Author: Library Technology

Cold weather has suddenly descended upon us, so why not visit our Winter Fest display of seasonal books to read and grab yourself a free snowman bookmark!

But there’s more: Fill out the entry form and tell us your favourite book or movie to win one of 10 library goodie bags! Deadline is Sunday, December 15, 2024, 11:59pm. Contest is open to all registered students!

Check out our online Library Winter Fest guide for the contest entry form and a selection of online eBooks and streaming movies to enjoy:

https://library.uregina.ca/librarycontest/winterfest

The Archer Library & Archives book sale in support of the United Way started last Friday! Stop by the Archer Alcove (just off Archer’s first floor elevator lobby) between now and the end of November to find a few good reads. There are several hundred titles for sale this year.

Books are $2 each (cash only). Please pay via the wall-mounted box in the elevator lobby.

Thanks to everyone who donated books this year! If you’ve set aside a few for the cause but haven’t yet had a chance to drop them off, the book collection box will be available in the Archer entryway through today.

Thank you for your support! If you have any questions regarding the sale, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us. Anyone at the main Help Desk can put you in touch with one of the Librarians in charge of the sale.

Due to the current job action taken by Canada Post the borrowing of physical items through Interlibrary Loans is currently unavailable.  Requests for digital fulfillment of articles and chapters can still be placed.  We will update you in accordance with job action announcements.

Thank you to all the participants in the 2024 Hallowe’en Contests!

Check out our contest guide to find out the winners of the 2-Sentence Horror Story and Hallowe’en Coloring Contest.

The Runner-Up stories that received one or more votes from our blind-review panel are also included!

URL: https://library.uregina.ca/librarycontest/halloween

Do you have books that need a new home? If so, please consider donating them to the Archer Library & Archives’ collection and sale. Last year’s sale raised over $1000 for the United Way and helped to find new homes for 500+ books. Let’s see what we can achieve together this year!

Donate your books any time between now and November 14th, 2024, using the donation boxes near our front entrance.

Our focus is on gently used leisure books (fiction or nonfiction) –  no textbooks, magazines, music or movies please!

Thanks in advance for your support!

Climate Action Week continues with promoting an info session on Nov. 6 about the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP29).  There will be presentations about COP29 and registration is at https://tinyurl.com/URCOP29

Climate Action Week continues with promoting the U of R  Office of Sustainability new campus bike map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1vAwmtiLx23-TcqbpPi77ntQuIEOEWeM&ll=50.426779726495965%2C-104.59617684999999&z=14

The campus map shows where to park bikes and a bike repair station.

To help celebrate Climate Action Week, the U of R Office of Sustainability has a new campus food map to address food insecurity: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1IOmDP79Jfh7vIMgHjzGqA9CUWRfH1vg&ll=50.418579239058985%2C-104.5888215374147&z=17 

One of the programs on campus is RPIRG’s Green Patch that is behind the Dr. John Archer Library & Archives. 

The Dr. John Archer Library & Archives has a new interlibrary loan (ILL) system called Rapido.  You can discover resources from over 500 libraries worldwide directly in QuickFind.  You can place requests for physical items and digital copies of those materials and track your requests directly from your Library Account.  Learn more on our ILL web page: https://library.uregina.ca/borrowing/interlibraryloan.

THIS THURSDAY! Join us for “The Spooky and the Super/Natural,” a thrilling discussion with four captivating panelists exploring all things eerie and extraordinary. Author Jes Battis will also read excerpts from his book The Winter Knight.

During this event the two winners of the 2-Sentence Horror Story contest will be announced.

This event is free and open to the public.

Speakers:

Jes Battis, PhD.

Michael Trussler, PhD.

Scott J. Wilson, MA.

Carlos David Londoño Sulkin, PhD.

Moderator:

Kate Cushon (Dr. John Archer Library & Archives)

See you there! October 31st, 10 am, Research and Innovation Center main floor, University of Regina.

https://uregina.libcal.com/event/3848200