SFU LIBRARY
ANNUAL REPORT
2006/07
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
.
WAC Bennett Library
SFU Burnaby
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC V5A 156
www.hb.sfu.ca
Samuel and Frances Belzberg Library
SFU Vancouver
515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
www.lib.sfu.ca/about/belzberg/
Fraser Valley Real Estate Board
Academic Library
SFU Surrey
250 — 13450 102nd Avenue
Surrey, BC V3T 0A3
www.lib.sfu.ca/about/surrey/
(c) Services
Reference Questions
Instruction - number of students
2006/07
2005/06
% change
2006/07
2005/06
% change
Bennett
35,670
39,925*
-11%
16,284
14068*
16%
Belzberg
8,524
11,000*
-23%
932
759
23%
Surrey
7,476
3,067
144%
3,923
4,049
-3%
SLC Workshops
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,650
N/A
N/A
SLC Orientations
N/A
N/A
N/A
3,134
N/A
N/A
Ask Us Here
318
317*
0%
Ask Us Live
1,900
1,202
51%
Ask a Librarian
1,596
1,581
1%
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Message from the University Librarian..........................
Collections......................................................................
Services.........................................................................
Student Learning Commons ..........................................
Technology & Special Projects.......................................
WAC Bennett Library......................................................
Samuel and Frances Belzberg Library ..........................
Fraser Valley Real Estate Board Academic Library.......
BC Electronic Library Network ......................................
Events & Outreach..........................................................
Exhibits...........................................................................
Building The 21St Century Library Together..................
Staff Highlights ..............................................................
Library Statistics ............................................................
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*incorrect number reported in 2005/06 Annual Report
MESSAGE FROM THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN
Each year it is a pleasure to reflect on how SFU Library has grown and changed, and how our
environment continues to present ever greater opportunities to expand services and access to
academic resources. It is ironic that the heady growth focuses on two seeming extremes - the
online and the rare or fragile materials
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yet it is intriguing the extent to which they reinforce one
another. We acquire the original editorial cartoons to preserve a slice of our history, seen through
the creative eyes of a few rare individuals; we create digital images to share these precious
resources beyond the confines of the Special Collections vault; in turn, these online images impel
the curious to visit SFU Library to study the originals. The same may be said of the Harrison
Brown photo collection of 1930s China and our Lake District Collection.
In another dimension, the licensing of a plethora of online journals and other resources brings
knowledge to the desktop of researchers and students, who are then able to communicate with
each other as never before, contributing to the continual expansion of academic knowledge.
Still further; our participation in two Canada Foundation for Innovation initiatives will bridge
print and online scholarly communication in Canadian Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS),
complementing the Canadian Research Knowledge Network project which brings HSS online
resources to the desktops of Canadian scholars.
2006/2007 has been another year of successful activity for SFU Library thanks to the contributions
of Library staff and to the continuing support of the University Administration.
.
Lynn Copeland
University Librarian
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(b) Collection Use
Bennett Belzberg
Surrey
Total
2006/07
Total
2005/06
%
Change
__________________
General Collection Loaned
06/07
464,906
23,175
26,500
514,581
-8%
05/06
518,853
21,618
16,522
556,993
Equipment Loaned
43,191
N/A
71,544
114,735
61,118
88%
Used in Library
06/07
202,637
4,935
4,427
211,999
-8%
05/06
222,739
6,142
2,179
231,060
Journal!
Database Connections
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,290,640
2,212,866
4%
E_Reserves* Downloads
N/A
N/A
N/A
73,688
65,891
12%
Sent To Other Libraries
N/A
N/A
N/A
16,584
19,633
-16%
Distance Ed. Deliveries
N/A
N/A
N/A
5,286
5,066
4%
Totat - alluse
3,227,513 3,152,627
24%
Total - circulations
863,185
873,870
-1%
Items Received From Other
Libraries
N/A
N/A
N/A
22,030
29,576
-26%
Media Bookings
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,353
2,231
6%
2004105 ?
2005/06 ?
2006/07
Significant new resources
•
Canadian Centre for
Occupational Health &
Safety's Academic support
program
• Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
• CumInCAD
[tcr1uons ?
• Film and television literature
index online
Gutenberg - e
• Index Islamicus online
• Institutional Investor journals,
including historical archive
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International Index to the
Performing Arts
• JSTOR Biological Sciences
Collection
• Lexis Nexis Academic, web
version
• Patrologia Latina Database
• Sage Reference online
• Scottish women poets of the
romantic period
• Springer e-books
• Taylor & Francis journals
online
• Town to Town database
• Wall St. Journal historical
archive online
• Washington Post historical
archive online
• World Development Indicators
online
COLLECTIONS
The scope of our collections continues to broaden to keep pace with
the University's expanding teaching and research agendas. This year
we paid particular attention to adding resources
for Health Sciences and new programming at the
Surrey campus. As in past years, 60 per cent of
the collection budget was spent on serials and the
remaining 40 per cent on monographs and other
one-time purchases. We introduced significant
numbers of e-books from publishers Springer and
Sage to complement our existing collections from
Oxford University Press, Elsevier, Wiley, and others.
