Saskatchewan University
| University of Saskatchewan | |
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| Motto | Deo et Patriæ (Latin) |
| Motto in English | For God and Country |
| Established | 1907 |
| Type | Public |
| Endowment | CAN$200 million |
| Chancellor | Vera Pezer |
| President | Ilene Busch-Vishniac |
| Students | 20,494 |
| Undergraduates | 16,575 |
| Postgraduates | 2,892 |
| Doctoral students | 379 |
| Location | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colours | Green and yellow |
| Sports | Huskies |
| Mascot | Howler (the Huskie) |
| Affiliations | UArctic, AUCC, CARL, IAU, CIS, ACU, CWUAA, Fields Institute, CBIE, CUP. |
| Website | http://www.usask.ca |
The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in
1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and
incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by
the provincial legislature in 1907. It established the provincial
university on April 3, 1907 "for the purpose of providing facilities for
higher education in all its branches and enabling all
persons without regard to race, creed or religion to take the fullest
advantage".
The University of Saskatchewan is now the largest education institution
in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
The university began as an agricultural college in 1907 and
established the first Canadian university-based department of extension
in 1910. 300 acres (121 ha) were set aside for university buildings and
1,000 acres (405 ha) for the U of S farm, and agricultural fields. In
total 10.32 km2 (3.985 sq mi) was annexed for the university.
Currently, the main University campus is situated upon 2,425 acres
(981 ha), with another 500 acres (202 ha) allocated for Innovation Place
Research Park.
The University of Saskatchewan agriculture college still has access to
neighbouring urban research lands.
The University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease
Organization (VIDO) facility, (2003) develops DNA-enhanced immunization
vaccines for both humans and animals.
Since its origins as an agricultural college, research
has played an important role at the university. Discoveries made at the
U of S include sulphate-resistant cement and the cobalt-60 cancer
therapy unit. The university currently offers over 200
academic programs. Duncan P. McColl was appointed as the first
registrar, establishing the first convocation from which Chief Justice Edward L. Wetmore was elected as the first
chancellor. Walter Charles Murray became the
first president of the university's board of governors.
History
Beginnings
The eastern façade of the Academic Health Sciences Building prior to the
construction of the D Wing.
The institution was modelled on the American state university, with
an emphasis on extension work and applied research.
The University of Saskatchewan, at Saskatoon, was granted a provincial
charter on April 3, 1907.
A provincial statute known as the University Act. It provided
for a publicly funded, yet independent institution to be created for the
citizens of the whole province.
The governance was modelled on the provincial University of Toronto
Act of 1906 which established a bicameral system of university
government consisting of a senate (faculty), responsible for academic
policy, and a board of governors (citizens) exercising exclusive control
over financial policy and having formal authority in all other matters.
The president, appointed by the board, was to provide a link between
the two bodies and to perform institutional leadership.
The scope of the new institution was to include colleges of arts and
science, including art, music and commerce, agriculture with forestry,
domestic science, education, engineering, law, medicine, pharmacy,
veterinary science and dentistry. Saskatoon was chosen as the site for the University on April 7, 1909
by the board of governors. On October 12, 1912 the first building opened
its doors for student admission.
It awarded its first degrees in 1912.
In the early part of this century, professional education expanded
beyond the traditional fields of theology, law and medicine. Graduate
training based on the German-inspired American model of specialized
course work and the completion of a research thesis was introduced.
Battleford, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Regina, and Saskatoon all
lobbied to be the location of the new university. Walter Murray
preferred the provincial capital, Regina. In a politically influenced vote, Saskatoon
was chosen on April 7, 1909.
Designed by David Roberston Brown (architect), the Memorial Gates
were erected in 1927 at the corner of College Drive and Hospital Drive
in honour of the University of Saskatchewan alumni who served in the
First World War.
The hallways of the Old Administrative Building (College Building) at
the University of Saskatchewan are decorated with memorial scrolls in
honour of the University of Saskatchewan alumni who served in the World
Wars. The
documentary "Prairie University" (1955) directed by John Feeney explores
diverse research activities at the University of Saskatchewan on
agriculture, medicine, and ice cream.National Film Board of Canada. A college of veterinary medicine opened at the University of
Saskatchewan on July 2, 1969.
