Ronald Besse Information and Learning Commons: development files
- RG 5.233
- Reeks
- 2001-2004
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Ronald Besse Information and Learning Commons: development files
File contains records related to CASE (Content Access Space Expertise) for the Information and Learning Commons at Ryerson University.
File contains records on the official opening of the Ronald D. Besse Information and Learning Commons. It includes newsletters, invitations, correspondence, and opening speech notes.
File contains all the files related to the renovation process of the library for the Ronald Besse Information and Learning Commons.
Visiting Librarian Status Only Designations policy
File contains a draft policy for visiting librarian status only designation.
Media Library Technician manual
Item is a copy of the Media Library Technician manual.
Media Library forms and letterhead
File contains samples of the various forms and letterhead used by the Media Library.
Library Holiday Greeting Cards
The file contains the Holiday / Christmas greeting cards, designed in-house, was sent to Library donors (parents, students, alumni, friends, faculty and staff). Library employee volunteers signed batches of cards for mass mailing, while other employees enclosed each with the Chief Librarian's letter or stuffed envelopes. The standardized hand-written message on each card was :
(your name)
(your title)
And all my colleagues at the Ryerson Library
This tradition started with Chief Librarian Madeleine LeFebvre.
In-house instructions to assist students' course work research.
Ryerson University Library draft mission statement
Item is a draft of the Ryerson University Library mission statement from 2001.
Library Applied Arts Division Collection evaluation
Virtual Donor Wall and Lorraine Monk Donation materials
File contains the materials of the Virtual Donor Wall and Lorraine Monk Donations. It includes photographs, a resume, donor list, and invitations.
Toronto Stats Canada Research Data Centre Opening invitation
File contains the Toronto Stats Canada Research Data Centre Opening invitation.
Library Christmas party videos
File contains videos of the Library Christmas parties from 2001-2002.
AIDSCAN For Health Care Workers annotated bibliography
Item is AIDSCAN For Health Care Workers' annotated bibliography. It is titled "An annotated guide to selected references in the professional literature."
Item is the Library Donation policy from 2002.
File contains:- E-Mail messages- List of Borrowers team members- Borrowers goals & objectives- Reports- Minutes of Meetings of : - Borrowers Services Team - AV Staff - Circulation & Reserve Staff
File contains the borrower services files from 2002 to 2004.
File contains the borrower services files from 2005 onwards.
Includes: E-mails, Minutes of Meetings, Reports
File contains the Collection Services files from 1995 to 2000.
File contains the Collection Services files from 2001 to 2002.
File contains the Collection Services files from 2003 to 2004.
File contains the Collection Services files from 2005 to 2010.
File contains the Collection Services files from 2011 onwards.
Information and Learning Commons reference files
Formerly "Reference, Research & Instructional Services" File contains:- E-Mail messages - Reports - Team Minutes
File contains the Information and Learning Commons reference files from 2002 to 2006.
File contains the Information and Learning Commons reference files from 2007 to 2009.
File contains the Information and Learning Commons reference files from 2010 onwards.
Main Floor Space Planning file
File contains the main floor space planning files
Ryerson Library - Ryerson Polytechnic University sign
Foam core mounted poster: "Ryerson Library Ryerson Polytechnic University"
Special Seminars hosted by the library
The file consists of invitations to non-library seminars hosted by the library and open to the teaching staff. The first is, "Social Trends in Canada, Focus on Toronto" (2003) and the second, "Open Access Week @ Ryerson" (2012).
Library Presentation to Academic Standards
Item is a copy of the Library Presentation to Academic Standards from 2003.
Series contains:
RG 5.253.1: Restructuring the Academic Library: Team-Based Management by Librarians Ophelia Cheung Susan Patrick Brian D. Cameron Elizabeth Bishop and Lucina Fraser
RG 5.253.2: Unmediated is the Message by Librarians Ophelia Cheung and Susan Patrick
Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery and Information Supply, Volume 14, Number 2
Contains "Restructuring the Academic Library: Team - Based Management and the Merger of Interlibrary Loans with Circulation and Reserve" by Ophelia Cheung, Susan Patrick, Brian D. Cameron, Elizabeth Bishop and Lucina Fraser.
