CAUL-CBUA Member Updates - Revised Prepared for the Board of Directors Winter 2018 Meeting February 27, 2018

CAUL-CBUA Member Updates - Revised prepared for the Board of Directors Winter 2018 Meeting February 27, 2018

Acadia University

Strategic Planning at the Vaughan Memorial Library • The community outreach aspect of our planning process is currently underway. In November, the Acadia Community provided 1203 responses to two questions: “How should the Vaughan Memorial Library change?” and “Describe a high point (or high points) in your experience of the Vaughan Memorial Library.” Our team of four students is now busy analyzing responses and progressing us to the next stage of our outreach process.

Staffing • We said goodbye to Scott Olszowiec. We are in the process of hiring a Web & User Experience Specialist.

Services/Initiatives

Fit Bikes • We are currently trialing three fit bikes in the Vaughan Memorial Library (VML). Nolan Turnbull, a current Kinesiology student at Acadia, obtained a grant to purchase the fit bikes and requested they be located in the VML due to the importance and popularity of the VML as a student space and our Study Happy initiative.

Acadia Reads Initiative • The events surrounding our book are proving to be extremely popular. Our multi-disciplinary panel held in the newly renovated Student Union lounge was well attended. Five panelists approached 13 Ways of Looking At A Fat Girl through the lens of their discipline. The VML Quiet Reading Room was similarly packed as we hosted a documentary screening and discussion of The Illusionists, directed and written by Elena Rossini. Mona Awad will be visiting the campus in March 2017!

• Our 2017/18-selection committee has drawn up our short-list. This year’s short-list is all books written by indigenous authors. In late March the campus will vote for the book that Acadia Reads in 2018/19.

Collections

Fresh perspectives. • We are grateful for a donation from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation, which gives us the opportunity to add “fresh perspectives” to our monographs collection supporting existing, developing, and new areas within our curriculum. A proportion of the donation is specifically for indigenization of our collection.

Esther Clark Wright Archives • Archivist Wendy Robicheau received internal funding for the project Acadia Honour Roll. One student and one alumnus have been hired to assist with the project. In February, they rolled out a new program called Adopt-A-Soldier, which is open to community members who want to assist with the Honour Roll research. Workshops will be offered throughout the winter term.

Atlantic School of Theology

Library Update

• Over the Christmas closure the following planned library renovations were completed: nd o Demolition of the 2 (main) floor Group Study Room nd o Demolition of a 2 floor Librarian's office o Construction of a new 1st floor (basement) Librarian's office in Technical Services rd o Removal of study carrels on 3 floor rd o Construction of new Group Study Room in former location of the 3 floor study carrels • In early May construction of ten faculty offices will begin on the 2nd floor of the library. • Our current Collections Development policy is undergoing a significant revision: o The ad hoc Senate Committee on Library Collection Policy met in November and January to review a draft of a revised Collection Development Policy o Draft has been circulated outside the committee for feedback o Committee plans to meet twice more before revised policy is submitted for ratification at the April 2018 Senate meeting

Campus Update

• The Atlantic School of Theology has been approved for participation in the Solar Electricity for Community Buildings Pilot Program. Under this program AST will be able to contribute solar- generated electricity to the Nova Scotia Power grid, therefore reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our revenues.

• President has established a Steering Committee and three subcommittees for AST’s Accreditation Self-Study. Accredited by the Association of Theological Schools once every ten years, AST will be hosting a “site visit” by an accreditation team in fall of 2019.

Cape Breton University

University News

• Announcement was made that CBU had found and hired its next President and Vice Chancellor David Dingwall, PC.

Library News

• We successfully transitioned our previous SharePoint based Institutional Repository to a new one using the Islandora platform. CBU Scholar launches officially at our annual research event renamed CBU Scholar Showcase on March 6th. • Purchased 2 exerbike desks and 2 treadmills and installed them on the first floor of the library in a wellness initiative that will allow physical exercise while studying. • Purchased and installed our second new Microtek Digital Microfilm machine this year. Researchers are very pleased. • In conjunction with our Political Science Department we hosted several talks around sustainable living which were all well attended. • Librarian Yayo Umetsubo unfortunately departed to assume a new position at the University of Toronto. A search for her replacement is underway.

College of the North Atlantic

Further Development of Distance Learning (DL) for CNA Libraries • The Provincial Government is developing in partnership with CNA online block training support for apprentices in some trade programs. • Online training for apprentices has been requested by skilled trades stakeholders and meets a key commitment to strengthen apprenticeship training through more flexible delivery models.