Usage statistics continued to increase significantly
indicating that the expanding online collection is
matching the interests of the SFU community. For instance, the Oxford
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ishDictionary was searched more than 80,000 times last year.
06/07, the 7,500 most used journals accounted for over 820,000
article downloads, and an average of 108 articles were downloaded per
title.
Donor support is critical in helping the Library keep up with the rapid
generation of information resources. We purchased the newly released
20th and 21st century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers with
funds from the Alumni Library Endowment Fund and the BC Hydro
Library Trust Renewal Endowment Fund.
"the
improvements
that this library
has made in the
last two years are
exceptional. I am
impressed with
the additional
training and
support services
available plus the
access to electronic
resources online
that have allowed
my papers to
become 'A' papers."
-Undergrad
student
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(a) Collections
March 2006
Growth 06/07
March 2007
Books
1,237024
35,710
1,272,734
Journals
280,244
3,714
283,958
Statistics Canada reports
6,552
178
6,730
Surrey Volumes
11,881
5,319
17,200
Belzberg Volumes
14,234
54
14,288
Micro material volumes
914,785
7,084
921,869
Subtotal Volumes
2,438,605
46,686
2,485,291
Audiovisual, other
184,292
12,933
197,225
Digital Formats
683,785
81,688
765,473
Print Subscriptions
6,464
-417
6,047
Electronic Subscriptions
37,125
10,248
47,373
S
subtotal
volumes
March 2003
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March 2004
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March 2005
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March 2006
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March 2007
LIBRARY STATISTICS
Special Collections and Rare Books
In 2006-07, our editorial cartoon collection expanded with donations
from Graham Harrop, Dan Murphy, Roy Peterson, and Mike Apsey.
On the literary front, we acquired first installments of papers from
Christian Bok, Larissa Lai, and Kevin Roberts. We also added New Star
Books and the periodicals Artichoke and West Coast Review to our
publisher archives.
Other highlights included a collection of British Columbia travel/
settlement and tourism materials to 1930; manuscripts, postcards
and a large collection of letters including many from Peter Verigin,
Anastasia Holoboff, and Fedosia Verigin to our already strong
Doukhobor collection; books on books/book history material, including
additional Jim Rimmer/Pie Tree Press & Type Foundry items and
Charles van Sandwyk's Twenty-one Years, Twent
y
-one Prints; and
the libraries of Miriam Waddington, Fred Candelaria, Roy Miki, Peter
Buitenhuis, and the William and Gertrude Cleveland Collections.
SERVICES
Students
often feel
embarassed
to ask
questions -
this is less
intimidating
than going to
the library.'
- Undergrad
student about Ask
Us Here
Ask Us
In 2006, our collaborative chat reference
service with the University of Victoria
expanded to
AskA way,
involving all BC
post-secondary and public libraries. With
this expansion, we were able to increase
the number of hours per week the
service is available from 44 to more than
60. From September 2006 to April 2007,
1,676 users accessed
AskA way
via the
SFU Library website.
Ask Us Here,
operating in the West
Mall Complex, north and south AQ concourses,
and Segal Centre, provides opportunities for librarians to
discuss student projects and to engage with faculty in the places where
they teach and conduct research. Librarians individual meetings with
students also increased 14 per cent.
The Journals and Microform Assistance Desk experienced decreased
traffic for the fourth year in a row due to the increase in the number
of e-journals and the corresponding decrease in the number of print
journal subscriptions. Still, JAMA staff continued to provide excellen
service by familiarizing themselves with the quirks of newer e-journ
publisher sites and aggregator databases. With a decreased budget
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Eric Swan ick
Publication: 'The Jim Rimmer Collection"; CBBAG Newsletter 24, no.4 [Autumn 20061: 6-7
Publication: "The Incline Press Collection"; aq [November 20061: 14-17.
Publication: "Jim Rimmer: A Checklist'; Special Collections & Rare Books, SFU, Burnaby, 2007.
Publication: "Simon Fraser University's Special Collections & Rare Books: A Brief Introduction";
Bibliographica no, 7 [Spring 20071: 5-7,
Penny Swanson
Co-Presenter: "Cataloging for the 21st Century: Rules and Tools for Cataloging Internet Resource
Workshop"; Burnaby, November 2006,
Ian Song
Co-Publication: "The impact of Technology on Chinese Library Collections and Services"; The
Impact of Technology on Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Librar
y
Collection, ed. R.N,Sharma,
Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow, 2006: 76-90,
Presenter and Publication: "Promoting Open Access to Scholarly Data: A Case Study of the
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Project at the Simon Fraser University Library"; 20th
International CODATA Conference, Beijing, October 2006. Published in Data Science Journal
(March 2007): 70-78.
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Presenter: "The Voice of A Community: Chinese Times Digitization Project"; Multicultural Canada
Conference, Vancouver, May 2006,
Donald Taylor
Presenter & Publication: "How Usage Based Pricing Can Level the Playing Field"; In Strauch,
Katina P. and Steinle, Kim and Bernhardt, Beth R. and Daniels, Tim, Eds, Proceedings 26th Annual
Charleston Conference, Charleston, 2006,
Co-Presenter: "Collecting E-resources Use Data"; American Library Association Mid-Winter
Conference, Seattle, January 2007,
for 2007/08, we reluctantly decided to replace the in-person service on
the 6th floor with a telephone hotline beginning in May 2007, This will
enable staff to focus on higher priority activities.
