2009/10 - SFU Library

The new 6th floor quietstudy area has becomea favourite spotfor getting work done.workshops delivered by Dr. Alton Harestad.We hosted a weekly Grad Café conversationgroup attracting a motivated group of Englishas Additional Language graduate students andpost-doctoral fellows. Library staff also presentedwriting & library research workshopsfor graduate programs such as IAT 801 and M.Ed. cohorts.Trained SLC peers hosted two weekly Englishconversation groups with EAL students focusingon grammar, accent reduction, paraphrasingand other skills.The Academic Enhancement Program (AEP)continues as a required component of theCMPT curriculum. Senate approved Back OnTrack (formerly Student Success) for all undergraduatestudents this year. Library staff wereheavily involved, presenting 35 Getting Startedsessions, 559 learning plan consultations,and 248 seminars.Document Delivery & MediaResourcesOnline journals and ebooks have led to significantreduction in interlibrary borrowing overthe last five years. Borrowing was down 15%and lending down 6% compared to last year.Loans from Bennett Library to both Belzbergand Fraser libraries were up about 10% overlast year. Telebook requesting by distance educationstudents was up by 7% this year.ProcessingCataloguing new books more quickly has beena long-standing need. This year the backlogwas reduced from the 2006 high of 13,198 to5,424 books. Credit goes to everyone in cataloguingwho changed their procedures to workfaster, and increase productivity.LoansFood for Fines campaigns were run in the Falland Spring semesters and a collection of newbooks was added to the Popular Reading collectionfrom Burnaby Public Library.RenovationsMonies from the Campus Campaign wenttoward the creation of a quiet student studyspace at the northwest corner of the 6th floor.It features natural light, window tables, deskseating, soft seating, improved lighting andnew flooring. A former staff area was removed,providing access to windows on the west side.On the east wall a wood lattice was erectedseparating the new study area from the microformstacks. All 50 seats have laptop poweroutlets. Old carpet in the area was replacedwith marmoleum to match new flooring on theentire sixth floor.The United StatesLibrary of Congresscontacted the SFULibrary for advice oncataloguing computergames. We sent themour policy and someanecdotal comments about some of thechallenges we’ve found cataloguing videogames. They wrote back, “Thanks for thedocuments! ... I like the classification systemyou came up with.”8 SFU Library Annual Report 2009-10