Thank you to all who came to celebrate the completion of the Veterinary Medicine Library renovation. The Grand Opening was a huge success. It was nice to see some friendly faces. Susan Murphy, Jill Crawley-Low and Caroline Monnin Ellie Doerksen … Continue reading
Meet Winston the Serials Wolf
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Winston is a plush gray wolf. He arrived via Canada Post to the Serials Check-In staff one snowy day in November 2014. Since then he has become a welcome addition to the Serials staff.
You can visit Winston on the Serials snack table and he is usually adorned in seasonal attire. He is quite the fashion dog! Amy has contributed significantly to his wardrobe, but he is always open to receiving new fashion-forward accessories! He likes to eat popcorn, and especially enjoys our 6th floor food days.
But life for Winston the Serials Dog is not always so easy- there have been several kidnapping attempts that have been thwarted by his loyal Serials guardians (cough cough Art!).
Come by and visit Winston. He is the perfect therapy pet for our office; we get all the “awwws” of having a dog- without having to clean up any of the little messes.
p.s. We are currently looking for suggestions or donations for a spring/summer wardrobe for Winston. Amy has made a small tickle-trunk for his outfits on the Serials snack table.
Winston is ready for some cool summer times!
Winston was looking jazzy in his Christmas get-up
Winston the tiny fire-dog
UASC Survived February
February is one of our biggest months in UASC, as this is typically when appraisals happen on collections that have been donated over the past year. This means that we must have all of our collections processed and ready for the appraisers when they arrive to work their magic.
This year saw some great new additions to our collections, and I would like to share a bit of information about each of them — from mounds of Aboriginal research materials, to music, theater, and more, the list is well worth checking out for anyone interested in seeing what we have, and getting an idea of what we do.
In other news:
- Some of Diefenbaker’s flags from our collection were once again featured in the National Post. Popular items!
- A new mini exhibit entitled Back to the Future has gone up in the ground and third floor cases of the Murray library, featuring an array of outdated media. Nothing like looking at a cassette tape in a display case to make you feel old!
Babies are here!
Congratulations to Rachel H. from the Murray Library on the birth of her two new babies yesterday afternoon! Rachel, baby boy Ethan, and baby girl Robin are all doing well.
Staff members at the Murray Library had a baby pool going to guess the birthday and weights of the babies. Congratulations to Christine who was the overall winner with the closest date, and to Racheal and Eva who picked the closest girl & boy weights. 
Murray Library staff are collecting to buy a gift for Rachel and her family. If you’d like to contribute, please drop by the Interlibrary Loans department.
And, the Spirit of Spring Award goes to… Adele Charpentier!!!
Adele came by the Education & Music Library today on her day off to bring us individual vases for ours desks! THANKS, Adele!
They Don’t Want Us to Read What?!
It’s that time of the year again, when we celebrate all the amazing books that Big Brother doesn’t want us to read. “And how do you celebrate the man trying to censor us?”, you may ask. “Why by creating a display that showcases many of the books that have been questioned, banned, or protested”, we reply. For those of you who didn’t get to stick it to the man and check out the Murray Library display here are some pictures.
Pssst… don’t tell but we even saw a few students check-out some of these books. Freedom to Read Week lives on!
Freedom to Read Week 2015
Here’s a peek at the Law Library Freedom to Read Week 2015 display.
We choose to highlight challenged books that had legal action associated with them. On our book bands we included the province, reason the book was challenged, the case name and the citation of the case with the hopes that a curious law student would want to look up why the book was challenged in Canada.
We also had a print out of the Challenged Works List from the Freedom to Read website so students could see if their favourite book had been challenged.
Veterinary Medicine Library Open House
Please come and join us on Tuesday March 3, 2015 2:30 – 3:30 pm
for the Veterinary Medicine Library Open House.
There will be a brief program at 3 pm,
and plenty of snacks and bottled water.
We look forward to seeing you!
Cataloguing… is it still scary?
Has anyone seen this character lately?
If you missed it the first time around, check out the CCG Video.
The Copy Cataloguing Group (CCG) is continuing its quest for knowledge of RDA in all its formats.
CCG needs you!
Do you have any questions? We may have the answers on our LibGuide.
Check out the FAQs, and if you don’t see an answer to your question, send an email to Donna Frederick (Donna.Frederick@usask.ca) or Fern Fitzharris (Fern.Fitzharris@usask.ca).
The list of FAQs is a work in progress, so you can help us build this list with your questions.
While you’re on our LibGuide, take a peek at our progress report.
-CCG (who are we? click here)
Celebrating Freedom to Read Week
We’ve set out a selection of banned and challenged chil
dren’s and young adult books. Feel free to stop by and have a look!