WorldCat Enhancements

WorldCat is enhancing its interface on November 9th to include:

• all articles results will indicate if they are from peer-reviewed journals or not.
• a prompt for researchers to login when search results require Concordia authentication.
• better display of format limiters, nested and with improved terminology for e-books etc.

There are many other improvements as well, please contact me if you want all the details.

dan.mirau@concordia.ab.ca

Cheers,

Dan

New Curriculum Library Books

The new book display is filled with great science materials for the elementary grades - animals, insects, motion, friction, gravity, density, forces, buoyancy, and simple machines.

New Design of Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice collection

Adam Matthew Digital has updated and improved the interface to the Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice collection.

To search this unique collection or learn more about the updates, click here.

Corner Shelf - November Issue out now!

The November isse of the Corner shelf is out... Read all about it!
http://library.concordia.ab.ca/cornershelf/CornerShelf_Vol3_No7.pdf

Search WorldCat using Twitter

WorldCat now supports searching via Twitter posts using the #Ask4Stuff tag.

Read more about it here...

WorldCat Citation Tricks

I'm still learning all of the great enhancements that are part of the library's new WorldCat search interface. I came across this article today and thought it was worth sharing with you:

http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/016/tipsandtricks.htm

If you have your own tricks, please comment!

Welcome Back!

The fall term is upon us and the library is ready! Renovations that include new flooring and new paint on the walls is finished and we are excited to show it off. Come into the library and check out the redesign of our main floor, new study carrels on the Mezzanine and second floor, and new shelving on the main floor that holds all of the DVDs. Come and check it out today!

Library Main Floor Renovations

You may have noticed a certain “minimalism” on your library’s main floor lately. You may be wondering “Are those crazy library-types dabbling in feng shui?”, “Have they all gone Zen?”. Meditative leanings aside, the truth is… we’re preparing for some exciting renovations!

As one component of Concordia’s “Campus Research and Learning Revitalization Project” your Library is having its main floor carpet and tiling replaced from June 14 – July 5. If you are curious about the details, a very informative “storyboard” showing colours, materials and a map can be viewed near the library’s front entrance.

While the goal of library staff and flooring contractors will be to maintain library services during this renovation period, please be prepared for periodic noise and detours. Signs will be posted as the work progresses to keep you up to date.

If you have any questions or comments about this project or other developments in library services, please Library Director Dan Mirau (dan.mirau@concordia.ab.ca).

Concordia WorldCat - a new catalogue!

Concordia Library now has a new library catalogue - Concordia WorldCat! With an easy to use single-search box, you can find books, articles, ebooks, and DVDs much faster than ever before. Concordia WorldCat is also interactive because you can tag books & articles, create book lists, and bookmark & share items from the catalogue.

Check out Concordia WorldCat today!

Library Catalogue Upgrade Continues

Concordia Library's catalogue continues to undergo an upgrade, thus causing My Account and Place Hold features to be unavailable.

We expect the library catalogue to be back up and running by 10 am on Monday, May 10th.

Thank you for your patience during this time!