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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can you share lecture slides with friends? Use images from the internet in an assignment? Host a movie night on campus? Join a copyright session to understand your rights and responsibilities: bit.ly/copyright-ev...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Poetry, place, and the sea. Dal Reads 2026-27 title revealed! Acclaimed poetry collection Ocean by Dalhousie creative writing instructor Sue Goyette becomes the first poetry title chosen for the university's community reading program: www.dal.ca/news/2026/09...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We're hiring! Dal Libraries is hiring a Limited-Term Research Assistance & Subject Liaison Librarian for a 12-month position - visit our website for more information: bit.ly/dal-librarie... #LibraryJobs #HalifaxJobs

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A warm welcome to campus to all new and returning students! Get an overview of library services in our free 45-minute webinar. Sign up for a session that fits your schedule: bit.ly/library-orie...

A poster promoting upcoming orientation sessions on September 9 and 11, featuring a student standing in the colourful book stacks

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We're hiring! Dal Libraries is hiring a Library Service Assistant to deliver frontline library services - visit our website for more information: bit.ly/dal-librarie... #LibraryJobs #HalifaxJobs

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Borrow a Blanket, Find Your Favourite Spot: Picnic Blankets Now Available at Dal Libraries - The picnic blanket loan project encourages students, faculty, and staff to spend more time outdoors, enjoy the university’s green spaces, and connect with nature and one another blogs.dal.ca/libraries/20...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Attending Community Day at Dal's Agricultural Campus? Stop by the MacRae Library to check out our latest exhibit: The Journey of Our Wool! Since 2003, Campus Blankets have been produced using wool from sheep raised on the Ag Campus. Learn about the process and tradition: blogs.dal.ca/libraries/20...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Please be advised that DalSpace will be offline from June 19 - July 7. Grad students who are required to submit their thesis during this time are asked to email for instructions on how to proceed. For all other submissions, please return on July 7 to upload your material blogs.dal.ca/libraries/20...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Explore the Influence of Research: Try Overton! Dal Libraries is offering a limited-time trial of Overton, a powerful research tool that connects academic research with real-world policy. Explore this resource and see how it can support research, teaching, and learning: blogs.dal.ca/libraries/20...

Overton graphic featuring a collage of a hand holding an illustrated lightbulb that looks like a brain, and a book with that looks like the content is being drawn into an illustrated pathway or pipeline.

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Tomorrow! Join us for all or part of the day. Learn to edit Wikipedia and help us improve content related to Mi'kmaw artists, authors, musicians, filmmakers, and more for National Indigenous History Month. dal.libcal.com/calendar/eve... @wikimediacanada.bsky.social @downiewenjack.bsky.social #NIHM

A graphic with text and details about the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon and an invitation to register or learn more.

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Get ready! We're hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on June 3 for Indigenous History Month! An edit-a-thon is an event where editors and users improve a specific topic or type of content. The focus of our edit-a-thon is Mi’kmaw art and culture. Save the date and stay tuned for more info 🗓️👩‍💻

A collage of 2 photos featuring a close-up of a laptop with Wikipedia open and a photo taken from above featuring several people with laptops collaborating at a wooden table.

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Dal Libraries Research Camp will take you through all the elements of research from basic to advanced. This free program is offered through online modules you can do at your own pace on Brightspace, with options for in-person sessions in May & June. Enroll anytime: dal.ca.libguides.com/ResearchCamp

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Dal Libraries’ Research Camp self-registration now open! Research Camp is a comprehensive program to take you through the research process, from literature searching and writing to publication. Open to any student, faculty, or staff blogs.dal.ca/libraries/20...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

It's exam season! Our libraries are open longer to serve you better. Check our website for extended exam hours for your favourite study spot. You've got this 📝💫 bit.ly/dal-lib-hours

Two students collaborate with an iPad at a study table at the Sexton Library.

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Join us as MacRae Library archival intern Steve Brakel presents on digitizing the Edith Zillig Sheep & Wool Collection. Friday, March 27 at 11 am in the MacRae Library, Program Room 219 Agricultural Campus, Truro. Join us in person or online: dal.libcal.com/calendar/eve...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Show your support for Truro campus students & post‑docs! Join us on March 18, 6–8 pm at the MacRae Library (Rooms 218/219) for the Research Poster Competition. Vote for your fave, win prizes & enjoy light refreshments. Open to all! Posters will be on display March 16–19 dal.libcal.com/event/3991250

A graphic with text about the poster competition and an illustration of group of students collaborating on project.

