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Need Research Help? Book an Appointment!

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The Library now offers an appointment service, Book a Librarian!

Undergraduate and Chang School students can book a 30 minute, one-on-one appointment with a library staff member to discuss their research needs.  There is also an existing appointment service for graduate students.

Appointments are available from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, and will take place near the Research Help Desk on the Library’s main floor.

For more information on how the Library can assist you with your research, please visit Research Help.

Remembering Jack Layton

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As part of the recent events to commemorate Jack Layton’s  legacy to the university and his lasting impact on Canada, a new website has been created with digitized copies of Layton’s annotations in his books, footage of political conventions and memories from his teaching days at Ryerson, which were recently donated to the Library and on display in the Archives. 

Help celebrate Jack Layton’s life and legacy by visiting and consider sharing your own stories of how Jack had an impact on you.

https://library.torontomu.ca/jacklayton/

Jack Layton Lecture and Display

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Toronto Metropolitan University is pleased to invite you to the inaugural Jack Layton Lecture, with noted philosopher Charles Taylor speaking on ‘Reimagining, Restoring and Reclaiming Democracy’. The lecture will take place on Thursday, September 20th at at 6:30 p.m. in the Ryerson Theatre, 43 Gerrard Street East.  This lecture will be an annual event organized by the Jack Layton Chair, which will advance Jack’s legacy of political and humanitarian leadership at the university.

This special evening also features the opening of a display in the Ryerson Archives (350 Victoria Street, Library 3rd floor) that includes some of Jack’s books, personal artefacts and other memorabilia that have been donated to the Ryerson Library. All of these materials will be supported by a dedicated website to be unveiled on the same day. The display opens at 5 p.m. on September 20th and will remain open until 9 p.m.

Back to School…By the Numbers

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Did you know that there were 773,300 teachers and professors in Canada as of June, 2012?

If you want to know more about enrolment and expenditures on education in Canada, check out Statistics Canada’s ‘Back to school… by the numbers.’ For further information on Statistics Canada or other data, please contact librdata@ryerson.ca

New Video Tutorials!

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Still unsure of how to use the library’s Search Everything tool? Help is here! We have uploaded three videos to give users an overview of using Search Everything. You can find the videos on our YouTube channel by browsing the channel or simply by clicking the links below to access the video that best suits your research needs.

Welcome to Search Everything

Search Everything: Advanced Search

Search Everything: Scholarly and Peer-Reviewed Sources

Please let us know what you think of the videos and which topics you would like to see covered for future videos. Enjoy!

Recognition of Graduating Student Library Assistants – Class of 2012

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The Library has introduced a new program to recognize the contributions of graduating student library assistants. All student assistants from the Class of 2012 were invited to recommend one media item for the Library collection.

The items selected by the students this year have been added to the collection with a mention of the contributors in the catalogue, as well as in each of the chosen items themselves.
The books and DVDs will be exhibited in the display case near the reference desk from April 26 until May 31, 2012. Beginning next week, photos will also be rotated on the LCD panel in the lobby.

student recognition program poster

We would like to thank our graduating student library assistants for their hard work and certainly wish them all the best in their future endeavours! Congratulations!