Relocation of Study Seating

The comfortable study seating generously gifted by the Student Ambassador Association to the McPherson Library has been relocated to make room for construction of the new Cafe. You can now enjoy this popular seating in the recently expanded second floor study corridor of the library.

Winner of the UVic Libraries Website Survey 2006

The UVic Libraries Web Redesign Team sends the following:

UVic Libraries conducted an online survey of its website in February 2006. Thanks to the 700 UVic faculty, staff and students who responded. Your answers are helping us build a better website for you.

The winner of the $50 UVic bookstore gift certificate is Yovita Anggajaya, who has just completed her Bachelor of Commerce degree, specializing in International Business. During her time at UVic , Yovita used the Libraries website very frequently and was “pretty satisfied” with it. Yovita will be looking for work here or in Singapore. We wish her all the best.

Here is a summary of what you told us about our website and what we are planning to do about it.

Libraries Closed

Both the McPherson Library and the Diana M. Priestly Law Library will be closed for the holidays until Tuesday, January 3rd.

Photocopy Price Changes

This message is sent on behalf of Vici Nielsen, Access Services.

On Monday, May 3, the following price changes came into effect:

-black and white photcopying is 10c
-colour copying and printing is 60c
-microform printing is 20c.
-black and white printing remains 7c, for now.
Although we know that students will question the increased prices, we can assure them that we operate our services at a 'break even' basis,
and we hope that this small price increase will help us to continue
updating our equipment and offering those services, such as more
double sided copiers, that students are requesting.

Thank you.

WILU 2004 News

WILU 2004 Riding the Wave: Library Instruction from Coast to Coast

We are pleased to be hosting the 33rd Workshop on Instruction in Library Use (WILU) being held this year for the first time in Victoria, British Columbia from June 14 to 16. This annual conference offers sessions in both English and French and covers a wide variety of topics on Library instruction. Participants and speakers come from all over Canada, the United States and the world.

This year's theme explores best practices in teaching pedagogy, student learning and teaching assessments, implementation of Information Literacy programs on campus and more!

For more information about the conference see our WILU 2004 site.

We're looking forward to seeing you in June.

WILU 2004 Steering Committee