Veterinary Medicine Library

Do you want to integrate video segments into presentations and distance learning courseware?

The University Library has acquired Films on Demand: Master Academic Collection, a streaming video collection of thousands of high-quality digital programs and video clips, covering topics in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, business and economics, and health.

Subjects covered include: Anthropology, Area Studies, Art & Architecture, Biology, Business & Economics, Communication, Computers & Technology, Criminal Justice, Earth Science, Education, English & Language Arts, Environmental Science, Geography, Health & Medicine, History, Mathematics, Music & Dance, Philosophy & Religion, Physical Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and World Languages.

You can access Films on Demand through the library catalogue tab, the Articles and Databases tab, or through the Electronic Resource page.

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the thought of managing all of your citations? Well, the University Library is offering this free, one hour workshop regularly throughout the semester for those who want to learn more about RefWorks and other citation management systems. Attend one of these sesions to learn how you can save time and stay organized.

• January 16th Murray Library, Room 161 from 2:30 - 3:30
• January 28th Education Building, Room 1037 from 1:00 - 2:00
• February 14th Health Sciences Building, Room A203 from 11:30 - 12:30
• February 26th Engineering Building, Room 2A23 (Epsilon Lab) from 12:00 - 1:00
• March 15th Murray Library, Room 161 from 11:30 - 12:30
• March 26th Murray Library, Room 161 from 2:30 - 3:30

All sessions are free

No registration necessary. All are welcome!

For more information please see http://libguides.usask.ca/RefWorksSeries.

The Copyright Office specialists will provide answers and
resources at the Information Sessions in the Murray Building.

Image of copyright symbol used with permission.
Credit: Vishal Gaikar at Tricks Machine

Welcome to Our New Staff:

Christine Neilson - Branch Head
As our new Branch Head Christine is responsible for the overall management of our library.
Contact Christine by phone: 966-7206, or e-mail: christine.neilson@usask.ca

Vera Spika - Liaison Librarian
Vera is responsible for materials selection, reference, and orientations.
Contact Vera by phone:966-7206, or e-mail: vera.spika.@usask.ca

Changes to Current Staff:
Branch Supervisor - Brenda Butler
Brenda has changed from Casuals Supervisor to Branch Supervisor.
Contact Brenda by phone:966-1760, or e-mail: brenda.butler@usask.ca

The library's server has scheduled downtime Monday, June 11 from 7:00 am to 9:00 am.

The latest release of the library's software will be installed the morning of Monday, June 11th. The Catalogue and your library account information will be unavailable for approximately two hours.

Recent theses can be found at this link Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection in the E-Commons. The E-Commons is a service that collects, preserves, and promotes the discovery of research, scholarly and artistic work in digital format produced by librarians and archivists at the University of Saskatchewan.

For older theses published at the University of Saskatchewan or around the world, check our Finding Theses & Dissertations page.

Spring & Summer Hours Begin Today for most branch libraries. Check the Library Hours page for full details.

Veterinary Medicine Library's Spring & Summer Hours:
Monday to Friday 8:00 to 4:00
Saturday & Sunday Closed

Your brain needs calories to stay alert. Pack some healthy snacks and
watch for library staff who will be coming around with treats.

Good luck with your exams.

Following are the hours of opening for the Veterinary Medicine Library during exams from April 9 - 29:

Monday - Thursday
8:00 am to 10:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am to 8:00 pm
Saturday (no change)
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sunday (no change)
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Also the herbarium will remain open during the night for additional study space.
Good luck on your exams!

Current Protocols: a collection of ebooks on laboratory protocols for health sciences and veterinary medicine is now available; as well as International Tables for Crystallography: the interactive version of the International Tables for Crystallography, and the definitive resource and reference work for crystallography. Check out their links here, or you can access them through the Databases A-Z list.

ATTENTION:
Due to maintenance, USEARCH may not be available Saturday, March 24 from 9 pm to 5 am, Sunday morning.

You will still be able to use the Catalogue, Articles & Databases and E-journals tabs. We apologize for any inconvenience that this might cause.

This message is to alert you of an interruption in the online service for Wiley Online Library.

Due to essential site maintenance, access may be interrupted during the indicated date and time.

DATE:
Saturday, March 24, 2012

TIME:
-- beginning --
6:00 am New York
10:00 am London (UTC/GMT 10:00)
18:00 Singapore

DURATION:
up to 4 hours

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Current Protocols and International Tables for Crystallography are now available! Check out their links here, or you can access them through the Databases A-Z list.

Check out our new guide that walks you through all the steps for using Endnote X5 - a great citation management program that lets you manage all your references for assignments and papers, and creates instant bibliographies in the citation style (APA, Vancouver, MLA, etc) of your choice. See here for the Endnote handout.

As reported in this blog back in January, the RWA is a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representations in December 2011 that would repeal the National Institutes of Health's Public Access Policy - and cause a severe setback in the Open Access movement.

