Now in the main floor display case: Looking Back To The Future: 50 Years At The University Of Regina, featuring a plethora of photos and documents from the University Archives, celebrating the U of R’s milestone anniversary. Check it out now (main floor computer commons, next to the new IS Services desk.)
Are you a researcher looking to publish your work in an open access journal but are concerned about the article processing charges (APCs)? Try the Library’s new tool, SciFree, a searchable database of the Library’s agreements with select publishers that offer U of R corresponding authors waivers or discounts on APCs.
SciFree is easy to use. When you are ready to publish your article, search by journal title name and the results will show whether a waiver or discount is available and what Creative Commons license type applies. Knowing whether a journal has an open access publishing option is critical as some funders may require researchers to make their work open access as part of their funding requirements.
To learn more about this tool or the Library’s supports for open access publishing options, please see this link: https://library.uregina.ca/research/apcs
Don’t be afraid to visit the Archer Library display and pick up your free “batty” bookmarks and Library Hallowe’en coloring cards! Did you know you can color or draw in the Archer Alcove?
Enter to WIN! Deadline: Sunday, October 27, 2024, 11:59 pm
Check out our online BOO! Ks Halloween guide to enter the contests and discover a selection of online eBooks and streaming movies.
Interested in learning more about open science practices and celebrating International Open Access Week? Librarians Cara Bradley, Kaetlyn Phillips and Christina Winter will share tips and tricks for incorporating open sciences practices into your scholarship.
Please register in advance for this online presentation:
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 – https://uregina.libcal.com/event/3843173
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Zoom meeting.
You are invited to a unique book club experience this fall semester—the first-ever Anti-Oppression Reverse Book Club discussion. No need to read the book in advance! Instead, participants will engage in meaningful dialogue using selected paragraphs and quotes from Angry Queer Somali Boy, a powerful and complex memoir by Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali.
So, whether you’ve read the book or not, join us for lively conversations with fellow participants and the author. You’ll have the chance to exchange ideas, share experiences, and explore diverse perspectives.
We have the e-book available: https://casls-regina.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CASLS_REGINA/1g3evkr/alma9923217818303476
Meeting Dates:
• First Meeting: October 24, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
• Second Meeting: November 7, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
For more information and to register go to:
https://library.uregina.ca/c.php?g=729474&p=5358113
We hope to see you there!
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!
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.