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Join us with @writersfedofns.bsky.social to celebrate David Huebert's Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award-winning novel Oil People. David will sit down with Alexander MacLeod on March 26 @ 7:30 pm to discuss writing, fiction, storytelling, and the impact of the award. Register: bit.ly/2025-raddall

A graphic featuring the Oil People book cover, showing a close-up of oil-covered rocks, along with a photo of David Huebert and details about the March 26th virtual event.

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

It’s Freedom to Read Week - a time for Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom. We celebrate our right to explore diverse, bold, and even controversial ideas. Stop by the MacRae Library book display to check out some classic controversial reads #FTRW2026

A photo of the book display shelf at the MacRae Library in Truro featuring book titles including "The Hate U Give" and "The Awakening"

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Tomorrow! Hear author and CBC radio host Elamin Abdelmahmoud read from his memoir Son of Elsewhere. Friday, 1-2:30PM, in the Wallace McCain Learning Commons. Join us for refreshments, great conversation & a chance to meet the author! @elamin.bsky.social @dal-english.bsky.social bit.ly/elamin-2026

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

#FairDealingWeek is an international celebration of the copyright law that helps to balance the interests of users and owners while supporting access to information and knowledge. Learn about copyright & fair dealing at Dalhousie with our essential research guide dal.ca.libguides.com/copyright/es...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom. Let's celebrate our right to explore diverse, bold, and even controversial ideas. #FTRW2026

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Next Friday! Join us for an in-person conversation with @elamin.bsky.social about his memoir and our Dal Reads 2025-2026 selection Son of Elsewhere. Friday, February 27, 1:00-2:30 pm, room 264 in the Wallace McCain Learning Commons: bit.ly/elamin-2026

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Our Bridge into Agriculture research guide is a curated, accessible collection of resources on agricultural practices, food systems, and African Nova Scotian history. Read about the collaborative efforts of library and program staff to bring this resource to life: bit.ly/DL-annualrep... #BHM2026

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

In honour of ICPSR’s International Love Data Week 2026, themed “Where’s the Data?”, Dal Libraries is hosting a series of free online presentations designed to deepen your understanding of how to find, manage, store, and work with data: bit.ly/love-data-2026 #LoveData26

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Save the date! Blind Date with a Book is happening on February 11 in the libraries - we want to set you up with the book of your dreams 💕. Find love in a Dal library near you. dal.libcal.com/event/3996431

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Our annual report describes how the Libraries translate Dal's mission into practice. Strengthening leadership in open scholarship and preservation, through DalSpace, we support the Tri-Council open access needs while ensuring durable access to Dal’s scholarly record (p.10) bit.ly/DL-annualrep...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The MacRae Library Student Research Poster Competition returns to the Truro Campus on March 19, 2026, inviting students and post‑docs to share their research with the campus community. Get more info or submit your work: bit.ly/poster-compe...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Please join us on February 3 at 4:30 pm in the Ko'jua Okuom at the Killam Library for a mid-winter feast to celebrate Apuknajit! In Mi'kmaw culture, Apuknajit is when people gather to share food to get through the hardest month of the year. Register for this free event: bit.ly/feast2026

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries (CAAL) seeks applications for Atlantic OER Development Grants. Grants provide financial support to instructors for creating and adapting new open educational resources (OER). Learn more at CAAL's January 13 webinar: atlanticoer-relatlantique.ca/grants/

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

New to Dal or looking for a refresher on what the library has to offer? Attend any of our short winter orientation webinars! Discover the many resources and services available to you through Dal Libraries: bit.ly/library-welc...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Happy New Year! We are very pleased to share our 2024-2025 annual report. Amid an ever-changing academic landscape, the library remains at the heart of Dalhousie University, providing essential resources, innovative services, and spaces that foster learning and research: bit.ly/DL-annualrep...

Two female students smile while looking at a book together in front of the service desk at the Kellogg Library.

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

We'll be closed from December 24 at 12 pm until January 3. Please check the hours on our website before you visit in the new year: bit.ly/dal-lib-hours. Warm wishes from all of us at Dal Libraries! Happy Holidays!