The University of Saskatchewan`s Arms were registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority on
February 15, 2001.
Programs
Classes and programs are offered in Agriculture and Bioresources, Arts and Science, Biotechnology, Business, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Graduate Studies and Research, Kinesiology, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Nutrition, Physical Therapy and Veterinary Medicine. Various classes and programs are also offered through colleges affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan. Some of these are Briercrest College, Central Pentecostal College, College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, Emma Lake Kenderdine Campus, Gabriel Dumont Institute of Métis Studies and Applied Research, Horizon College and Seminary, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Open Studies, Saskatoon Theological Union, St. Andrew's College, St. Peter's College, St. Thomas More College, Virtual College of Biotechnology, and Centre for Continuing and Distance Education/Extension Division.
Undergraduate Programs
- Aboriginal Business Administration Certificate
- Aboriginal Business Student Support and Services
- Aboriginal Justice & Criminology
- Aboriginal Public Administration
- Accounting
- Agribusiness
- Agricultural Biology
- Agricultural Economics
- Agronomy
- Anatomy & Cell Biology
- Animal Bioscience
- Animal Science
- Anthropology
- Applied Plant Ecology
- Archaeology
- Art & Art History
- Biochemistry
- Biochemistry & Biotechnology
- Bioinformatics
- Biological Engineering
- Biology
- Biology & Biotechnology
- Biomedical Sciences 2 Year Platform
- Biomolecular Structure Studies
- Business Economics
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Classical & Near Eastern Archaeology
- Classical, Medieval & Renaissance Studies
- College of Engineering
- Combined Kinesiology/Education Program
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Crop Science
- Dentistry
- Diploma in Agribusiness
- Diploma in Agronomy
- Drama
- Economics
- Education (Direct)
- Education (Non Direct)
- Electrical Engineering
- Engineering Physics
- Engineering Professional Internship Program (EPIP)
- English
- Environment and Society
- Environmental Earth Sciences
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Science and Soil Science
- Exercise & Sport Studies
- Finance
- Food and Bioproduct Sciences
- Food Science
- French
- Geography
- Geological Engineering
- Geology
- Geophysics
- German
- Graduate Studies & Research
- History
- Horticulture Science
- Human Resources
- Interactive Systems Design
- International Studies
- Law
- Linguistics
- Management
- Marketing
- Mathematical Physics
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medicine
- Microbiology & Biotechnology
- Microbiology & Immunology
- Modern Languages
- Music
- Native Studies
- Northern Studies
- Nursing
- Nutrition & Dietetics
- Open Studies
- Operations Management
- Options in Engineering
- Palaeobiology
- Pharmacy
- Philosophy
- Physical Education Studies
- Physical Therapy
- Physics
- Physiology/Pharmacology
- Political Studies
- Prairie Studies
- Psychology
- Public Administration
- Regional & Urban Planning
- Religion and Culture
- Renewable Resource Management
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Statistics
- Toxicology
- Veterinary Medicine
- Women's & Gender Studies
Graduate Programs
- Aboriginal Agriculture & Land Management (P.G.D.) (P.G.D.)
- Accounting (M.P.Acc.)
- Agricultural & Bioresource Engineering (M.Sc.) (M.Eng.) (Ph.D.) (P.G.D.)
- Agricultural Economics (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Anatomy & Cell Biology (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Animal & Poultry Science (M.Sc.) (M.Agr.) (Ph.D.)
- Anthropology (M.A.)
- Applied Microbiology (P.G.D.) (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Archaeology (M.A.)
- Biochemistry (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.) (P.G.D.)
- Biological Psychiatry (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Biology (M.Sc.) (Ph.D. )
- Biomedical Engineering (M.Sc.) (M.Eng.) (Ph.D. )
- Biostatistics (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Business Administration (M.B.A.)
