The Dr. John Archer Library is the main library of the

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in Regina,

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, Canada. The library's purpose is to meet the teaching, learning and research needs of University of Regina students and faculty staff.

Collections

Archer’s collection has more than 830,000 monographs, journals and pamphlets; it has approximately 585,000 government publications and more than 900,000 microform material. It also has a quickly growing electronic collection

Archer Library’s Archives contain almost 16,000 linear metres of holdings and is composed of historical University of Regina materials and private papers with an emphasis on journalism, visual arts and Saskatchewan literature. It has 13,000+ maps and plans, 31,500+ photographs and slides. Archer’s Special Collections have an emphasis on western Canada and

history; they also collect campus graduate theses

History

The Dr. John Archer Library building was opened in 1967 and designed by

Minoru Yamasaki was an American architect, best known for designing the original World Trade Center in New York City and several other large-scale projects. Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century. He and fellow architect Edward D ...

. He also designed the other initial buildings on campus and advised on the

Wascana Centre Wascana Centre is a 930-hectare (9.3 km2/2,300 acre/3.6 mi2) urban park built around Wascana Lake in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, established in 1912 with a design from renowned architect Thomas Mawson. The park is designed aro ...

Authority in this capacity. The library was given more aesthetic treatment by Yamasaki than other buildings.Riddell, William. "The First Decade: 1960-1970", page 93?. University of Regina Publishers, Regina, 1974. It was originally planned to house 200,000 volumes. It is the first building on the University’s campus to be named after an individual. It was officially opened in 1967 and dedicated in 1999.

Dr. John Archer

Dr.

John Hall Archer John Hall Archer, (July 11, 1914 – April 5, 2004) was a Canadian librarian, historian, and civil servant, and the first President of the University of Regina. Born just south of Broadview, Saskatchewan, he was a rural school teacher from 1 ...

was first president of the University of Regina from 1974 to 1976. He continued after his presidency as professor of Western Canada History

"In 1970, Dr. Archer was appointed as the Principal of the Regina Campus, then part of the University of Saskatchewan. He held positions with the Saskatchewan Provincial Library and served as Saskatchewan Legislative Librarian, Assistant Clerk of the Saskatchewan Legislature and Saskatchewan Provincial Archivist. He was director of libraries at McGill University, and associate professor of history at Queen’s University.

Federated colleges

The University of Regina has three federated colleges, First Nations University of Canada, The First Nations University of Canada, Luther College and Campion College. Each college library is complementary to each other and to the Dr. John Archer collection.

Partnerships and collaboration

The University of Regina libraries is a member of the

Canadian Association of Research Libraries The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) was established in 1976 and brings together thirty-one research libraries. Twenty-nine members are university libraries, plus Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the National Research Counc ...

, th
Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL)
the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and is a contributor to the

Open Content Alliance The Open Content Alliance (OCA) was a consortium of organizations contributing to a permanent, publicly accessible archive of digitized texts. Its creation was announced in October 2005 by Yahoo!, the Internet Archive, the University of California ...

References

External links

Dr. John Archer Library Home

University of Regina Home
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