Over the weekend of 12-13 August 2023, OCLC will migrate their Relais data center from Ottawa to Toronto. This will impact all North American Relais ILL hosted customers, and your production environment will be unavailable.
Thanks to all who participated in our summer comedy movie contest! Pictured here is a selection of the comedies that students, faculty and staff submitted as favorites (all of which are available for viewing through the Archer Library).
We received 46 entries from 36 members of the University of Regina community on the “favorite comedy movie” form.
Thank you to the 19 undergraduate students, 7 graduate students, 7 staff members and 3 faculty members for their participation!
On August 1, 2023 the random draw for the library gift bag resulted in the following ten winners:
Dorrett Poyser-Krause, Staff, Facilities Management – The Gods must be crazy
Angele Poirier, Graduate Student, Economics – Mrs. Doubtfire
Ishan Soni, Undergraduate Student, Computer Science – Dhamaal
Manpreet Kaur, Graduate Student, Education – Someone Great
Bin Wang, Staff, Environmental Systems Engineering – The Super Mario Bros.
Ridhima, Undergraduate Student, Computer Science – Airplane
Victoria Reeve, Undergraduate Student, Psychology – Hard Ticket to Hawaii
Sydney Lorenz, Undergraduate Student, Sociology – Heathers
Sharmin Jahan Mim, Graduate Student, Environmental Systems Engineering – Step Brothers
Siyang Zhang, Staff, Department of Geology – La Grande Vadrouille
(https://library.uregina.ca/c.php?g=731552&p=5295251)
More great news! We have a new self-checkout machine (well, an iPad really) on the main floor – a much simpler and more streamlined interface than the old one. Give it a try next time you’re signing out books from us – it’s opposite the Help Desk, at the column with the curved seating.
We’re back for another installment of the Association of Canadian Archivists’ Hashtag party. Today’s theme is #ArchivesBeaches. Many people in southern Saskatchewan head to the beautiful Qu’Appelle Valley to cool off during the lazy days of summer and have been doing so for many decades. This photo was taken during a Fort Qu’Appelle Summer School activity at Echo Lake in the Summer of ’69.
Travel back in time this summer! Check out some recently digitized photographs from our Archives that depict scenes from Europe, North America and Central America in the 1930s. These photos are part of our Theodore A. Heinrich Collection.
Discover the collection here:
Two more award-winning titles from the University of Regina Press to celebrate their 10th anniversary:
“The education of Augie Merasty : a residential school memoir” by Joseph Auguste Merasty (a national bestseller, as well as the first book selected for One Book One Province in 2017.)
https://casls-regina.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CASLS_REGINA/1igebl9/alma9923425055903476
“Where once they stood : Newfoundland’s rocky road towards Confederation” by raymond Blake and Melvin Baker (winner of the 2020 Pierre Savard Award and the 2019 Peter Cashin Prize.)
https://casls-regina.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CASLS_REGINA/1igebl9/alma9923217819303476
Available in both e-book and print versions through the Archer Library using the links above, or from https://uofrpress.ca/
The next meeting of the Archer Book Club will be on July 19th, with this month’s selection “Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen : Interviews and Encounters.” Fans of Cohen’s music and writing – come join us on Zoom over the lunch hour for an engaging and stimulating discussion.
Zoom information will be provided closer to the planned meeting.
more information on the Archer Book Club:
https://library.uregina.ca/archerbookclub
Item record for “Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen” e-book:
https://casls-regina.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CASLS_REGINA/1vr5te1/alma9923037931903476
A seldom-seen image from the University of Regina Archives, taken in the ’70s during the time of College West’s construction. The Archer Library (prior to its current naming) along with the Classroom and Laboratory Buildings, can be seen in the background. And in the foreground: some very cool era-specific cars!
Credit: U of R Archives 2014-69. Photographer: U of R Photography Department 71-091-1
Do you have a favourite comedy movie? The Dr. John Archer Library & Archives invites students, staff and faculty to participate in the “Summer Comedy Celebration” event!
Check out our display of comedy-themed books and movies from the library collection – ready to borrow!
Grab a “Laughing Lips” paper souvenir and scan the code on the back to tell us your favourite comedy movie! You will be entered into a draw for one of 10 Library Gift Bags! The lucky winners will need to pick up their library gift bag at the Archer Library.
For more details and the entry form visit this guide: https://library.uregina.ca/literarycontest/summercomedy
Any student for some extra help with English should be aware that the UR International English Coach has a change of schedule for July and August. They will be in the Archer Library (in the room pictured here) the following times for the next two months starting next Saturday (July 8th):
Thursdays: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Saturdays: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