Instruction
Course-integrated and general instruction continued to increase in
2006/07 in response to user demand. Drop-in programs remained
popular, such as the Essay Architecture Fair offered in conjunction with
the Health and Counselling Centre and Student Learning Commons,
Library instruction was also provided in programs such as Foundations
of Academic Literacy. Librarians explored and experimented with new
technologies tElluminate software) to design and deliver instruction
in an online environment. Interest in the Library's
Understanding
and Avoiding Plagiarism online tutorial increased sharply and is now
integrated in courses in 16 disciplines.
.ns
We added two self-checkout machines and a self-service shelf for
holds and document delivery items to improve customer service. Our
popular laptop lending program now consists of 50 machines available
for four hour loans. Five digital projector kits were also made available
for loan so students can practice presentations in the group study
rooms on the 2nd floor, In addition, specially-designated rooms in the
Library can now be booked online by students with disabilities.
Renovations to the Reserves area included the installation of a security
gate, a wheelchair accessible workstation, and a re-modelled counter.
An online service for faculty who wish to place materials on reserve
was also implemented.
"The challenge
I now face is
figuring out
the key words
to find relevant
information and
trying to manage
the various
pathways and
interconnections
I come across.
I have attended
a few of the
Library's
workshops on
searching and
found them very
valuable.
Even though
my life revolves
around the
laptop, teaching
and learning,
admittedly I still
find myself rather
overwhelmed
with learning
new processes
for searching and
keeping track
of information.
So please keep
the workshops
coming!
-Graduate
student
^Jwl
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"I think the learning ?
session is helpful, ?
since these are ?
the very practical ?
things that we
?
will encounter in
?
learning/classes.
?
I would say more ?
and more of these
?
should be set up for ?
students, especially ?
for the first year ?
students. ?
-MACM 101 student
"It was a nice ?
review and ?
refresher for me, ?
and it actually ?
really helped me to
?
clear my head and ?
organize my ideas." ?
-Student ?
participant, Essay ?
Writing Blues ?
workshop
STUDENT LEARNING COMMONS
The Student Learning Commons (SLC) officially opened its doors in Fall
2006 with the mandate to assist and support students in their academic
pursuits across all three SFU campuses. The SLC provides a visible
and accessible gateway to a wide variety of student academic support
services including writing and learning support, library research
assistance, in-class presentations, and computer help.
SLC services are delivered by writing and learning coordinators, a
graduate
.peer writing facilitator, and student peers. Assistance is
provided through a mix of workshops, personal consultations, online
resources, and classroom collaborations with faculty and other
instructors. Online registration makes it easy for students to register
for workshops or to book consultations. The SLC experimented with
e-tutoring techniques for individual graduate students and will continue
to explore this possibility.
The SLC works with Library Reference and Academic Computing
Services (ACS) to provide integrated access to reference, writing,
Learning, and technical assistance at Bennett Library. This includes
offering a number of joint academic writing and research workshops.
The close physical proximity and cooperation of Library Reference,
SLC, and ACS technical support creates a comprehensive resource and
service node for student academic assistance at the University. The
Theses Office also moved to the SLC area, further integrating academic
support for graduate students.
Katina P. and Steinle, Kim and Bernhardt, Beth R. and Daniels, Tim, Eds. Proceedings 26th Annual
Charleston Conference, Charleston, 2006.
Publication: "The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics"; Scholarly Blog at
<http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com >
Presenter: "Creators of the Commons"; Copyright in Libraries: the Digital Conundrum,
Preconference to Canadian Library Association Conference, Ottawa, June 2006.
Presenter: "Open Access in Physics and Chemistry: A Tale of Two Disciplines"; McGill Library
School, Distance presentation, November 2006.
Co-Presenter: "Creating a Digital Commons"; British Columbia Library Association Conference,
Burnaby, April 2006.
Co-Presenter: "Libraries Sharing Technology for Sharing"; British Columbia Library Association
Conference, Burnaby, April 2006,
Co-Presenter: "Open Access for the Medical Librarian"; Canadian Health Libraries Association
Conference 2006, Vancouver, May 2006.
Co-Presenter: "Open Access: Policy, Academic, and University Perspectives"; Canadian Library
Association Conference, Ottawa, June 2006,
Co-Presenter: "Open Access in Practice"; 26th Annual Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and
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Serial Acquisitions, Charleston, SC (US). November 2006.
Co-Presenter: "Wiki/Blog Workshop"; Electronic Brainstorm: Wild Ideas!, American Society for
Information Science & Technology, Distance Presentation, November 2006.
Todd M. Mundte
Presenter: "Academic Libraries"; LIBR 501 presentation, School of Library, Archival &
Information Studies, UBC, Vancouver, October 2006 and February 2007.
Sunni Nishimura
Co-Presenter: "AskAway: BC's Virtual Reference Service"; LIBR 540 Presentation, School of
Library, Archival & Information Studies, UBC, Vancouver, February 2007.
Brian Owen
Presenter: "Software Id SFU Library: A Work in Progress"; Open Source and Sustainability
Conference, Oxford, April 2006.
