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Fake news have been around for a long time, but we probably never paid too much attention to it until 2016, when dubious stories posted mainly on social media and other obscure websites started making headlines during the US electoral campaign and indirectly contributed to its unexpected outcome. It is incredible (and scary) that in…Continue Reading Know how to spot fake news

Starting April 8th, 2017, Yukon College Library will no longer be the same. In fact, we can even say that the library as we know will cease to exist. In its place, a new concept: Yukon College Learning Commons. A “Learning Commons”, also called “Information Commons”, is basically a space where quiet study meets collaboration,…Continue Reading So long, Library. Welcome, Learning Commons.

If you are a researcher in the fields of Science and Technology, you probably heard about Arxiv.org, an open access repository for millions of e-prints in the areas of mathematics, computer science, physics, quantitative biology and statistics. It is a great resource because it makes possible to obtain access to recent studies even before they get…Continue Reading SocArxiv: open archive of the social sciences

We had an interesting situation at Yukon College Library recently. One of our management staff members asked if we could purchase a book which he later intended to pass to the Senior Executive Committee (the infamous SEC) for a quick read. Nothing new with that, except for the fact that the recommendation was for an…Continue Reading Libraries and the challenge of e-books acquisition