Due to this crazy weather and dangerous road conditions, the Chilliwack and Abbotsford UFV libraries are closing at 1pm today, November 15. Please note that our online resources (ebooks and article databases) remain available. There will be some reference assistance (via email and AskAway) as long as power remains on!
Take care and stay safe!
Posted by Brenda
Both the Abbotsford and Chilliwack UFV libraries will be closed on November 11th for Remembrance Day. Please remember that we have many resources available online, including journals and ebooks.
Posted by Brenda
Recently funded through UFV’s Strategic Initiatives Fund, the UFV Library and Teaching and Learning Centre are excited to announce a new Open Education Micro Grant Program (OEMG) for 2021-22. This program is designed to support faculty adapting and developing open education resources (OERs) that will be used in UFV courses and beyond. Funding will be allocated to hire Open Education Student Assistants who will work under faculty mentorship to complete tasks that lead to the creation or adaptation of OE resources. These tasks may include Pressbooks conversions, editing and revision, image and interactive item creation, formation of test banks, or other tasks. Successful faculty project proposals will receive funding for 100-150 student hours ($2500 per project). Our hope is that this fund will promote the increased use of OERs at UFV and build faculty capacity for OER development and adaptation. The OEMG will also provide significant experiential value to student hires by allowing them to develop transferrable and knowledge specific skills that they can use in their programs and into their careers following graduation. The formal Call for Proposals will be issued on 15 November 2021 with a closing date of 28 January 2022. The funding period for successful applicants is April – August 2022. For more information on the Open Education Micro Grant program please contact Martin Warkentin or Claire Hay.
Both of these platforms are having issues with the way you get access from off campus. They are using a software called CloudFlare that sees our users as a malicious attack. Therefore people are getting blocked and unable to download their content. Unfortunately there is no easy fix at the moment so the best way to get content is to come to campus to download your journal articles.
Posted by Diane Cruickshank, October 28, 2021
We are pleased and honoured to welcome our new University Librarian, Camille Callison. Camille will be returning to British Columbia after several years at the University of Manitoba, as the Indigenous Services and later Indigenous Strategies Librarian. A full announcement is available on the UFV Today blog, at https://blogs.ufv.ca/blog/2021/06/camille-callison-appointed-university-librarian/
Posted by Patti Wilson, June 30, 2021
During this
time, Kim oversaw the building of the new library at the Canada Education Park,
the renovation of the Abbotsford Campus library in 2017, and the CEP Library
renovation in 2020. She guided the
library in its transition from university college to full university status,
overseeing our growth in budget, staffing and services. She has always worked with
the librarians and library technicians with compassion and caring. She fully
understands how essential it is to balance one`s personal and working lives to
reach our potential. Kim is a strong
supporter of the library’s indigenization activities. She uses her fundamental
concern for the best interests of students and faculty to guide her policies
and decision-making.
Kim has been
an advocate for the library and represented the library on a number of UFV
committees, including Senate, Academic Planning and Priorities Committee,
Academic Continuity and the Senior Academic Leadership Team. In addition, Kim
has provided professional expertise and leadership to the wider academic
library community, in a variety of roles.
The UFV Library has benefitted tremendously from our memberships in
regional and national consortia, providing us with collection and service
opportunities that we would never have afforded otherwise. These organizations
depend on the service of committed members to operate, develop and grow, and
Kim has contributed greatly to this through her knowledge, professionalism and
commitment to the vision of these consortia.
In
recognition of her many contributions and 33 years of dedicated service to UFV,
Kim has been honoured with the designation of Librarian Emeritus.
We’d like to
thank Kim for being our outstanding leader and wish her the very best in her
upcoming retirement!
Posted by Patti Wilson, June 15, 2021
Starting on June 1, the UFV libraries (Abbotsford and Chilliwack) are excited to provide access to a limited number of bookable, individual study tables!
For more details, check out our Individual Study Tables Booking libguide: https://libguides.ufv.ca/StudyTableBookings
Posted by Brenda