- Chemical Engineering (M.Sc.) (M.Eng.) (Ph.D. )
- Chemistry (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Civil & Geological Engineering (M.Sc.) (M.Eng.) (Ph.D.) (P.G.D.)
- Community and Population Health Sciences (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Computer Sciences (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Curriculum Studies (M.Ed.)
- Economics (P.G.D.) (M.A.)
- Educational Administration (M.Ed.) (Ph.D.)
- Educational Foundations (M.Ed.)
- Educational Psychology & Special Education (M.Ed., School & Counselling Psychology) (M.Ed., (Special Education OR Measurement and Analysis))
- Electrical & Computer Engineering (M.Eng.) (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.) (P.G.D.)
- English (M.A.) (Ph.D.)
- Environment & Sustainability (M.E.S.) (Ph.D.)
- Environmental Engineering (M.Sc.) (M.Eng.) (Ph.D.) (P.G.D.)
- Epidemiology (Ph.D.)
- Finance (M.Sc.)
- Food Sciences (P.G.D.) (M.Agr.) (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- French (M.A.)
- Geography (M.A.) (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Geological Sciences (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Health Sciences (M.Sc. ) (Ph.D. )
- History (M.A.) (Ph.D.)
- Interdisciplinary Studies (M.A. ) (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- International Trade (M.I.T.)
- Kinesiology (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Large Animal Clinical Sciences (M.Sc.) (M.Vet.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Law (LL.M.)
- Linguistics (M.A.)
- Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
- Mathematics & Statistics (MMath (Course-Based)) (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc.) (M.Eng.) (Ph.D.) (P.G.D.)
- Microbiology & Immunology (M.Sc. ) (Ph.D. )
- Music (M.A.) (M.Mus.)
- Native Studies (M.A.)
- Northern Governance & Development (M.N.G.D.)
- Nursing (M.N.) (Ph.D.)
- Nutrition (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Pharmacology (M.Sc. ) (Ph.D. )
- Pharmacy (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Philosophy (M.A.)
- Physical Therapy (M.P.T.)
- Physics & Engineering Physics (M.Sc. ) (Ph.D.)
- Physiology (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Plant Sciences (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Political Studies (M.A.)
- Psychology (M.A.) (Ph.D.)
- Public Administration (M.P.A.)
- Public Health (M.P.H.)
- Public Policy (M.P.P.) (Ph.D.)
- Religion & Culture (M.A.)
- Small Animal Clinical Sciences (M.Vet.Sc.) (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Sociology (M.A.) (Ph.D.)
- Soil Science (M.Agr.) (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Sustainable Environmental Managment (M.SEM.)
- Toxicology (P.G.D. - Not Currently Offered) (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Vaccinology & Immunotherapeutics (M.A.) (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Veterinary Biomedical Sciences (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Veterinary Pathology (M.Sc.) (M.Vet.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
- Writing (M.F.A.)
- Veterinary Microbiology (M.Sc.) (Ph.D.)
Campus
A location next to the South Saskatchewan River, across
from the city centre of Saskatoon, was selected for the campus.
David Roberston Brown of Brown
& Vallance were the initial architects constructing a campus
plan and the first university buildings in Collegiate Gothic style:
The Prime Minister of Canada, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, laid the
cornerstone of the first building, the College
Building, on July 29, 1910. The first building to be started on the
new campus, the College Building, built 1910–1912 opened in 1913; in
2001, it was declared a National
Historic Site of Canada.
Brown & Vallance designed the Administration Building (1910–12);
Saskatchewan Hall Student Residence (1910–12). Brown & Vallance
designed the Engineering Building (1910–12) as well as additions 1913 in
1920 and rebuilt the building after it burned in 1925. Brown &
Vallance designed the Barn and Stock Pavilion (1910–12) and Emmanuel
College (1910–12). Brown & Vallance built the Faculty Club (1911–12)
and rebuilt it after it burned in 1964. Brown & Vallance
constructed the President's Residence (1911–13) Qu'Appelle Hall Student
Residence (1914–16) Physics Building (1919–21); Chemistry Building
(1922–23); St. Andrew's Presbyterian College (1922–23); Memorial Gates
(1927–28) and the Field Husbandry Building (1929).