Presenter: "Social Web"; PLSB Gateway & Privacy Symposium, Vancouver, February 2007,
Co-Presenter: "Open Access: Three Perspectives"; British Columbia Library Association
Conference, Burnaby, April 2006.
Atyssa PoLinsky
Publication: "A Celebration of Craft and Community." aq [April 20071: 19-22.
Trish Rosseet
Presenter: "Real-time Approaches to Reference Service: The Future is Now"; Vancouver
Community College Professional Development Day, Vancouver, June 2006.
Co-Presenter: "AskAway: Making Collaborative Virtual Reference Work"; Education Institute,
.
*Vancouver,March 2007.
Panelist: "Sakai-Library DG Roundtable: The Librarian's Role in Sakai"; Sakai Conference,
Vancouver, June 2006.
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Publication: "The 'Learn' Adventure - an online teacher's reflections on building and sustaining
'community' using an open-source course management system.'; Livejournal.com , February,
2007. <http://glamgrammar.livejournal.com/269.html >
Co-Publication: "Social Software: Building Bridges to a Global Community"; A five-lesson web-
module examining forms of social software and their uses in the classroom UBC Education
Curriculum Studies Moodle, Vancouver, December 2006.
Presenter: "Supporting Student Writing in a Learning Commons"; Conference on College
Composition and Communication, New York, March 2007.
Co-Presenter: 'An 'Ethics' of Community Building in Technical/Professional Communication:
Comparing Face-to-Face and Online Student Teams"; Congress of the Humanities and Social
Sciences, Toronto, May 2006.
Carole Goldsmith
Publication: "Art Books, books in art: the Canadian chronicle"; ARLIS/NA 34th Annual Conference
Proceedings, 2006.
Carta Graebner
Co-Publication: "Identity Theft and Libraries"; Feliciter (2007153:2.
Mark Jordan
Publication: Putting Content Online: A Practical Guide for Libraries; Chandos, Oxford, 2006.
Presenter: "From the Big Picture to Those Pesky Details: Starting a Digitization Project in Your
Library"; British Columbia Library Association Conference, Burnaby, April 2006.
Presenter: "How to write a book in 4 months: Mark's awesome adventure"; SFU Library Staff
Development Day, Burnaby, May 2006.
Presenter: "The CARL metadata harvester and search service"; ETD 2006: The 9th International
Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Quebec City, June 2006.
Presenter: "Drupal Hacks for Libraries"; Access 2006, Ottawa, October 2006.
Presenter: "The CARL metadata harvester and search service"; CARL Scholarly Communications
Group Meeting, Vancouver, November 2006.
Presenter: "Success Stories For Total Digital Collection Management"; Ontario Library
Association Super Conference, Toronto, January, 2007.
Presenter: "Electronic Resource Managment at SFU Library"; LIBR 557 Presentation, School of
Library, Archival & Information Studies, UBC, Vancouver, February 2007.
Presenter: "The AlouetteCanada Metadata Toolkit"; Canadian Heritage New Media Fund
Recipients' Meeting, Montreal, February 2007.
Co-Presenter: "Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples", Multicultural Canada Conference, Vancouver,
May 2006.
Heather Morrison
Publication: "Evidence Based Librarianship and Open Access"; Evidence Based Library and
Information Practice 1(2): 46-50, 2006.
<http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLI P/article/view/49>
Publication: "Open Access for the Medical Librarian"; Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries
Association [20061 Volume 27, Number 3, 69-73, <http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/jchla/jchla.html
>
Publication and Co-Presenter: "Usage Statistics and Scholarly Communications"; In Strauch,
TECHNOLOGY
&
SPECIAL PROJECTS
With scores of online journals, books, and images, the Library's website
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"Thank you for
is an indispensable resource for students, faculty, staff, and community
?
your most timely
users. In fact, it is one of the most highly accessed SFU websites after
?
response. Such
the University home page. In Spring 2007, we launched a redesigned
?
service, those folks
website to conform with the university's new visual identity, consolidate
?
at SFU are blessed
information, and improve functionality and ease of navigation.
?
to have such skill
and dedication in
SFU Library is a partner in the Public Knowledge Project (PKP),
?
their librarians."
which was the sole Canadian winner in the first annual Mellon
?
-External
Awards for Technology Collaboration. PKP won the prize for scholarly
?
community user?
communication software for its Open Journal Systems and Open
Conference Systems. Open Journal Systems is used by more than 1,000
journals worldwide and SFU Library now hosts more than 70 of these
journals including portals for Vietnam, Bangladesh
eer digital projects included; scanning
SFU theses; scanning and uploading the
papers of organizations in Vancouver's
Downtown Eastside, in collaboration with
Professor Cynthia Patton, as part of the
Community Health Online Digital Archive
Research Resource (CHODARR); adding more
than 500 new editorial cartoons; continuing
the digitization of the Chinese Times; and
scanning books for students with disabilities,
SFU Library is leading the project to create a Metadata Toolkit for
AlouetteCanada. The toolkit will provide software, standards, and best
practices to assist participants from libraries, archives, museums, and
other cultural organizations in generating the metadata needed to build
sustainable digital collections.
