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Citations show how your work shapes future scholarship. Altmetrics show who's talking about it right now, from news coverage to policy documents. Our latest installment of Dear Librarian... explains what they are, what the Altmetric Donut means, and how altmetrics can fit into your next funding application.
Important Service Announcement
Thanksgiving Day: Weldon will be open on Monday, October 12, from 9 AM to 4:30 PM. All our other locations will be closed.
Fall Reading Week: Most of our libraries will have reduced hours during reading week, October 10-18. The Law Library will operate on normal hours. Please see our hours page for details.
OCTOBER 29
Thu, October 29, Noon-1 PM (Scholars Lab, Weldon Library, ground floor)
Western Libraries’ lunchtime series is back after a short summer break. Join us in October for Melissa Adler, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, discussing Peculiar Satisfaction, her new book on Thomas Jefferson and the hidden hierarchies in how we organize knowledge.
Bring your lunch. No tickets or RSVP required.
WESTERN LIBRARIES WORKSHOPS
Oct. 5 – Diversifying Citations (and Perspectives) (Zoom, 1-2:30 PM)
Oct. 6 – Performing Qualitative Analysis with NVivo (Zoom, 10-11:30 AM)
Oct. 7 – Conducting Academic Literature Searches for the Sciences (Zoom, 11 AM-12:30 PM)
Oct. 7 – Finding Scholarly Information After You Graduate (Zoom, 11:30 AM-12:30 PM)
Oct. 9 – Decoding Letterlocking (Scholars Lab Creation Suite, Weldon, Noon-1:30 PM)
Oct. 19 – Working With Digitized Primary Sources (Zoom, 1-2:30 PM)
Oct. 20 – Analyzing Data in SPSS (Zoom, 10-11:30 AM)
Oct. 21 – Finding Music Sources: Scores and Recordings (Zoom, 10:30 AM-noon)
Oct. 22 – Finding Visual Arts Sources: Images (Zoom, 11:30 AM - 1 PM)
Oct. 22 – Using AI Tools for Literature Searches (Zoom, 1-2:30 PM)
Oct. 23 – Publishing on the Margins: Zines & Pamphlets (Scholars Lab Creation Suite, Weldon, Noon-1:30 PM)
Oct. 26 – Developing a Digital Scholarly Identity (Zoom, 1-2:30 PM)
Oct. 28 – Preparing to Publish (Instruction Room, Taylor, 1:30-3 PM)
Oct. 29 – Sharing and Archiving Data with Borealis (Zoom, 10-11:30 AM)
Nov. 3 – Creating and Publishing E-Books with Pressbooks (Scholars Lab Instruction Room, Weldon, 10-11:30 AM)
Nov. 5 – Searching for Inclusive Knowledge (Zoom, 11 AM-12:30 PM)
SERVICE & RESOURCES HIGHLIGHT
Open access e-books by Western researchers are now on Open Monograph Press (OMP), an open source platform developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) at Simon Fraser University. PKP also develops Open Journal Systems, our e-journal platform, and using its software further strengthens Western Libraries' commitment to advancing open access and supporting sustainable, community-driven scholarly communication.
Interested in publishing an e-book? Find out more on the Submissions page.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Western Libraries and FIMS Announce 2026 Black and Indigenous Student Fellows
Lexi Alarie and Kaylah Christie are the 2026/27 MLIS Black and Indigenous Student Fellows, jointly supported by the Faculty of Information and Media Studies and Western Libraries. Now in their second year, the fellowships cover tuition and fees and include a paid, two-term co-op placement with Western Libraries. Meet the fellows.
Photo: Western Archives and Special Collections, London Free Press Collection, AFC177-S1-SS4-F4244
Nothing says fall season quite like this charming 1955 snapshot from the Tavistock Fall Fair: a giant pumpkin home, watering can and window box included.
