New library acquisitions
I am very pleased to announce that the library has made some recent acquisitions. We are able to make these new purchases through a much reduced price due to federally negotiated licensing; a three-year purchase plan and donations to library acquisitions. The result is increased electronic access to significant journal collections, historic newspapers, parliamentary papers, and the holdings of the Center for Research Libraries. Specifically this includes:
1) Additional Blackwell, Oxford and Springer journal backfiles back to volume 1
2) Several historical newspapers:
- New York Times (1851 - 2003)
- The Times Digital Archive (Times of London) - 1785 to 1985
- Wall Street Journal (1889 - 1989)
- Washington Post (1877 - 1990)
3) House of Commons Parliamentary Papers - 19th, 20th and 21st centuries
I am especially pleased that we will be joining the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), a consortium of North American universities, colleges, and independent research libraries. CRL’s mission is to “support advanced research and teaching in the humanities, sciences and social sciences by ensuring the survival and availability of the knowledge resources vital to these disciplines.” Beginning in July 2007, our membership will allow us to provide “access to extensive and unique collections, opportunities for sharing resources and avoiding unnecessary costs”. (materials are delivered electronically or through interlibrary loan–with a 3 day guarantee) Since the Center has “over four million newspapers, journals, dissertations, archives, government publications and other traditional and digital resources for research and teaching” our membership dramatically increases our access to print scholarly literature, some of which is difficult or impossible to obtain through other means.
The libraries continue to work at the local, provincial and national levels to build comprehensive collections that support your teaching, learning and research needs. Please share this announcement in your faculty. If there are any questions, please feel free to send them directly to me. Thank you!
