Niagara College Library Blog

Welland Campus Library closure extended

Posted in Hours by gebrown73 on Jul 7, 2010

Welland Campus Library closure has been extended

Please be  advised that the closure of the Welland Campus Library has been extended to facilitate construction/renovation.  There will be no access to this space whatsoever to retrieve library materials.

S109 Open Access Lab is available for computer/printer use.

WC Library staff continue to be available to you at x7767, or in person in Room S102 (CEPD).
We can help you with:

* Borrowing of educational DVDs available from room S102
* In classroom library instruction workshops
* Virtual reference service (click on AskOn logo on library homepage:  www.niagaracollege.ca/library )
* One to one instruction on intro to e-periodical articles
* Sourcing materials and borrowing them for you from the NOTL Campus Library or other libraries
* Remote access to the databases via the library website (please call us to activate your PIN):
http://www.niagaracollege.ca/library/databases.htm

You may still return borrowed materials/equipment to library staff in Room S102 (CEPD)

NOTL Campus Library will be open for business as usual. Please check the library website and blog for up-to-date info on service hours, availability:  http://www.niagaracollege.ca/library/

The NC Libraries will be closed September 1st and Sept 6th

Posted in Hours by gebrown73 on Aug 24, 2010
  

The NOTL Campus library will be Closed on Niagara Day (September 1st) but  OSAP pick up will still be available at both campuses.

Aug. 30 to Sept. 10: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (no evenings), *Closed: Sept. 6, Labour Day

NC Libraries – Migration to new Library System

Posted in Research help, research_help by gebrown73 on Aug 13, 2010

Stay tuned for the NC Libraries migration to a new library system

The NC Libraries are flipping out…er…over… to a brand new library system called Evergreen. We are early adopters of this open source system in partnership with the public libraries in the municipalities of Fort Erie, Lincoln, Niagara-on-the-Lake, and Pelham. Together we are the Niagara Evergreen Consortium. There is only one other such consortium which partners academic and public libraries in Canada. The College Libraries are the first of the 5 partners to go live.

For College staff and students – this means a brand new interactive interface for you to search the resources in the Libraries. Behind the scenes it means we have control over development of a system which allows us to keep track of incoming resources, catalogue them and most importantly – circulate them to you! If you want to know more — call us at NOTL (x4413) or Welland (x7767).

 

askON is closed for the entire month of August

Posted in Library Facilities, Research help, Services, research_help by gebrown73 on Aug 4, 2010

Just a reminder that askON is

closed for the entire month of August. Regular hours resume in September.

askON is closed on regular holidays and when campus libraries are normally closed.

When the service is closed you can choose to email us or click on the askON logo to fill out a form.

NCLibraries Closed: Aug. 2, Civic Holiday

Posted in Hours by gebrown73 on Jul 28, 2010

Enjoy the Civic Holiday (Monday, August 2, 2010) by taking a wombat for a bike ride.

The NCLibraries will be closed Monday, August 2nd for the Civic Holiday. 

We will return to regular hours:

 August 3rd thru  August 27th : Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (no evenings).

* Please Note: The Welland Campus Library will be closed to staff and students from Monday, June 21 through Friday, August 27. During this time Welland Campus Library staff will be located in the CEPD offices (S102).

**NOTL Campus Library will be open for business as usual. Please check the library website and blog for up-to-date info on service hours, availability:  http://www.niagaracollege.ca/library/

LearnOntario.ca launched as goto help site

Posted in General by gebrown73 on Jul 22, 2010

The LearnOntario.ca Portal was launched at 2010 OLA SuperConference in February and is live and available for your use.

The LearnOntario.ca portal provides discovery and access to the quality learning tutorials that will help you make the most of your digital literacy skills… over 700 videos available now, and more being added weekly.

Find the help you need — when you need it. We offer a rich collection of online tutorials to help you learn and use:

  • standard workplace and production software applications,
  • provincially licensed OESS K-12 software,
  • “web 2.0″ and social media tool sets

NCLibraries Closed: July 1, Canada Day

Posted in General by gebrown73 on Jun 30, 2010

 

Just a notice that the NCLibraries will be closed: July 1, Canada Day. We will return to our regular hours of operations  on July 2 ( Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (no evenings)).

* Please Note: The Welland Campus Library will be closed to staff and students due to construction. During this time Welland Campus Library staff will be located in the CEPD offices (S102). *

** NC Libraries : Summer Hours **

Posted in Hours, Library Facilities, Library Staff, Services by gebrown73 on Jun 25, 2010

** New Summer Hours in the Library **

The new summer hours for the  NC Libraries are as follows:

June 28 to Aug. 27: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (no evenings)

*Closed: July 1, Canada Day & *Closed: Aug. 2, Civic Holiday

* Please Note: The Welland Campus Library will be closed to staff and students from Monday, June 21 through Friday, July 9. During this time Welland Campus Library staff will be located in the CEPD offices (S102). *

The Welland Campus Library will be closed June 21st through August 27th.

Posted in Library Facilities, Library Staff by gebrown73 on Jun 15, 2010
The Welland Campus Library will be closed to staff and students from Mon June 21 through Fri August 27.

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The Welland Campus Library will be closed to staff and students from Monday June 21 through Friday August 27,  inclusive, as we undergo the transformation to the combined Library/Learning Commons and hub of the Welland Campus.

Apologies in advance for the inconvenience, but as we all know, it will be well worth it!

Staff and Service Available:

While the Library is closed, Library staff will be located within the CEPD offices (S102).  You will still be able to reach WC Library staff at x7767 - we can help you with Internet/database searches, in-class instruction and can bring some materials from the NOTL Campus Library for your use.  The virtual Reference service AskOn will still be available from the NC Libraries homepage, and of course all databases are available remotely, provided you have registered with us.

The Open Access Computer Lab (S109) is available to students during this time.

NOTL Campus Library will be open for business as usual. Please check the library website and blog for up-to-date info on service hours, availability:  http://www.niagaracollege.ca/library/

Do you have FIFA World Cup fever?

Posted in Events, General by gebrown73 on Jun 11, 2010

FANS ENJOY THE NOTL CAMPUS LIBRARY WORLD CUP LOUNGE

A COUPLE OF FANS ENJOY THE WORLD CUP AT THE WC

The Niagara-on-the-Lake library has set up a comfy viewing area with couches and chairs for fans to enjoy the  faced-paced, high caliber soccer matchs of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It is the perfect spot to take a break and cheer on your favorite team/country to soccer gold.

Due to on going construction at the WC we will be unable to offer a World Cup Lounge service to WC students this year. However, we would like to inform the students and faculty that a LCD projector will be broadcasting the FIFA activities in the cafeteria foyer.

Whatever the venue take a moment and enjoy the competition!