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Top Story: Learning Commons Planned at York U Libraries
The Libraries and a number of other learning support services on campus have come together to plan a “learning commons” for York University—a place on campus where students can go to study, learn, and create, and where they will find the equipment, software and assistance they need.
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Shared Research Resource Centre
Planned as part of the new Research Tower, a shared resource centre will house the resource collections of a number of York's Organized Research Units.
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Collaborative Teaching Fosters Students' Research Skills
Read about a course where a librarian and a faculty member combine
skills and expertise to provide students with rich research learning experiences.
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» Placing materials on reserve: use the form on the Libraries website to submit new requests for reserves and to alert library staff to remove unneeded reserves. » Obtain your YU-card, now available to full time faculty and staff, and which will be useful picture ID for those who are planning to visit other libraries or museums during the summer months. » datalib@yorku.ca - new email address to refer data or statistics questions to the Data Librarian » Read highlights of recent Archives acquisitions. » Find out about how LibX can bring your library to the desktop! » YorkWrites invites faculty to notify us of your recent publications - use the form on the YorkWrites website or send email to yorkwrit@yorku.ca » Read about new appointments in the Libraries.
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New Online Collections Acquisitions
Discover the newest additions to the Libraries' online electronic collections.
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Streaming Video Pilot Project
Find out about a new licensing arrangement for streamed video titles that allows you to excerpt and build learning modules for your courses.
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New Library Website Developments
The New Titles listing helps you follow weekly arrivals of new books, movies and CDs, while Planet York brings all York's blogs into one place.
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Information Literacy Surveys Provide Important Feedback
Faculty and graduate students provide feedback on the importance of IL instruction and their expectations around IL teaching.
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Supporting York's Libraries
Find out about the Honour with Books program and other opportunities for giving to York University Libraries.
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Artwork Enhances Scott Library
Take a virtual look at works of art by graduating Fine Arts students displayed in Scott—and see them in situ on your next visit.
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YULibrary News is a publication of the York University Libraries - send questions or comments to B. Roe, Associate University Librarian, Information Services.
