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June 22 kicked off the annual Pride Week 2012 in Toronto. To celebrate, RyePRIDE will be hosting a series of events this week, which started with the flag drop yesterday on Gould Street.
In addition to the campus festivities, Pride Toronto has a full calendar of events with something for everyone. Check out the Pride Guide for more information.
Happy Pride Week, Toronto!
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.
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!
The Spring 2012 issue of Nexus, the library’s newsletter, is now available online!
This will be the last issue of Nexus for this academic year. Have a safe and enjoyable summer. We’ll be back with another issue in the fall!
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Page One looks at the future of print media in America. The documentary takes us inside the New York Times at a time when newspapers are going bankrupt and folding at an alarming rate. The Times tries to adapt to the digital age and a generation with new attitudes toward what “news” is, while trying to maintain the ethics of fact-based, professional journalism. The newspaper competes with blogs, social media, Wikileaks, and the aggregation of mainstream media through sites such as The Huffington Post and Gawker.
You may also like:
The Paper
The Third Element: Canada’s Diverse Media
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism
Page One : Inside the New York times and the Future of Journalism (the book)
With the exam period in full swing and students studying in the library in large numbers, we remind you to be aware of your surroundings and to keep a close eye on your belongings. Although our security staff patrols the library regularly, they cannot be on every floor at once.
In the last week alone, there have been no less than 4 laptop thefts reported in the library! If you have to leave your study area for any reason, take your belongings with you. We understand that it may be difficult to find study space at this busy time of year, but theft can occur in just a few seconds, especially is a thief is watching a particular area. Please do not rely on others around you to watch your belongings, as they may be distracted by their own studying.
Make this exam period less stressful by protecting yourself against theft. Watch your belongings and encourage others to do the same. Report any suspicious activity to security and library staff.
In celebration of the Keep Toronto Reading Festival, the library is pleased to host Susan Siddeley for a reading from her memoir, Home First: A Memoir in Voices.
From the Introductory and Cover Sheet:
“In Home First: A Memoir in Voices, Susan Siddeley traces her life; growing up in Yorkshire, falling in love with Foreign, emigrating to Canada and travelling to further-flung postings to which her husband’s job takes her and their family. In all these places, unexpected connecters crop up: lakes in Ontario, violins in Jamaica, boats in Bolivia and cowboys in Chile. With pinafores, picnics, blackberries, tea, sea, books and babies everywhere. She wonders then, if these are just co-incidences or because everyone’s existence is an amalgam of their ancestral landscapes and life experiences.
During a trip home to see her aging mother and tickled by a chance remark of her aunt, Susan seeks out the burial plot of her older sister, Pauline, unmentioned until then, who died the night she was born. After her mother’s death, remembering the revelation, Susan ventures into the local Registry Office and discovers a second shocking death, one which helps explain aspects of her early life.
Sitting under an ancient chestnut tree in a lovely old cemetery, talking and telling tales to a person she never knew with tongue-in-cheek humour, and a crossword craving to solve and explain things, Susan pieces together the forces at work beneath the lives of a family of women, spanning four generations and three continents.”
The reading will take place on Thursday, April 19 at 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. in LIB489B, with refreshments being served at 5:15 p.m. All are welcome!
Did you know that 8.6 million gallons of maple syrup and maple syrup products were produced in Canada in 2011? That’s enough maple syrup to fill 13 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
For more statistics on springtime, see Statistics Canada’s ‘By the Numbers.’
In collaboration with Ryerson Aboriginal Student Services, the library is pleased to host the 3rd Annual Aboriginal Graduate Students Showcase! This will be a wonderful opportunity to see a selection of graduate and senior student projects and to talk with the students about their creative works. The Showcase will take place on Friday, March 30 from 10 a.m. until noon in LIB489B. Refreshments will be available.
The Book and Periodical Council has declared February 26 – March 3 Freedom to Read Week! Each year, countless books and magazines are challenged on the basis of their content. This week is meant to bring awareness to these challenges and celebrate our freedom to read them, regardless of social opposition.
Check the list of challenged publications this year and see which of your favourites (old and new) were challenged and why!
The first data from the 2011 Census, covering the population and dwelling counts has been released and presents the population counts, counts for total private dwellings and counts for private dwellings occupied by usual residents. Coverage ranges from Canada, provinces and territories down to the dissemination block. Information is also available for land area, population density; population rank and percentage change from 2006. Data are available from the Census Canada website.
For more information, please contact librdata@ryerson.ca