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Library Sessions

We have a new schedule for Library Zoom sessions as well as a couple of in-person Library sessions for the Fall 2022 semester. Registration is required for the Zoom sessions, and encouraged for the in-person sessions. ALL students from ANY program or faculty are welcome. Staff, sessionals and faculty are also welcome.

Balancing the Acquisitions Budget

For the past several years, the Archer Library’s acquisitions budget has been operating at a deficit. Our acquisitions budget today is below the level it was in 2009 ($2.97M compared to $3.13M), while annual vendor increases, inflation, and the fluctuating value of the Canadian dollar have decreased our relative buying power by over $1M in the same time period.

The Library is committed to strategically balancing its acquisitions budget while minimizing impact on teaching, research and curriculum development at the University of Regina.

The Library’s Collection Assessment Team (CAT) has identified subscriptions to Wiley and Taylor & Francis packages for non-renewal. Journals from all disciplines will be impacted by the non-renewal. Rather than subscribing to the entire packages, we will be individually subscribing to journals from these publishers: 21 from Wiley, and 13 from Taylor & Francis.  More information about those titles is available at the link below.

The decision is data-driven and is based on the principles of stewardship, transparency, fairness, and equity across all disciplines. We have set up a webpage to provide more information to the campus community about our decision-making process. Please check back regularly for updates.

Update on Acquisitions Budget 2022

Virtual Treaty 4 Talk with Nelson Bird and Danielle Kehler

In recognition of the annual Treaty 4 Gathering near Fort Qu’Appelle, The Dr. John Archer Library and Archives invites the general public, grades 6-12 teachers and their students, to participate in a virtual session on Wednesday 21st at 11am. Host Nelson Bird, CTV News Regina Assignment Editor, will have an inspiring conversation with Danielle Kehler, a Plains Cree artist from Kawacatoose First Nation. Sign up, here: https://bit.ly/3QH4fxV. This program was created in partnership with Regina Public Library, Chinook Regional Library, Palliser Regional Library, and Southeast Regional Library. 

Treaty 4 Talks 2022Download

“The Things We Think With”, currently showing at the University’s Fifth Parallel Gallery

U of R Archivist Crista Bradley is a contributor to the multidisciplinary exhibit “The Things We Think With,” currently showing at the University’s Fifth Parallel Gallery until September 16th. “The Things We Think With” reflects on our collective fascination with objects as important catalysts, tools, containers and provocations in our daily lives, and provides a collaborative space for their celebration. Congratulations to Crista and all of the contributing artists!

“Shapes, Lines, and Light,” a picture book by Katie Yamasaki

Released this month is “Shapes, Lines, and Light,” a picture book by Katie Yamasaki about her grandfather Minoru Yamasaki, the architect of the Archer Library (as well as dozens of other significant 20th century modernist buildings across the globe.)
“Minoru Yamasaki described the feeling he sought to create in his buildings as “serenity, surprise, and delight.” Here, Katie Yamasaki charts his life and work: his childhood in Seattle’s Japanese immigrant community, paying his way through college working in Alaska’s notorious salmon canneries, his success in architectural school, and the transformative structures he imagined and built. A Japanese American man who faced brutal anti-Asian racism in post–World War II America and an outsider to the architectural establishment, he nonetheless left his mark on the world, from the American Midwest to New York City, Asia, and the Middle East.” (from Penguin Random House https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/719208/shapes-lines-and-light-by-katie-yamasaki/9781324017011 )
Learn more about the book at Katie Yamasaki’s website here:
https://www.katieyamasaki.com/books/shapeslineslight

Meet Our New Discovery Technologies Librarian, Caitlin Bakker

Hi all!

I’m Caitlin Bakker, the new Discovery Technologies Librarian at the University of Regina. Essentially, that means that I implement and manage systems that connect people with the information that they need, whether that need is teaching, learning, research, or anything else.

My favourite part of my job is being able to solve problems, and I love being able to make discovering, accessing and sharing information easier for everyone.

Prior to coming to the U of R, I spent 8 years at the University of Minnesota, where I worked on data science and management, systematic reviews, research impact assessment, research reproducibility, and open science and scholarship.