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For the University's Alumni Week, a Libraries Open House will be held Wednesday, February 6, 2008 between 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. entitled:
Your archives: your university: the history of the University of Victoria, and our alumni revealed in banners and displays.
Discover new authors in the alumni author exhibit at the entrance to the McPherson Library.
Come to the Welcome Desk, and learn about new library resources, ebooks, full-text databases, and more. There will be information about all the Libraries locations. For the nostalgic we have retained one section of the old card catalog!
People can sign up for one of the following V.I.P. tours:
1:00
Take a guided tour of the Library
2:00
Get a "hands-on" introduction to the Libraries Archives and Special Collections. A selection of yearbooks will be on display.
***Because tour sizes are limited, please preregister. Sign up at the Alumni Welcome table at the entrance to the Library or email lwoodruf@uvic.ca
Alumni Week is being organized by the Alumni Affairs Office. Information about other events can be found online at: http://alumni.uvic.ca/events/Alumni_Week.html
Shailoo Bedi, Access & Branch Services, sends the following message:
The UVic Libraries are pleased to announce that the second annual “Food for Fines” campaign was a great success!
Once again, the campaign was extended due to the positive feedback from UVic students and staff. Thanks to all of the generous donations we received, Food for Fines filled 41 boxes of food for the Mustard Seed and UVSS food banks – that’s $3070.00 in waived fines! In addition, the cash, cheque and credit card donations that we collected for the Mustard Seed will be put towards services to help those in need.
You can check out the Mustard Seed’s website here: http://www.mustardseed.ca/ and the UVSS’s food bank here: http://www.uvss.uvic.ca/index.php?page=food#bank.
The Food for Fines coordinators would like to offer a HUGE thank you to all Libraries Staff – we really appreciate all your time and efforts!
Thanks again to everyone who donated food and money this year – your contributions are so important! Keep your eyes open for Food for Fines 2008!
Shailoo Bedi, Access & Branch Services, sends the following message:
UVic Libraries will be launching our second annual “Food for Fines” campaign this year from November 19th to December 4th. This campaign is just one example of the ways that the UVic Libraries can give back to the community.
We will be accepting non-perishable food items at the following locations: Curriculum Lab, Main Loan Desk and Music, Audio and Media Services.
Just like last year, for each item donated, $2 will be waived from the library user’s fines, up to a maximum of $20. There will also be processes in place for users to make monetary donations to the Mustard Seed if they wish to do so.
All of the food collected from the campaign will be donated to the Mustard Seed and UVSS food banks. We will report back on the total number of items donated in December.
Library users who do not have fines accumulated are encouraged to donate; however, we will not issue “credit” towards future library fines.
Please contact either myself (721-8226, Shailoo@uvic.ca), Scott Downing (721-8225, sdowning@uvic.ca), or Emily Wagner (472-4533, kwagner@uvic.ca) if you have any questions about the Food for Fines campaign.
Thanks in advance for your anticipated support in this campaign!
Shailoo
Shailoo Bedi, Access & Branch Services, sends the following message:
UVic Libraries will be launching our second annual “Food for Fines” campaign this year from November 19th to November 30th. This campaign is just one example of the ways that the UVic Libraries can give back to the community.
We will be accepting non-perishable food items at the following locations: Curriculum Lab, Main Loan Desk and Music, Audio and Media Services.
Just like last year, for each item donated, $2 will be waived from the library user’s fines, up to a maximum of $20. There will also be processes in place for users to make monetary donations to the Mustard Seed if they wish to do so.
All of the food collected from the campaign will be donated to the Mustard Seed and UVSS food banks. We will report back on the total number of items donated in December.
Library users who do not have fines accumulated are encouraged to donate; however, we will not issue “credit” towards future library fines.
Please contact either myself (721-8226, Shailoo@uvic.ca), Scott Downing (721-8225, sdowning@uvic.ca), or Emily Wagner (472-4533, kwagner@uvic.ca) if you have any questions about the Food for Fines campaign.
Thanks in advance for your anticipated support in this campaign!
Shailoo
UVic Libraries and Housing, Food and Conference Services (HFCS) are pleased to announce the naming of the new cafe, BiblioCafe (with an accent over the e). The winner of the cafe naming contest is Karen Waugh, a UVic staff member in Student Recruitment. Marnie Swanson, University Librarian, and Thomas Bain, HFCS Manager of Retail Outlets & Vending, presented Karen with a $50 HFCS Food Card on October 16th. The Libraries would like to thank everyone who submitted an entry to the contest; we received 784 entries of 2000 creative names!
We look forward to the opening of BiblioCafe this winter (December or January) on the main floor of the McPherson Library.
