Intro to UNB Libraries

Fall 2026, Catherine Gracey

Agenda

• University library spaces
• Lending from the library
• Meet your librarian! 
• Support for instructors 
  • Course Reserves 
  • OER
  • Research Guides
  • Instruction
  • Workshops & Toolkit
• Brief note about research support

"The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library,"

- Albert Einstein.

Law

IUC

HIL

HH

• There are 4 libraries on campus - you may use any of them!
• The Harriet Irving Library (HIL) is the largest library, with the longest opening hours
• The IUC library holds our Science & Forestry Collections
• The Head Hall Library is home to Engineering & Computer Science
• The Law Library operates separately from the rest

Hours

Research Commons

• On the third floor of the HIL
• Makerspace with 3D printers, sewing machines and more
• Event space commonly used for defences, poster sessions, etc.
• Audio & Video recording studios
• Lightboard Studio
• Graduate Lounge (which you need to scan in to)

Room Bookings

Lending:

• Your UCard (physical or on your phone) is your library card
• We loan books, as well as laptops, chargers, tools, etc.
• Ask at the front desk of the library (and bring your UCard)
• You can also submit a Purchase Suggestion if we don't have something you think we should!

Tech Loans

Library Website

Catalogue (on homepage)

Where you search for books, articles, and more

• You can request items online, and then pick them up at any library location

Document Delivery

• If we don't have something, we will do our best to get it for you from a partner library (if it's for research purposes)

Will populate Doc Del form!

Who is my librarian?

1. Course Reserves

• We can put physical materials 'on hold' for students in your course
• They can borrow physical materials for a short period of time (for instance, 2 hours)

1. Course Reserves

• This system integrates with D2L and is designed to mimic your reading list structure
• Our staff ensure readings align with copyright best practices & the links work
• Send them your complete reading list (again, with as much info as possible)
• Connect via reserves@unb.ca

2. Open Educational Resources

• OER are openly-licensed text, media, or other digital assets used for teaching, learning, and research

• We can help you search for appropriate, high-quality OER for your courses

• If we can't find one that fits perfectly, we can support you in adapting or creating your own!

3. Research Guides

• Librarian generated guides for specific subject areas, links to key reference material and database
• Your subject librarian will likely make a guide specific to your class upon request

4. Course Instruction

• Librarians can come into your course and teach
  • How to find scholarly information
  • Developing a research topic
  • Academic Integrity
  • Considerations for LLM/AI use for search
  • Analyzing/Visualizing data
  • Reference Management (with tools like Zotero)
  • GIS, RDM, Publishing, Knowledge Synthesis & more

• Either:
  • Get in touch directly with your Subject Librarian
  • Fill out our Instruction Request Form

5. Workshops & Toolkits

• We host a number of workshops throughout the school year on various topics
• We have an upcoming series titled Research Ready with UNB Libraries 
  • These sessions with walk your students through the research process and cover topics such as: UNB Library services, developing a search strategy, evaluating sources, and managing research
• Past & future events

• We also offer a Research Toolkit, which can asyncronously teach students research skills
  • Sign up on D2L here

• Publishing Costs and APCs
• Meeting Tri Agency Open Access Policy
• Copyright & Authors Rights
• Research Data Management 
• ORCID!

Note on Research Support

We also support research & publishing endeavours, don't hesitate to reach out about: 

Thank You!

catherine.gracey@unb.ca