Interlending and Document Supply, Volume 32, Number 3
Contains "Unmediated is the Message: Enhancements to Traditional Interlibrary Loan in a Canadian University" by Ophelia Cheung and Susan Patrick.
RG 5.254.01 Agenda Committee
RG 5.254.02 Budget Committee
RG 5.254.03 Public Relations & Communications Committee
RG 5.254.04 Facilities & Infrastructure Committee
RG 5.254.05 Instructional Planning & Assessment Committee (includes Student Success Programs
Working Group)
RG 5.254.06 Performance Measurement Committee
RG 5.254.07 Image Collection Implementation Committee
RG 5.254.08 Space Planning Comitteee
RG 5.254.09 Transition Planning Team
RG 5.254.10 Library Appointments Committee
RG 5.254.11 Library Pomotions Committee
RG 5.254.12 Copyright Committee
RG 5.254.13 Health & Safety Committee
RG 5.254.14 ERM Implementation Team
RG 5.254.15 Communications, 2009
RG 5.254.16 Students Advisory Committee, 2009-
RG 5.254.17 Library Appointments Committee, 2009- (Note: Cttee was established before 2009)
RG 5.254.18 Technology Planning Group, 2009-
RG 5.254.19 Communication Working Group
Item is a copy of the Agenda Committee's Terms of Reference.
Item contains the Budget Committee's Terms of Reference draft and a listing of its members.
Public Relations and Communications Committee
Item contains the Public Relations and Communications Committee's Terms of Reference draft and a listing of its members.
Facilities and Infrastructure Committee
Item is the Facilities and Infrastructure Committee's Terms of Reference draft.
Instructional Planning and Assessment Committee
Item contains the Instructional Planning and Assessment Committee's Terms of Reference and the Student Success Programs Working Group's Terms of Reference.
Performance Measurement Committee
Item is the Performance Measurement Committee's Terms of Reference draft.
Image Collection Implementation Committee
Item is the Image Collection Implementation Committee's Terms of Reference.
Item contains the Space Planning Committee's Terms of Reference and a listing of its members.
Item contains the Transition Planning Team's Terms of Reference and a listing of its members.
Library Appointments Committee
Item contains the Library Appointments Committee's Terms of Reference draft from 2003, the Terms of Reference from 2009, and a listing of its members..
Item contains the Library Promotions Committee's Terms of Reference, Assessment Criteria for Promotions, a listing of its members, and Promotion Procedures.
Copyright Committee Meeting Minutes
File contains the Copyright Committee's Terms of Reference, a listing of its members, correspondence, and meeting minutes.
Health and Safety Committee Correspondence
File contains the Health and Safety Committee's correspondence.
ERM Implementation Team Meeting Minutes
File contains the ERM Implementation Team's meeting minutes and a listing of its members.
Item contains the Communication Committee's correspondence.
Item contain's the Students Advisory Committee's correspondence and terms of reference.
Library Appointments Committee, 2009
Item contains the Library Appointments Committee's Terms of Reference and a listing of its members.
Item contains the Technology Planning Group's meeting minutes and a listing of its members.
File contains the Communications Working Group's ongoing projects, meeting minutes, a communications plan draft, and a listing of its members.
Millennium Systems Committee records
Established in 2002, the Systems Committee, sometimes referred to as the Systems Group, was renamed effective January 2009 to Millennium Systems Committee reflecting the name of the library computer system in use.Terms of Reference Members Minutes of meetings.
File contains: Terms of Reference, Minutes of Meetings, Working Papers and E-Mail Messages
File contains: Terms of Reference, Members lists, Papers and E-Mail Messages.