Danielle Russell, Special Collections, sends the following message:
Beginning August 31st and running until November 15th, the McPherson Library will hold “Mingling of Memory and Desire,” an exhibition focusing on Skelton’s poetry through featuring the books and papers of the late poet, editor and publisher, Robin Skelton. Focusing on Skelton’s poetry, the exhibit offers viewers a unique glimpse through manuscripts, correspondence, and other ephemera that highlight the milestones, associations and achievements of one of Victoria’s most colorful and influential literary figures. The exhibition will be on view in the lower level of the library, outside of Archives and Special Collections, during regular library hours. There is no charge for this event.
“Mingling of Memory and Desire” is one of many events this fall that is part of “The Malahat at Forty: A Celebration of Robin Skelton,” which marks the tenth anniversary of Skelton’s passing and the fortieth anniversary of The Malahat Review, the literary journal which Skelton helped create in 1967. For more information on this exhibition, contact Archives and Special Collections at the McPherson Library (721-8257 or speccoll@uvic.ca). For more information about The Malahat at Forty, call 721-8524 or email malahat@uvic.ca.
UVic Libraries invites all UVic students, faculty and staff to participate in a contest to name the new café that will be opening on the main floor of the McPherson Library this fall as part of the Mearns Centre for Learning.
Please go to: http://gateway.uvic.ca/coffee between July 3rd and July 20th, 2007 to submit your suggestion(s). Participants may enter the contest as many times as they like.
The winning suggestion will be chosen by the University Librarian and a panel of judges.
The winner will receive a $50 HFCS card to spend at the new café and other Food Services locations on campus.
The UVic Libraries Instruction Group is conducting two focus groups to gather in-depth feedback from undergraduate and graduate students regarding library instruction and their specific learning needs with respect to their use of the Library.
DATE/TIME:
Undergraduate students: Tuesday, March 27th, 2007 (Noon – 1:30pm)
Graduate students: Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007 (Noon – 1:30pm)
Lunch will be provided for participants and we will offer a $25 UVic Bookstore gift card to participants as a thank-you for their participation and input in the sessions.
To reserve your spot in the focus groups, please email Lisa Hill at lhill@uvic.ca by March 23rd, 2007. Please state whether you are interested in attending the Undergraduate or Graduate focus group session.
Thanks in advance for your anticipated interest and participation in what are sure to be dynamic and interesting sessions!
Uvic Libraries is pleased to announce that the inaugural year of our “Food for Fines” campaign was a huge success!
Almost $3,500 in Library fines were forgiven thanks to the generous food donations made by Library users. All food donations have been distributed to the Mustard Seed and UVic Student Society Food Banks.
We also raised over $300 in cash donations, which have been gratefully received by the Mustard Seed and will be put toward services to help those in need.
You can check out the Mustard Seed’s website here: http://www.mustardseed.ca/ and the UVic Student Society’s Food Bank here: http://www.uvss.uvic.ca/services/food.html#foodbank.
We would like to thank all those who helped and supported this initiative by donating their time and services: UVic Communications, UVic Marketing, UVic Printing, The Martlet, The Ring, UVSS, The Mustard Seed, Shaw Cable and all Libraries staff!
Thanks again to everyone who donated food and helped us make the campaign such a success, let’s see if we can beat our total next year!
The University of Victoria Libraries is sponsoring the Access 2007 conference, Oct 10-13, 2007. This conference, in its fifteenth year, is primarily concerned with trends in library technology. The conference website can be found http://access2007.uvic.ca. The Planning Committee is currently meeting to develop an exciting and relevant agenda. Contact Ken Cooley (kcooley@uvic.ca), Chair, John Durno (jdurno@uvic.ca), Program Committee or Tina Bebbington (bebbingt@uvic.ca), Local Arrangements.
Avoiding paying library fines?
“Food for Fines”, an initiative of UVic Libraries is a great way to clear your Library debt while helping to support those in need.
From November 27th to December 8th, for each non-perishable food item donated, Library users will have $2 waived from their Library fines, up to a maximum of $20. All borrowers are eligible to participate.
Donations can be made to:
Curriculum Lab (MacLaurin building)
Music, Audio and Media Services (McPherson Library)
Main Loan Desk (McPherson Library)
Those without fines who wish to donate food items are also encouraged to participate, however we cannot issue a credit towards future Library fines. Food for Fines will distribute donations to the Mustard Seed and the UVSS Food Banks.
The Mustard Seed ‘wish list’ of most needed staple food items includes: peanut butter, baby food, rice, macaroni and pasta, juice boxes, dried peas and beans and canned fish.
