About the Library

Instructors & Staff

Information Literacy Instruction, Classes, & Tours

Our goal is to work with NAIT instructors to help students develop the ability to recognize when information is needed and to effectively locate, evaluate, and use the necessary information.

 We offer a range of information literacy classes and library tours for your students.

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Notebook & Portable Data Projector Reservations

The Library provides staff with short-term loans of notebook computers and data projectors as well as some accessories.

 Equipment Available

  • Notebook – Loan period for up to 2 weeks
  • Data Projector (portable, in a case) – Loan period for up to 2 weeks
  • Data Projector Mobile Cart (includes data projector, computer, speakers, and DVD/VHS player) – Loan period is 1 day
  • Data Projector Remote – Loan period for up to 2 weeks
  • Mac VGA Adaptors – Loan period for up to 2 weeks

Reservations and Loans

Please request equipment at least one week in advance.

Please use this Notebook and Portable Data Projector Booking form to arrange for the equipment you need..

All equipment must be picked up at and returned to the Audiovisual Desk. Bookings will be cancelled if the item is not picked up on the first day of the booking. Please note that staff will be fined $15 per day for late returns of notebooks and data projectors.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Contact Information
Library AV Desk, Room U310
Call: 780.471.8788
liblending@nait.ca
www.nait.ca/library

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Videos & Media for Classroom Use

We have videos and other formats available for classroom use by instructors.

To find out what is available, use the library search tool. You can limit your results to Videos & Streaming Media.

Advance booking is available for audiovisual materials held in McNally Library. Booking requests or requests to view videos and media in the Library can be made:

  • In person at the Audiovisual Desk
  • By phone at 780.471.8788 
  • Through our Audiovisual Media booking request form

Media can be picked up in person or delivered to sub-centres. The loan period for McNally Library videos and media is two weeks with flexible loan periods available. Do not return media in book return bin locations. Return in person or through the LR delivery system.

Students, alumni, and the public are welcome to view our materials in-house at the media carrels in the library.

Contact Information
McNally Library AV Desk
Room U310 (3rd floor Learning Resources Centre)
Call: 780.471.8788 
liblending@nait.ca

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Library Resources & Instruction for Online Courses

Library staff will, on request:

  • Provide content on information literacy topics such as plagiarism, how to conduct research, or how to search a database for inclusion in online courses.
  • Consult about course assignments—for example: are library resources adequate to support student research assignments on a chosen topic?
  • Provide path details or direct links to quality digital information such as engineering handbooks in ENGnetBase; computer books and journals in Safari Tech Books Online; and journal articles in Applied Science & Technology (within copyright provisions).

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Information Research & Assistance

Library staff are here to help you get the information you need for your role at NAIT.
We can help with:

  • Quick reference to locate a quick fact, phone number, etc.
  • Using the library search tool and the internet to locate appropriate resources. If you do not get the results you need, call us for assistance.
  • Finding information resources to embed in courses. We can assist in your search to identify resources in the library and beyond—on the web, in other libraries, newly published materials, audiovisual resources, etc.
  • In-depth research.
  • Individual or group demonstrations of any library resource or service.

Contact Information
McNally Library Help Desk
Room U310 (3rd floor Learning Resources Centre)
Call: 780.471.8844 
Toll-free: 1.877.222.1722 and ask for the Help Desk
email: mlibrary@nait.ca

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Periodicals Routing (to Your Office)

NAIT staff can request current periodicals be routed to them through our internal mail system for up to two weeks.

To stay current on what is being published in periodicals that we do not subscribe to, please ask us about setting up alerts.

Contact Information
McNally Library - Periodicals Routing to Offices
Raylene Williams
Room U212
Call: 780.471.8709  
raylenew@nait.ca

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Course Reserves for Your Students

Course Reserves offer controlled student access to items such as books, sample exams, and IPAQs.

As a NAIT instructor, you can place books, periodicals, or audiovisual materials from either the library or your own collections on reserve for your students. The materials will be held behind the Lending Services Desk under your name. Course Reserves can be searched from the library website.

You will be asked to fill out a form with information about the course number, the program, and the terms for lending items such as the length of the loan.

Contact Information
McNally Library - Course Reserves
Room U310A or ask at Lending Services Desk
Call: 780.471.8794
cindyt@nait.ca
Course Reserves Request form

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Online Course Reserves for Your Students

Instructors can place items on Course Reserve to provide student access to electronic resources.

  • Online access will be provided via the Course Reserves link.
  • This service is bound by the provisions of the Canadian Copyright Act.

Contact Information
McNally Library - Course Reserves, Electronic
Christine Loo
Room U212
Call: 780.471.8817 
christinel@nait.ca

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Purchase Requests - Books & Periodicals for the Library

We purchase new, relevant information resources in audiovisual, print, or digital formats.