The Canada Foundation for Innovation also confirmed funding for two
large-scale, national projects, Synergies and the Canadian Knowledge
Research Network, which the Library will participate in over the next
several years.
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WAC BENNETT LIBRARY
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This is a great ?
I ?
WAC Bennett Library was built more than 40 years ago when ideas
?
improvement' I love ?
about the role of the academic library were very different than they are
?
the new space."
?
today. Renovations have helped us transform our spaces to support the
- Faculty member range and complexity of services we now provide. With funding from the
Alumni Endowment Fund, the media collection
moved from its cramped space on the 5th floor
to the newly built Media Resource Centre on
the 3rd floor in January 2007. We also created
Student Learning Commons office space and
made improvements to the Loans, Document
Delivery, and Processing areas.
The widespread use of laptops has created
increased demand for wireless access and
power sources. With funds from the Library
Campus Campaign, we added 28 double out
at the window café tables and lower coffee tables in the student bun
on the 3rd floor. We also upgraded the wireless network throughout the
library.
SAMUEL AND FRANCES BELZBERG LIBRARY
[the] best
library
experiences
are when its
fun - when
librarians
take a
genuine
interest in
my research
and are able
to contribute
new books or ideas -
when the person stops
a minute and joins me
in my quest."
- Faculty member
.
?
U ?
iiNBelzberg Library added 2,277 volumes to its
-
?
collection while relocating less used items and
multiple copies to Bennett Library to create
L
- ?
shelf space. During 2006/2007, Belzberg
ibrary completed a review of services,
collections, and space and recommended a
model that would best serve the library needs
- ?
of an expanding SFU Vancouver campus.
The review made 22 recommendations for
- enhancements to hours, liaison, instruction,
and other services, and identified additional
resource requirements. The plan is being implemented in stages as
funding becomes available.
Anita Cocchia
Co-Presenter: "Multi-type Collaboration: Providing Library Services Across the Life Span"; British
Columbia Library Association Conference, Burnaby, April 2006.
<http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00006445/
>
Gordon Coleman
Co-Presenter: "Academic Integrity: Emerging Partnerships for Librarians, Faculty and Students";
British Columbia Library Association Conference, Burnaby, April 2006.
<http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00006207/ >
Co-Presenter: "Knowledge Ontario: Virtually Yours? AskOntario, 24/7 Virtual Reference Services
for Ontario"; Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, February 2007,
Lynn Copeland
Publication: "There be dragons: learning management and library systems in Canada." IFLA
Journal [20061, v.32, no.3: 200-208. <http://www.ifla
,org/'V/iflaj/IFLA-Journal-3-2006.pdf>
Presenter: 'Community, scholars, librarians: the Multicultural Canada Digitization Project";
International Federation of Library Associations Conference, Seoul, August 2006.
Wanua
ry
Presenter: "Libraries in the 21st Century"; Coquitlam University Womens' Club; Coquitlam,
2007.
Presenter: "Open source information technology for academic libraries"; Faculty of Information
and Management Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, February 2007.
Presenter: "Library Statistics: what's needed and what's new"; Vancouver Association of Law
Libraries, Vancouver, March 2007.
Co-Presenter: "Libraries 2020: support for students, research and e-learning"; submission to the
BC Campus 2020 commission, November 2006.
Heather De Forest
Co-Presenter: "Getting Hired in Higher Education: Success Stories from New Academic
Librarians"; Academic Librarians in Public Service presentation, School of Library, Archival &
Information Studies, UBC, Vancouver, October 2006.
Elaine Fairey
Co-Presenter: "Academic Integrity: Emerging Partnerships for Librarians, Faculty, and Students";
British Columbia Library Association Conference, Burnaby, April 2006.
Natalie Gick
Presenter: "Library as Place: The SFU Surrey Library"; Academic Librarians in Public Service
Meeting, Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, December 2006.
Amanda Goldrick-Jones
Publication: "Open-source 'good guys'?: An analysis of the Sakai web site's ethos."; Rhetorics,
Musings, and the Tangled Web on blog.ca
<http://glamorousgrammar.blog.ca/2007/01/29/open_source_good_guys_an_anabysis_of_
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FRASER VALLEY REAL ESTATE BOARD ACADEMIC
LIBRARY
Library staff and collections moved into their new space at the Surrey
campus in Summer 2006. The new library marries aesthetics with
functionality and provides more space for collections, services, and
studying. Library hours have been extended to include evenings and
weekends, and new games and equipment have been added to the
Games Room.
On March 13, 2007, President Michael Stevenson dedicated the library
at SFU Surrey as the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board Academic Library.
An endowment fund has been established to provide long-term support
for acquisitions and special projects.
Surrey Snapshot
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23,000 square feet
20,000 volumes stacks capacity
• 250 seats
• 56 public workstations
• Silent study, team rooms, and pods
'The new library here
at Surrey is terrific,
as is the staff, and
with the place coming
to life this week with
students, it will surely
become a real hub of
activity for students
wanting to access
its holdings
and technical
capabilities.'
\ -Surrey Program
Director
STAFF HIGHLIGHTS
Appointments
• Colleen Alstad was hired as liaison librarian for Political Science and Sociology and
Anthropology at both the Burnaby and Surrey campuses, and for Education and the
Explorations Program in Surrey.
