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January 2015

November 3, 2015

We hope you enjoy this edition of Library Lens.

August 28, 2015

Summer is winding down and in a week we will see students returning to campus.  But before the madness of September returns, enjoy yourself with this weeks pictures.

Resource Sharing decided to have an end of term grilled cheese party. Photo submitted by Mary Lynne Bartlett.

August 14, 2015

August 7, 2015

"Alice Hoang triumphs over the Resource Sharing puzzles on her last day of work". Submitted by Karen Davidson.

July 31, 2015 - Summer vacation edition

Library staff work hard, but we know how to play hard, too! Check out all the fun we're having this summer...

Gail Henry went to the Pan Am games to watch some equestrian sports.

July 17, 2015

There has been a lot going on around the Library the past couple of weeks!

"Stuart and I were walking the Walter Bean Trail near Pioneer Tower on July 1 and encountered this fun surprise." Photo submitted by Sharon Lamont.

June 26, 2015

Sharon Lamont kindly snapped this lovely photo of Esther at her retirement celebration on Wednesday, June 24. Esther’s last day at the Library is Friday, July 3. Submitted by Rose Koebel.

June 19, 2015

This week's Lens is a special double edition!

"I took the attached this morning; the rising sun provided a nice lens flare." Submitted by Graham A. Yeates on Tuesday, June 16.

June 5, 2015

Spring is hurtling toward summer and library staff are spying baby critters and other new things on campus.


May 29, 2015

It's been a busy week!

"Look who visited us during a meeting, just outside Mark's window. He was very interested." Photo submitted by Annie Bélanger.

May 22, 2015

"I tried to capture the goslings, but it was a challenge taking a picture with them facing me! I was hissed at when I got too close so I used the zoom on my phone instead." Submitted by Eva Dodsworth.

May 15

We hope you enjoy this week's Lens!

One of the trees outside of South Campus Hall. Photo submitted by Graham Yeates.

May 8, 2015

During the ELUNA conference, Alison Hitchens visited the Sculpture garden in Minneapolis. Photo submitted by Alison Hitchens.

May 1, 2015

The original, current, and new digital hygrograph in the Special Collections area. Photo submitted by Graham A. Yeates.

April 24, 2015

It's been a creative week in and around the library!

April 10, 2015

We hope you enjoy this week's Lens!

Anyhoo...here is the newest word we can add to our vocabulary according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Photo submitted by Jane Forgay.

April 2, 2015

Welcome Spring!  We are glad you are here.   We have beautiful blooms, melting snow, strange critters and April Fools this week.

"My Christmas cactus seems to be confused by the season!  Nevertheless I was delighted to enjoy the blooms." Photo submitted by Sharon Lamont.

March 27, 2015

We hope you enjoy this week's Lens!

The plant in Ian Robson's office is blooming.  A nice reminder that spring is indeed here.  Photo submitted by Ian Robson.

March 20th, 2015

This week was filled with special events and visits with exceptional guests!

March 6, 2015

It's still pretty cold out, but at least the sun is shining! Maybe if we put our collective consciousness together, next week's edition will be full of crocus shoots...or maybe not.

Members of the LibGreen group getting ready to do a waste audit at Davis Centre Library. Photo submitted by Alex McCulloch.

February 27, 2015

Campus has returned to its normal busy rhythms as students come back to class after Reading Week.  And though the winter still has us in its grip, the sun is getting higher in the sky.  Spring must be on its way, right?

February 20

Library staff are keeping warm this chilly reading week.

"Look at those hats, don’t we look 'Hot'?" as library staff attended the Fire Warden training. Photo submitted by Viola Halder.

February 13

It's been a very busy week in the Library. Lots of Library Love being spread around.

Blind Date with a Book launched this past Monday. This is a picture of the table at Porter on Monday morning. Photo submitted by Mary Lynne Bartlett.

February 6, 2015

Happy first week of February!   This week's issue highlights some of the great work library staff are doing, welcomes a new face to the library and gives us a sneak peak at something fun that is happening next week.  Enjoy!

January 30, 2015

Library staff have been kept on their toes this week!

"Some people say Alex is working too hard." Submitted by Brian Campbell.

January 23, 2015

A few different views of happenings across campus - one from a very different perspective.

January 16, 2015

This may be the prettiest Library Lens yet!

Someone was working late on Tuesday night. Submitted by Mark Spencer.

January 9

Welcome back Library staff! This is the first edition of Library Lens for 2015.

Daddy Cool, wearing her Festive Yuletide outfit. Submitted by Derek Scoular.

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