Library Committee Member lists
File contains the library committee member lists from 2003 onwards.
Branch Library Committee records
Files contain Terms of Reference, Members Lists and Working Papers.
File contains digital photographs, correspondence and supporting documentation. A partial finding aid is available.
Reference Technicians meeting minutes
File contains the reference technicians meeting minutes from 1998 to 1999.
Suzette Giles sabbatical report
File contains a sabbatical report and the application for the sabbatical.
Canadian National Site Licensing Project Launch files
This file relates to a project launch in Halifax, NS. rather than Ryerson Library.
Library space planning 2005-2010 file
File contains the library space planning files from 2005 to 2010. It includes: correspondence, floor plans, library space surveys, survey results, agendas, and relocations.
Jorgenson Hall Lobby Christmas Caroling photographs
Photographs taken by Library staff member Charlotte Broome.
Ryerson Ceremonial Mace photographs
Photographs taken by Library staff member Charlotte Broome
President Levy Library Visit and Reception file
File contains documentation pertaining to the library visit and reception of President Levy in 2006.
Library and Mordell Centre floor plans
Series contains photocopied and original architectural drawings/floor plans/elevations/furniture layouts of the Library Resource Centre aka the Mordell Centre
Mordell Centre/Library Resource Centre photocopied floor plans
File includes photocopies of floor plans of the Library (floors 2-3, 5-10), and the 4th floor of the Donald Mordell Learning Resource Centre:
Mordell Centre Second Floor Plan 28 x 43 cm
Mordell Centre Third Floor Plan 28 x 43 cm
Mordell Centre Fourth Floor 28 x 43 cm
Alteration Lib. res. Centre Fith Floor Plan Furniture Layout 28 x 43 cm
Mordell Centre Sixth Floor Pl. Furniture Layout 28 x 43 cm
Mordell Centre Seventh Floor plan 28 x 43 cm
Mordell Centre Eigth [sic] Floor Pl. 28 x 43 cm
Mordell Centre Ninth Floor Furniture Layout 28 x 43 cm
Mordell Centre Tenth Floor 28 x 43 cm
Library Resource Centre - Project Numbers 834, 834-2 - architecural drawings/plans
File contains various architectural drawings associated with projects 834 & 834-2 - the Library Resource Centre. Some of the drawings were generated by Webb Zerafa Menkes Architects. Consultants associated with the drawings include: M.S. Yolles Associates Limited - consultant structural engineering; R.T. Tamblyn and Partners Ltd. - consultant mechanical engineering ; & G.E. Mulvey & Company Ltd. - consultant electrical engineering. The plans include drawings related to: Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Plumbing, and Electrical aspects of the project's design.
Project 2 Library Resource Centre - Floor plans and furniture layouts - P2-F
File contains architectural drawings showing floor plans and furniture layout for the Library Resource Centre as part of 'Project 2 Library Resource Centre (project P2-F)'. Drawings were generated by the Department of Campus Planning.
Project 8206 - Alterations Learning Resources Centre
File contains architectural drawings showing floor plans and alterations as part of Project 8206 Alterations : 1982 : Learning Resources Centre 350 Victoria Street Third Floor Micro Computer Facility
Correspondence - staff resignations
Sub-series consists of correspondence in regards to staff resignations.
General physical planning files
File contains documentation on the general physical planning of the library from 2007 onwards.
File contains the Copyright Committee's meeting minutes and copyright guidelines.
File contains various organization charts for Ryerson University library & archives staff and faculty.
Health & Safety Committee records
File contains a list of health and safety committee members and a notice that the library does not have its own health and safety committee as they are under the Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee that represents all staff at the university.
Special Collections: brochures, posters, published materials
Folder contains published material by the RULA Special Collections including posters, pamphlets, brochures etc.
Associate Chief Librarian Liz Bishop correspondence
Correspondence includes:- Staff Meeting announcements, as of October 2009 (earlier, see RG 427.21)- Library staff conference announcements .