Renovations in Progress • During this March Reading Break, Ridge Road (RR) and Prince Philip Drive (PPD) Campus libraries will be entirely repainted according to the new college colours. New design trend at CNA: moving away from traditional wooden-style furnishings in St John’s area libraries. • The PPD Campus library has recently reclaimed its Help Centre; the space was temporarily taken up by displaced Student Services staff during renovations to the Main Office.

New OCLC Subscription

• PPD Campus Library Learning Commons successfully applied for and received the federal Library and Archives Canada subsidy to OCLC as a replacement service for AMICUS.

Staffing • The Librarian-II position is currently advertised for Labrador West Campus. o Acquisition with a Close Connection to CNA A recent CNA graduate in graphic design continues his work-apprenticeship at Lumiere Press in Toronto. This latest book is hand- made and machined, “in the fine press tradition,” and represents two years of his work: http://www.lumierepress.com/pages/leiterprospectus/leiterpro4.html

Dalhousie University

University News

• Dalhousie will be looking for a new Provost & VP Academic in the next few months when Carolyn Watters steps down after eight years, as well as a Vice-Provost Student Affairs, due to Arig al Shaibah’s appointment at McMaster. President Florizone was renewed for a second term, beginning in 2019.

Library News

• Within the Libraries, recently we have hired for two new positions for the provision of campus- wide services -- a Video Conferencing Coordinator, and a Records Manager. As new initiatives, we’re making great progress with the Classroom Technologies team in Academic Technology Services, led by Marc Comeau, and the Records Management program led by Michael Moosberger. • We’re posting for an additional systems developer, a replacement library assistant, and a Collections Analysis Librarian, Indigenous Services Librarian and Scholarly Communications Librarian. Erin MacPherson’s title has changed to Research Data Management Librarian, to reflect the excellent work she is doing in this area, in addition to serving as the Liaison Librarian for the Faculty of Agriculture. • The Better You Crew is a pilot project that Dal Libraries is launching with its staff that focuses on both individual and workplace wellness. This program explores wellness from a departmental perspective, with a plan to bring the initiative to other departments in the future. The Dal Libraries’ Health and Wellness committee, chaired by Sandy Dwyer, was selected as the unit to pilot this program based on the committee’s past successes. • A staff-led Staff Conference is being planned for May 2018, under Elaine MacInnis’s leadership and based on information delivered at IATUL 2016. With significant contributions by committee co-chairs Margaret Vail and Joan Chiasson, and others such as Shelley McKibbon, Gail Fraser, Lindsay McNiff, Lachlan MacLeod, Joyline Makani, Joe Wickens, Melissa Helwig, Michelle MacDonald, Jolene Reid, Mollie Thompson, and Marlo MacKay, a six-month program has been developed leading up to the conference. Staff have attended workshops on conference proposals, conference presentations and related topics, delivered by Dal librarians and staff. • Thanks to the efforts of Scholarly Communications working groups led by Ann Barrett, we’ve implemented Dal’s ORCID offering, and we’re planning substantial improvements to DalSpace.

We have also renewed our SciVal subscription for three years, with financial support from the VP Research and services provided in partnership with Dal Analytics. • We experienced two very significant floods, between Christmas and New Years in the Kipling Room, and the first week of January, in the MacRae Library. There was additional water infiltration in the MacRae Library later in January related to the new third-floor Student Learning Commons construction. There is a blog piece about this forthcoming, and renewed zeal for Disaster Management Planning. • The Dal Libraries are engaged in a Fair Price journal consultation, thanks to Heather MacFadyen’s tremendous contributions and Allison Fulford’s leadership and support. The work that the AUL/Heads have done -- along with Marlo MacKay, Heather and Allie -- at the thirteen faculty council presentations, and the work of the ATS team building the database (where staff can vote on their favourite journal titles), everyone involved with testing it, and the efforts of the liaison librarians and subject selectors getting the word out to the departments, have all been extremely effective. This is a huge undertaking with many moving pieces, and the results will provide us with enough data to make informed, deliberate decisions. You can see more here: https://libraries.dal.ca/about/collection-management/strategy.html and here: https://biteable.com/watch/presentation-1- 1676531/d3fd4422c73181e4086288c5a388a51999bf0a89

