Is Feb. 9th too late to do a January in review post? Not sure, but here goes!

This month saw the end of the Courtney Milne exhibit in the link, and the rise of the Sask Music Collection exhibit under the curatorship of Carolyn Doi. A beautiful show, highlighting the unique role of music in Saskatchewan’s heritage. It will be up until the 27th of March, with a reception being held on March 11th at 3:00 pm, for all who are interested.

(ok, so that wasn’t really UASC news, but exciting nonetheless!)

The second exhibit to go up was another of our “mini-displays” on the third and ground floors. In anticipation of Aboriginal Achievement Week, we decided to concentrate on that theme, with the two cases downstairs featuring the University’s first male and female Aboriginal grads (to learn more on them, visit : http://library.usask.ca/archives/exhibitions-digital/exhibitions/aboriginal-achievement.php)

On third, we have some materials on Allen Sapp, as well as selections from our special collections featuring Aboriginal writers. Although Aboriginal Achievement week is now over, we hope to leave the display up until the end of the month.

Last week was not only Aboriginal Achievement week, it was also Saskatchewan Archives Week–always an exciting time for us here at UASC. I was lucky enough to once again sit a table at the archives pavilion at the Heritage Festival of Saskatoon on December 30th at the Western Development Museum, alongside Laurie Wing and Tim Hutchinson. It was one of the busiest years anyone could remember, with the parking lot full to bursting, Boom Town was booming, and we had a steady stream of interested, and interesting people come by our table to say hello, ask questions, and peruse the many Greystone yearbooks we had out.

What struck me in particular was a pair of young people, high-school age, who came by and spent quite a bit of time with the Greystones. They were less interested in the contents of the books, and more interested in the heft of them–the thick, textured covers, and where color prints were used, and where not. The physicality of the book in action.

On Wednesday Feb. 4, we had our yearly celebrity readings night at the Bassment, always good entertainment (and good food and drink too! ). Among those reading this year were John Gormley, former city Councillor Donna Birkmaier and “Dr. Booze” James Romanow. Gormley reading an excerpt from a CCF radio address was particularly memorable.

And that’s about it for the month in review–which was really more of the past two weeks in review–which might say something alarming about my memory.

In collaboration with the Native Law Centre, the Law Library curated this display for Aboriginal Achievement Week.  We are very proud of the display and the engagement it has stimulated with the community.

The display contains biographies of Aboriginal faculty in the College of Law and their publications, as well as a select few other Aboriginal faculty on campus who have published in the area of Aboriginal law.  On the right hand side we have highlighted the Program of Legal Studies for Native People.  The College of Law offers this program every summer for Aboriginal students from across Canada to prepare students for success in law school.  To the left is a poster board with the schedule of events for Aboriginal Achievement Week (can anyone guess what the poster board is re-purposed from???)  The Native Law Centre was also gracious enough to loan us some braids of sweet-grass for the display.

 Look!  People!

Disclaimer: Permission was obtained from those pictured.

Want to see what went on in room 102 during the month of December? We’ve posted some photos to the Murray Library’s Facebook page. Check them out from the link below (no need to have a FB account to see them!)

Take a Break December 2014 by Murray Library – University of Saskatchewan.

The traditional Charlie Brown Paperclip Tree hopes everyone had a happy holidays!

December was a month  of experimenting with social media for UASC.

We began a Twitter account which you can follow  @sask_uasc,

and a Facebook page ,

and a blog.

We are hoping to use Facebook and Twitter to share some of the interesting things that happen here on a day-to-day basis, or interesting finds that turn up in the course of our work. The blog, on the other hand, will be more article centered (though still not overly formal), highlighting aspects of our holdings and our work–and hopefully featuring guest authors!

If you have any ideas for things you’d like to see us do (or not do) let us know!

In the meantime, an archives and special collections Twelve Days of Christmas  (was tempted to record myself singing it, but decided I’d spare everyone).

In other news, a copy of The Book of Remembrance, which features short biographies of all of the soldiers from Saskatoon and the U of S who died in the First World War, was accepted into the Special Collections holdings by Dean Vicki Williamson on December 10th. You can learn more about the book here.

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Food, fun, and general festiveness have been in full swing on the 6th floor of the Murray Library. And by the looks of this table, there are plenty of holiday treats for all. If you happen to be in the vicinity, please stop by for a treat!

Photo credit: Virginia Wilson

The joyous festivities have been shared by all. Even FrankenSanta helped us trim the tree!

We would like to wish everyone a Happy Holidays!!!

From the Law Library Staff.