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Announcing the 2026 Cycle of AtlanticOER Development Grants! Applications for the 2026 cycle of the AtlanticOER Development Grant program opened December 15 and are due on February 6, 2026. Read more: blogs.dal.ca/libraries/20...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Extended hours at Dal Libraries are in effect for exams. Check out our weekly schedule for each location on our website: bit.ly/dal-lib-hours Best of luck! You’ve got this 🌟

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Join us for a free workshop this Thursday, November 27 @ 10:30 am in the Killam Library: Make a Beaded Ornament! All supplies are provided. Register for your spot: bit.ly/ornament25

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A great morning learning about so many innovations and GIS research projects as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Dal’s GIS Centre 📍🗺️🎉 #GISDay2025

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

November 16 marks a milestone for @dalhousie.bsky.social Geographic Information Systems Centre (GIS Centre); 20 years of innovation, collaboration, and impact: blogs.dal.ca/libraries/20...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

The Ko'jua Okuom in the Killam Library will be closed from Monday, October 27, to Friday, November 7, to facilitate a ventilation upgrade that will enable on-demand smudging in the room. This welcome upgrade is a milestone for this valued Indigenous event space on campus.

A close up photo of a bundle of white sage burning for smudging. The bundle sits in a shell.

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

We believe in the widespread dissemination of scholarship and knowledge in all forms and provide free publishing support with Open Journal Systems, removing barriers so journals can share knowledge globally. Browse our hosted journals: ojs.library.dal.ca 🌍📚 #OpenAccessWeek

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Please join us for an #OpenAccessWeek special Copyright Quick Chat on Creative Commons Licensing! Friday at 10 am we'll look at the differences between the Creative Commons licences and how you can use them in your classroom and to maximize your research impact - register: bit.ly/copyright-ccl

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

It's #OpenAccessWeek! Open access makes scholarly research literature available free to the public, without restrictions. Read more about what open access is, and why and how to do it: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/open-...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Please join us this Wednesday for a free film screening of The Secret Path at 4 p.m. in the Ko'jua Okuom in the Downie Wenjack Legacy Space in the Killam learning commons. All are welcome! @dalhousie.bsky.social @downiewenjack.bsky.social

A poster featuring the cover of the The Secret Path animated film about Chanie Wenjack

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Our libraries rely on the expertise and dedication of our staff, who work behind the scenes and on the front lines to ensure that students, faculty, and researchers receive exceptional service. Today, we recognize their vital role in learning, scholarship, and our Dal community and say thank you!

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Contest alert! Take a self-guided tour of the MacRae Library, find the hidden gems, and decode the secret phrase! Start at the front desk 🗺️

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Have a quick question? Reach out to us on Live Help - use the live chat box on our website! Live Help is available Sunday to Friday and is ideal for students and faculty with brief library-related questions. Use the chat box at the bottom of libraries.dal.ca

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Today we honour #TruthAndReconciliationDay. Take time to learn, reflect, and act. Discover resources to support learning and reflection: blogs.dal.ca/libraries/20...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Stop by the Sir James Dunn Law Library at the @schulichlaw.bsky.social to pick up your free copy of #DalReads title Son of Elsewhere!

A photo of the welcome desk at the law library featuring a multi-lingual welcome sign in Mi'kmaw, French and English, as well as a catalogue search terminal and a Dal Reads book station.

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

We are delighted to announce that our #DalReads title for 2025-2026 is Son of Elsewhere by Elamin Abdelmahmoud! Elamin's memoir charts his life in wise, funny, and moving reflections on the threads that weave together his identity. Available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook bit.ly/dal-reads-20...

A poster announcing Son of Elsewhere as the Dal Reads 202-2026 title

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Free Workshop! Make an Orange Shirt Day Pin - Thursday, September 11 at 10:30am-12:00pm in the Killam Library. Join us in the Ko'jua Okuom to learn from Michelle McDonald, beader from Sipekne’katik and Instructional Support Technician. Register for your spot: bit.ly/orange-shirt...

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Dalhousie Libraries @dallibraries.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The Killam Library is a mainstay for many on Dal's Studley campus. We have silent and quiet study areas for focusing, and conversation-friendly spaces for groups. Find a study space that suits your needs: bit.ly/killam-quiet...

A chart showing the quiet designations on each floor of the Killam Library. The floors get quieter as you go up - the 5th floor is Silent Study and the first floor has more conversation-friendly areas.

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