Related to our Fair Price initiative, I was asked by our Provost to participate in a U15 working group looking at sustainable journal pricing, with the ULs from Western, Montreal and Laval. Our brief is to prepare a document for the U15 Provosts to present to the U15 Presidents, by the end of April. • Dalhousie Libraries hosted a day of Tri-Agency consultation sessions on Thursday, February 15th, with Library Council members, the Research Advisory Committee, and an open session for Atlantic Stakeholders to discuss the upcoming RDM policy, requiring an institutional RDM strategy, data management plans and data deposits. Jeff Moon from Portage was part of the presentations along with representatives from SSHRC, CIHR and NSERC. It was great to see ULs in attendance from across the region. • A reminder that Guy Berthiaume, National Librarian and Archivist is delivering the Dalhousie School of Information Management Normal Horrocks Lecture on Tuesday, February 27th at 4:00 p.m. in University Hall. One of our SIM interns who has worked in the Dal Archives, Rebecca Shaw, will be receiving the Norman Horrocks Award at this event as well.

Holland College

Institutional News

• Holland College has been named one of Canada’s Top 50 Research Colleges again this year by Research Infosource Inc. • The Culinary Institute of Canada reopened in November with newly renovated kitchens, cafeteria and fine dining room. • We welcomed Maureen Duffy as our new Registrar/ Director of Student Services. • Long-time Holland College supporter Cavendish Farms recently made a $250,000 gift to Nourish, a capital campaign to enrich The Culinary Institute of Canada.

• Forrest Spencer, an accomplished RCMP veteran and native Islander, was sworn in as executive director of the Atlantic Police Academy. • Island Rock Camps and Holland College’s School of Performing Arts are partnering again this year to offer young musicians five summer camps to hone their skills and learn more about rock and pop music.

Library News

• Summerside Waterfront Campus Library experienced a flood in January. Fortunately, no resources were lost. However, there was extensive damage to flooring, walls and furniture. The library was closed for a week for repairs. • We are currently in the process of investigating the possibility of moving to the Evergreen Open Source ILS in partnership with UPEI Robertson’s Library. • A library led staff mini-conference is scheduled for the last week of March. • We are currently trialing Proquest Summons discovery interface. • We are investigating new subject guide software. • Library staff at our Culinary and Tourism Campus were heavily involved in the planning and hosted their campus Career Connections Day. • All Library instructional staff participated in a one-day workshop on using the online active teaching tool Nearpod.

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Library News

Strategic Planning • The Strategic Planning Steering Committee met in early December for an entire day and worked through all the insightful feedback we have gathered to date. A number of strategic themes were identified, as well as goals that aligned with those themes. We are currently working through next steps that include exploring those themes and goals to develop operational objectives. We are getting closer to a finished document and look forward to sharing it with you all in the next update. Research • We recently launched the Memorial University Libraries new lecture series thanks to Memorial University’s Office of Public Engagement’s Accelerator fund. Our first guest lecturer is Dr. Denise Koufogiannakis, associate university librarian with University of Alberta. Her presentation “Being evidence based: questioning practice and using evidence to improve practice” focused on how librarians can be evidence based in their everyday practice and nurture a culture of research within librarianship that leads to personal professional growth and impacts the profession as a whole.

Employee News • We had to say some heartfelt goodbyes this month to some employees who retired. Together they had over 100 years of service: o Joan Ritcey Head of the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, retired after 38 years with Memorial University Libraries. Learn a little about her amazing career. https://lib- ldap.library.mun.ca/users/cfield/weblog/4fc77/ o Dianne Taylor-Harding has retired from Information Services, QEII Library. Her expansive knowledge and dedication to reference services will be missed. o Elizabeth Doody-Browne also retired from Information Services, QEII Library. Her uplifting presence and desire to help people in public services for almost 38 years will be missed. o Donna Barron retired from Lending Services, QEII Library, with more than 25 years of service. Her infectious laugh will be missed. o Ms. Alison Ambi has accepted the position of Division Head, Collection Strategies, Memorial University Libraries for a three-year term. o Kate Shore has accepted the position of Access Services Librarian effective March 1st, QEII Library. o Jordan Patterson will be joining the Cataloguing and Metadata Division, QEII Library, in early March.

