MRU Library Archive

Check out this article published on cbc.ca about April 10′s protest to education cuts.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2013/04/10/calgary-mount-royal-university-education-cuts.html

You are all invited to attend a recital celebrating MRU Archives’ recent acquisitions of the papers of Dr. Leona F. Paterson, founder of the Mount Royal College Speech and Drama Department in 1944.

Dr. Paterson’s poetry will come live again, accompanied by great music, with a performance by members of the Mount Royal Conservatory and it’s Speech and Drama program.

Date:  Sunday April 21
Time:  2 – 4 pm
Location:  Nickle Theatre (V200)
Tickets:  $25

What better way to celebrate and enjoy National Poetry Month of April!
Visit tickets.mtroyal.ca or call MRU Ticket Line at (403)440-7770.

Food For Fines!
Help out your fellow students and save some $$$…

On Tuesday, March 19th through Thursday, March 21st, 2013 – the Library will take up to $5.00 off your fines with a donation to the Student Food Bank. (more…)

Calling on MRU students to participate in Solar Decathlon 2013 . . .  

Interested in finding out how you can team up with other students to design, build and operate a solar-powered home?

Want to contribute your skills in broadcasting, marketing, accounting, information design and computer information systems?

Attend an information session about the Solar Decatholon 2013 to find out more about this award-winning international academic contest.

Date & time: Thurs March 7 noon

Location: Bissett School of Business, 2nd floor atrium

See you there

More information is also available at solardecathlon.ca, Twitter @TeamAlbertaSD or on Team Alberta’s Facebook page.

A Freedom to Read Week event happening in Toronto today . . .

The Canadian Library Association will be presenting its 2013 Advancement of Intellectual Freedom in Canada Award to the Citizen Lab at Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.

Here’s the announcement, with more information about The Citizen Lab’s vision of protecting and preserving open communication, and its efforts in upholding the principles of intellectual freedom and human rights.

Calling on all students . . .

Are you working on an interesting project, on your own or as a group?  Would you consider sharing your research with the MRU community?

Student Research Day, taking place Wed March 20 on Main Street this year, is a great opportunity to do just that.  You can either do a research poster or a 10 minute presentation, oral or multimedia.  Register by Fri, March 15 to hold your spot.  The earlier you register though, the longer the period you will have access to support seminars and on-line help sessions while completing your projects.

Your posters can be printed for free!

Still not sure?  Visit the Student Research Day Website for more information and check out what other students have done in previous years.  The application form is also there.

The Library is conducting a user satisfaction survey and we need your help.  Participants will have the opportunity to enter a draw for an iPad Mini or one of four $25 gift certificates to the MRU bookstore. To find out more about the survey, go to:

http://libguides.mtroyal.ca/libqual

February 15, 2013 is the 48th anniversary of National Flag of Canada Day.

• Did you know when the red and white maple leaf flag was first raised over Parliament Hill in Ottawa?
• How about who suggested the design?

More information, resources and activity ideas can be found here.

ORGANIZE  -  PARTICIPATE  -  CELEBRATE!

Firstly welcome back to both new and returning students and faculty!  As university patrons, you probably agree it is important to know how to navigate your campus library and library resources.

To help you in this process, we will be offering free drop-in library tours and instructions on how to download one of the thousands of ebooks we have available to you.  The sessions will be held over the next few weeks, there is no need to register.

Since we know that many of you are very busy, some of our staff have put together a fabulous online guide to using MRU Library.  You can even take a virtual tour of the library and do so from the comfort of your own home.  To access this guide and calendar of tour and mini-session dates and times, please click on the following link:

http://libguides.mtroyal.ca/content.php?pid=366590&sid=3001012

The grand total is……$3260.00

That makes it our second best year so far for the United Way Book Sale – great job everyone!

Thank you to everyone who supported the sale by either donating or purchasing items this year.  See you next year!