• Liza Eurich was hired as a Library Assistant at SFU Surrey.
• Patty Gallilee was appointed Acquisitions and Serials Division Head on a continuing basis.
• Mark Jordan was seconded to work on the Alouette Metadata Toolkit project.
• Alisa Kuan was appointed Library Assistant.
• Hon Lam was appointed Library Assistant.
• Grace Lee was appointed Library Assistant.
• Iris Lee was appointed Library Assistant.
• loanna Luita was appointed Library Assistant.
• Megan Monteforte was appointed Library Assistant.
• Soo Oh was hired as a Library Assistant at SFU Surrey.
• Alyssa Polinsky joined the Library as the Communications, Advancement, and Grants Officer.
• Hope Power joined Surrey Library and the Reference Division full-time to cover Nicole
Gjertsen's maternity leave.
• Dietmar Stoll was promoted to Ordering/Receiving Assistant in the Acquisitions unit.
• Belinda Thompson moved to the position of Acquisitions Assistant.
• Greg Tourino was hired as liaison librarian for Computing Science and Engineering Science at
both the Burnaby and Surrey campuses, and liaison for Science and Business at Surrey.
• Matthew Williams was appointed Library Assistant.
• Patrick Wong was appointed Library Assistant.
BC ELECTRONIC LIBRARY NETWORK
BC Electronic Library Network (BC ELN( is housed at SFU Library
and funded by the BC government to support all BC publicly-funded
postsecondary libraries. BC ELN led the involvement of post-secondary
Libraries in the AskAwayvirtual reference service. The success of
AskA way has
been phenomenal since its launch in October 2006 by
the Honourable Minister of Advanced Education Murray Coell and the
Honourable Minister of Education Shirley Bond.
BC ELN became the administrative centre for the Electronic
Health Library of BC which provides the academic and health care
communities of British Columbia with easy access to online health
library resources.
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Retirements
Emily Sheldon, longtime Senior Library Assistant.
Presentations and Publications
Gwen Bird
Co-Publication: "We own it': Dealing with perpetual access in big deals"; Serials Librarian (2006)
50: 179-196.
Presenter: "Collection Management in a university library"; LIBR 580 Presentation, School of
Library, Archival & Information Studies, UBC, Vancouver, March 2007.
"ELN is us. That is,
ELN is really the
partner libraries
working with ELN
staff to create
a successful
partnership that
in turn makes us
all better, or at
Least better able
to provide services
to students and
faculty."
-Kim Isaac, ?
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Gordon Adair
Alcuin Society
Brock Anderson
Robert Anderson
Mike Apsey
Ronald Baker
Richard Banner
Geoffrey Beley
Darlene Bigus-Doheny
Janet Blanchet
James Blohm
George Bowering
Toby Brooks
Steve Brown
Brian Burtch
Ann Cowan
May Cutler
Richard Debo
Jeff Derksen
Ron Dies
Jacob Eyferth
Maggie Fankboner
Michael Fellman
Christopher Fragassi
David Fraser
R. Fraser
William Gaston
Carole Gerson
Kuldip Gill
Carole Goldsmith
Peter E. Greig
Robert Hackett
Graham Harrop
Charles Hou
International Academic
Committee on Cyprus
Daniel Jans
Linda Johnston
Brian Jones
John S. Keenlyside
Michael Kenny
Norman Klenman
Charles Krieger
Ernest Krieger
Don Kugler
Elizabeth Lane
YiLi
Jiawen Lin
Jane Martin
Matsuki Masutani
Ralph Maud
Ian McLean
Thomas McLeod
Edward McWhinney
Hemant Merchant
Kathy Mezei
Roy Miki
David Mirhady
National Gallery of Canada
Andre Obadia
Bryan Ottho
Jeffry Pelletier
Roy Peterson
Anthony Podlecki
James Rainer
Ingrid Rice
Kevin Roberts
Wyn Roberts
Ronald Roesch
Stu Ross
Alan Rudrum
Rozellen Saunders
Matthew Scott
Roy Shephard
Paul St Pierre
Douglas Stead
David Stouck
June Sturrock
Eric Swanick
Reiko Tagami
Barry Truax
United Power
Will C. Van Den Hoonard
Jonathan Waddington
Marcus Waddington
Fred Wah
Yvonne Walls
John Webster
Bethiah Weisgarber
Mark Winston
Charles Wrong
Jerry Zaslove
Angie Zhang
Meguido Zola
Edward Byrne
•
Philip Candelaria
Stewart Candelaria
Rhona Charron
Raymond Chow
Sharon Clements
William Cleveland (deceased)
Joan Collins
H. Basil S. Cooke
EVENTS
&
OUTREACH
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Gifts-in-kind
Share the Enthusiasm series
• "Collecting Ticknor & Fields: Items Relating to the Remarkable
Nineteenth Century Boston Publishing House"; Dave Carlin,
October 19, 2006.
• 'In Search of Churchill: The Making of a Collection and a
Bibliography"; Ron Cohen, March 15, 2007.
The Annual Yosef Wosk - Friends of Special Collections - Atcuin
Society Lecture
'Rimmerfest: An Evening to Celebrate Jim Rimmer and His Many
Achievements'; Robert Bringhurst, Dick Kouwenhoven, Charles van
Sandwyk, and Denise Carson Wilde, November 25, 2006.