For more information, contact Shailoo Bedi, McPherson Library, at (250) 721-8226 or
shailoo@uvic.ca
There will be two training workshops on Friday, September 29th in Room 130 on
how to use an exciting new database.
ARTstor is a digital image database containing more than 400,000 images designed to enhance scholarship, teaching, and research. The images in ARTstor, from international museums and collections include painting, sculpture, photography, design and archaeology. However, ARTstor is not just about art, for almost every discipline can be enhanced by images.
Come and learn from ARTstor trainers how to search and view images online, and save them for use in classroom lectures and presentations, either online or off-line. Tools to create presentations using ARTstor images combined with those from other collections will also be demonstrated.
ARTstor: an introduction
DATE Friday, September 29, 2006
TIME 09:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
PLACE McPherson Library Classroom 130
Using images for presentations and classroom lectures for faculty and
teaching assistants
DATE Friday, September 29, 2006
TIME 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
PLACE McPherson Library Classroom 130
For more information contact:
Lynne Woodruff
Information Services Librarian, Fine Arts
For those of you who don't know, we had a Bean Counting Contest at the library's President's Day booth yesterday! Winners receive a water bottle, some candies, and a $5 copy card as their prize. There are 12 winners in
total:
Sandra Morris
Heather Davis
Pat Evans
Ryan Hill
Megan Purcell
Keith Holmes
Megan Edwards
Michelle Kalman
Rekha Chengkalath
Jeana Walker
Erika Brown
Megan Kilduff
Congratulations!
The Friends of the UVic Libraries presents
Bringing New Life to Old Gardens
Lecture and Garden Tour/Tea with renowned garden historian Cyril Hume
Lecture: Wednesday August 9th, 2006
Time: 7:30p.m.
David Lam Auditorium, MacLaurin Building, UVic
Ticket price: $10
Garden Tour/Tea: Saturday August 12th, 2006
Time: 2:30-4:30p.m.
686 Mountjoy Ave., and 535 Island St., Oak Bay
Ticket price: $15
Lecture and Garden Tour/Tea ticket price: $20
Follow the link below to learn more about this upcoming event:
http://gateway.uvic.ca/lib/admin/friends/events.html
Speak up! Be Heard.
The 2006 LibQUAL+™ survey starts Monday, February 27th. The survey is designed to gather valuable information from our library users in order to:
- determine levels of quality of service
- help us plan for future initiatives, such as the Mearns Centre for Learning
- develop better ways to provide the services needed most
If you have been selected to participate in the survey, please submit your completed response before March 10th, 2006.
For participating, you can enter your name for a draw to win an iPod Nano, donated by the University of Victoria Libraries.
For more information about LibQual+™ and the University Libraries, please visit our site on the Libraries Gateway: http://gateway.uvic.ca/lib/admin/surveys/index_libqual.html
If you have any questions or require assistance concerning the survey, please contact Lisa Hill at 721-8233 or email libqual@uvic.ca.
Thank-you for your anticipated support!
You’re invited! To the UVic Libraries Open House. This exciting event celebrates the completion of the Main Floor renovations in McPherson Library. There will be displays and demonstrations to showcase the services and resources of the Libraries, special events, and a draw for some fabulous prizes.
WHEN: November 9th 11:00am to 2:00pm
WHERE: McPherson Library
Come see what the UVic Libraries can do for you!
On January 20th the Lieutenant Governor will be at the University Club for an invitation only ceremony to rename the Canadian Military collections after Dr. Roy and to launch the "Veterans' Oral History Project". Mr. William S. Thackray will also be honoured at the ceremony for his outstanding work on the collections over the past 15 years.
The annual book sale to raise funds for the United Way through the UVic Campus Campaign took place Nov. 2 & 3, with a pre-sale of maps Nov. 1.
The sale included more than books. The Libraries received donations of books, records, CDs, and even DVDs. All items sold for $2.00 each and all the money raised goes to the United Way.
In addition, there was a pre-sale of Maps Monday, November 1, in the same location. Miscellaneous maps were on sale by donation, with the money also going directly to the United Way. Space allowing, Maps will also be included in the Book Sale November 2 and 3.
After 3:00 p.m. on the final day all items were sold by donation, rather than for the set price of $2.00.
The event raised over $6,000 for the United Way.
We hope to see you next year!
This October, 'Friends of UVic Libraries' is sponsoring the following events designed to raise the visibility of the Libraries and attract new membership.