Cool Stuff

• Grenfell Campus Library hosted a 150 acts of reconciliation event (#7 - read an indigenous autobiography). Faculty, staff, students & alumni selected a book and posted photos on social media. The event was a collaboration between Grenfell Campus Student Affairs Officer for Aboriginal Affairs, Grenfell Library and the Marketing Department. (University Librarian Susan E. Cleyle featured below)

Events • Memorial University Libraries’ Check it out! Public engagement series presented a panel discussion on mental health and well-being in Feb. Panelists included: Leigha-Chiasson-Locke (Regional Librarian, Newfoundland Public Libraries), Amelia Curran (Musician and Mental Health Reform Advocate), Rob Mclennon (Director of Employment, Stella’s Circle), Jenelle Duval (Program Coordinator, St. John’s Native Friendship Centre), Brad Yetman (MUN Wellness and Counselling Centre).

Mount Allison University

University News

• The University’s recruitment of a President to succeed Robert Campbell continues.

Library News

• Jane Heys has returned to the library as a full-time Access Services Assistant. Jane served with distinction in two, year-long terms in the R.P. Bell Library. She brings with her extensive front- line experience from libraries in Ontario and New Brunswick, and we are delighted to have her back. • The Libraries have received authorization to recruit a tenure-track Data and Digital Services Librarian, with an anticipated start date of 1 July 2018. • From 15 to 22 January, the R.P. Bell Library hosted the travelling Canadian Jewish Experience exhibit, with guest speaker Dr. Erin Corber from Dalhousie University opening the event. • From 6 to 9 February, the Libraries and Archives hosted a visit by LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, a Lakota historian and member of the Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota. Ms. Allard was the founder of the Sacred Stone camp for water protectors during the 2016-2017 resistance to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. In addition to a very well attended (>100 attendees, on a very snowy evening) talk, she also appeared before three classes and met with student groups during her stay with us. We’ve video-recorded her public talk and will make it available for viewing on the internet in the near future. • In observance of Black History Month, on 28 February, Professor Uzoma Esonwanne, of the University of Toronto, will deliver a lecture in the R.P. Bell Library entitled “The 60th Anniversary of Chinua Achebe's great African novel: 'Things Fall Apart' Then and Now”. • On 1 March, the R.P. Bell Library will launch the New Brunswick Book Design Exhibit, an exhibition of book covers from small Maritime presses. The March 1 opening will feature readings from authors Beth Powning (A Measure of Light; the Hatbox Letters; Home: Chronicle of a North Country Life); Allan Cooper (Everything We’ve Loved Comes Back to Find Us; The Alma Elegies); Peter J. Clair (Taapoategl & Pallet: a Mi'kmaq Journey of Loss & Survival); and Jane Tims (In the Shelter of the Covered Bridge; Within Easy Reach). The Library is planning a children’s event in conjunction with the exhibit on 17 March. The exhibit will run until 19 April. • The Library is continuing its successful Truth & ReconciliACTION film series in the winter term, screening films about Indigenous issues every Friday afternoon: o 2 February: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1 h 59 min) o 9 February: We Were Children (1 h 19 min) o 16 February: Birth of a Family (1 h 19 min) o 2 March: Water Warriors (20 min.) o 9 March: More than a Word: A Film about Native American-based Sports Mascots and the Washington R*dskins (1 h 9 min) o 16 March: Reel Injun (1 h 28 min)

Mount Saint Vincent University

University News

• The MPHEC has approved two new graduate programs in the Faculty of Education to begin in September: a MA Education in TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages), and

a revised MEd in Curriculum Studies (TESOL). New certificate and diploma programs are also being added in two streams: teaching adults and teaching children and youth. • The Committee on Academic Policy and Planning has struck a Learning Outcomes Advisory Committee with the goal of supporting departments in developing overall program outcomes. • On March 2nd the Mount and the Alexa McDonough Institute for Women, Gender and Social Justice (AMI) will welcome 320 junior and senior high school girls from across NS as well as delegates from local colleges, universities, community organizations, and schools to the 2018 Girls Conference. In its seventh year, the conference celebrates International Women's Week. The Library continues to support the conference with staff involvement and funding. • Our Academic Advising services are moving to a larger renovated space in the Seton Academic Centre. Two additional advising staff will also be joining the current team. • Renovations are nearing completion on the new Centre for Applied Research in Human Health. The retrofitted space is on track to make the $6.3M budget with state-of-the-art labs and new collaborative research spaces. It will be home to research on diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer’s disease, vitamin deficiency, early childhood health and well-being, and more.