Readings in Special Collections and Rare Books
• Darren Wershler-Henry; June 20, 2006.
• Robert Kroetsch (with West Coast Line); September 14, 2006.
• Jeff Derksen and Kim Duff; October 19, 2006.
• Annabel Lyon; November 16, 2006.
• Roy Miki's book launch; November 23, 2006.
• Steve Collis; January 25, 2007.
• Erin Mouré (with West Coast Line); February 19, 2007.
• Bill Gaston; February 22, 2007.
• Timothy Taylor; March 20, 2007.
Outreach
SFU Library engaged in a wide range of outreach activities on and off
campus to inform the wider community about the services, resources,
and programs available through the Library.
• SFU Open House events in June 2006.
• Student Services fairs for new and transfer students at the
beginning of each semester.
• Week of Welcome events during Fall orientation.
• New Faculty Orientation Benefits Fair in August 2006.
• Learning and Instructional Development Centre's Tutor Assistant!
Tutor Marker Days at the beginning of Fall 2006 and Spring 2007
semesters.
• Workshop on subject-based research for visiting reference
librarians from Burnaby Public Library.
• Word on the Street festival.
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EXHIBITS
Library Diversity Working Group
• Dr. Ambedkar and Human Rights
• Canadian Census Day
• Convocation 2006: A Taste of SFU Graduate Scholarship
• World Peace Forum
• A World Fit for Children (raising awareness around child
exploitation, poverty, war, etc...)
• Ability Beyond Disability
• Diversity Media Collection
• Christmas/Season's Greetings
Black History Month
Chinese New Year: Year of the Pig
• Freedom to Read Week
"Congratulations for
putting on a fine and
informative display
on the media and
diversity. This is an
excellent way to let
the SFU community
know of some of the
good and educational
films available at SFU
Library."
-Faculty member
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• Regular tours for high school and university student groups and
visiting library professionals.
• Faculty information package distributed in December 2006.
Margaret Otte
Steven Schacter
James Van Overbeek
Man-kei Pak
Peter Schaub (deceased)
Christopher J. Varley
Murphy Pang
Marian Schoitmeijer
Wendy A. Vitter
John Park
Anton Richard F. Schweighofer
John Vokes
Rosemary Patterson
Susan Senkler
Andrew Vukusic
Rory Payment
John Sennett
Farida Wahab
Donna Peachey
Jason Shantz
Rory S. Wallace
Henry Penner
Robin Sharpe
Bill Walters
Richard Percy
Jennifer Shedden
Esther Walton
Keith Perkins
Jugdeep Sidhu
Barbara Weinstein
Julian Plamondon
Kyle Simpson
Michael Weir
Stephen Plunkett
Kevin Sit
James West
Gisele Pomerleau
Marilyn Sleath
Steven Westman
Gordon Priest
Alvin Smith
Joanne White
Robert Punnett
Lynne Smith
Peggy White
David Quon
Susan Smyth
Douglas Wilson
Mark Ransom
Norris Spence
Joan Wilson
John Raynsford
Michael. Spittle
Andrew Wong
Wayne Reardon
Robert Stainer
Cho Wong
Lorraine Rheault
James Stibbard
Joseph Wong
Heather Rhodes
Shirley Stockdill
Kenneth Wong
Erika Ricker
Craig Strachan
Darryl Wood
Greg Riddell
Diane Stuart
Angela Woods
Wolfgang Riemer
Edward Sullivan
Paul Woodward
Sylvia Roberts
David Tanner
Michael Wortis
David Robinson
Donald Taylor
Yosef Wosk
Diane Rogers
Lawrence Taylor
Johnson Wu
Patricia Rosseel
Thomas Tong
Ximao Wu
Alan Rugman
Ruby Toor
Monica Yagi
Sharon J. Saberton
Lyn Tretiak
Bhree Young
Nina Saktikar
Sandy Tsui
Donald Zadravec
Sophie Salcito
Joanne Ueland
Angelo Zappacosta
Diana Samchuck
Mary Unger
Michael Zastre
F. Sawatsky
Kal Uppal
SpeciaL Collections and Rare Books
• Tony Power's collection and the New York Times list of Best Fiction
of the Last 25 Years'
• Alcuin Society Book Design Award Winners 2005
• Selections from Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artist Guild's A
Book Mosaic: A Portfolio Collection of Work b
y Book Artists from
Across Canada [Toronto, 20051
• Jim Rimmer and his Pie Tree Press & Type Foundry
• Gifts to Special Collections in 2006
• Wesley W. Bates and his wood engravings
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BUILDING THE 21ST CENTURY LIBRARY TOGETHER
Timothy Garrish
Mariela Johansen
Karen Marotz
Ross Gentleman
Shona Johansen
Richard Marsh
SFU Library continues to be a leader in the provision of user-focused services and cutting-edge
Carole Gerson
Deborah Johnson
John Martin
technologies thanks to the generosity of its donors. In 2006/07, donor support allowed the Library
David Gillespie
Richard Johnson
Doug Mathias
to expand its print and electronic
collections, open the Student Learning Commons in a high-
Neil Gillespie
Robert Johnson
Elder Matias
profile space at Bennett Library, create a film preview room, and provide additional laptops for
Patrick Gilligan-Hackett
Paulette Johnston
Della McClaren
Loan.