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"The Art of the Book" EXHIBIT AT McPHERSON LIBRARY GALLERY
OCTOBER 9 -27
Friends of UVic Libraries and the Maltwood Art Museum are co-sponsoring an outstanding exhibit of craftsmanship and creativity in celebration of the 20 th anniversary of the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists' Guild (CBBAG). It is a juried exhibition of 74 pieces which includes works of fine book binding, papermaking calligraphy, fine printing, box-making, and pop-up books.
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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DISPLAYS (Concurrent with "The Art of the Book Exhibit")
Visit Special Collections on the lower level of McPherson Library to see works by French novelist and multimedia experimentalist Michel Butor, from the collection donated by Professor Jennifer Waelti-Walters.
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BOOK ARTS DEMONSTRATIONS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2 - 8 pm
McPherson Library, Room 210
Eight Vancouver Island/Gulf Island bookbinders, conservators, papermakers, calligraphers and small press owners will demonstrate their craft and answer questions.
For those who wish to study bookbinding in more detail, the bookbinding videos from the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild will be shown throughout the day in the adjoining room 296.
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GUIDED TOURS OF "The Art of the Book" EXHIBIT
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14
Exhibit award winner, Keith Valentine of Galiano Island, will give guided tours of the "Art of the Book" exhibit at 3, 5 and 7 pm in the McPherson Library Gallery.
For more information, contact friends@uvic.ca
Library tours and workshops are being offered in September to coincide with New Student Orientation in the fall term:
TOURS
At the beginning of each term (September and January), McPherson Library offers library tours during New Student Orientation week. The tours take about 20 minutes.
Times:
September 8 – 10:
11:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
September 13 – 15:
11:00 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
To sign up:
Meet at the Reference Desk, McPherson Library
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INTRODUCTION TO THE GATEWAY AND FINDING BOOKS
This session will introduce you to the information sources and services that are available on the Libraries Gateway. You will learn how to search for books by author, title and keyword and understand the difference between keyword and subject searching. You will also learn how to locate journals held at McPherson Library.
Times:
September
13th (Monday) 10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
16th (Thursday) 2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
21rd (Tuesday) 2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
27th (Monday) 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
Location:
Workshops will be held in the Library Classroom, Room 130
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FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES
This session will show you how to identify journal databases relevant to your subject areas. The key concepts used to search journal databases will be demonstrated. You will also learn how to print or email the full-text of articles, when available.
Times:
September
14th (Tueday) 2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
16th (Thursday) 4:30 a.m. - 5:20 a.m.
20th (Monday) 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
22nd (Wednesday) 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
23rd (Thursday) 10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
Location:
Workshops will be held in the Library Classroom, Room 130
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FINDING QUALITY INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET
In addition to the online catalogue and journal databases, there is a myriad of material freely available on the Internet - some of it is authoritative, but much of it is ephemeral and non-scholarly. How do you tell the difference and find the good stuff? This session provides you with strategies for searching using Internet search engines and will provide you with the techniques needed to assess the quality of the resources you find.
Times:
September
13th (Monday) 1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
16th (Thursday) 10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
20th (Monday) 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
23rd (Thursday) 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
Location:
Workshops will be held in the Library Classroom, Room 130
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Sign Up for Sessions Online.
For more information, contact the Instruction Working Group
iwg@uvic.ca
Workshop on Instruction on Library Use (WILU) 2004 Conference at UVic
The University of Victoria will host the WILU 2004 conference, June 14-16. This is the first time in its 33 year-history that the WILU conference is holding its annual, national conference on the West Coast.
With this year’s theme, “Riding the Wave: Library Instruction from Coast to Coast,” WILU 2004 will explore best practices in teaching pedagogy, student learning and teaching assessments, implementation of Information Literacy programs on campus and more! Presenters and delegates from academic institutions across Canada, the United States and Australia will be among 180 academic librarians and administrators attending this conference.
The timely arrival of this conference to UVic coincides with the University’s call, via the Information Technology Plan, for an increased level of user education in information literacy skills and collaborative library instruction programs between academic departments and the library, which will develop students’ critical thinking skills and discipline-based knowledge seeking skills. The UVic Libraries has also embarked on the process of implementing a campus-wide information literacy program.
Conference highlights include: The Keynote, Monday, June 14, given by Dane Ward, Associate Dean of Illinois State University Library, addressing the issue of collaborative strategies for information literacy programs in universities. At the Opening Plenary Session on Tuesday, Dr. Trudi Hahn of University of Maryland will present models of best practices for collaboration among faculty, students and librarians. On Wednesday the conference will end with a Closing Panel by Barry Cull of the University of New Brunswick and Dr. Heidi Julien of University of Alberta discussing the implementation of Information Literacy programs in East Coast academic libraries and public libraries across Canada.
To learn more about WILU 2004, visit the WILU 2004 web site.