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A Leddy Library pilot project : free and open textbooks
Jul 30, 2012Posted By: Mita Williams
This September about 200 students in a course on Management Information Systems will taking part of a new pilot project spearheaded by the Leddy Library. The project is a partnership with Flatworld Knowledge to provide free and open online peer-reviewed textbooks that are also available for a variety of digital readers - including the iPad,
What can we learn from the Quebec student protest movement?
Jul 16, 2012Posted By: Mita Williams
Today, student leaders from Coalition large de l'Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante (CLASSE) who helped organize the massive students protests in Quebec earlier this year will be on the University of Windsor campus as part of a speaking tour. The panel discussion begins at 5 p.m.
The Leddy Library has a new website
Jun 28, 2012Posted By: Mita Williams
The old Leddy Library website has served us well since 2005, but it's due for an upgrade. Over the summer the Leddy Library Web Team will be rolling out stages of our new site. It has a new address: http://leddy.uwindsor.ca/
Celebrate Victoria Day with British Library Newspapers trial
May 15, 2012Posted By: Heidi LM Jacobs
Leddy Library has a trial of the new 19th-century British Library Newspapers database. Users must be on campus to access this trial.
Librarian Research Series: Students Helping Students
May 8, 2012Posted By: Selinda Berg
Leddy Libraries’ Librarian Research Series will continue Friday, May11th at 11:00 with the presentation, “Students Helping Students: Measuring the Impact of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Mentor Program (FASSMP)”.
Librarian Research Series: Finding Strength(s): Insights on Canadian Aboriginal Physical Cultural Practices
May 1, 2012Posted By: Selinda Berg
Leddy Libraries’ Librarian Research Series will continue Friday, May4th at 11:00 with the presentation, “Finding Strength(s): Insights on Canadian Aboriginal Physical Cultural Practices”.
Librarian Research Series: No Student Turned Away
Apr 26, 2012Posted By: Selinda Berg
Leddy Libraries’ Librarian Research Series will continue Friday, April 27th at 11:00 with Karen Pillon presenting, “No students turned away: Using Kohlberg's 6 Stages of Moral Development to inform a customer service model.” Karen, Head of Access Services, Leddy Library, will present her exploration of the potential application of Lawrence Kohlberg’s work to build a
Special Collections: War of 1812 material
Apr 16, 2012Posted By: Heidi LM Jacobs
Read about Dr Brian Owens’ work to collect materials in anticipation of the bicentennial of the War of 1812. He has a surprising take on the big three legends of the conflict – General Isaac Brock, Chief Tecumseh, and Laura Secord.
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