Month: November 2015

Food for Fines: Is an annual food drive put on by UVic Libraries and Campus Security Services (CSS). Each year UVic Libraries offers relief from library fines in exchange for non-perishable food items or personal needs items which are then donated to the Mustard Seed Food Bank and the UVic Student Society’s Food Bank.

How it works: For every non-perishable food item or personal item, like toothbrushes or soap, we will take $2 off your fines up to $20. You can also ‘pay’ for your fines, but ask that up to $20 of your fines be donated to the food banks instead of the libraries. Even if you don’t have any fines, we encourage on campus and off campus donations to help fill local food bank shelves.

When and where: The Food for Fines drive runs until December 11th. Donations can be dropped off at any library branch.

As we enter the last week of term, we wish all students the best for exams, papers, and assignments. We wish to ensure we offer all law students the support and study environment that is needed at this time. We alert all library users to the following updates and reminders:

• Extended study period and exam hours begin on Saturday, November 28 and run until Friday, December 18, inclusive.
• Extended weekend hours are now in place, with the law library open until 10 pm each night except Fridays.
• During this period all group study rooms and individual study carrels will be reserved for law student use only. This will continue until law library staff see a significant decline in use by law students, or until December 18, wichever comes first. Group study rooms and study carrels may be booked at the loan desk.
• Finally, we trust all law library users will respect the increased need for quiet study at this time.

Many thanks

Please note that the Law Library will be closed next Wednesday November 11 (Remembrance Day). Full details of our hours of operation are available here.

The 7th Annual UVic Libraries Diversity Writing Contest is now officially underway.

A joint initiative of the UVic Libraries and VPAC office, the UVic Libraries Diversity Writing Contest aimed at fostering and continuing campus discussions around diversity, equity, and inclusion. UVic students may submit their written work relating to themes of diversity, equity, or inclusion in one of four categories:

• Poetry (150 lines maximum)
• Fiction (2,000 words maximum)
• Non-Fiction (2,000 words maximum)
• Spoken Word (3 minute maximum)

In addition to cash prizes for first and second place (in each category), winners also receive an invitation to a writer’s workshop with this year’s celebrity judge Ali Blythe and public recognition of their award-winning entry at the UVic Diversity Research Forum on January 21-22, 2016.

Submissions are open from October 5, 2015 until January 4th, 2016.

For more information about the contest and past winning entries, including winning entries from UVic law students, visit: http://blogs.library.uvic.ca/uvic.ca/diversitywritingcontest