About the Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Campus Services Libraries and Cultural ResourcesLibraries and Cultural Resources
Libraries and Cultural Resources combines the expertise and services of the University's information providers - the University Archives and Special Collections, the University Library, The Nickle Arts Museum, and the Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Press - to assure provision of full access to the best recorded knowledge and creativity in a variety of formats and media. |
University Library
Libraries and Cultural Resources (LCR) offers students, faculty, and staff easy access to a wealth of research materials, expertise and services. In September 2011, these resources will be housed in the new six-storey Taylor Family Digital Library (TFDL), a unique combination of library, centre for scholarly communication, student success centre, alumni office, and the centre for arts and culture including the archives, special collections and art gallery. All of these resources come alive with technology that encourages exploration and new ways of learning, making the Taylor Family Digital Library one of the most information-rich facilities in Canada. The Library is ranked among the largest research libraries in Canada, with a collection that spans over nine million objects including books, journals, maps, artifacts, works of art, rare books, special collections, music scores. The Learning Commons on the first three floors of the TFDL is the hub of activity for students, faculty, staff and visitors. Students take advantage of desktop and software support to do research, complete assignments and work collaboratively. Knowledgeable staff assist with reference questions, information navigation, and technology support. The new Learning Commons is a light-filled area with comfortable furniture, 100% wireless and cellular coverage, collaborative work rooms, individual workstations, and access to plug-ins for laptops. For student convenience, the Learning Commons is open 24 hours for maximum study time during term. The upper floors on the TFDL house more than half a million of the latest and most frequently used books, journals and research materials. The Centre for Arts and Culture encourages closer study of fine art and archival materials, while researchers can browse the wealth of resources on performing arts, art, architecture and music. The Taylor Family Digital Library is located at the heart of the campus, with five branch libraries situated near the faculties or departments that use their services most frequently: Gallagher Library of Geology and Geophysics, Health Sciences Library, Bennett Jones Law Library, the Doucette (Education), and the Haskayne Business Library. The University Library is open 90 hours each week, offering access to the resource materials as well as reference assistance, specialized information consulting and instruction in the skills and process of information retrieval and management to equip independent learners for success in the knowledge era. Library resources and services are also "delivered to your desktop" via our online information system, featuring the Library catalogue, an extensive selection of networked databases, electronic information resources and services for distance learning. Telephone: 403.220.5962 |
Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections is comprised of three units, Canadian Architectural Archives, Special Collections and University Archives that together acquire, maintain and provide access to print and archival collections of enduring value to support inquiry, learning, teaching, research and effective recordkeeping at the Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ. Canadian Architectural Archives collects, preserves and ensures access to the records of twentieth century Canadian architects and architectural firms to support learning and teaching through instruction, reference, exhibitions and publications. Web: ; Email: archives@ucalgary.ca. Special Collections acquires, preserves and makes accessible print and archival collections with a strong focus on Canadian literature, art, music and Western Canadian history. It includes archives of authors like W.O. Mitchell, Mordecai Richler, and Alice Munro, and rare books and incunabla including a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible. Web: ; Email: archives@ucalgary.ca. The University Archives preserves and builds the institutional, administrative, research and cultural heritage of the Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà by acquiring, maintaining and developing guidelines for the retention of all records of permanent value created and received by university. It also aggressively acquires private records which pertain to areas of research pursued on campus and in the region, including the political development of Western Canada and post-secondary education in Southern Alberta. . Archives and Special Collections is located within the Centre for Arts and Culture on the 5th floor of the Taylor Family Digital Library. Research services are available Monday to Friday, from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. Please contact Archives and Special Collections in advance of your visit since any materials you wish to access will need to be retrieved from our vaults. Telephone: 403.220.7271 |
University Press
The Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Press publishes 15 scholarly books a year and provides its imprint to eight scholarly journals. Each of our publications is peer-reviewed, and we publish emerging and experienced authors from the Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada, and around the world. We publish in print, eBook and open access formats. Publishing interests include: Art & Architecture; African Studies; Environment and History; Latin American and Caribbean Studies; The West, Northern Studies, Cinema, and Canadian defence and strategic studies. Journals: Journals currently published under the UC Press imprint are: ARIEL - A Review of International English Literature; Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy; Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Canadian Journal of Philosophy; Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation; Journal of Mind-Body Regulation; Currents: New Scholarship in the Human Services; and Mouseion - Journal of the Classical Association of Canada. Many of our journals can now be accessed online through the Synergies project . U of C Press offices are located on the sixth floor of the Taylor Family Digital Library. Usual business hours are 8:30 am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday. Telephone: 403.220.7578 |
Institutional Repository
The Institutional Repository is a stable, sustainable model for dissemination of research results and accompanying material consistent with the requirements of granting agencies. Collections like the Students’ Union Undergraduate Research Symposium and the Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Theses provide access and exposure for student work alongside faculty research collections. Graduate students may deposit their theses and any accompanying files or other digital material in the repository. Some faculties also deposit senior undergraduate projects and posters. Email: digitize@ucalgary.ca |
Nickle Galleries
Nickle Galleries will open in their new home in the Taylor Family Digital Library in September 2012. Nickle Galleries houses collections of art, numismatics and textiles to support its role as an outstanding centre for exhibitions, academic research and aesthetics. The art collection concentrates on Western Canadian art of the twentieth century incorporating artists of regional and national importance. The numismatic collection’s primary focus is on the ancient Mediterranean region, but also includes paper money and ethnographic numismatic items from around the world. The carpet and textile collection is the largest of any Canadian university museum, comprising mainly woven carpets and textiles of Central and West Asia. The collections support teaching and research from across the Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, and are available to visiting scholars and classes from all disciplines. Nickle Galleries is also central to the minor program in Museum and Heritage Studies offered through Interdisciplinary Programs in the Faculty of Arts. Originally opened in 1979 as The Nickle Arts Museum, Nickle Galleries initiates the next chapter for the programs and collections first made possible by a bequest to the Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà by Samuel C. Nickle and furthered by the subsequent donation dedicated to numismatics by his son Dr. Carl Nickle. The move of the Nickle Galleries to the Taylor Family Digital Library will place its activities and collections in a new space at the heart of the most vibrant and heavily visited facility on campus – a facility that provides improved conditions and integrated technology to enhance exhibitions and access to collections. Nickle Galleries promotes critical thinking, visual literacy, and experiential learning through provocative exhibitions, tours, lecture series and symposia. Its programming is centred on modern and contemporary Canadian art, on numismatics, and on carpets and textiles and extends to historic and international art, indigenous heritage, archaeology, anthropology, history, and popular culture. Now a part of the Centre for Arts and Culture, Nickle Galleries is also formally connected to the unique and special research collections held by Libraries and Cultural Resources, and is a catalyst for the promotion and combined use of object-based and textual collections. Museo, located next to Nickle Galleries, is a museum shop offering a wide selection of unique giftware, stationery and jewellery, in addition to an excellent selection of art publications. Admission to Nickle Galleries is free for all visitors. For hours of operation and upcoming events, please contact Nickle Galleries. Telephone: 403.220.7234 |