Congratulations to Don Kinder, who recently won the Academic Librarianship Award for outstanding performance from Ontario’s Confederation of University Faculty (OCUFA) – well done!
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Remembering Jack Layton
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.
Jack Layton Lecture and Display
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
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
How to Use the OneCard Machine
In addition to being your library card, the OneCard can also be used for printing, photocopying, and many other services across campus.
Watch this video to learn how to use the OneCard Machine for depositing cash to your OneCard, checking your account balance, and buying a CashCard.
Copyright Update on Fair Dealing and Bill C-11
Supreme Court of Canada’s Decisions on Fair Dealing
Several Supreme Court of Canada rulings on copyright were made on July 12, 2012. These decisions should broaden the interpretation of the Copyright Act fair dealing provisions for materials copied for use in university teaching. Presently the AUCC is working on updating their fair dealing guidelines based on the recent Supreme Court of Canada’s rulings and in light of the new Copyright Modernization Act. When these new guidelines are released, the Toronto Metropolitan University Fair Dealing Policy will be updated to reflect this advice.
At present the current Toronto Metropolitan University Fair Dealing Policy is still in effect, dated August 31st, 2011. Please use this document to make fair dealing assessments for your Fall 2012 courses. Once Toronto Metropolitan University’s policy is updated the library will offer several short informational sessions regarding the new fair dealing guidelines. Please check here to see the schedules for upcoming Copyright information sessions.
Bill C-11 (The Copyright Modernization Act)
While Bill C-11 (The Copyright Modernization Act) received Royal Assent on June 29, 2012 an order-in-council decision must be issued before it is in force. The current Copyright Act is still in effect until that time. Please use the current FAQ’s for use of course materials in the Physical Classroom and Virtual Classroom environment. These FAQ’s will be updated once The Copyright Modernization Act is in effect.
Check Medal Standings with Olympic Watch
Want to keep up to date with the Olympics in London? The Library has created an innovative mash-up that integrates automatic updates of medal standings with Google maps, statistical data and historical images of the Olympics from Library collections. Olympic Watch uses RSS feeds to provide instant updates of medal counts as they are reported on the official Olympic website. Users will also be able to view the geographic location of the country, as well as statistical data and selected images.
Olympic Watch has been designed for viewing on a wide screen, so please drop by the Library to view it on the LCD panel in the Library lobby throughout the Games.
To learn more about Olympic Watch please contact Dan Jakubek, Map and GIS Librarian.
New Video Tutorials!
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.
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!
Happy Pride Week!
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!
Recognition of Graduating Student Library Assistants – Class of 2012
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!