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Thank you to the 189 students for their participation in the Scavenger Hunt.

Check out our contest guide to find out the winner of the Starbucks Gift Pack!

It is the season of vampires, witches and ghosts, and the Archer Book Club is celebrating this autumn weather with the horror classic Dracula by Bram Stoker.  This book club session will be on October 30th at 12pm via Zoom, hosted by the Archer Library’s Arlysse Quiring.  Whether reading it for the first time or 10th, it’s a delightful opportunity to chat with fellow undead enthusiasts about all things literary and spine-chilling.

While the book is available at both the University Library and the Regina Public Library, it is also public domain and can be read for free online (free audiobooks are also available on YouTube).

More info on this month’s selection, and how to register, here:https://library.uregina.ca/c.php?g=716288&p=5347723

Use the Waitz app to check app to check times and which areas of the Library are busy.  Visit  https://waitz.io/regina or download the app. 

Also check out this story about Waitz at https://www.uregina.ca/stories/2024/04/just-in-time-for-exams-waitz-no-more-at-the-archer-library.html.

Did you know you can check out and return Regina Public Library holds materials at Dr. John Archer Library?

Here’s how!

1. Place a hold in your RPL account
2. Select University of Regina as your ‘pickup branch’.
3. Wait for a notification that your holds materials have been delivered.
4. Pick up at the RPL self-check station in Archer Library!

Archer Library’s homepage has a link to Regina Public Library catalog that is just above our QuickFind search box.

Not only is 2024 the 50th anniversary of the University of Regina, it’s the 25th anniversary of Joe Farard’s sculpture “Mind’s Garden,” which has resided in between the Library and Wascana Lake since 1999. The piece’s 16 panels are constructed of cast bronze using the “lost styrofoam” process, in which Fafard’s images are projected on the styrofoam and cut with a cold knife. Fafard then shaped and rounded the pieces using a torch. The shaped pieces are placed in sand into which molten bronze is poured, replacing the styrofoam.

The first and third photos in this post (both taken in 1997) were part of a recent donation to the U of R Archives of materials from the Douglas Udell Gallery. Doug Udell was a noteworthy Canadian art dealer and gallery owner who was a friend and champion of Joe Farard, in addition to many other contemporary Canadian artists. The first image is of Farard and businessman/philanthropist Gordon Diamond, who funded the creation of the work and who would later officially gift it to the University. The third image shows Fafard surveying the site which would later house “Mind’s Garden.” Image 2 is the sculpture in August 2024.

Join the QR Scavenger Hunt Contest in the Archer Library!

For a chance to win the Starbucks Gift Pack or win library swag!

Registered Students!

• Sign up and you will receive an email with 10 clues.
• Search the Archer Library building to find the 10 QR codes.

For more details and the sign up form visit the Scavenger Hunt Guide.

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

Information Services staff are settling into their brand new service desk (formerly the IT Help Desk) at the back of the computer commons (under the big Kenneth Lochhead paintings.) Previously IS had been temporary relocated at the main Help Desk, but as the main floor renovations are now over, they can finally move to their new home. The IS Service Desk staff can assist with computer and technology questions, printing set-up, U of R username and log-in troubleshooting, and other related issues.

Thank you to the 29 undergraduate students and 6 graduate students for their participation in the 2024 Summer Movie Contest.

Check out our contest guide to find out the winners of the library gift bag.

Also get some suggestions for popular movies you can stream for free using our library databases!

URL: https://library.uregina.ca/librarycontest/summermovie

Some photos from Tuesday’s “Our Rooted Relatives” presentation. We were honored to host Elder Betty McKenna from Sapotawayak Reserve, Treaty 4 Manitoba, who shared her vast wisdom about traditional medicinal plants and their centuries-long use in Indigenous culture (including a hands-on sampling of dried herbs, leaves and seeds.) Afterwards, Dr. Fidji Gendron from the First Nations University of Canada presented on her ongoing work with Elder Betty.

This event was part of National Indigenous History Month at the Archer Library & Archives.

Join the Dr. John Archer Library & Archives on June 25th, 2024 as we celebrate National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day.

Elder Betty McKenna (Sapotawayak Reserve, Treaty 4 Territory in Manitoba) and Dr. Fidji Gendron (Associate Dean [Academic] and Professor of Biology at First Nations University of Canada) will present on the importance of flora and land-based knowledge from an Indigenous worldview. This event is free and open to the public.

Learn more about some medicinal properties of plants by visiting our guide and entering a student contest at https://library.uregina.ca/librarycontest/indigenousplants