The original buildings were built using native limestone
– greystone – which was mined just north of campus. Over the years,
this greystone became one of the most recognizable campus signatures.
When the local supply of limestone was exhausted, the University turned
to Tyndall stone, which is quarried in Manitoba. Saskatchewan's Provincial University and Agricultural College were
officially opened May 1, 1913 by Hon. Walter Scott.
The original architectural plan called for the university buildings
to be constructed around a green space known as The Bowl. The
original university buildings are now connected by skywalks and tunnels.
Clockwise, from the north; Thorvaldson Building (August 22, 1924)
(Spinks addition); Geology, W.P. Thompson Biology (1960) adjoined to
Physics Building (1921); College Building (May 1, 1913) (Administration
addition); Saskatchewan cojoined with Athabasca Hall (1964); Qu'Appelle
Hall (1916); Marquis Hall adjoined to Place Riel – Qu'Appelle Addition;
Murray Memorial Main Library (1956); Arts (1960) cojoined with Law and
adjoined to Commerce building complete the initial circle around the
perimeter of the bowl. Francis Henry Portnall and Frank Martin designed the Dairy &
Soils Laboratory (1947).
Establishment of colleges
Roughly adhering to the original plan of 1909, numerous colleges were established: Arts & Science (1909), Agriculture now called Agriculture and Bioresource (1912), Engineering (1912), Law (1913), Pharmacy now called Pharmacy & Nutrition (1914), Commerce now the N. Murray Edwards School of Business (1917), Medicine (1926), Education (1927), Home Economics (1928), Nursing (1938), Graduate Studies and Research (1946), Physical Education now called Kinesiology (1958), Veterinary Medicine (1964), Dentistry(1965), and School of Physical Therapy (1976).The U of S also has several graduate programs amongst these colleges, which give rise to a masters or doctorate degree. In 1966, the University of Saskatchewan introduced a masters program in adult education. Diploma, and certificate post secondary courses are also available to aid in professional development.
Theological Colleges, affiliated with the university, were also established: Emmanuel College – (Anglican denomination) (1909), St. Andrew's College (as Presbyterian College, Saskatoon) then United Church of Canada (1913), Lutheran Theological Seminary (1920), St. Thomas More College (1936), and Central Pentecostal College (1983). Regina College was saved from bankruptcy and became part of the university in 1934, and was given degree-granting privileges in 1959, making it a second University of Saskatchewan campus. By another act of legislation in 1974, Regina College was made an independent institution known as the University of Regina. The policy of university education initiated in the 1960s responded to population pressure and the belief that higher education was a key to social justice and economic productivity for individuals and for society. The single-university policy in the West was changed as existing colleges of the provincial universities gained autonomy as universities.Correspondence courses were established in 1929. Other federated and affiliated colleges include Briercrest Bible College and Biblical Seminary in Caronport, Saskatchewan; Gabriel Dumont College and St. Peter's Historic Junior College in Muenster, Saskatchewan.
Later development
In the late 1990s, the U of S launched a major revitalisation
program, comprising new capital projects such as an expansion to the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, the
building of a new parkade, and a revision of its internal road layout
(which has already seen the East Road access being realigned). The
Thorvaldson Building, which currently is home to the departments of
chemistry and computer science, hosts a new expansion known as the
Spinks addition. The College of Pharmacy and Nutrition has also seen a
number of renovations.
Land holdings
Up until the late 1980s, the University of Saskatchewan held an
extensive area of land in the northeast quadrant of Saskatoon,
stretching far beyond the core campus, east of Preston Avenue and north
of the Sutherland and Forest Grove subdivisions. Much of
this land was used for farming, though some areas were intended for
future campus and facility development. In the late 1980s, most U of S
land beyond Circle Drive was earmarked for residential development; Silverspring was the first of these
neighbourhoods to be developed.