John Gives
Mel Kaushansky
Stephen P. McCoach
Nicole Gjertsen
Bradley Keith
Darren McDonald
With funds raised through the annual Campus Campaign, we purchased five audio visual kits for
Vera Godavari
Rollie Keith
Monique McDonald
students to practice presentations and added laptop power sources to the 3rd floor lounge. It is a
Carole Goldsmith
Carol Kennedy
Bill McFadden
source of pride and inspiration to see staff, faculty, and retirees, from the Library and the broader
Keith Gosse
Kenneth Ketchum
Dale McFadden
SFU community, give so generously to benefit present and future generations
of students.
Lisa Graham
Kurt Killer
Mike Mcllroy
Nelson Grant
Tony Kim
Shirley McKinley
H.R. Gray
Steve Kloster
Mark McMahon
Gifts*
Percilla Groves
Norman Konradson
Ward A. McMahon
Judith Alexander
Carol Botting
Mary Cox
Elizabeth Gudaitis
Keri Korteling
Robert McMorran
Margery Allen
J. Derek Brackley
Anna Craig
Lynne Guinet
Barrie Kovish
Alice McNeil
Richard Allen
Karen S. Brady
Bonnie Craig
Apollo Guy
Michelle Kwan
Fiona McQuarrie
Ted Altar
Robin Braidwood
Roberta Craig
Brian Harriman
Jeffrey Lai
Christine Megas
Clare Appavoo
Amanda Brittain
Alan Craighead
Iris Hardy
Chun-Chun Lam
Daisy Megli
Gary Arca
Edward Brown
Dallas Cristofoli
Judith Harper-Kelley
Mike Langille
Sharon Midgley
Judith Arter
Maureen Brown
Keith Dawson
Mary Harris
Christy Lapi
Robert Miles
Barbara Atnikov
Rob Butler
Heather De Forest
Melissa Hartfiel
Christine Lawson
Ainslie Mills
Brad Babcook
Caryn Cameron
Paul Delleman
Roderick Henderson
Deanna Lee
Patricia Mitchell
Maureen Bader
Robert Campbell
Beatrice Donald
Patricia Higgins
Renee Lenobel
Monique Mizoguchi
Lydia Baggott
Terrence Casella
Michael Doyle
Fung Ho
Victor Leung
Jim Moore
Ronald Baker
David Cender
Keith D'Souza
Kwok Ho
Yuri Lewis
Jacqueline Mousseau
Thomas Baker
Lawrence Chan
Stella Du
Arnild Hognestad
Ye-Fee Liang
Andre (Andy) Moutinho
Neal Baldwin
Liny Chan
Sandra Dueckman
Brian Hollington
Robert Lightbody
Theresa Mulligan
Paul Baldwin
Sau Chang
Heather Dumka
Deborah Holloway
Imogene Lim
Todd Mundle
Kenna Ball
Sherry Chen
Michael Dyck
0. Barry Holmes
Hugh Lindsay
Patricia Murphy
James Barbour
Kenneth Cheung
Freda Eddy Sumeke
Peter Hopkins
Janet Litke
Gerry Naito
Simon Beaulieu
Cohn Chisholm
Gregory Edge
Ward Horan
Ian Lockhart
Jean Nakamura
KC Bell
Linda Chiu
Essam Elashi
Vladimir Hornof
Stewart Lockwood
Kimberley Nazaroff
Ron Belvedere
Janine Chow
Peter Eng
Paul Houle
James Lyall
Betty Nelson
Erwin Berg
Lonnie Chrobak
Michael Epp
Rob Howardson
Sabine Mabardi
Wendie Nelson
Michelle Berner
Chu On Fok and Wai Yuk Fok
Janette Erickson
Henry Hui
Scott Mackenzie
Tom Nesbit
James Bertoia
Foundation
Leo Eutsler
Geoffrey Hultin
Tracy Maclean
Karin Newton
Gwen Bird
Tina Cicchetti
Elizabeth Farmer
Gordon Hutchinson
Barney Magnusson
Vincent Nguyen
Richard Bitcon
Bill Claridge
James Feaver
David Hylands
Christine Mah
Erik Nilsen
Pat Blunden
Olive Clark
Patricia Finlay
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Jean Illingworth
Maureen Malanchuk
Robin Nordman
Mark Bodnar
Gordon Coleman
Elaine Fleming
Sonja Inkster
Gisele Malpass
Tim Norman
Noreen Bollerup
Lynn Copeland
Kim M.R. Floeck
Grace Etsuko Tryphaena Inoue
Joanne Manley
Tara OCoffey
James Boothroyd
Joan Cosford
Kin Fong
Leonard Jang
Jeannette Mansell
Susan Oesterle
Jose Botero
Barbara Coughlin
Bruce Gardner
David W. F. Jang
Christine Manzer
Elizabeth OHea
*Due to space restrictions, onty donors who have contributed $100+ are Listed.
We are grateful for all
Wayne Janzen
Michael Marek
Astrid Opsetmoen
donations to the Library.
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