UofC " This Is Now

Libraries and Cultural Resources combines the expertise and services of the University's information providers - the University Archives and Special Collections, the University Library, The Nickle Arts Museum, and the University of Calgary Press - to assure provision of full access to the best recorded knowledge and creativity in a variety of formats and media.

... connecting people and information

The University Library provides a vast range of information resources, services and research expertise to support the diverse information needs of students and faculty in all disciplines.

Ranked among the largest research libraries in Canada, our collection includes in excess of seven million books, journals and microforms, plus: maps, airphotos, audio recordings, music scores, film, video, CDs, DVDs, purchased digital images, slides, architectural and literary archives, electronic full-text, image and data files. The digital resource base is expanding rapidly and includes more than 42,000 unique electronic journal titles, and close to 620,000 electronic books and over 90,000 locally digitized items.

MacKimmie Library (the ‘main library') is located at the centre of campus. Five branch libraries are situated near the faculties or departments that use their services most frequently: Gallagher Library of Geology and Geophysics, Health Sciences Library, Bennett Jones Law Library, the Business Library, and the Doucette Library of Teaching Resources.

The Information Commons is the focal point on campus for information services. It is an integrated learning environment in which information resources and technologies are combined with expert staff who provide research consultation, information navigation, and technological assistance to support scholarly use and production of recorded knowledge. For student convenience, there is 24-hour access (Sunday-Thursday, during term, on Fridays and Saturdays the hours are the same as the rest of the Library) to this state-of-the-art facility, 2nd floor MacKimmie Library.

The University Library is open 90 hours each week, offering access to the resource materials as well as reference assistance, specialized information consulting and instruction in the skills and process of information retrieval and management to equip independent learners for success in the knowledge era.

Library resources and services are also 'delivered to your desktop' via our online information system, featuring the Library catalogue, an extensive selection of networked databases, electronic information resources and services for distance learning.

Telephone: 403.220.5962
Fax: 403.282.1218
Email: libinfo@ucalgary.ca
Web: http://library.ucalgary.ca/

Archives and Special Collections is comprised of three units, Canadian Architectural Archives, Special Collections and University Archives that together acquire, maintain and provide access to print and archival collections of enduring value to support inquiry, learning, teaching, research and effective recordkeeping at the University of Calgary.

Canadian Architectural Archives collects, preserves and ensures access to the records of twentieth century Canadian architects and architectural firms to support learning and teaching through instruction, reference, exhibitions and publications. Web: http://www.caa.ucalgary.ca/ Email: caaref@ucalgary.ca

Special Collections acquires, preserves and makes accessible print and archival collections with a strong focus on Canadian literature, art, music and Western Canadian history. It includes archives of authors like W.O. Mitchell, Mordecai Richler, and Alice Munro, and rare books and incunabla including a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible. http://www.asc.ucalgary.ca/sc

The University Archives preserves and builds the institutional, administrative, research and cultural heritage of the University of Calgary by acquiring, maintaining and developing guidelines for the retention of all records of permanent value created and received by university. It also aggressively acquires private records which pertain to areas of research pursued on campus and in the region, including the political development of Western Canada and post-secondary education in Southern Alberta. Web: http://archives.ucalgary.ca/ Email: uarc@ucalgary.ca

Archives and Special Collections is located on the 12th floor of the MacKimmie Library Tower. Research services are available Monday to Friday, from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Telephone: 403.220.8378
Web: http://www.asc.ucalgary.ca/
Email: archives@ucalgary.ca

The University of Calgary Press publishes 15-25 scholarly books a year and provides its imprint to ten scholarly journals.  Each of our publications is peer-reviewed, and we publish emerging and experienced authors from the University of Calgary and around the world.  In the coming year we will be publishing in print, eBooks and open access formats.  

Publishing interests include: Art & Architecture; African Studies; Environment and History; Latin American and Caribbean Studies; The West, Northern Studies, Cinema, and Canadian defence and strategic studies.

Journals:  Journals currently published under the UC Press imprint are: ARIEL - A Review of International English Literature; Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education; Canadian Journal of Counselling; Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Canadian Journal of Philosophy; Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation; Journal of Mind-Body Regulation; Currents: New Scholarship in the Human Services; and Mouseion - Journal of the Classical Association of Canada. Many of our journals can now be accessed online through the Synergies project http://synergiesprairies.ca/.

U of C Press offices are located in the basement of the MacKimmie Library Block. Usual business hours are 8:30 am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday.

Telephone: 403.220.7578
Fax: 403.282.0085
Email: ucpress@ucalgary.ca
Website: http://www.uofcpress.com

The Institutional Repository is a stable, sustainable model for dissemination of research results and accompanying material consistent with the requirements of granting agencies.  Collections like the Students’ Union Undergraduate Research Symposium and the University of Calgary Theses provide access and exposure for student work alongside faculty research collections.  Graduate students may deposit their theses and any accompanying files or other digital material in the repository.  Some faculties also deposit senior undergraduate projects and posters.

Email:  digitize@ucalgary.ca
Website:  http://dspace.ucalgary.ca

Note:  The Nickle will be closed for exhibitions after September 17, 2010 as it prepares for its move to the Taylor Family Digital Library and its grand re-opening exhibition in September 2011. Some programs will continue during this phase. Please check our website for special events and programming during the transition.

The Nickle Arts Museum (the Nickle) is an outstanding centre for object based learning, academic research and aesthetics. Originally located on the west campus next to MacEwan Hall, the Nickle offers a full program of exhibitions and events addressing compelling social, historical and contemporary cultural topics. The Nickle opened in 1979, built with a bequest to the University of Calgary by the late Calgary oilman Samuel C. Nickle. The later donation by his son, Dr. Carl Nickle, created the base of the museum's exceptional numismatic collection.

The museum promotes critical thinking, visual literacy, and experiential learning through provocative exhibitions, tours, lecture series and symposia. The Nickle's programming is centred on modern and contemporary Canadian art, on numismatics, and on carpets and textiles and extends to historic and international art, indigenous heritage, archaeology, anthropology, history, and popular culture.

The Nickle Arts Museum is home to outstanding collections of art, numismatics and textiles. The art collection concentrates on Western Canadian art of the twentieth century and extends to artists of national importance. The numismatic collection now comprises approximately 20,000 items, the majority of which are from the ancient Mediterranean region, but also includes paper money and ethnographic numismatic items from around the world. The carpet and textile collection is the largest in any Canadian museum, consisting mainly of the tribal or cottage woven carpets of Central and West Asia. These collections and exhibitions support teaching and research from across the University of Calgary, and are available to visiting scholars and classes from all disciplines. The Nickle is central to the minor degree in Museum and Heritage Studies offered through the Faculty of Arts.

The Museum Shop offers a wide selection of unique giftware, stationery and jewelry, in addition to an excellent selection of art publications. Located on the main floor of the museum, admission to the shop is free. Admission to The Nickle is free at all times for University of Calgary students, staff and faculty, $2 for children and seniors, $5 for adults, and free to all every Tuesday, and every Thursday evening during the academic year.

Telephone: 403.220.7234
Fax: 403.282.4742
Email: nickle@ucalgary.ca 
Website: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~nickle