The introduction of this bill ignited a firestorm of opposition online, led by Micheal Eisen who also exposed the major contributions made by Elsevier to the election campaigns of the sponsors of the bill.

This revelation seemed to be the spark that finally spurred action among academics. The Cost of Knowledge boycott, initiated by Tim Glowers and Tyler Neylon, enlisted more than 7000 researchers who pledged not to support any Elsevier journal (publish, edit, review).

On February 23, 2012, 11 Research University Provosts signed an essay on Values and Scholarship in InsideHigherEd that provided strong support for the signatories of the Cost of Knowledge boycott.

In addition to individual researchers, publishers also started to publicly oppose the RWA (Peter Suber and Richard Poynder maintained lists of these).

All of the negative press accumulated to a point that Elsevier finally backed away from its support of this bill on Feb 27, 2012, and within hours, Representatives Issa and Maloney withdrew the bill.

Welcome to Brenda Butler who is our new supervisor for student assistants and circulation. Brenda will also provide reference services in person and through instant messaging. She can be reached at:

Phone: 966-1760
Email: brenda.butler@usask.ca

The Veterinary Medicine Library will be closed February 18-20. We will be open 8:00-4:00 Tuesday February 21 - Friday February 24. We will be closed February 25-26 as well.

Regular hours commence again on February 27th.

Have a lovely break!

The Veterinary Medicine Library would like to extend our appreciation to those in the college who participated in our survey on library hours. We enjoyed a huge response and are grateful for the time and energy it took to answer the survey.

CANSIM and other products are free for everyone to access from their web site.

On February 1, 2012, self-serve standard products available on the Statistics Canada website—including CANSIM and census data products—will become free of charge.

Statistics Canada will maintain current pricing practices for products such as print publications, maps, CD-ROMs, and custom products and services.

Licensing restrictions for the use of Statistics Canada data products will be removed.

For more information, contact Media Relations at 613-951-4636.

The above change does not affect the dissemination of survey data files (microdata files) under the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) license. These files can only be accessed through either ODESI or EQUINOX. Please contact Data & GIS Services at refdata@library.usask.ca if you have any questions.

Please take a brief moment to fill out the short survey on the link below. We are considering making changes to the library, both structurally and in hours of operation. Your answers are extremely important and will help to inform these decisions.

https://survey.usask.ca/survey.php?sid=28371

We recommend that you participate in the survey using Firefox. You may have to copy and paste the link into your Internet browser. This survey will expire on Thursday, February 9th. A reminder email will be sent to faculty, staff and students later this week.

Thank you for your time and your thoughts.

Have you tried USearch?

USearch allows you to search for articles, books, images, etc., all in one place.

Try it for yourself at library.usask.ca!

Access issues have been resolved for AccessMedicine, AccessPharmacy, AccessSurgery and AccessEmergencyMedicine collections!

The Veterinary Medicine Library will begin opening at 8:00 am Monday to Friday on January 3, 2012.

Our new hours are:

Monday to Thursday 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm

The University Library participates in a province-wide program, which purchases access to a number of electronic information resources (e.g. Canada Info Desk). Please provide your feedback on the resources purchased by this initiative by taking a 5-10 minute online survey. Closes December 16th.

The University of Saskatchewan’s copyright practices and guidelines are changing as a result of the university’s decision to opt out of the license agreement with Access Copyright. The agreement lapsed on August 31, 2011 and from that date on the university has adopted new fair dealing guidelines that will ensure we are compliant with copyright legislation. Those changes have caused the University Library to modify some of its services and procedures.

More information on how this affects library services is available at http://libguides.usask.ca/copyright
For detailed information about copyright and the University, click on http://usask.ca/copyright

New items are regularly added to our collection. You can view our new resources by clicking on the "New Books" link at the left. This list is updated weekly.

Students can have access to the Learning Commons computers even when the library is closed. After hours, these computers are added to a pool of computers which are accessible remotely. The site to access the Learning Commons Computer pool is http://uremote.usask.ca
More information regarding terms of use for these after-hours LC computers is available at
http://library.usask.ca/howto/URemote_LC.php

Our regular library hours at the Veterinary Medicine Library begin on Monday, August 29, 2011.

Monday to Thursday 8:30 am to 8:00 pm
Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm

The Library will be closed on Monday, September 5, 2011 for Labour Day.

The Veterinary Medicine Library is pleased to welcome Susan Murphy and Erin Watson. Susan Murphy is the branch head for both the Health Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Libraries. Erin Watson is the liaison librarian for veterinary medicine, toxicology and biomedical sciences. Both Susan and Erin will divide their time between the Veterinary Medicine and Health Sciences Libraries. For more information, please consult http://library.usask.ca/vetmed/Library%20Information/Library%20Staff.php.

Come and ask us for details. Borrow a NEW laptop for 6 hours at a time. Great for alone work or group work!

The launch for the new University of Sasktchewan Library website will be on Tuesday July 27th. Let us know what you think about our new homepage. Email us!