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The Dr. John Archer Library & Archives is co-hosting a free film screening of a new documentary titled Singing Back the Buffalo.  Afterwards, join director Tasha Hubbard as she discusses her journey to being a director and Indigenous storyteller. This event is part of Indigenous Storytelling Month across libraries in Saskatchewan in February.  The public film screening and storytelling is also in recognition of the 150th Anniversary signing of Treaty No. 4.  Details and registration are at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/singing-back-the-buffalo-film-screening-conversation-with-tasha-hubbard-tickets-1107634497599.

Register here: https://uregina.libcal.com/event/3859227

The Dr. John Archer Library & Archives invites you to a special Black History Month hybrid presentation, “A Black Panther in the Great White North: Fred Hampton Visits the Regina Campus in 1969” with Dr. Dawn Flood.

Dawn Rae Flood is an Associate Professor of History at Campion College at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada. She is the author of Rape in Chicago: Race, Myth and the Courts (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2012, 2018) and “A Black Panther in the Great White North: Fred Hampton Visits Saskatchewan, 1969,” Journal for the Study of Radicalism, vol. 8 no. 2 (Fall 2014): 21-49. Her research focuses on race and gender relations in a modern, urban setting and radical activist movements in support of social justice. Her research on Fred Hampton’s visit to the Regina Campus of the University of Saskatchewan is currently being developed as a dramatic play and limited-run television series.

Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 1:30 – 3:00 pm. LY 107.32 & 107.33 (Regina & Wascana Rooms), Archer Library main floor, University of Regina.

This is an in-person and online event. Registration is required. Click here for more details: https://uregina.libcal.com/event/3862243

The Dr. John Archer Library Award is available until February 1 for undergraduate students to apply.  Students must apply using Student Awards and Financial Aid’s online system called SAMS. 

Information about the award is at https://library.uregina.ca/library_award

If you go to our website (https://library.uregina.ca/homepage) and scroll down just a wee bit, you’ll find the “Featured At Archer” section where we regularly curate a small selection of resources from our vast online collection. Currently featured are winter-themed content like “Winter Classics” from the Naxos Music Library, a collection of works by Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Chopin, Debussy, and Rachmaninov (among others), and Timothy Steele’s celebrated poetry collection “Towards the Winter Solstice.” Both are accessible to university faculty, staff and students with an active username and password.

Need inspiration for holiday break activities? ??? Browse the PDF links and gallery slide shows on our Winter Fest Guide for a selection of book and movie recommendations from U of R students!

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

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Library Winter Fest Contest! ❄️? We received 95 entries from 69 undergraduate students and 18 graduate students. ?✨? Congrats to our Winter Fest Contest winners! ?✨

Something to remember during this busy final exam period: The Archer Library & Archives has live occupancy data available online via the Waitz app, which allows you to see what our building occupancy is at any given time. You can access this information on our website (using the “current library occupancy” link) or you can check the visual display unit in our front entrance on your way in.

For the impatient, the direct link is: https://waitz.io/regina

Waitz uses custom sensors that scan for radio signals (Bluetooth & WiFi) in an area. These sensors pick up laptops, cell phones, wearables, and other connected devices. The total signal activity is analyzed to estimate the number of people in the area.

From Sunday, December 8th through Friday, December 20th, the Library will be open until 2:00 am for final exam extended hours of operation. No library services will be provided from 11:00 pm to 2:00 am, but student assistants will staff the Help Desk during this time to monitor the main floor area and provide general assistance.

Starbucks (Archer Library location) hours of operation during this time period will be:

Monday to Friday: 7:00 am – 9:00 pm

Saturday to Sunday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Starbucks will provide free coffee and tea at 9:00 PM Dec. 9-13 and Dec. 16-20.  

Thank you to everyone who showed up to yesterday’s Celebration of Authorship, the annual event that spotlights creators from the University community through the Author Recognition Program. The program showcases not only printed text works but a variety of creative or scholarly projects published in various media such as artworks, websites and app development. This past year saw an exciting and diverse crop of new works from University authors, and pictured here are three who presented brief summaries about their creative process: Risa Horowitz, Belan Tsagaye, and Marcel DeCoste. A jazz trio from the Department of Music also performed during the reception.

More information on the Author Recognition Program can be found here: https://library.uregina.ca/authorrecognition