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The Archer Library is hosting the annual U of R Author Recognition Program Reception on Thursday, November 23 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm in the RIC Auditorium.

The program celebrates scholarly and creative works published in the last year by members of the U of R and Federated Colleges community. The reception provides a platform for authors to speak briefly about their work, and also an opportunity for the published works to be displayed.

Details about the program are at https://library.uregina.ca/authorrecognition

Check out some of our titles highlighting Black achievement in Canada as we celebrate Canada History Week. Here’s a selection of books from our collection featuring trailblazers and change-makers who’ve made incredible contributions to Canadian culture and heritage.

Did you know that you can sign out Archer Library books from your phone? Just download the Archer Self Checkout app, log-in with your University username and password, and you’re ready to go. Simply scan a book’s barcode with your camera and it’s added to your account. You can also see what other books you have out, and other account info like recall notices and outstanding fees. So convenient!

Contact us here: https://library.uregina.ca/help

if you have any questions about this new feature.

The Archer Library and Archive’s Annual Report for the 2022 – 2023 period is now available online here: https://archer.uregina.ca/annualreport2022-23/

The Annual Report details the recent accomplishments, initiatives, acquisitions and innovations within the library, as well as the outreach and impact with the community at large.

The United Way book sale is on now and runs until November 27th. This year the sale is in the Alcove space, which is just past the elevators. Each book is available for a suggested donation of $2 per item, and payments can be made in the wall-mounted box in the elevator lobby. (Note that change cannot be made at the Help Desk.)

All proceeds from the sale will be donated to the University of Regina’s United Way campaign. https://www.unitedwayregina.ca

In observance of the November 11th Remembrance Day holiday, the Archer Library and Archives will be open reduced hours on Friday, November 10th. Those hours are 12:00 pm until 5:00 pm, with the Help Desk shutting down 15 minutes prior to closing.

Regular hours resume the following day.

If you visit the MacKenzie Art Gallery between now and February 18th, Archer Library patrons will encounter something familiar hanging on the wall. Marjorie Yuzicappi’s 1970 “Tapestry (Tah-hah-sheena)” can normally be found on the Archer’s main floor but recently it’s been leant to the Mackenzie for their new exhibition “Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms, and the Expanded Frame, 1960–2000,” a sprawling survey of innovative textile-based art on the Canadian Prairies from the second half of the twentieth century. The Yuzicappi piece is one of three monumental 70s tapestries which call the Archer Library home, with the other two also made by women artists of The Sioux Handcraft Co-operative from Standing Buffalo First Nation.

Today, November 7th, is International Inuit Day, when we celebrate the rich and diverse cultures of Inuit peoples from the Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland, Alaska, and Russia.

The University is proud to include Inuit sculptures, prints and textiles in its art collection. Comment below if you recognize this print by Kananginak Pootoogook!

Congratulations to all three of this year’s 2-Sentence Horror Story Contest winners: Miranda Peace (Grad Student, Kinesiology & Health Studies), Vanshika (Undergrad, Kinesiology & Health Studies) and Ekin Buyukakten (Grad student, Kinesiology & Health Studies).

See images to read their winning entries!

Did you know? Generous annual funding from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) supports the collections of the University of Regina Library. The APEGS Past Presidents Library Grant has enabled significant resource purchasing, above and beyond what our regular budget makes possible. This means that engineering, geology, and related subject areas have a wide variety of up-to-date information resources.

Now, a searchable digital library of titles purchased with APEGS funding is available. Browse APEGS contributed titles, or search by title or author to see items available at the Dr. John Archer Library.

APEGS members external to the University of Regina also benefit from our collections and services! Any APEGS member may obtain a free library card to borrow items from the Library.

Questions? Contact Chris Read, Science & Engineering Librarian.