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)
From Sunday, April 13th through Friday, April 25th, the Library will be open until 2:00 am for the final exam period. 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.
There will be complimentary tea and coffee, courtesy of Starbucks, served at 9 PM during this period (weekdays only.)
🎨 Need a break from studying?
Take a moment to relax with free coloring pages in the Archer Library Alcove, or check out our online Library Web Adventures — they’re fun, quick, and stress-free! 🌟
Perfect for a little brain break during finals season. 💆♀️📚
👉 Explore here: https://library.uregina.ca/librarycontest/studybreak
Curator and Preparator – President’s Art Collection
We are pleased to announce that Julia Krueger is the new Curator and Preparator of the University President’s Art Collection! Krueger is an independent curator & craft historian, and was previously the Registrar for the permanent collection at SK Arts. Welcome aboard, Julia!
Our “Still Life” contest ran from March 18 to April 6, and we received many creative ideas for Still Life table objects and Still Life uploads. A big thank you to the undergrads and grad students who entered the random draw — we loved seeing your artistic spirit!
Curious who won? Visit the “Still Life” Contest guide below to see the lucky winners of the book Dark Chapters: Reading the Still Lives of David Garneau (signed by the artist and donated by University of Regina Press) — plus the 10 library goody bags!
https://library.uregina.ca/librarycontest/stillife2025
