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Library Closure: What you need to know

The Library will be closed next Saturday, Monday and Tuesday (September 24, 26 and 27) so that it can be packed up and moved to its new temporary location in A building. It will also be closed as usual on Sunday.


There will also be some disruption on Thursday and Friday (September 22 and 23), when the Library will be open but there will be no access to the main collection.

The Library will reopen in A158, its new temporary location, the following Wednesday, September 28.

A temporary Library kiosk will be set up outside the current library on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday (September 24, 26 and 27), where many of the usual services will be offered, including:

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Renewal / circulation
Reference / research
Alternate print and computer locations (24/7)
Information related to move, hours and opening
General technical questions / information
AsktheLibrary services (email, phone, chat)

The kiosk hours are:

Saturday, September 24: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Monday September 26: 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday September 27: 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Full details about the move-out from C Building and the construction will soon be available on a
dedicated website. Watch myAC for details.

Please also note that as part of the construction of the C Building expansion project, exterior wall masonry investigation work will be conducted on C Building beginning September 19. This construction activity will start at 6 a.m. and will end at 8 a.m. beginning on Monday, September 19 and continuing to Friday, September 23, 2016.

The five best things about AC in the summer

It’s the time of year when the last place you probably want to be is on campus. If that’s the case we don’t entirely blame you, but what we will say is that you’re leaving more fun for the rest of us to have!

1. Food Truck Tuesdays

There’s no better way to sooth the summer school soul than to indulge in an amazing food truck during your lunch break. Every Tuesday outside of the Student Commons you can find a different and delicious treat! Check out the schedule

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AC nursing students leave lasting impact in rural Tanzania

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Two years ago five professors and 18 students from Algonquin College’s nursing faculty worked with CPAR Tanzania’s Maternal & Child Health staff to deliver a program in two hospitals and five health centres in Bunda District. These photos were taken two weeks ago where their impact is still evident, actively and excitedly talked about, and the tools and knowledge used every day.

The objective of the project was to train birth attendants in the essential skills of newborn resuscitation, with the aim of having at least one person skilled in neonatal resuscitation at the birth of every baby. The plan was to enable local providers to both care for patients and to have the knowledge and equipment to train additional birth attendants.

“The program was delivered successfully and it attracted the attention of the District Commissioner, the top political leader in the district,” said Dee Ucci, Manager of Donor Relations and Public Engagement.

A key concept in the training pertained to The Golden Minute. Within one minute of birth, a baby should be breathing well or should be ventilated with a bag and mask. The Golden Minute identifies the steps that a birth attendant must take immediately after birth to evaluate the baby and stimulate breathing.

The HBB training package that the Algonquin team provided included pictorial-based learning materials including a LearnerWorkbook, Action Plan wall poster and Facilitator Flip Chart, all in Swahili. The training equipment includes a very realistic newborn simulator with the ability to imitate an umbilical pulse to monitor the baby’s heart rate. The practical equipment, which was provided to health facilities throughout Bunda District, is a simple and durable bulb suction and bag-mask ventilator that can be cleaned by boiling, which you can see in the photo collage here:

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This post was adapted from the Facebook page for the CPAR (Canadian Physicians for Aid & Relief), to find out more about CPAR and the work they do visit their website here.