Library News

• Librarian Meg Raven was presented with a long service award for her twenty-five years of dedicated service to the Mount. • Library technician Mark Latus, another long serving member of the Library team, is the recipient of the 2018 President’s Award for Service. Mark was presented with this honor at the annual Wellness Social for his outstanding campus service. • The Library’s three sections of the LIBR 2100 course is in full swing. The in-class section instructors are librarians Meg Raven and Lindsey MacCallum. The online section is taught by PT faculty member Roxanna John, also a member of the Library’s Research Help Team. • The Library has hired Emily MacIsaac, a second year Dalhousie SIM student, to work with our Research Help Team. Emily has also worked as a Writing Tutor (UPEI, Dalhousie) and is also currently a Reference Services and Archival Assistant at SMU’s Patrick Power Library.

Nova Scotia Community College

• NSCC hosted author readings for the One Book Nova Scotia initiative. Gloria Wesley joined us at both our Burridge (Oct. 4th) and Lunenburg (Nov. 1st) Campuses. • The COGS Campus Walter K. Morrison Special Collection was featured on the TV show The Curse of Oak Island. Our resources have had a hand in helping to uncover some of the mystery. • Andrea Stewart is representing Libraries and Educational Technology on the College’s Accessibility Legislation Planning Committee.

• We continue to have a positive response to our iPad & Laptop Loan Program. Due to high demand, Library Services is adding 65 additional laptops that have been distributed to meet needs across the campuses. • As noted in the Novanet Report, Andrea Stewart represented Libraries, Archives & Museums Nova Scotia on the ‘GLAMs and Community’ panel at the GLAMs Summit: Taking it to the Next Level. • A copyright module is being formally integrated into the Planning for Teaching & Learning course in the NSCC Adult Education Program. This formalizes sessions that have been offered in this course in the past. • The Nova Scotia Government has taken the first official step in a move to relocate Marconi Campus to downtown Sydney – a proposal being made by the province to help strengthen the campus and College and revitalize the urban core. With the launch of a request for proposal (RFP), the Province will choose a consultant early in 2018 to prepare a report which will outline an approach for relocating NSCC’s Marconi campus to Sydney’s downtown area. We are excited about the opportunity to build a new library and learning commons as part of this new campus. • NSCC is hosting D2L Connection: Nova Scotia at Ivany Campus on May 31st. This is an opportunity to connect with peers and D2L staff, exchange product feedback, share effective practices, and network with other Learning Professionals. This D2L Connection will showcase teaching and learning within Brightspace, and sessions will feature topics such as effective practices in instructional design, technology integration, and administrative management. It’s a great opportunity to exchange new ideas, as well as learn more about the Brightspace community. The event website is https://www.d2l.com/events/regional/novascotia/.

Staffing

• Karen Marshall joined the Akerley Campus library team as the Library Assistant. • Two of our long serving and dedicated library staff have announced their retirements. Lana Kamennof-Sine is retiring from her position as Kingstec Campus Librarian and Joanne Coombs is retiring from her position as the Marconi Campus Library Technician.

NSCAD University

Staffing

• Since the last meeting, we have added a new Librarian to our roster. Lelland Reed joined us in December to take on a new role as Systems and Collections Librarian. Lelland is working on a contract until the end of June, and a permanent vacancy will be posted in the spring. Lelland's first task is to establish an ERM system, and she will focus on improving and expanding presence and content of our digital resources.

Collections

• NSCAD is about to accept a significant textiles study collection which we will receive in the spring and will help us to establish a materials library to serve all NSCAD's divisions.

Other • NSCAD is working on intensification of our Port Campus, with more programs moving there from the Fountain Campus. The university has a completely new website at nscad.ca, and the Library is working to improve connecting our users to the library from the new site.

Saint Mary’s University

University News

• Beginning mid-February 2018 Dean of Arts Dr Margaret MacDonald will be a visiting professor for three months at the Pontifical Biblical Institute (PBI) in Rome. She will serve as the PBI’s fourth McCarthy Chair in Biblical Studies, where she will conduct research on the New Testament and early Christianity and work closely with graduate students. • Dr Patricia Bradshaw will be concluding her term as Dean of Commerce the end of May 2018. The search is underway for filling this important position. • As a result of effective lobbying by the Saint Mary’s University Student Association (SMUSA), Senate has approved a two-year pilot to extend the fall study break to a full week, beginning 2018.

