BC Historical Newspapers – Search and view B.C. community newspapers published from 1865 to 1924. The British Columbia Historical Newspapers Collection makes 24 of B.C.’s earliest newspapers freely available in digital format for the first time.

British Columbia Royal and Special Commissions: 1872-1980 -   The Legislative Library has digitized over two hundred reports published between 1872 and 1980. There are some gaps in the collection: several reports issued between 1972 and 1942 are reported as missing and some commissions were set-up and terminated before completing their work. The terminated commissions are not listed in this portal.  At the moment, there is only browsing capabilities for these documents, but a search interface is in the works.  All royal and special commissions reports published after 1980 are available online and can be searched via the online catalogue.

Harper’s Magazine Online
Full text for the entire contents of this periodical from 1850 to the present.  When you click on the issue number that you want, it shows selected articles. To see the entire contents, click on the issue cover.

http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/11794

State Papers Online – Part IV
Includes the Foreign Papers related to James I to Anne, 1603-1714. Here are some of the key themes of part IV: Barbary piracy, Christian IV of Denmark and rivalry with Sweden, Collapse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, End of the Dutch Revolt 1609, English Civil War 16421651, English and Scottish colonisation in the Plantations of Ireland, European Colonisation of the Americas, Great Turkish War 16621699, Impact of Spanish Colonial wealth, Marriage alliances, Power struggles between Protestant and Catholics countries and state, Scientific Revolution, Thirty Years War 1618 1648, Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

All four parts are accessible through http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/6775

19th Century British Library Newspapers – Part 2

We now have access to part 2 of this major newspaper collection. This latest addition takes the total number of pages of 19th Century BL Newspapers to over 3 million. 22 new titles cover a range of both regional and metropolitan publications including the Lancaster Gazette, the Cheshire Observer, the Isle of Man Times and the Nottinghamshire Guardian. The additions to the archive have sought to provide a more comprehensive picture of the political spectrum in the 19th century and include the entire runs of two additional major London papers – The Morning Post and The Standard – offering the conservative viewpoint alongside the liberal and radical papers already digitised such as the Daily News and Reynold’s Newspaper.

19th Century Newspapers Part 2 can be searched on it’s own ( http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/6052 ) or can be searched alongside many of our other historical news sources through Gale NewsVault ( http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/10850 ).

Making of the Modern World, Part II: 1851-1914
Following on from the acclaimed The Making of the Modern World: Goldsmiths’-Kress Library of Economic Literature, 1450-1850 , The Making of the Modern World, Part II: 1851-1914 takes The Making of Modern World series to the end of the 19th century with approx. 5,000 additional titles. Comprised mainly of monographs, reports, correspondence, speeches and surveys, Part II extends and deepens researchers’ access to international coverage of 19th century social, economic and business history as well as political science, technology, industrialisation and the birth of the modern corporation.

Both parts are accessible through http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/5948

Here are the trial details, as well as a more complete description:

Trial URL:  http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/11849
Deadline:  December 10th

The first release of Gale World Scholar delves into one of the most studied areas in the world, Latin America and the Caribbean. Curated by an advisory board of experts in Latin American studies, the collection is designed to enrich research and student assignments. This resource unlocks previously inaccessible primary and secondary source documents from libraries around the world placing them in an engaging online environment populated by interactive tools and rich multimedia including BBC News and the New York Times video collection.

The collection consist of a Portal and Archive component. Launching with 293 portals based on Person, Topic, Event, Named Work and Country types users can delve into over 1.3M pages of archival material (Archive) and hundreds of periodicals, newspapers, magazines, reports, and data feeds (Portal).

Please send your feedback to Rebecca Dowson (rda26@sfu.ca).

Dig through your cupboards to save yourself some cash while helping those in need! “Food for Fines” is happening at all three libraries from November 14 to December 4, 2011. Donated food goes to SFU Food Bank.

