FIMS Grad Library

Welcome the Year of the Snake. Happy Chinese New Year! 🧧🎉 And Cheers to a joyful Spring Festival! 🐇

Long weekend and Reading Week hours for the FGL: Saturday, June 29 - CLOSED Sunday, June 30 - CLOSED Monday, July 1 - CLOSED Tuesday, July 2 - 10am-1pm Wednesday, July 3 - 10am-1pm Thursday, July 4 - 10am-1pm Friday, July 5 - 10am-1pm Saturday, July 6 - CLOSED Enjoy the break!

Ontarians, lend your support to this petition to save school libraries! Only physical signatures are accepted by the Legislative Assembly. A form is available to print & mail at the link below or drop by the library to sign and we’ll take care of the rest. accessola.com/petition/

Please join us Mon June, 3 at 11am-12pm (via zoom) as Ana Strbac speaks about job opportunities in the Northwest Territories for Librarians, Information Professionals, and Health Information Science Professionals wanting to jumpstart their career. Info: lib.fims.uwo.ca/2024/05/24/job…

The FIMS Grad Library will be closed Saturday, May 18 through Monday, May 20. We will re-open on Tuesday, May 21 at 10am. Enjoy the long weekend!

Join us in the FGL to create a picket sign and/or button in support of graduate students in their efforts to negotiate a fair contract with Western! We have tons of supplies on hand. We can also help print customized images or graphics. Join us when, and as you can. #solidarity

Intersession between Winter and Summer terms begins this Saturday, April 13th. The FIMS Graduate Library will be open Mondays-Thursday 10am-2pm, and closed Fridays-Sundays. We will switch to a Summer term schedule starting Monday, May 6th.

You can drop off used eclipse glasses to any London Public Library location @londonlibrary until Saturday, April 20th. They’ll send them to Astronomers Without Borders who will provide them to communities and schools around the world for future use my.astronomerswithoutborders.org/programs/solar…

A note that we are closing an hour early today, at 6pm EST. This shift in our regular operations is to facilitate full participation by our community in this evening’s public keynote with @edrabinski at @MuseumLondon as a part of today’s @westernuFIMS Graduate Conference. 🙏🏼

Planning for the next job interview or interested in updating your digital profile(s)? we got you covered😀 Visit the FIMS Graduate Library at Monday: April 1st 12-1 pm Wednesday: April 3rd 12-1 pm Monday: April 8th 12-1 pm Wednesday: April 10th 12-1 pm

Interested in Neurodiversity in Libraries? Explore these titles at the FIMS Graduate Library. #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek #neurodivergent #libraries

🚨Workshop Alert: "it's pronounced zEEN, a workshop by MLIS candidate Ozwel Ryann Le Clair" Thursday, March 28, 12-1:30pm Learn the history of zines and make one of your own! Sign up in the library, or by emailing fimslib@uwo.ca. Drop-ins also welcome! lib.fims.uwo.ca/2024/03/20/its…

🎙 Meet Melanie Mills, Library Director @fimsgradlib, our guest for part two of our #libraries series on #GradCastLive Thursday, March 28 @radiowestern! 📚 Curious about Melanie’s journey into librarianship @westernuFIMS? Tune in to hear her insights! #uwo #ldnont #westernu

In commemoration of Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2024, we believe it's okay to think differently, and to have different neurocognitive abilities. #neurodiversity #autismawareness #autistic #adhdawareness

Today is International Day to Combat Islamophobia. Today, and every day, we encourage our community to think critically about the negative and pervasive stereotypes of Muslims in the media and to actively oppose anti-Muslim hate whenever it arises.

Join us tomorrow for our Naloxone Training workshop! We still have spots open. Also, dive into the topic of Naloxone's role in public libraries with this informative resource from @ONLibraryAssoc: accessola.com/wp-content/upl…

Ramadan Mubarak! ☪️

🚨Workshop Alert🚨 Naloxone Training with SERT Learn how to recognize the signs and symptoms of opioid poisoning, what naloxone is and how it works to reverse and opioid poisoning. Thursday, March 14, 12-1pm FNB 4070 Please register in advance, via fimslib@uwo.ca.

5/"Voices of Young Adult Literature Authors in the Conversation about Censorship" by Jennifer Buehler In a Zoom discussion, a group of young adult lit authors contemplate the priorities for thinking about intellectual freedom and challenged books in the classroom. #FreedomtoRead

4/ "Banning Books or Banning BIPOC?" by Marisa Shearer scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewconten… #FreedomtoReadWeek

In honour of #FreedomtoReadWeek (Feb. 18-24), this thread will share resources that advocate for intellectual freedom, challenge censorship, celebrate diversity of thought and expression, and highlight the stories of libraries that are fighting back against coordinated attacks.