Another section of land, west of the Preston Avenue/Circle Drive
interchange and north of the CPR line, was zoned for commercial
use, and led to "big box" retail development in the early 2000s called Preston
Crossing).
Realignment of two major roads in the area around this same time
(Preston Avenue and 108th Street) also used up a portion of university
land. The U of S subsequently obtained a large tract of land immediately
east of the Saskatoon city limits that it obtained after the city
annexed the northeastern section of U of S land (this land has since
been itself annexed into the city). The U of S leased a site to the Correctional Service of Canada
north of Attridge Drive on Central Avenue for the Regional Psychiatric
Centre. It has an additional undeveloped parcel of land at Central
Avenue and Fedoruk Drive. In the 1970s and again in the 1980s, the U of S considered opening up
some of its land holdings south of College Drive and north of 14th
Street for residential development, but opposition from nearby
neighbourhoods that appreciated the "green belt" offered by the
university led to these plans being dropped.
Rhodes Scholars
In all, 69 graduates of the University of Saskatchewan have gone on
to receive the Rhodes Scholarship. Among these are:
- Wilbur Jackett, 1933
- Mark Abley, 1975
- Brett Fairbairn, 1981
- Murray Fulton, 1978
- Dwight Newman, 2005
- Anne Kelly, 2012
Research
Vision: Building on 100 Years of Discovery
As our university prepares to
celebrate 100 years of discovery in 2007, we are
building
on a dynamic research culture that enriches the
academic
experience for our students, creates new knowledge
across
a broad array of disciplines, and helps improve the
economic,
social and cultural vitality of our region and
beyond. Home to renowned research centres such as the Canadian
Light Source synchrotron, the Community-University
Institute
for Social Research, and the Vaccine and Infectious
Disease
Organization, the University of Saskatchewan
is one of
Canada’s leading research-intensive universities. Over the next decade, we will establish the U of S
as
one of the top 10 medical-doctoral universities in
Canada
and one of a select few internationally in key
areas.
Key to this pursuit of new and strengthened areas
of pre-eminence
is the talent and imagination of our researchers.
We are
proud of the research, scholarly and artistic
accomplishments
of our faculty and students, as well as the impact
that
they have on health care, agriculture, technology,
education,
environmental challenges, economics, and policy
development
in communities around the globe.
Whether it is novel
vaccines, new improved crop varieties, or innovative
literacy
education programs, U of S research touches the
lives of
people locally and throughout the world. We are
collaborating
with researchers across the country and partnering
with our
local community, industry, government, and
Aboriginal communities
to find solutions to pressing societal and
scientific challenges.
New knowledge through research, scholarly and
artistic
work underlies all academic endeavors across our
13 colleges.
In a climate of mutual reinforcement of teaching
and research,
our faculty and students – both undergraduate and
graduate -- are exploring an impressive range of
important
questions and issues that change our fundamental
understanding
of the world and our place in it.
In our U of S centennial year, we will proudly
host 5,000
scholars from across Canada at Congress 2007, the
annual
conference of the Canadian Federation of the
Humanities
and Social Sciences.
I invite you to explore our Research site (www.usask.ca/research),
meet some of our innovators, visit our research
centres,
learn about our R & D opportunities, and
experience
our sense of discovery.
Research Services
Research Services is the main administrative unit of the Office of
the Vice-President Research. This unit was established to both provide
support and help facilitate research activity at the University of
Saskatchewan. It is responsible for all pre- and post-award administration of
grants (individual, collaborative, and institutional) and contracts.
This unit also administers a number of institutional programs including
the Canada Research Chairs and Canada Foundation for Innovation
Programs, as well as International activity related to research.
Research Communications
The U of S Office of Research Communications is the go-to place on
campus for media seeking information about U of S research, scholarly
and artistic work and for researchers wanting to share their stories of
research findings, discoveries and innovations.
Research Communications:
- develops research communications strategies and materials
- manages research-related media relations
- liaises with provincial and federal funding agencies
- offers communications consulting and media training
- communicates research news to the campus community, to local and national news outlets, and beyond.