The general rules are:

• A $2 fine waiver will be applied for each item donated to a maximum of $20 (10 items) per drive.
• Donated food must be non-perishable (ie. canned goods, pasta, cereal).
• The waiver applies only to current fines. It does not apply to charges for lost or damaged items and cannot be used as a credit to be applied to future fines.

Contact loans-mgmt@sfu.ca for more information.

Join author and award-winning filmmaker, Ali Kazimi for an illustrated presentation and discussion about one of the most infamous episodes in Canadian history and the subject of his upcoming book, “Undesirables: White Canada and The Komagata Maru”. This richly illustrated history showcases many rare archival photographs and visual materials, some never seen before.

The event takes place on Tuesday, October 25th, 2011. Doors open at 7:15 pm.  The event starts at 7:45 pm at:
Simon Fraser University Surrey Campus
Theatre SUR 2600
250 – 13450 –102 Avenue
Surrey, B.C. 
Venue map

To RSVP to this event and submit your name to receive an autographed, gift copy of a special, limited edition of Undesirables, please visit the book’s web site and select “Surrey” from the launch menu for more information.

Undesirables was made possible through the support of the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration’s Canadian Historical Recognition Program (CHRP).

Check out SFU’s The Komagata Maru Incident Project web site to learn more about the Komagata Maru incident.

Not sure what Open Access is? Watch the one minute video on Open Access from McGill Library.

Keynote Presentation – David EavesOpen Data, Open Government and the University

Governments around the world are increasingly making their data freely available to anyone with an internet connection. What are the implications – for citizens, policy makers, governments and scholars? In this talk, open innovation expert David Eaves will discuss the expansion and significance of the rise of the open data and open government movement, outline what has taken place in Canada and explore the coming challenges and opportunities.

Recycle, reuse, research: Using open data in scholarly research

A growing number of scholars are choosing to leverage open data for research. This session addresses the why and how behind this trend.

Speakers:

• Dr. Alex Clapp (SFU, Department of Geography) will describe his work on the significance of open data in environmental science, with reference to the global temperature record and the BP oil spill.
• Dr. Meghan Winters (SFU, Faculty of Health Sciences) will detail the development of the Cycling Route Planner, an openly-available web tool to support public health.
• Dr. Heather Piwowar, a postdoctoral research associate with the NSF DataONE project, will provide an overview of the costs and – more importantly – benefits of open data use, and highlight current research on the subject.

Date / Time: Wednesday October 26, 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: WAC Bennett Library, Room 2020, Burnaby Campus
Please register using the SFU Student Learning Commons Workshop tool

What’s scholarly publishing got to do with you? A discussion for grad students

Deciding where and how to publish your work can be a significant decision for new scholars, one with practical, ethical, and sometimes financial implications. Join us for a roundtable discussion among graduate students exploring these questions, including consideration of open access publishing options. Complimentary lunch for those who register in advance.

Co-sponsored by the Graduate Student Society

Date / Time: Tuesday October 25, 11:30am-1pm
Location: Graduate Lounge, Maggie Benston 2212, Burnaby Campus
Please register using the SFU Student Learning Commons Workshop tool

Author rights

Your article has been accepted for publication and as a final step you must sign and submit the publisher’s copyright transfer agreement. By signing this agreement, publishers can obtain exclusive rights to the article preventing you from legally repurposing it, using it in teaching, archiving the article on a personal website or in SFU’s institutional repository.

Join us to explore ways to retain your copyright, including methods you can use to amend license agreements to retain key rights to your work.

Speakers: Nicole Gjertsen and Shane Plante, Liaison Librarians (SFU Library)

Two identical sessions offered:

Date / Time: Monday October 24, 12:00pm – 12:50pm
Location: WAC Bennett Library, Room 3101, Burnaby Campus
Please register using the SFU Student Learning Commons Workshop tool

Date / Time:  Tuesday October 25, 12:00pm – 12:50pm
Location: Fraser Library, Room 3695, Surrey Campus
Please register using the SFU Student Learning Commons Workshop tool

Summit: The SFU Institutional Repository

Learn about Summit, the SFU institutional repository, a place that brings together selected scholarship and research of SFU and promotes this work to the wider world while also providing a long term, stable home for this scholarship.