Library News

• In January the Library hosted a very successful winter term service expo and societies day. Students welcomed the opportunity to experience the Library as part of their introduction to both studies and student activities. • Heather Sanderson, Information Literacy Librarian and Cindy Harrigan, Instructional Development Librarian will present at the 2018 WILU conference, to be held in Ottawa, ON. The title of the session is “Opening Up the Library Orientation: Letting the Students Lead.” This session shares insights from their successful “Library Love” orientation, a creative attempt to engage students with the library in their first term at Saint Mary’s University. Completely designed around a learner-centred approach, the orientation uses art as an ice-breaker, and while the librarians facilitate, the content is generated by the students. • The University Archive is home to the Lynn Jones African-Canadian and Diaspora Heritage Collection and on February 13th Hansel Cook, University Archivist hosted a panel discussion composed of authors, students, faculty and journalists who described how they have used the collection. Lynn Jones was on hand to provide her own rich background to how the collection came into existence. The event was one of several on campus recognizing African Heritage month. • The Collection chronicles over 50 years of African, African Diasporic and African-Nova Scotian heritage and history, including civil rights and social justice struggles, Lynn & her family

members' lives and activism, and diverse local, regional and international aspects of Black life, through everything from an obituary collection to news clippings, programs, reports and political campaign literature.

In mid-February the Salzinnes Antiphonal will be returned to the Archives after a very successful exhibit at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and it’s 10-year conservation and restoration odyssey at the Canadian Conservation Institute in Ottawa. In related news, Judy Dietz received an honorary degree at the winter convocation. Dr Dietz is recognized as a curator, historian, as well as being a Saint Mary’s University alumna, BA’84, MA’07. Her discovery of the Antiphonal at the Library made national and international headlines and brought a lost relic from over 450 years ago into the public eye. • Peter Webster, Associate University Librarian, will be presenting a paper at the 2018 IASSIST (International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology) & CARTO conference Once Upon a Data Point: Sustaining our Data Storytellers. The paper is titled Where Does Canada’s Social Science Research Data Live? An Evaluation of Data Disposition. • During the weeks leading up to Christmas exams the Library hosted a yoga class and was visited by four adorable therapy dogs: Ali, Penny, Roxie, and Fergus. "Write it Forward" was a call to action that gave the SMU community the opportunity to share thoughts by writing on the Library front windows. Library staff donated 49 dozen cookies that were distributed to students studying in the Library. SMU's World University Service of Canada Society (WUSC), the Great Enlightenment Society, and SMUSA also donated drinks and treats on evenings when hours were extended until 1:00 am. • Susan Cannon, Manager of Access Services was the 2017 recipient of the President’s Award for Exemplary Service. This Award recognizes employees who have demonstrated outstanding service and/or who have made significant contributions to the University community beyond that normally expected for their positions. • Sandra Hamm, a long serving member of the Document Delivery unit, retired in January. It is hoped that a replacement for this position will soon be announced. • On Valentine’s day the Library held Student Appreciation Day - wellness activities included a therapy dog visit, origami making, and a DIY Valentine’s Day card station. There was cake, cookies, and candy. Students also received ballots for a raffle where the grand prize was a free course, courtesy of the President’s office! Other prizes included Aramark and grocery store gift cards. We’re hoping to make it an annual campus wide event. • Selected Archeological reports for Nova Scotia historical sites are available online for the first time. They are provided by Saint Mary’s University Archives, with kind permission and assistance from Special Places, Nova Scotia Communities, Culture and Heritage Department, and Saint Mary’s Emeritus Professor Stephen Davis. The 20 archeological site reports cover areas such as Salters Gate, Government House, Halifax Public Gardens, the Shubenacadie Canal Starr Manufacturing site, as well as Birchtown Museum site in Shelburne County, Liverpool Blockhouse, and Lunenburg Fisheries Museum Site. These reports are proving to be a valuable resource for students of archeology.

The reports were prepared by several groups including: Davis Archaeological Consultants (later Davis MacIntyre Consultants); Jonathan Fowler (with Saint Mary’s University, and Northeast Archaeological Research); Cultural Resource Management Group Limited; and Katie Cottreau- Robins (Department of Communities, Culture & Heritage). • This spring the Library will be working with the Engineering Department to provide support for 3D printing. The Library will provide a workroom with computers and a scanner, with all the related 3D software so students can work on their designs. The room would be staffed by senior students with 3D print experience. The Library will collect any fees associated with 3D printing and distribute the 3D printed objects. • In May 2017, Access Services and Collections Development staff launched an inventory of the Library’s circulating monograph collection. Since the project began, approximately 265,000 volumes have been checked, with about one quarter of the collection remaining.

