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Archer Library – Spring Wonderland Contest Recap!

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. 

  • 📚 The fun continues this summer! We’re celebrating 5 years of the Archer Book Club!

Submit what you’re reading + your thoughts for a chance to win a Starbucks Gift Card!

  • ☕️ Each book = 1 entry. The more you read, the more chances to win!
  • 📅 Contest ends July 25, 2025 | Winners announced July 30, 2025
  • 🕵️ Need a study break? Check out “Alice’s Library Adventure” and more online library web adventures on the Study Break page.

Photovoice For Health Equity

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.

(Image: “Crochet As A Coping Skill” from the exhibition.)

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

University Archives Renovation

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!

Pride Season Display

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 Regional Park Pass Lending Program is back!

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.

Alice’s Library Adventure

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.

Judaic Studies Collection at Dr. John Archer Library

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. 

(Pictured: Jewish Life in Canada, about artist William Kurelek, by Sarah Milroy. William Kurelek (1927–1977) is a beloved figure in Canadian art, a revered Ukrainian-Canadian painter whose works express his deeply felt immigrant experience and his compassionate vision of humanity. In 1975, he created a suite of 16 jewel-toned paintings titled Jewish Life in Canada in homage to his Jewish art dealer and friend Avrom Isaacs and as a gesture across the cultural divide. Relying on archival documents and photographs from communities across the country, Kurelek foregrounded the role of tradition, community, and family at the core of the Jewish experience in mid-twentieth century Canada.)