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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 - )

Official Opening

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Writers Read Author series

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

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.

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

MOLINDEX and RILOSH

The file contains documentation for the index system, MOLINDEX, developed by the Ministry of Labour library. In 1996, the Ministry of Labour's library was closed and its collection and staff were transferred to the Ryerson library, including the serial database, MOLINDEX (MOL index). Ministry staff continued to have access to the collection through Inter Library Loan.

RILOSH, Ryerson International Labour, Occupational Safety and Health Index, was produced by the Ryerson library as a continuation of MOLINDEX and was implemented in 1998.

Fee-Based Service proposal for Ryerson Polytechnic University Library

File contains various reports related to the consideration of implementing a fee-based service. Includes: "Planning for a Fee-Based Service in the Ryerson Polytechnic University Library" ; "Proposal to Conduct a Viability Study on the Short and Long-Term Prospects For Operating a Fee For Service Operation at Ryerson Polytechnic University" ; "Fee for Service: Considerations and Recommendations" and related correspondence.

2008 4th Floor Renovations

File consists of architectural drawings of the various floors of the library for the 4th floor renovation project in 2008. File also includes architectural renderings, architectural drawings, and a presentation on "Space to Learn".

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