When the entire collection has been examined, the Library will have compiled accurate collection statistics. Other outcomes are proving to be of benefit, including the identification of missing items and the evaluation of the collection for age, condition and loss. Statistics to date have identified over 1,100 books that are missing, with 1,900 books in poor condition that will be discarded, repaired or possibly replaced. Approximately 3,000 items require new labels. In addition, a range of cataloguing issues have come to light, which are resolved as the inventory progresses. • Marie DeYoung, University Librarian, will be stepping down on February 28th, 2018 and will begin a five-month administrative leave.

St. Francis Xavier University

• University Librarian: The closing date for applications for the UL position closed on January 30, 2018. Discussions regarding candidates and interviews are pending. • Accessible Learning (Tramble Rooms): Accessible Learning Services joined the Library in December 2017. The Library now provides access to the Tramble Rooms, The StFX Success Centre (Writing Centre), and the IT Services Help Desk. • Education Institute (Professional Development): In support of professional development, all Library Staff are being offered the opportunity to vote on the monthly offerings from the Education Institute. The session garnering the most votes is then made available to all staff. • Staffing: Carolyn DeLorey was hired as the Collections Librarian, in October 2017. • Indigenous Librarian-in-Residence Service: A pilot project, providing Librarian-in-Residence services in the Aboriginal Student Lounge one day/month, is being offered by Suzanne van den Hoogen. This service began in September 2017. • Student Art Display: An exhibition of StFX student art was held at the Library for two weeks, beginning in late November 2017. • One Book Nova Scotia: Gloria Ann Wesley, winning author of One Book Nova Scotia, provided an author reading on November 15th, 2017.

• Construction continues on Mulroney Hall - the building will be closed in by the end of March and will open in the summer of 2019

Université de Moncton

University News

• Our President and Vice Chancellor, Raymond Théberge, who had started his second mandate with the Université de Moncton last June, left us on January 26th, 2018. He accepted the position of Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada in Ottawa. Jacques-Paul Couturier, who was the vice president at the campus of Edmundston, has been appointed Acting President since January 27th. The selection process for a new President started this week. • The search for a new dean of the Law faculty is in process.

Library News

• For the first time since 2014 we won’t have any budget cuts in the 2018-19 budget. This is very good news given that we couldn’t cut anymore. I will make my presentation to the budget committee on February 16th. • At the request of the deans, each embedded librarian has increased their hours of consultation in their respective faculty. This service is very much appreciated by the faculties. • We continue the revision of the workflow in the acquisitions department at the Law Library. We started the implementation of the acquisitions’ process at the library at the Shippagan’s Campus. • We had visitors for the evaluation of the following programs since November: o Biochemistry o Mathematics and statistics o Geography o Biology o Computer Science o Translation o Faculty of Law (accreditation) o Physical sciences (Ph.D.) o Music Visitors are always very pleased with the library services (especially our embedded librarian program) and we always receive good commentaries in those evaluations.

Staff News

• Adel Labidi, reference librarian will be on sabbatical leave from July 1st 2018 to June 30th 2019.

Université Sainte-Anne

Infrastructure

• The new windows and new roof have been installed. All library staff, a project manager, and our facilities team have been making things ready for the installation of new flooring, two new study rooms, a new computer lab, and a new office. The work includes moving collections, reviewing collections, creating timelines, and preparing communications. Paint colours have been chosen and furniture is under review. This is an incredibly exciting project for everyone here.

Staff News

• Bessie Melanson, an IT technician who took over as our main contact for Access Services in August accepted a facilitator position outside of the library at the end of December. Jason Saulnier, who has previously worked in our archives and as a facilitator, took over the position at the beginning of January. One student assistant left our team at the end of December and two new student assistants were hired and trained in January. Training and acclimatization of our new team continues to be a significant task for all.

Acquisitions

• Acquisitions have been a significant project in January and February and will continue to be until the close of our fiscal year. We have been purchasing many collections in line with syllabi collected through participation in the university’s Programme Committee. This was not a common practice previously, and we anticipate a positive response to this plan from professors and students alike.

University of King’s College

Library News

• The Library is actively involved with recruitment efforts with the Registrar’s office. • Acquisitions work is ongoing with the budget year coming to an end. • Plans for an interim person in the UL role are ongoing. • The lightning/energy retrofit has been completed. • We have launched a series of drop in instruction sessions on research basics for students. • Alaina and Whitney have been active with library displays and promotion. • Our “Stress Less” displays are very popular and Bind Date with a Book was a hit.

