Revision of "Can I use YouTube videos in the class?"
Seneca Libraries has revised their “Can I use YouTube videos
in my class?” video. This video outlines rules for using YouTube videos in education.
The video was revised to align with changes pending from
copyright bill C-11 and to ensure compliance with YouTube’s terms of use.
New video: http://infoliteracy.senecac.on.ca/videos/Youtubevideo/Youtube.html
Handout: http://infoliteracy.senecac.on.ca/videos/Youtubevideo/handout2012.pdf
For more information, contact: copyright@senecacollege.ca
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Published on Apr 16, 2012, 03:24PM in category: Audio-Visual and Classroom Services by Jennifer Peters-Lise
Course Textbooks - Library use only
A reminder to all students: Course Textbooks in Library.
The Seneca Libraries carry one copy of most course textbooks.
These textbooks are intended for quick reference and therefore
cannot leave the library at any time.
This policy will be enforced throughout the semester.
For open book tests and exams, students are expected to bring
with them their own copy of the textbook.
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Published on Apr 09, 2012, 09:40AM in category: General by Yanti Darmohusodo
Last day to return library books - April 20, 2012
Reminder to all students!!All library books must be
returned and all library fines must be settled by April 20, 2012.
Failure
to settle your account may result in losing your library borrowing
privileges and in withholding of your transcript.
Borrowing
between semesters
Students registered for the semester immediately following the current
one may borrow items during the break between semesters. Returning full-time students must show a copy of their timetable
to the
Borrower
Services staff and returning part-time students must show their
registration papers.
Renewals
Renewals online prior to April 20, 2012 will extend the due date to the end of the semester, which is April 20, 2012. If you are registered for the next semester and would like to extend the due date to later than April 20, 2012, the renewal must be done in person or through the phone.
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Published on Apr 09, 2012, 09:39AM in category: General by Yanti Darmohusodo
Study Hall Extended Hours: April 9 - 19, 2012
Once again Seneca Libraries will be offering extended hours
to students to finish term work and prep for exams.
We are piloting a two
week Study Hall in response to student requests. The 24 hour Study Hall
will be offered at Newnham and Seneca@York libraries starting on Monday, April
9th through Thursday, April 19th. This means that
both libraries will open at 7:30am on April 9th and not close until
their regular closing time (10:00pm and 10:30pm) on Friday, April 20th.
The King and Markham libraries will be extending their hours
until 10pm from April 9th to April 13th, and April 16th
to April 19th. Both libraries will also be open on the weekend
of April 14th & 15th from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
For more information, please see the official announcement.
Check our hours on the library site at http://library.senecacollege.ca/About_the_Library/hours.html.
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Published on Mar 28, 2012, 03:49PM in category: General by Jane Foo
RESOLVED: EBSCO DATABASES
It appears the problems at EBSCO have been rectified and users should now be able to access EBSCOhost databases. Thank you for your patience.
As of approximately 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 27th, access to all EBSCO databases is unavailable -- for all EBSCO customers, not just Seneca. EBSCO is attempting to resolve the problem, but they do not know when that might be completed. We apologize for the inconvenience and will notify you via Seneca Libraries News when we find out.
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Published on Mar 27, 2012, 04:00PM in category: Resources by Daniel Michniewicz
Transcripts and Closed-Captioning in Seneca Libraries' Video Databases
Some useful information for persons with disabilities and perhaps ESL/ELI and ECE students and faculty as well:
Films on Demand (http://library.senecacollege.ca/resources/filmsondemand.html)
is now adding interactive transcripts to many of its titles. If a title
has a "Transcript" tab, you may read along with the transcript while
the film plays, but you may also click any point in the transcript text
and you will be taken to that point in the film. Try it out by going
into the database and searching for the film "10 Ways to Destroy the
Earth". Films on Demand is also working on getting all of its films
closed-captioned by the end of 2012. Currently, 65% of the films have
closed-captioning that you may turn on or off.
NBC Learn (http://library.senecacollege.ca/resources/nbclearn.html)
also offers transcripts, but you cannot click within them to navigate
through the films. Neither database offers simultaneous full-screen
viewing with transcript reading, so turning closed-captioning on can
still allow for listening and reading if you are in full-screen mode.
NFB.ca (http://library.senecacollege.ca/resources/nfb.html)
does not provide transcripts with its films, but for some offers
described video for the visually impaired and/or closed-captioning for
the hearing impaired. Unrelated, but ECE students and
faculty should note that there are children's films in the NFB site as well!
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Published on Mar 22, 2012, 10:41AM in category: Resources by Daniel Michniewicz
C4S Book Sale Seneca@York - March 26-30 9am-9pm
Seneca@York Library will be having a used book March 26 - March 30 (9 am- 9 pm). All proceeds will be donated to the Campaign for Students, so come out and support students and find some great deals!
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Published on Mar 21, 2012, 03:51PM in category: Events at Seneca@York Library by Michelle Gravelle
Making Our Online Citation Guides Accessible
Seneca Libraries is working to
make the online Citing Sources pages more accessible according to the standards
set in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Due to the
heavy usage of these pages, we feel that removing barriers to access is a high
priority for our online citation guides.
To help us in this endeavour, we
need your input on five different design options. This survey is anonymous, open to all Seneca
staff, faculty and students and will take less than five minutes to complete:
http://seneca.libguides.com/citationsurvey
We expect to launch our AODA
compliant Citing Sources pages for September 2012.
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Published on Mar 15, 2012, 03:12PM in category: Announcements by Jane Foo
Possible ScienceDirect Service Disruption on Saturday, March 17th
Elsevier will be undertaking maintenance of its SciVerse platform this coming weekend and have notified us that it may impact access to the ScienceDirect database on Saturday, March 17th from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m Eastern time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Published on Mar 13, 2012, 01:14PM in category: Resources by Daniel Michniewicz
FIXED: Access Problems with Adobe Digital Editions
The problems at Adobe seem to be fixed and downloading of
e-books using Adobe Digital Editions seems to be working now. We're sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Adobe Activation Services
is experiencing an unexpected outage which is affecting access to Adobe Digita Editions software and new device
registration and support. This is, in turn, affecting the ability to download e-book titles from Seneca Libraries' various e-book vendors: OverDrive, EBL, ebrary, and EBSCO. This outage began at approximately 3:15 p.m., Friday, March 9th.
Adobe is working to fix this issue as quickly as possible and we will notify
you when new device registration support is restored.
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Published on Mar 09, 2012, 04:55PM in category: Resources by Daniel Michniewicz