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On-Line Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) users survey

The file contains a draft report and blank survey on, On-line Public Access Catalogues (OPACs) in which five southern Ontario universities participated, The purpose, to measure user satisfaction of each university's computerized catalogue system. The survey was conducted by the University of Toronto. Ryerson's catalogue at the time was DOBIS, which ran on computer terminals.

Training and Development Committee records

The Staff Development Committee (see RG 5.102) had changed to Training and Development Committee, chaired by Zita Murphy, by July 1991. Olive King chaired in 1993.The file contains committee memos, minutes, training announcements, and workshop sign-up sheets. Note, one record, from Bob Jackson regarding Matrix training in 1993 is not from the training committee. The training committee faded due to member time constraints. See also RG 5.102 (1978-1991), RG 5.214 (1992-2006) RG 5.281 (2007 - )and RG 5.282 (2007 - )

Staff conference reports

File contains various staff conference reports. It includes reports on the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development's eight annual conference; the CADE Conference on "Custodians or partners: How can Libraries enhance distance learning?"; and Showcase '92, Shaping the Future.

Information services and reference files

Under the restructing of the responsibilities of the librarians in 1998 "Reference" has been included with this sub-series. All librarians having portfolios relating to this area will be included under this subseries: Library user analysis; publications; data/GIS; library user education; collections, series; and collections, monographs.This area involved into Research & Learning Services (RG 5.248) with further re-organization of the Library in 2002.

Access Services files

Access Services evolved into "Borrower Services" (RG 5.246) with the re-organizationof the Library.This collection contains e-mail messages and minutes of Access Services staff meetings.

Library general photographs

File contains 75 colour slides: a number taken by Chief Librarian, Richard Malinski; others are reproductions from the Archives slide collection. R. Malinski put together a selection of slides for presentation during his visit to four universities in Lanzhou, China. The slides are shots taken of the outside of the Library building and surrounding area as well inside scenes of the Library's areas of operation, facilities and staff.

The following are good images of:- Aerial shots of Ryerson (white box)- Liz Bishop (black box)- Adrian (black box)- Anna Tassone (blackbox).

Library validation embossing press

Two hand held embossing presses. The press was used each term (W87 was the final term the press was in operation) to validate ID/Library cards. A removable die made it possible to update each academic term (e.g. W87 would be changed to F87).

Cooke report: ad hoc committee on library holdings

This report and policy is the product of an ad hoc committee of Academic Council, which was established to study those policies and procedures which might be necessary to govern challenges to the Library's holdings. This matter came into being as a result of a challenge involving the book THE HOAX OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by A. R. Butz. The ad hoc committee was chaired by faculty member John Cook.This sub-series does not contain an actual copy of the Cook Report as the latter can be readily found in other sources in the Archives Collection. See, for instance, RG 5.146 ("Hoax Of the Twentieth Century" general file); the minutes of meetings of the Learning Resources Committee (RG 59); and the minutes of meetings of Academic Council (RG 57).The challenge process and library materials selection procedures were revisited five years later, with a new challenge by faculty member Winston Husbands. See RG 5.197 for further information.

Sub-committee on the challenge procedure report

This report and policy was motivated by a challenge brought in 1990 by Dr. Winston Husbands against a book held by the Ryerson Library (INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL & TOURISM by D. Lundberg and C. Lundberg). Its purpose was to review, revise and strengthen the challenge process and selection of library materials procedures in place since the last major challenge to the Library's holdings in 1985 (HOAX OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY case/See: Cook Report, RG 5.196).This sub-series does not contain an actual copy of the Report. The Report can be found with the minutes of a meeting of the Library Committee dated November 26, 1993. At this meeting, the Report was approved, with changes as noted in the minutes. This marked the culmination of Committee deliberations dating back to the previous academic year (1992-1993). A final copy of the Report (after it was approved with changes at the meeting) was apparently never issued.

Slides

Series contains 40 sleeves of slides removed from the catalogued collection of the audio-visual department of the Library. A decision was made to retain 34 of these sleeves. Information about the subject matter (dates and description) had to be retrieved from microfiche according to call number and shelf list.

RCTV

File contains 11 slides with scenes from Ryerson Community Television and includes an interview with President Donald Mordell done by students.

Staff Training and Development workshops and seminar notices

Individual librarians were mandated to organize staff training. Eva Friesen was the first to assume the role of training co-ordinator in 1998 until 1999 when she became Acting Chief Librarian. Sara McDowell was hired on contract to fulfill the duties between 1999 and 2000. In 2000 Brain Cameron took over until his position focussed more on circulation co-management support, and, when a training committee was re-established in 2001, Brian was a committee member. The library was re-organized in 2002 into a team-based approach, initiated by the new Chief Librarian, Cathy Matthews.The file contains general training e-mails, announcements, attendee lists, new committee survey, and separate e-mails about workshop separate from the committee.See also RG5.102 (1978 - 1991), RG 5.164 (1992 - 1997), RG 5-281 (2007 - ) and RG 5.282 (2007 - )

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