Learn about how you can contribute your own works to Summit and make them available in a stable environment for the long term. Summit – it’s more than just a place for your thesis.

Speaker: Don Taylor, Assistant Head, IR Coordinator (SFU Library)
Date / Time: Wednesday October 26, 11:30am to 12:20pm
Location: WAC Bennett Library, Lab 2105, Burnaby Campus
Please register using the SFU Student Learning Commons Workshop tool

Publishing services at SFU

Learn how SFU Library’s publishing services can assist you with launching a journal, hosting a conference, or publishing a book.

This session will provide an overview of the Public Knowledge Project’s suite of:

• Open Journal Systems (OJS), a free journal management and publishing system;
• Open Conference Systems (OCS); a free web publishing tool that will create a complete web presence for your scholarly conference and
• Open Monograph Press (OMP); a free online workspace for publishing monographs, edited volumes, and scholarly editions, while keeping an archival record of the process.

Speaker: Nicole Gjertsen, Liaison Librarian (SFU Library)

Two identical sessions offered:

Date / Time: Thursday October 27, 11:30am – 12:20pm
Location: WAC Bennett Library, Lab 4009, Burnaby Campus
Please register using the SFU Student Learning Commons Workshop tool

Date / Time: Wednesday November 9, 12:00pm – 12:50pm
Location: Fraser Library, Room 3695, Surrey Campus
Please register using the SFU Student Learning Commons Workshop tool

Graduate workshops are offered on October 19th and 26th, and require registration. Please register for workshops here.  The a.m. session is for students in the Arts and Social Sciences, while the p.m. session is for students in the Sciences and Applied Sciences.

RefWorks is a web-based citation management program that SFU students, faculty, and staff can use to store, manage and export citations from.  Use RefWorks to keep track of your references/citations from the library’s catalogue and online article indexes and databases.

You can also use RefWorks to help you format your citations and bibliographies instantly with MS Word in a variety of styles (APA, MLA, Chicago…plus many more).

“research about the evolving behavior and needs of scholars to the information support service providers who work with them.   Based on this research, Ithaka S+R will make recommendations regarding the future of support services for scholars and how information service providers—such as libraries, computing support centers, scholarly societies, and publishers—can support their needs.”

The Research Support Services for Scholars program will begin with a research project in history, with support from the National Endowment of the Humanities and an emphasis on US historians.

To find out more, visit the project blog: http://www.researchsupportservices.net/

Have a research paper to write? Want to save time by learning to do library research more efficiently?  Attend a Lib Skills workshop and learn about research tools and resources that you may need to use during your research.

Drop-in workshops will be held in the Computer Lab 4009, at the SFU Bennett Library.

Week 1: September 12-16

Monday Sept. 12, 12:30 – 1:20

Tuesday Sept. 13, 2:30 – 3:20

Wednesday Sept. 14, 10:30 - 11:20

Thursday Sept. 15, 12:30 – 1:20

Friday Sept. 16, 11:30 – 12:20

Week 2: September 19-23

Monday Sept. 19, 10:30 – 11:20

Tuesday Sept. 20, 11:30 – 12:20

Wednesday Sept 21, 9:30 – 10:20

Thursday Sept 22, 1:30 – 2:20

Friday Sept 23, 3:30 – 4:20

There are also other ways to get assistance: you can contact a librarian by email, chat, text, phone, or in person at the Ask Us desk, located on the 3rd floor of the Library.  Ask Us!

From the Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive:

“The 9/11 Television News Archive is a library of news coverage of the events of 9/11/2001 and their aftermath as presented by U.S. and international broadcasters. A resource for scholars, journalists, and the public, it presents one week of news broadcasts for study, research and analysis.

Television is our pre-eminent medium of information, entertainment and persuasion, but until now it has not been a medium of record. This Archive attempts to address this gap by making TV news coverage of this critical week in September 2001 available to those studying these events and their treatment in the media.”