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.
The Archer Library & Archives has officially launched the University of Regina Annual Reports Collection. This collection contains annual reports from 2011 going back to 1912 when we were known as Regina College.
All reports are archived in oURspace at: https://hdl.handle.net/10294/16592
At the University of Regina, researchers use open APIs (Application Programming Interface) to design and study search interfaces that enable better experiences for users doing extensive, ongoing research.
Learn more >>> https://exlibrisgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/PrimoVE-Uni-of-Regina-Dilex-May-2024.pdf
We are pleased to announce that Addisen Nelson is the winner of the Dr. John Archer Library Award for 2025. The Library Award celebrates undergraduate scholarship by challenging a student to explain in a compelling reflective essay how they personally engaged with staff, resources and services at the Archer Library & Archives to complete a major assignment in any course taken completed within the last year. Addisen wrote about researching her project (titled Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910) Solitude) for Dr. Barbara Reul’s MUHI 202 – Music History Survey-Preclassical to Contemporary course from the Fall 2024 semester.
A copy of Addisen’s reflective essay and research assignment have been added to oURspace: https://ourspace.uregina.ca/handle/10294/5336.
A private photo-op ceremony happened on April 17. Pictured here is Addisen with the trophy, Dean of University Libraries & Archives Brett Waytuck presenting the plaque, and Addisen with Barbara Ruel.
Details about the award are at: https://library.uregina.ca/library_award
Today is National Canadian Film Day: A coast-to-coast salute to Canadian cinema! Launched in 2014, Canadian Film Day has brought together hundreds of thousands of Canadians to celebrate our stories and the incredible achievements of our filmmakers.
To commemorate this day, the Archer Library & Archive’s Jason Cawood has put together a selection of recent Canadian films that can be accessed through the University Library’s media databases. Pick one to watch today!
Those databases are mentioned after the films’ titles here:
1995 (Ricardo Trogi / 2024) (Criterion On-Demand)
Infinity Pool (Brandon Cronenberg / 2023) (Criterion On-Demand)
Compulsus (Tara Thorne / 2022) (Criterion On-Demand)
The Dishwasher / Le plongeur (Francis Leclerc / 2023) (Criterion On-Demand)
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (Michael Mabbott & Lucah Rosenberg-Lee / 2024) (National Film Board of Canada)
Maybe Elephants (Torill Kove / 2024) (National Film Board of Canada)
Blackberry (Matt Johnson / 2023) (Criterion On-Demand)
Posthumans / posthumains (Dominique Leclerc / 2025) (National Film Board of Canada)
