MtA Libraries are your go-to source for research and teaching resources!
Each academic subject area has a dedicated subject librarian who selects library resources, provides subject-specific research help, and can work with faculty to build library resources around areas of study and teaching. Direct your students to subject librarians for their expert research assistance
Place required readings and supplemental resources on Course Reserve
To permit equitable access to high demand materials, physical Course Reserve material have shorter loans:
Note: links to electronic resources are provided when available
Contact musiclibrary@mta.ca
All reserves must adhere to fair dealing or another exception in the Copyright Act or have permissions for usage obtained. See the Copyright Guide for more information about copyright and fair dealing exceptions or contact nbsam@mta.ca
The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) has developed Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (2015) to address some of the limitations of the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
The revised and expanded definition of information literacy is:
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“the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning” |
The information literate student:
Your subject librarian can work with you to integrate information skills and instruction into your courses
Book your subject librarian for workshops and classes. Sessions can be delivered in the library hands-on teaching lab, in your classes, online, or may be arranged outside of class time
Interlibrary loan (ILL) is a service that will facilitate getting access to research resources not available at MtA Libraries from other libraries. The service is free as the costs are absorbed by the Libraries
FAQs & Help Guide | ILL Policy | Info for Libraries
Is there a video in the library you need to show in class? Contact circ@mta.ca with the title and date needed to book it for your class
Are there resources you'd like to see in our collection? Suggest the title using this form . Subject librarians will review the suggested resource suitability and availability for the collections
Items from the Library collections can be linked in Moodle courses for students to access as well as be placed on Course Reserve
https://login.libproxy.mta.ca/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/846750963
https://login.libproxy.mta.ca/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287509346843
Research is an important part of your work as faculty; the library is equipped to support you throughout the research and publishing process
Subject librarians can help navigate the changing landscape of scholarly publishing:
A new institutional strategy, RDA@MtA , is under development for data stewardship: how research data is created, handled, and preserved
Tri-Agency funding grants require submission of plans for data management and deposit
Submit copies of your scholarly work to the Library for the collections. Faculty publications are preserved in our university archives and an Institutional Repository (IR) is being developed to make Open Access articles accessible and available
See more information in the Institutional Repository guide
Need information about copyright and fair dealing? See our copyright guide
Planning an in-person research visit to a Canadian university library? MtA staff, student, or faculty can get direct borrowing privileges for participating libraries with a Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries (CAAL) card (Note - this was formerly called the Council of Atlantic University Libraries [CAUL] card).
Your MtA card gives you direct borrowing privileges at Novanet libraries
See the full Canadian University Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement (CURBA) agreement