Research Ethics Office
| The University requires that all research conducted by its members conform to the highest ethical standards in the use of human subjects, animals and biohazardous materials. Any research or study conducted at University facilities, or undertaken by persons connected to the University, involving human subjects, animals or biohazardous materials must be reviewed and approved by the appropriate University of Saskatchewan Research Ethics Board (REB) or Committee. For more information see "How Do I Get Ethics Approval". |
- Applications to the Behavioural and Biomedical REBs
should be emailed to ethics.office@usask.ca
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Applications to the Animal REB should be emailed to ucacs.office@usask.ca
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Paper copies should be mailed to Box 5000 RPO
University, S7N 4J8
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The physical location of the office is 1607 - 110
Gymnasium Place, S7N 0W9
NRC/PBI
Building (map available)
All other documents, including, amendments, modifications, annual
report forms, study closure forms or unanticipated problem reports can
also be submitted by email, followed by a paper copy for those documents
requiring a signature. If you are concerned about the security of your
emailed documents, please contact the REO and we will discuss
arrangements for secure transmission.
Chairs, Centres & Groups
| Research-focused chairs, centres and groups create
opportunities to pursue new initiatives of strategic importance to the University of Saskatchewan, the province, and the nation. |  |
Student Research News
The University of Saskatchewan provides both undergraduate and
graduate students with the enriched and distinctive learning experience
that comes from being part of a dynamic research community. The Student
Research page is focused on celebrating the creativity and initiative of
those who are involved in student research, scholarly, and artistic
work, and profiling these activities within the campus community, in
Saskatoon, and abroad. On this page you will find student research news, profiles,
opportunities for research on campus and abroad, and links to pertinent
funding agencies, websites, and information for the student researcher
at the U of S. Through the SPARK program there is also an opportunity
to get involved in profiling student research on campus. Also visit
students.usask.ca for more information on the student experience and the
College of Graduate
Studies and Research for specific information on research
guidelines, scholarships, and awards.
Please let us know what you think of these student-written stories
through the "Rate this story" feature at the end of each story.
Distinguished research
Over the years, some of the most prominent projects at the University
have been associated with the Department of Physics. In 1948, the
university built the first betatron
facility in Canada.
Three years later, the world's first non-commercial cobalt-60 therapy
unit was constructed.
(The first female Chancellor of the University, Sylvia Fedoruk, was a member of the Cobalt-60 research
team. She also served as Saskatchewan's Lieutenant-Governor
from 1988–1994.) The success of these facilities led to the
construction of a linear accelerator as part of the Saskatchewan Accelerator
Laboratory in 1964 and placed university scientists at the forefront
of nuclear physics in Canada.
Experience gained from years of research and collaboration with global
researchers led to the University of Saskatchewan being selected as the
site of Canada's national facility for synchrotron light research, the Canadian Light Source.
This facility opened October 22, 2004 and is the size of a football
field. The Plasma Physics
Laboratory operates a tokamak on campus.
The University used the SCR-270
radar in 1949 to image the Aurora for the first time.
The university owns the Vaccine and
Infectious Disease Organization.
Innovation Place Research Park
is an industrial science and technology park that hosts private
industry working with the university.
Library
Library System and Collections
- The Library system consists of the Murray Library (where centralized technical processes are carried out) and 6 other branches. There are approximately 1,500 study stations in the Murray Library and 1,250 in the other branches.
- The 2010/2011 acquisitions budget is $8.689 million divided approximately 20% for monographs and 77% for serials and serial-like publications including standing orders and subscriptions to on-site electronic database reference services. Our budget for Acquisitions is supplemented by a budget of $175,000 for Binding and Preservation (2.0% of Acquisitions Budget and digitization). Interlibrary Loans and document delivery are budgeted for Library incurred costs of $100,000 as services in lieu of collections which we cannot afford to maintain on site (1.2% of Acquisitions budget).
- The collection consists of 2.046 million printed volumes; in addition the Library holds almost 3.087 million items in microform and 449,171 government documents and pamphlets. In 2009/2010 our total collection grew by 27,084 items or 0.1%. Our current serial subscriptions (including print, microform and electronic format) are 47,055 (about 33,580 paid subscriptions).