University News

• King’s has launched a scholarly inquiry to examine the possible connections, direct and indirect, of the university with slavery in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This will involve researchers using our Archives. • The 2018 lecture series, Automatons! From Ovid to AI, started in January with a lecture on Wednesday titled, “Imagining Automatons. • There are three student led conferences at King’s in the winter term. The 3rd Annual SNARC Conference, Conference of the Early Modern Studies Program, and Contemporary Studies Program were held in January. • Recruiting events were held across the country in the fall with a lecture tour called "The Education of Odysseus: The Art of Storytelling from Ancient Greece to Contemporary Journalism." Neil Robertson, Director of the Foundation Year Program and Tim Currie, Director of Journalism, gave talks in various cities.

University of New Brunswick

University

• A search process is being launched for our next President, whose term finishes in June 2019. • A new Kinesiology building is scheduled to open for the fall term. • Our academic planning process has come to a conclusion, and we are now gearing up for university-wide strategic planning.

Libraries

• The integration of libraries across our two campuses took place officially in January. David Ross has been appointed as Head in Saint John (a term admin appointment). • We have two new librarians to announce: Alexandra (Alex) Goudreau is the new Health Science /Science Liaison Librarian on the Saint John campus; Tatiana Zaraiskaya will be starting on the Fredericton campus next month as the STEM Librarian, with a particular focus on RDM. • Three library assistants will be retiring (or have retired) this year. • Our Story Maps project (newspaper article attached) has had lots of recent press coverage • We reported last year that we have been working with our School of Graduate Studies (SGS) to review and revise our ETD process. Last month approval was given for a required electronic submission of theses. The library has significant responsibility for the ETD process, including the ETD system. • We are heavily engaged in a multi-year storage project. • Next month we are hosting a one-day New Brunswick Bibliography Symposium. Subtitled “Revealing and Preserving our Published Heritage”, the symposium will bring together scholars, librarians, archivists, and others interested in bibliography and book history, who are either active in the field already or interested in undertaking research that can contribute to building

the New Brunswick record. The Symposium quickly reached capacity and has been moved to a larger venue. • Registration is open for APLA 2018 in June. Hope you can make it!

University of Prince Edward Island

Institutional News

• The University of Prince Edward Island announced that retired business leader and senator, and former PEI premier, the Honourable Catherine Callbeck of Central Bedeque, has been unanimously elected as the ninth Chancellor of the University for a four-year term. An installation ceremony will be held this spring.

Staffing

• The process to select a University Librarian has started. • We filled two vacancies since the last report. Judith MacNeil began her role as a cataloguing technician in late November. Leo Yeo joined us in early December and provides computer desktop and technical support for Library staff and users. • We’ve hired student Liam Kinch to work with Melissa Belvadi on a project to review, update and test our electronic journals holdings data and assist with an analysis of the cost-effectiveness of our ebook holdings. • In January we were saddened by the passing of UPEI Founder and retired librarian Franklin L. (“Frank”) Pigot. Frank was a reference librarian and the first PEI Collection Librarian and University Archivist. We are working on a project to recognize Frank’s contributions to the Library and the wider Island community. http://www.upei.ca/communications/news/2018/01/upei-extends-condolences-passing-upei- founder-frank-pigot

3D Printing Service

• We have our 3D Printing Service up and running and a 2nd series of workshops is offered this semester. As well, a session has been included in the new Applied Leadership, Communication and Culture program. The initiative is lead by Yolanda Hood and Keltie MacPhail.

Social Media • The Library worked with Dr. Kate Scarth’s Digital Literacy course in the Fall of 2017 to help the Library improve its social media presence. The class helped us explore and establish an instagram account and we now have 525 #robertsonlibrary followers. Further collaborations are planned.

Events/Programming

• We hosted a series of Movie Talks - an evening featuring a documentary from our streaming video collections followed by a panel discussion. Films have included Abegweit, Finding Dawn,

UnSlut: A Documentary Film and the final documentary is Toilet Training which will coincide with the opening of our all gender washroom on the main floor. • During December we highlighted out PEI Postcard digital collection by featuring a postcard during the “Days of Postcards”. https://library.upei.ca/node/4690

Digital Audio Collections • We have finished digitizing Father Charlie Cheverie’s oral history interviews and are working on the processing those before loading into http://bowingdownhome.ca. We have begun a collaboration with the Benevolent Irish Society to digitize their collection of oral history interviews that we hold in our collection. • We continue to work on our digital collection migration project.