Commons Knowledge

The Ward Chipman Library is pleased to introduce a convenient new service for faculty and students. Electronic Reserves will launch in January and will allow any full-text article currently available through our licenced databases to be placed on e-reserve and accessed through Quest’s Reserve Desk. Readings placed on e-reserve will be available from on and off-campus 24 hours a day, simply use your e-mail ID and PIN number when prompted to access your article.

If you have any questions concerning e-reserves, please contact the Circulation Desk Staff at 648-5710.

Instructors will find this live, on-line seminar full of ideas on course content, teaching strategies and management of existing courses in the online classroom. Dr. Lawrence C. Ragan, Director of Instructional Design and Development for Penn State’s World Campus will be the presenter for this 90 minute seminar. Participants will be encouraged to share their own experiences and an interactive question-and-answer session is included.

Please join us on January 18, 2007 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. in Irving Hall, Room 107. Admission is free and all are welcome. Please RSVP to Mary Astorino (astorino@unbsj.ca).

Integrated Technology Services (ITS) is busy planning the expansion of the wireless network to the entire campus. By September 2007, you will be able to connect to the network wherever you happen to be at UNBSJ, whether in a classroom, an office, the study lounge or just about anywhere else!

Andrew Xu, a communications expert for the ITS Department explains, “We are now testing various configurations of hardware and software, to make sure that our new wireless system works all the time, all over campus. Simulations show that we will be able to offer faculty, students and staff access to the network at all times, and with just about all wireless devices available now or in the foreseeable future.”

Besides making the wireless network in Saint John campus wide, users here will be able to connect to the wireless network at the Fredericton campus seamlessly and quickly. Keep following this blog for more information and news as the project moves forward.