- Library staff positions number 143, which includes 37 positions for professional librarians.
Public Services
- Library exit gate counters recorded 1,977,184 people between May 1, 2009 and April 30, 2010.
- In 2009/2010 the Library circulated 527,818 items. This figure includes regular Circulation, Reserve, and In Library use.
- In 2009/2010 the Library's staff answered 16,468 reference questions and conducted 74 orientation sessions for 1,036 students and 318 bibliographic instruction sessions for 5,486 students.
- The Library responded to 450 requests from Off-Campus users, circulating 820 books from the campus collections and supplying 2,175 photocopied pages.
- The Library loaned 15,045 items to other institutions on interlibrary loan and borrowed some 18,735 items from other libraries and institutions.
Information Technology
- Electronic
Information ResourcesThe Library's alphabetic list of database titles now includes over 635 entries, including indexes & abstract databases, electronic journal and book collections, multimedia audiovisual, digitized facsimile collections, data, and moreThe Library belongs to a number of consortia for the purpose of acquiring electronic resources: the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), Consortia Canada (CC), the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL), the Saskatchewan Multitype Licensing Program (MDLP) and the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC). The University Library is a member of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) with access, through interlibrary loan (ILL) to CRL’s collection of over 4 million publications, archives, and collections covering the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
- Electronic
Journals DatabaseThe Electronic Journals Database includes over 35,000 journals to which the Library has online access to full text content, either directly by way of a paid or free subscription to an e-journal or e-journal collection, or indirectly through an article aggregator database. Access to online journals is provided through an OpenURL linking system called SFX.
- Wireless and
Docking Station accessWireless and ethernet docking station access was introduced in several Library locations in 2002 for use by students wishing to use their own laptop computers to access the Internet and the campus network. Wireless networks now exist in all of the University libraries in areas displaying signs with a stylized "W" .There are a total of 53 laptop docking stations; 5 docking stations in the Murray Library Learning Commons, 34 in the Natural Sciences Library, 4 in the Education Library, 9 in the Health Sciences Library, and 1 in the Veterinary Medicine Library.
- Learning CommonsThe Learning Commons continues to expand services in a number of ways. The 20 original LC stations in the Murray Library have been increased significantly bringing the total number of LC workstations across the campus branch libraries to 141, which have been distributed as follows:
- Circulating
Laptops & TabletsAs part of the Learning Commons desktops, there are a number of circulating laptops and tablets that are readily made available to patrons wishing to use.
*Learning Commons software suite includes MS Office 2007, SPSS 18, Endnote 8, Firefox, and Creative Suite 2.Ciculating laptops Education Library 7 Engineering Library 2 Health Sciences Library 5 Law Library 10 Murray Library 14 Natural Sciences Library 4 Veterinary Medicine Library 3 Circulating Tablets Murray Library 5 Health Sciences Library 2 - Public Printer AccessIn 2003, the Library joined the campus wide account based printing system called CPAS. As part of the Learning Commons, public printer access is made available where students can purchase printing pages at any of the Library circulation desks. Printers that are currently available to the Library branches include the Murray Library which has 3 black & white printers and 1 colour printer, the Health Sciences Library = 1 black & white printer and 1 color printer, while the Education, Engineering, Natural Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, and Law Libraries each have 1 black & white printer. There are computer information and support Help Desks in the Murray Library Learning Commons and the Health Sciences Library run by staff of the UofS ITS Division. The IT Help Desk provides assistance with obtaining and resetting passwords, accessing network file space, help with LC software applications, wireless and docking station support, printer troubleshooting, etc.
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- Law
- Murray: Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business
- Natural Sciences
- Veterinary Medicine
Hours and Safe Study
Library hours for 05-11/11/2012
Education & Music Library
A short walk to campus and welcoming a
diverse mix of international and Canadian students, College
Quarter Residence is home to hundreds of students who want to
learn about other cultures and share about their own.
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