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Science Literacy Week, Sept. 17-21 2018

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Science Literacy Week is a week-long celebration of science and space in Canada presented in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency. Join us in the Library at the Burnaby Campus between September 17th – 21st for a jammed packed schedule of events.

Monday, Sept. 17
TechTalk – Off the Shelf Electronics & Human Centred Design | MediaWorks | noon-1pm

Tuesday, Sept. 18
Escape Room | room 303 | 11:30-12:30pm (register at the Service Desk)

TechTalk – 3D Printing for Beginners | MediaWorks | noon-1pm

Wednesday, Sept. 19
Escape Room | room 303 | 11:30-12:30pm (register at the Service Desk)
TechTalk – VR/AR Experience | MediaWorks | noon-1pm
Peer Tutor Meet & Greet | Learning Commons | 2:30-3:30pm

IEEE talk with Jalyn Kelley| Learning Commons | 3:30-4:30pm

Thursday, Sept. 20
Escape Room | room 303 | 11:30-12:30pm & 1:30-2:30pm (register at the Service Desk)

Small Scale Seed Saving on Organic Farms | MediaWorks | noon-1pm

Friday, Sept. 21

TechTalk – 3D Printing for beginners | MediaWorks | noon-1pm

For a detailed list of events and more visit: http://libguides.bcit.ca/c.php?g=703423&p=5000947

 

We’re also running a Science Haiku Contest.

Haiku, an unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin having three lines containing five, seven, and five syllables respectively.

  • Simply submit your Haiku in response to this post with your name and BCIT ID number for a chance to win a prize.
  • Contest closes Monday, September 24th

Book Club: Books to movies and more!

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The book club met for the fifth consecutive month – which I think is a record! We again discussed a wide variety of books, including these three which either just have, or are very soon, going to be made into movies :

If books to movies are your thing you should check out the display case at the Burnaby Campus Library – we’ve got a whole bunch of books that have transitioned to TV or the big screen:

Other titles we talked about were:

We’re meeting again on Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 – 12:30 – 1:30 – don’t miss out!

July Book Club Meeting

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Students, staff and faculty are welcome to drop by for our Any Book Book Club Meeting on Thursday, July 5th from 12:30 – 1:30 at the Burnaby Campus Library.

Discuss your favourite reads and get some great ideas for your summer reading list!

We meet at the black couches on the main floor.

New members are ALWAYS WELCOME.

And in case you’re wondering – these are the titles we discussed last month:

BCIT AskAway Service

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About BCIT AskAway Service

Students Can Get Help Online with:

  • research
  • citations
  • using the library
  • finding materials
  • journal databases
  • other library topics

AskAway is especially useful to students on weekends and during times when the Reference Desk is not staffed, and for Distance Ed students.

Link to BCIT AskAway Chat: https://www.bcit.ca/library/askalibrarian.shtml

AskAway Winter Term (June-August) – Service Hours

Sunday to Thursday | 10:00am – 9:00pm
Friday and Saturday | 11:00am – 5:00pm

AskAway Summer Terms (June-August) – Open and Close Dates

Service Open:           Monday, May 15, 2018
Servicer open thru:   Friday, August 10, 2018

(Fall AskAway reopens on Monday, September 17th)

 The following Stat Holidays, AskAway will be closed.

Closed: Monday, July 2, 2018 – Happy Canada Day!
Closed: Monday, August 6, 2018 – Happy BC Day!

 About AskAway

AskAway is a chat reference service for BC’s post-secondary institutions.
AskAway sessions are in real-time, and are staffed by Librarians from post-secondary institutions in B.C.

Friday Favorites: A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstone and Mineral Sites of British Columbia by Rick Hudson

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A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstone and Mineral Sites of British Columbia

By Rick Hudson

If you’re an aspiring rockhound and you’re looking for the best places to search for rocks and minerals, check out A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstone and Mineral Sites of British Columbia by Rick Hudson. With information on collecting and preserving specimens, this field guide lists the best places to look for rocks, minerals and fossils throughout the province.

A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstone and Mineral Sites of British Columbia can be checked out from the BCIT Library.

 

 

Titles to Talk About

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The Any Book Book Club met yet again, and discussed a diverse collection of titles – if you want to keep us with us, this is what you missed:

We’ll meet again in June – hope to see you then!

Save the date! Join us for Exam Jam 3.0, April 30th-May 4th

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There’s lots going on at the Burnaby Campus Library between April 30th – May 4th, 2018 as we present Exam Jam 3.0.

All events and activities are FREE!!!

Giveaways and healthy snacks for all participants.

Puzzles, games, knitting and coloring available on the main floor

For more info visit: https://libguides.bcit.ca/examjam

*NOTE: MASSAGE on Friday, May 4th has been cancelled.*

This event is made possible with the collaboration of the BCIT Student Association, Student Success, Counselling & Student Development and Recreation Services.

Friday Favorites: Hiking Hot Springs in the Pacific Northwest – A Guide to the Area’s Best Backcountry Hotsprings by Evie Litton and Sally Jackson

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Friday Favorites: Hiking Hot Springs in the Pacific Northwest – A Guide to the Area’s Best Backcountry Hotsprings

by Evie Litton and Sally Jackson

If the weather is still a bit chilly outside, you can enjoy a long, hot soak at the end of your hike with the tips in this book. As the name suggests, Hiking Hot Springs in the Pacific Northwest – A Guide to the Area’s Best Backcountry Hot Springs, will help you find hot springs in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.

Hiking Hot Springs is available in the BCIT Library

Looking for The Missing Manuals? Safari Books has them…

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BCIT Library has now access to Safari Books Online.
Safari includes over 45,000 e-books, conference videos and video courses.
Subjects covered include:

  •         Business
  •         Desktop and web application
  •         Digital Media
  •         Engineering
  •         Information Technology & Software Development
  •         Math & Science
  •         Personal & Professional Development  

Well-known IT publishers include:  O’Reilly Verlag, O’Reilly Media, Microsoft, Adobe, Focal Press, Sams, Sybex, Cisco Press, Que, Peachpit, New Riders, Packt. Well-known business publishers include: Wiley, Jossey-Bass, Bloomberg Press, For Dummies, Routledge. A favourite O’Reilly series is The Missing Manuals.

Check out Safari books now! (*Note – from off-campus you will need to login with your A# and password)

More great titles to talk about….

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The book club met again last Thursday, and the conversation and book suggestions did not disappoint!
We started with a highly recommended self-help book, from someone who doesn’t like self-help books:

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

Some memoir/historical non-fiction was next with Gutenberg’s Fingerprint by Merilyn Simonds.

Then fiction – the weird, creepy kind, with Slade House by David Mitchell, and the kind that hooks you with the first sentence – Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta.

Back to non-fiction with Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, that two people in our group brought to talk about! (We’re not that big a group..) which led to mention of Days of Destruction / Days of Revolt by Chris Hedges.

Two health related non-fiction titles were discussed – When the Body Says No: The Hidden Costs of Stress by Gabor Mate and The Cancer Chronicles by George Johnson and a business title – The Four : The Hidden DNA of Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google by Scott Galloway

Lastly – the aspirational, or “I want to read” title – Seven Fallen Feathers : Racism, Death and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga.

Mark your calendars because we are meeting again on Thursday, May 3rd at 12:30 at the black couches on the main floor of the Burnaby Campus Library. All faculty, staff and students are welcome!