finder - NEW!
• John Manley to Speak at the Friends of the Library Event
• From Pennsylvania to Waterloo: A Biographical History of Waterloo Township
• Attention RefWorks Users
• "Why do you love the Library?" Contest
• Porter Renovations Site - Now RSS Enabled
• March Break Open House
• St. Patrick's Day Online Exhibit

February 7, 2008

• Porter Renovations Site — Now Live!
• New E-Journal System
• Library Contest Begins Next Week
• CSA Subscription Online
• SourceOECD
• Cripes, It's Skype!
• Introducing Kathleen Oakey
• Freedom to Read Week

January 10, 2008

• Major Renovations Scheduled for the Dana Porter Library's Main Floor
• Aerial Photography Digitization Project
• Special Collections Celebrates a Year of Anniversaries
• History Resource Center: World
• Web of Science - New Format
• PressDisplay - Update!
• Register Now for Winter Workshops
• Things Get Greener at Dana Porter
• UW BookStore

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