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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 20051 Library services to Graduate Students in the Faculty of Arts Janine Schmidt, Trenholme Director of Libraries David McKnight, Principal Librarian, Humanities and Social Sciences Library " We are truly in the midst of an Arts Renaissance "
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 20052 Mission McGill University library advances learning and research by providing outstanding collections, access to the world of knowledge, excellence in service and an appropriate library environment, which are client-focused and responsive to the needs of the McGill community
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 20053 Challenges Client base – culturally diverse, smarter, savvier? Multiple information formats – e-everything, maintenance of print and online? Information and communications technology Content management systems, learning management systems, wireless, googleisation, blogs, memory sticks, PDAs, Blackberries, Internet2, copyright New disciplinary and research approaches Changes in teaching and learning E-learning, M-learning Resource based learning, Problem based learning Any pace, any space, any time Just in case, just in time, just for you, learning that lasts
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 20054
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5 Primary service point Humanities and Social Sciences Library David McKnight, Principal Librarian, Information Services Information skills/literacy programs Research collections Teaching and learning support Teams headed by Kendal Wallis, Elaine Yarovsky Anastassia Khouri, Principal Librarian, Access Services Reserve collections Shelving
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 20056 Other library collections Rare Books and Special Collections Birks Reading Room Education Library Islamic Studies Government Information Service Electronic Data Resources Service
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 20057 Birks Reading Room
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 20058 Facilities Specialised study carrels, both desks and small rooms Group study Computers – more to come Productivity software Specialised applications software
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 20059 Electronic Data Resources Service
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 200510 New website
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 200511 The collections - virtual Article indexes and databases, some fulltext MLA Bibliography Psychinfo Sociofile Expanded Academic Academic Source Premier Proquest Research Library Wilson Web Hundreds of thousands of e-books EEBO Literature Online Digital National Security Archive (US de-classified documents) E-journal sets J-Stor Project Muse PsycArticles Online Sage Journals Online
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 200512 The collections - virtual Canadiana Early Canadiana Online Newspapers Canadian newstand Factiva Proquest Research Library Newspapers Lexis Nexis Theses (McGill 2004 +) Online Reference
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 200515 The print collections Extension of university press plan New supplier with faster service and items ready for the shelf Extensive rare books collections Canadiana Government documents now being integrated with general collections
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 200516 Services Liaison librarians Links to Vista for library resources Information skills/literacy programs Information assistance Document delivery (gratis) Subject guides Extra loans
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 200517 Catalogue
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 200518 Catalogue
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 200520 Loans
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 200521 Loans
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 200522 Services Endnote software and training Askalibrarian Specialist advice in relation to projects or research topics New service coming EScholarship@McGill Theses and e-prints Online chat
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 200523 Research services
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 200524 Article indexes and databases
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 200525 Cross database searching
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Faculty of Arts Graduate Students Presentation September 200526 Thanks for listening! Questions?
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