In the film Tár, up for six Academy Awards this weekend, Cate Blanchett stars as a conductor on the brink of personal and professional demise as she prepares to record a live performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphonie No. 5. The sweeping work, regarded …
Ken Meadows, Western Teaching and Learning Services, has been named the winner of the 2015 Christopher Knapper Outstanding Volunteer Award, the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) announced Tuesday. The award recognizes society members who...
The makeover is just beginning for Western Libraries. When Catherine Steeves took up the post of vice provost and chief librarian last fall, she knew a strategic-planning process was on the horizon. “My vision is to position Western Libraries as a catalyst for success...
Stefan Creuzberger is not only a believer in the power of international academic connections – he is a proud example of it. Creuzberger, a Contemporary History professor at the University of Rostock (Germany), visited Western last week as part of a week-long academic...
Western Libraries hit a big milestone at the beginning of the New Year, with the one-millionth download from the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) hub of the Scholarship@Western repository. The ETD was designed to provide a free, open-access way for people...
Don’t expect John Schweitzer to get teary at the thought of yesterday. “I detest nostalgia. I never look back,” he said with a laugh from his Montreal home this week. “You will not see me ruminating through photo albums, saying, ‘Oh look at me, I had lots of hair.’’...
When Catherine Steeves first walked through the doors of an academic library as an employee, the institution was at the cusp of great change. That was almost 20 years ago and, since then, there has been a shift from the tradition of print to an electronic mode of...
At first glance, it looks more like something you might rest your feet on rather than read. But at more than 3-inches thick, and a good 20-inches high and 12-inches wide, the Decretalium libri V. Gregorii Papae cum ordinaria glossa Berhardt is one of the gems of...
When Western, along with the University of Toronto, severed ties with Access Copyright, a not-for-profit organization representing copyright owners, the move to overhaul the university’s copyright policy on its own was decried by some and cheered by others, although...
The Western Libraries story started a new chapter this week as the official opening of the new Map and Data Centre in the revamped lower level of the D.B. Weldon Library was celebrated by the Western community. The new space, bright, airy, accessible and open has been...
Attention Beatles fans: To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show this year, The D.B. Weldon Library is showcasing a Beatlemania display in five cabinets on its main floor.
Western Libraries is hosting Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) 2014, Canada’s major information literacy conference. The theme, ‘e-magine’ the Possibilities, recognizes information literacy is continually evolving.
The Western community is mourning the death of David Black Weldon, HBA’47, LLD’89, a former university chancellor, who died Monday, Feb. 24. He was 89.
Ken Meadows, Western Teaching and Learning Services, has been named the winner of the 2015 Christopher Knapper Outstanding Volunteer Award, the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) announced Tuesday. The award recognizes society members who...
The makeover is just beginning for Western Libraries. When Catherine Steeves took up the post of vice provost and chief librarian last fall, she knew a strategic-planning process was on the horizon. “My vision is to position Western Libraries as a catalyst for success...
Stefan Creuzberger is not only a believer in the power of international academic connections – he is a proud example of it. Creuzberger, a Contemporary History professor at the University of Rostock (Germany), visited Western last week as part of a week-long academic...
Western Libraries hit a big milestone at the beginning of the New Year, with the one-millionth download from the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) hub of the Scholarship@Western repository. The ETD was designed to provide a free, open-access way for people...
Don’t expect John Schweitzer to get teary at the thought of yesterday. “I detest nostalgia. I never look back,” he said with a laugh from his Montreal home this week. “You will not see me ruminating through photo albums, saying, ‘Oh look at me, I had lots of hair.’’...
When Catherine Steeves first walked through the doors of an academic library as an employee, the institution was at the cusp of great change. That was almost 20 years ago and, since then, there has been a shift from the tradition of print to an electronic mode of...
At first glance, it looks more like something you might rest your feet on rather than read. But at more than 3-inches thick, and a good 20-inches high and 12-inches wide, the Decretalium libri V. Gregorii Papae cum ordinaria glossa Berhardt is one of the gems of...
When Western, along with the University of Toronto, severed ties with Access Copyright, a not-for-profit organization representing copyright owners, the move to overhaul the university’s copyright policy on its own was decried by some and cheered by others, although...
The Western Libraries story started a new chapter this week as the official opening of the new Map and Data Centre in the revamped lower level of the D.B. Weldon Library was celebrated by the Western community. The new space, bright, airy, accessible and open has been...
Attention Beatles fans: To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show this year, The D.B. Weldon Library is showcasing a Beatlemania display in five cabinets on its main floor.
Western Libraries is hosting Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) 2014, Canada’s major information literacy conference. The theme, ‘e-magine’ the Possibilities, recognizes information literacy is continually evolving.
The Western community is mourning the death of David Black Weldon, HBA’47, LLD’89, a former university chancellor, who died Monday, Feb. 24. He was 89.