Librarian help now available on Sundays, 10am – 6pm. Call (250) 391-2600, ext. 4324 or email reflib@royalroads.ca
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Google and memory
"...we've changed from memorizing facts to memorizing methods... it just makes more sense to conserve our brain power for tasks by using the memory-finding medium instead."
New demographic statistics available for Canada
Includes a review of population growth, mortality, migration and other recent demographic trends.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
RRU Library has a mobile site
Mobile users coming to the RRU Library website are now automatically routed to our mobile site. It is live!
The url is m.library.royalroads.ca
New version of Refworks!
The classic RefWorks interface will be replaced by the RefWorks 2.0 interface later this year. We strongly recommend becoming familiar with the RefWorks 2.0 interface as the classic interface will no longer exist in 2012. Please refer to the RefWorks 2.0 tutorials and help guide and for assistance contact us.
To access Refworks 2.0 log on to your Refworks account and then select the Refworks 2.0 link in the top right corner of the page.
Monday, June 27, 2011
New Statistics Canada study: Life-path outcomes associated with reading ability
From Statistics Canada: Life-path outcomes associated with reading ability
"Young people who had low scores in reading were more likely to have ended their education with high school completion or less. Over one-half of youth (54%) who had proficiency levels below Level 3 at age 15 had not completed any education beyond high school by age 25."
"Young people who had low scores in reading were more likely to have ended their education with high school completion or less. Over one-half of youth (54%) who had proficiency levels below Level 3 at age 15 had not completed any education beyond high school by age 25."
Monday, June 6, 2011
Do we really read online text differently than "print"?
From First Monday, Volume 16, Number 6, June 2011
Reading revolutions: Online digital text and implications for reading in academe
by Barry W. Cull
Reading revolutions: Online digital text and implications for reading in academe
by Barry W. Cull
"Over the millennia, reading has changed alongside us, and it has also changed us. Reading is a cultural activity that has changed over time, but that has also physiologically changed the brain."
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