Take a Break with US!

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In December 2013, some of the staff at the Murray Library, with help from our neighbours at the ULC, piloted “Take a Break with US”. We set up room 102 as a break room for students, filled with fun games and activities, where they could go to “de-stress” from all their studying. The room was very successful, we got tons of positive feedback, and we’re already starting to think about what we can do during the next round of finals in April.

We hope that people from other branches will join in the fun and maybe do similar things themselves. Keep reading to get all the details of what we did. You can also contact Lara or Eva to see lots and lots of pictures that we have saved. You may just get inspired! Continue reading →

Technology Adoption Trends in Universities

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In my role as the University Library’s instructional designer, I frequently investigate and use a variety of educational technologies. I also have an interest in considering what is coming down the road and what spurs the adoption of new technologies in post-secondary institutions.

This brief article in THE (Times Higher Education) presents six areas of consideration to help us think about what future services could look like given technology adoption trends.

If you have a moment, give it a glance and let me know what you think!

David Francis

Welcome to Branching Out

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Hi everyone,

It is finally here, a forum for University of Saskatchewan Library employees to connect with, learn from and engage with each other. Branching Out is the result of a vision of library employees sharing the happenings, ideas, photos, and fun in their units across the library — it is something written for library employees by library employees. One Library, with a myriad of units, all intimately connected with each other. Keeping current and “in the know” has never been so easy and, hopefully, it’s never been so fun. So please, read a little, write a little, enjoy a lot.

For information about the guidelines for posting blogs or comments, please look at the purpose & guidelines section. FAQs includes instruction on how to post a blog, add an image, and set up an RSS feed.