See also RG 427.36, Liz Bishop writing in capacity of Acting Chief Librarian.
File contains correspondence and a newsletter about an incident that occurred at a Christmas staff party.
Rosemary Garry retirement file
File consists of a handwritten thank you speech delivered by Rosemary Garry at her retirement party in the the Library staff lounge on December 9, 2008. See RG 5.260 for photographs.
File contains surveys, correspondence, and poll results.
A brainchild of Chief Librarian Madeleine Lefebvre, the first event was held in April 2008.Tish Cohen - Alumni - April 2008 - held on Library 3rd floor with reception in Archives. Margaret MacMillan - former Faculty - March 2009 - held in newly renovated Library 4th floor
Staff Training and Development Committee files
The file consists of Committee records - staff survey, survey results, policy - and general e-mails.See also RG5.102 (1978 - 1991) RG 5.164 (1992 - 1997) and RG 5.214 (1998 - 2006).
Library Training and Development workshops
File contains staff workshops and training e-mail announcements.
Staff Training and Development work-based training notices
The file contains notices for training sessions for staff related to Ryerson or library policies, computer use, and assisting student patrons.
Ryerson Library
Informal Learning Info-sharing sessions
Generally referred to as Lunchtime Drop-in, the sessions are not necessarily regulated to lunchtime. File contains e-mail announcements.See also RG 5.102 (1978 - 1991) RG 5.164 (1992 - 1997) RG 5.214 (1998 - 2006) and RG 5.281 (2007 - ).
Electronic Information Literacy library staff workshops
The file consists of teaching aids for in-house, library staff workshops on electronic information. Delivered during the early years of electronic information, the workshops included using CD-ROM* databases and Boolean search functions, as well as the research potential of the World Wide Web, and the Lexis/Nexis periodical database service.
Most of the file is dedicated to the Internet - terminology and the functions of the World Wide Web : connecting to MATRIX (Ryerson computer network system) from which one could access e-mail, the Ryerson or Library home pages, discussion and news groups, or search the Internet using Gopher or browsers such as Mosaic (later Netscape), and surfing the Net with search engines (Alta Vista, Lycos, Yahoo, etc.).
The workshops strengthened staff research skills to assist students and other patrons with electronic information research. Most of the teaching aids are duplicates of the handouts, as well as overheads.
*CD-ROM is the acronym for Compact Disc Ready-Only Memory.
Search guides on electronic sources for library staff (training and reference)
This file contains in-house research guides and exercises for electronic information. It is divided by Ryerson programs and was kept in a binder at the library reference desk. The guides and exercises were also used in student workshops. Included are student workshop evaluation forms.
Canadian Architect Photography Preview and Reception
Materials include posters, postcards and digital photographs (partial finding aid available). Reception and Preview held during the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada. Please see RG 3.92 for materials concerning this conference.
Sub-series consists of e-mail notices to all Library personnel primarily by the listserv ryelib regarding Accessibility within the University Library.
Correspondence related to the day-to-day operations of Special Collections, including social events etc.
File contains correspondence about the TRY (Toronto-Ryerson-York) Library Staff Conference and two posters.
Digital photographs contained on CDs within file.
Library Policies and Services decals
Decals created to cover over existing "No Food or Drink" decals in the library. Decals feature little creatures and:1) Please be considerate of Others! Use cell phones in designated areas, mute all audio, and keep your conversation and other activities at a low volume.2) The Mobile Library is Here! Try our apps from your mobile device m.ryerson.ca3) Need some research help? Ask us! Live chat is available www.library.ryerson.ca
Special Collections subject files photographs
Photographs stored on CD in file.
Information technology services notices
Sub-series consists of e-mail notices related to Information Technology Services team, its startup in September 2010 and activities communicated to Library personnel primarily via the listserv ryelib.
File contains copies of books published by library staff.