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Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, Spring 2010
Posted by John Dupuis on May 25, 2010 Another terrific issue. I’m going to list everything but the book & database reviews & reports so as not to clutter the post too much. Five Voices, Two Perspectives: Integrating Student Librarians into a Science and Engineering Library by Eugene Barsky, Aleteia Greenwood, Samantha Sinanan, Lindsay Tripp, and Lindsay Willson, University of British Columbia Collection…
Job posting: GIS and Map Librarian, York University Libraries
Posted by John Dupuis on May 19, 2010 Here’s a pretty exciting opportunity at my institution. Although not a science library position per se, there will be ample opportunity to work with science and engineering faculty and students. Position Rank: Full Time Tenure Stream – Assistant Librarian Discipline/Field: GIS and Map Librarian Home Faculty: Libraries Home Department/Area/Division: Map Library Affiliation/Union: YUFA Position Start…
Friday Fun: Mars Rover Beginning To Hate Mars
Posted by John Dupuis on May 7, 2010 Ah, The Onion. A true repository of snark and snideitude But as the winter lingered, Spirit began producing thousands of pages of sometimes rambling and dubious data, ranging from complaints that the Martian surface was made up almost entirely of the same basalt, to long-winded rants questioning the exorbitant cost and scientific relevance of the…
What do students want from their libraries?
Posted by John Dupuis on April 13, 2010 There’s a massive libraryland industry organized around figuring out what students want from us in terms of space, collections, services, etc. We survey, observe and focus group them to death. And that’s great and incredibly valuable. But sometimes I think we might have a tendency to see what we want when we’re observing and they…
From the Archives: An update on my Computer Science & Engineering blog
Posted by John Dupuis on December 30, 2009 During my winter blogging break, I thought I’d repost of few of my “greatest hits” from my old blog, just so you all wouldn’t miss me so much. This one is from September 24, 2007. This post follows up on my initial 2007 post which I reposted yesterday. It’s worth noting that the blog has…
From the Archives: Check out my new blog for York Computer Science & Engineering students
Posted by John Dupuis on December 29, 2009 During my winter blogging break, I thought I’d repost of few of my “greatest hits” from my old blog, just so you all wouldn’t miss me so much. This one is from September 24, 2007. It’s my initial thoughts about the blog I’ve been using to post my IL session notes. It’s worth noting that…
YorkWrites: Celebrating York Creators and Innovators
Posted by John Dupuis on November 11, 2009 I don’t usually talk about local York stuff here, but I’d like to make an exception for the event we had last week (Tuesday, November 3rd) here at my library, The Steacie Science & Engineering Library. The event is called YorkWrites and it’s sponsored jointly by the Libraries and the Bookstore. Essentially, it’s a big…
Donald Coxeter documentary: The Man Who Saved Geometry
Posted by John Dupuis on October 23, 2009 TVOntario has produced a very fine documentary based on the life of geometer Donald Coxeter, who lived in Toronto and worked at the University of Toronto for many years. It’s called The Man Who Saved Geometry and is based on the book by Siobhan Roberts, King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, the Man Who Saved…
Open Access Policy for York University Librarians and Archivists
Posted by John Dupuis on October 8, 2009 On October 1, 2009 librarians and archivists at York University Libraries voted unanimously to adopt the following policy: York University Open Access Policy for Librarians and Archivists Librarians and archivists at York University recognize the importance of open access to content creators and researchers in fostering new ideas, creating knowledge and ensuring that it is…
York University’s difficult year
Posted by John Dupuis on June 22, 2009 Although I didn’t blog about it at all (I did Twitter and Friendfeed about it a bit), many of you are probably aware that my work place, York University (Wikipedia) in Toronto, had a very difficulty time this past academic year with a strike, student protests and unrest as well as some disturbing on-campus violence.…