To recommend that an item be purchased for the Library collection call or email your program's Library subject specialist

or

For electronic resources, donations & books contact:
Christine Loo
Room U212
Call: 780.471.8817 
christinel@nait.ca

For periodicals contact:
Karen Schlegl
Room U200A
Call: 780.471.8715 
kschlegl@nait.ca

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Purchase Requests - Videos & Media for the Library

It is Library policy to preview all media before purchasing. Instructors who would like to have media brought in for preview or would like the Library to find media on a certain subject should contact the AV Liaison person for their school or service unit, as listed below. If you do not see your school/service unit listed below, please contact Karen Schlegl (kschlegl@nait.ca) at 780.471.8715.

For the schools/service units of:

  • EAL
  • Faculty of Undergraduate Studies - Bachelor of Technology
  • Information Communication and Engineering Technologies
  • Sustainable Building and Environmental Management
  • Trades

Sue MacRae, Reference Library Technician
Call: 780.471.8786
smacrae@nait.ca

For the schools/service units of:

  • JR Shaw School of Business
  • Department of Teaching and Academic Development
  • Faculty of Undergraduate Studies - Bachelor of Business Administration
  • Health Sciences
  • Hospitality and Culinary Arts
  • Organizational Development Services

Cindy Thierstein, Supervisor Lending Services
Call: 780.471.8794
cindyt@nait.ca

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Office Access to Electronic Information Sources

It is important to us that instructors be able to access the information they need as quickly and conveniently as possible.

  • If you cannot access one of the Library's online information resources from your office or lab, call us for assistance.
  • If you know of an online information resource you think the library should provide, please let us know.
  • If you do not know of a particular resource but have identified a subject gap in the online resources we provide, let us know, and we will see what we can find.

Contact Information
McNally Library - Electronic Resources
Christine Loo
Room U212
Call: 780.471.8817 
christinel@nait.ca

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Applied Research & SoTL Support

The Library supports your applied research at NAIT by providing:

  • Literature searches:  Library staff search relevant databases and other resources purchased or licensed by the library as well as resources available to the public such as government websites.  (Searching must not violate licenses which restrict use to academic and scholarly pursuits.) We can also search any of over 400 additional databases through Dialog search service on a charge-back basis.
  • Research consultations:  We can recommend databases and other resources, discuss search strategies, and work with you to combine your subject expertise with our knowledge of information resources. We can also help you set up Database Alerts to automatically notify you of new articles published in your area of interest.
  • Demonstrations of resources and search tools:  We can provide individual or group demonstrations tailored to your needs.  Demonstrations may include relevant licensed databases, the library search tool, patent search tools, or RefWorks citation management software.
  • Information resources:  The library provides access to a large number of databases covering thousands of journals and other publications. The library collection includes books, eBooks, and reference materials that provide subject background and methodologies, as well as information on how to set up research projects, write proposals, and format research reports. 
  • Acquisition of new resources: Library staff acquire and manage new resources to support research within budgetary constraints.
  • Access to information in other libraries:  Library staff can identify the location of the required information and help you obtain it via interlibrary loan, document delivery, or direct borrowing (The Alberta Library card.)
  • RefWorks 2.0:  Library staff can help you use this online tool designed to assist researchers gather, manage, store, and share information and to generate citations and bibliographies in a variety of styles.   Visit the library website for more information and access to RefWorks 2.0.
  • Information literacy instruction: Library staff offer customized information literacy classes for specific courses or research groups. Classes can include topics covered in research consultations and demonstrations in addition to fundamental research concepts.

Contact Information

  • For assistance, contact Isobel Rancier 780.471.8796 isobelr@nait.ca
  • To make an appointment for a tailored, one-on-one demonstration of relevant resources in the collection, contact Christine Loo 780.471.8817, christinel@nait.ca
  • To suggest resources for addition to the library collection, contact Karen Schlegl 780.471.8715  kschlegl@nait.ca
  • To learn more about information literacy and book classes for your students or research teams, contact Jodi Lommer 780.491.3974 jodil@nait.ca

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Copyright Information

Copyright protects:

  • print materials, such as books and journal articles
  • materials in other formats, such as computer programs, music, videos, databases, pictures, emails, and websites

NAIT does not sanction or authorize any infringement or violation of copyright.  Any unauthorized use or reproduction in any form of copyrighted print or non-print works constitutes an infringement or violation of copyright.  With the lapse of the Agreement previously in place between NAIT and Access Copyright, NAIT currently operates under the interim tariff approved by the Copyright Board of Canada, which allows for the making of photocopies within specified limits.  This tariff applies to published print material only and does not cover all published print material.   Please refer to the Interim Tariff for specifics.  The licenses for resources in digital format vary from vendor to vendor.  The use of resources licensed by the Library is restricted to current NAIT staff and students.  They can only be used to support NAIT courses programs and business and contain copyrighted material covered by the Copyright Act.  There may be other restrictions as well.   

The following guidelines are provided as a resource to help you comply with copyright law, but they do not constitute a legal opinion. If in doubt, consult NAIT's legal advisor with respect to any proposed usage of copyrighted materials.

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