Jump into our Summer Movie Contest for a chance to win prizes: library goodie bags, Starbucks gift cards, and more!
Who can enter?
Registered University of Regina students
Deadline:
August 26, 2025
How to enter:
Swing by the Archer Library Entrance Display, scan the QR code, grab a bookmark or mood pencil (while they last), and check out our movie-themed display.
Or just enter online here: Summer Movie Contest Guide
Celebrate 5 years of reading with the Archer Book Club! In June 2020 we began the virtual club both as an outreach initiative during trying times and as a way to form a community of readers on campus.
We select three books per semester and have strived to cover as many authors, subjects and genres as possible. Some of our absolute favourites over the years have been Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi), The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (Kim Michele Richardson), Born a Crime (Trevor Noah), The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller), and Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier).
We’ve also had the great pleasure of hosting guest authors and speakers, as well as partnering with both the UR Alumni Association and UR Press. Our book club archives offer details on each book and guest over the years.
To celebrate these years of reading and wonderful discussion, we have launched a reading contest. Just tell us your favourite (or least favourite) recent summer reads and you could win a Starbucks gift card! All details can be found at our library guide, on the contest tab. There are no entry limits – the more you read, the more chances you have to win! On our guide you will also find information about our small team, suggestions for staycation reading, a few special events, and even our full list of club reads, both current and past. You can also vote for future book club selections!
The contest runs until July 25th, with winners announced on the 30th. Have fun and get reading!
From May 14 to June 15, we received 55 entries from 41 undergrads and 13 grad students who shared their favorite summer reads—thank you! 💛 ✨ Check out the winners and the Summer Book Recommendations on the Spring Wonderland Contest Guide.
Submit what you’re reading + your thoughts for a chance to win a Starbucks Gift Card!
The Dr. John Archer Library & Archives is pleased to host a health equity-focused visual art project from the Faculty of Nursing, “Photovoice for Health Equity.” In 2024, Dr. Shauna Davies, Dr. Coatlicue Sierra Rose, and Mr. Claudio Bezerra Azevedo Filho, of the Roots + Wires Research Collective, facilitated a Photovoice project focusing on the health and wellness needs of marginalized communities in Saskatchewan and how these needs may differ from the mainstream.
This project brought together a diverse group of 14 University of Regina undergraduate and graduate students who were asked to take photos from their daily lives speaking to the concerns of their respective Indigenous, Black, newcomer, 2S/LGBTQIA, and low socioeconomic status communities. This exhibition is a collection of the photos the students nominated as most representative of their collective concerns.
Photovoice for Health Equity Visual Art Exhibition Opening Reception
Dr. John Archer Library & Archives Archway Exhibition Space (LY 107.22)
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Renovations are underway in the main storage room of the
University Archives to help us to better preserve and provide access to our
collections. Special Collections materials are still accessible during the
renovations (we’ve moved hundreds of boxes upstairs, see photo 2) but there
will be retrieval delays for archival items still in the impacted space. Thank
you for your patience!
The Archer Library & Archives has a new display to celebrate Pride Season. We have many resources including books, articles and streaming films in our collections about the 2SLGBTQ+ Community. Our display case is located at the back of the main Computer Commons, next to the IS Service desk.
The Archer Library is pleased to once again participate in the Regional Park Pass Lending Program for summer 2025. Explore nearly 100 unique Regional Parks throughout Saskatchewan with a free Regional Park Pass, available for up to seven days to Saskatchewan Library card holders from June 16th to September 15th, 2025. This program is a great opportunity to discover hidden gems in your backyard and enjoy the benefits of being outdoors.
The Archer Library has passes to be signed out at the main floor Help Desk, and these passes are only loanable to U of R students, staff and faculty. Members of the general public outside of the University community are encouraged to borrow a Park Pass from other participating libraries (such as the Regina Public Library.)
Click on the poster below to find more information about Park Pass.
The Library Self-Checkout app Meescan is now available at the Teaching Preparation Centre (TPC) in the Education Building. Users there will be able to use the app to check out items themselves in the TPC Library, just as they can at Archer. The app will automatically switch to the TPC location when a user is in that library.
Visit the “Alice’s Library Adventure” display at the Archer Library entrance, scan the QR code and tell us your favorite summer book! Browse our Victorian Books table for inspiration! Pick up a free bookmark and/or a Victorian-style thaumatrope with an Archer Library mood pencil, while supplies last!
(Note: a “thaumatrope” is an optical toy that was popular in the 19th century. A disk with a picture on each side is attached to two pieces of string. When the strings are twirled quickly between the fingers the two pictures appear to blend into one.)
No time to stop by? Explore our online “Alice’s Library Adventure” to find the contest form and join the fun from anywhere! Also delve into the online library resources about Alice in Wonderland and Victorian culture.
There will be TEN randomly drawn prizes: three library goodie bags each with one of the following prizes: 1. Chick ‘N’ Tendees 50% off meal coupon, 2. Starbucks $5.00 Gift Card or 3. Starbucks reusable hot cup. Additionally there will be seven other library goodie bags as prizes.
Visit Alice’s Library Adventure for full contest details.
May has been designated Canadian Jewish Heritage Month since 2018. For about 30 years, the Dr. John Archer Library & Archives, through the Max and Pearl Herman Endowment Fund, has been acquiring books to support Judaic Studies. There are approximately 1800 titles representing six themes.
Titles in this collection are browsable online at https://casls-regina.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/collectionDiscovery?vid=01CASLS_REGINA:01CASLS_REGINA&collectionId=81320629280003476&lang=en.
