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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY LIBRARY NEWSLETTER

VOLUME #1 ISSUE #15

SPRING 2015

New
Carpet in
Abbotsford
Library

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LIBRARIAN’S MESSAGE
The UFV Library…then,
now, and in 2025

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RESOURCES FOR
EVERYONE
Accessibility resources in
Chilliwack and Abbotsford
libraries

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LIBRARIANSHIP
Cutting edge field

OTHER ARTICLES
Accessibility  .  .  .  .  .  .  . P2
Altmetrics .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . P5
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CBC Bookie
Awards

The UFV
Library…then,
now, and in
2025
Message from Kim Isaac, University Librarian:
•

In 2014, the UFV Library spent
28% of its collections budget on
physical materials and 70% on
electronic resources. In 2000, it
spent 90% of its collections budget on physical items and 10% on
electronic resources.
• As of 2015, the e-monograph collection represents 49.11% of the
UFV Library’s monograph collection.
• In 2014, the Library had print
subscriptions to 331 periodicals,
and it licensed or provided access
to 58,000 electronic journals.  In
1997, the number of print subscriptions held by the UFV library
peaked at 1397.  There were no
e-journals.
• Access to all library resources –
print or electronic – is mediated
through a digital device.
UFV 2025 is a visioning exercise led
by our Provost and VP, Academic,
Eric Davis, which will lead to a new
Education Plan for the university. I
was asked to make a brief presentation
to the visioning committee about what
the UFV Library should look like in
10 years. While there will no doubt be
developments that we cannot predict
that will influence the future library,
there are trends that we can follow to
make some predictions/recommendations:

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Library collections will continue to
move away from the print/physical format in favour of the digital.
As you can see, this transformation
has already had a significant, positive impact in expanding the range of
information resources available to the
UFV community beyond anything
that could have been imagined in the
print era.  This will continue to have
many implications for library users and
library staff. Physical collections will
take up less space in our library, and
this means the space can be repurposed – see Library spaces, below.
Budgets will be a challenge, as many
of the electronic resources we are able
to offer are not owned by the library,
but rather licensed for use. If we don’t
pay the annual license, we lose access
to the content, and costs increase every
year. And the vast amounts of information available make it challenging
for the information seeker to identify
what is relevant or scholarly or authoritative – see Library services, below.
Library spaces will become learning
centres, as learners find a place where
they can engage with the scholarly
record, with other learners, and with
teachers and mentors. We will still
protect some zones for quiet study,
and open up others for learning labs,
group presentation rooms, creative
		
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The CBC Bookie Awards results are in
and UFV Library has some of the titles
CBC listeners
chose.
Read: Up ghost
river, Sweetland, Lake of
two mountains, This one
summer, and
Flash boys:
a Wall Street
revolt. For a
complete list,
see the CBC website: http://www.cbc.
ca/books/2015/02/cbc-bookie-awards2015-the-winners.html.

Back to basics

DUMMIES DISPLAY IN CHILLIWACK
Display at the back of the Chilliwack
library

Accessibility resources for everyone

Library technician Betty
Wierda

By Betty Wierda
Accessibility aids are now installed
at two computer stations in the
Chilliwack library and five computer
stations in the Abbotsford library.
On your next visit to the library, look
for the computer stations with pullout trays and keyboards with brightly
coloured letters for higher visibility.
At the same computers, trackballs
replace the standard mouse. Roll the
ball and the mouse pointer moves
smoothly on the screen. Try them
out! You may find that you like using
a trackball better than a computer
mouse. These computer stations also
have pull-out keyboards and gel wrist
rests for comfort when typing. Any
student can log in at one of these
accessibility stations with a student
number and myufv password. Another
item to try is a magnifying glass which
can be borrowed at the circulation

•

Brightly coloured keyboard

•

Trackball instead of a
mouse

•

Gel wrist rest

•

Pull-out keyboard tray

•

Magnifying glasses

desk with your campus card.
These resources were purchased
on the recommendation of Glen
Whitfield of the Disability Resource
Centre at UFV, and, as a result of a
one-time funding opportunity. Glen
and I toured the library here at CEP
on a quiet day in December, and he
recommended purchasing several
items for accessibility. With no immediate budget available, I held on to
this list until last fall when library staff
were asked for input on a one-time
funding opportunity. Our list of accessibility items was approved. Karen, the
library’s administrative assistant, and I
worked on the purchase of these items
for both Abbotsford and Chilliwack
libraries with Glen’s help.
In the past couple of years, I’ve had
the opportunity to be part of the UFV
Accessibility Advisory committee. We
had some great discussions and the
committee was part of organizing an
event on Universal Design at UFV
that was open to anyone here who was
interested. At that event, Dr. Sheryl

Burgstahler presented ideas about disability access for students. For more
information on her talk, see her website here.
The library formed a Library Advisory
for Disability Services committee to
look at steps we could take to make
the library more accessible. We looked
at traffic flow, did some re-arranging
of furniture and took a good look at
library signs with the view that they
should be easy to see and read. In
part, being a member of this committee led me to take a post-diploma
library technician course in diversity,
on which I am currently working.
In BC there is little legislation
governing provision of disability
resources, except for construction
requirements in the BC Building
Code, and employment-related regulations. While Ontario and the US
have legislation requiring disability
resources, BC currently has a planning
document with the aim of making BC
more accessible by 2024. Click here to
view the report.
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Interview with Copyright Librarian Martin Warkentin

Copyright librarianship a
cutting edge field
What is a copyright librarian?
In an academic institution, a copyright
librarian is responsible for ensuring that
the use of all copyrighted content is
compliant with copyright laws and the
contractual terms of the institution’s
licensed information resources – particularly as the content is used in an
educational context. A copyright librarian will engage in a range of activities
to establish copyright compliance, such
as consulting and advising, coordinating
education programs, and developing and
implementing policies and procedures.
How long have you been copyright
librarian at UFV?
I first started at UFV as an auxiliary
reference and instruction librarian in the
fall of 2010, and I have been working
in the copyright position for just longer
than one year. I started in an interim
capacity in early 2014, and was hired
permanently in July 2014.
Are copyright librarians lawyers?
Some are, but many are not. I have
undertaken some specific copyright
training since starting in this position
and I will continue to upgrade my qualifications in this area, but a law degree is
not a necessary prerequisite to work as a
copyright librarian or copyright officer.
What’s your educational and professional background?
I was probably running the risk of
becoming a career student from the late
1990s onwards, but I finally concentrated on history and visual arts, and
finished a Bachelor of Arts degree at
UFV in 2003. After a short hiatus from
academia, I enrolled in the School of
Library and Information Studies at the
University of British Columbia in 2006

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and graduated with a Master
of Library and Information
Studies (MLIS) degree two
years later. I have primarily
worked as a librarian in academic libraries ever since.
How does copyright affect
UFV faculty work?
Unless it is several decades
old, just about every information source is under some
kind of copyright protection, so faculty do have to
be aware of this reality when
planning to use content for
education and research purposes. Fortunately, there are
statutory exceptions in the
Copyright Act that permit
more liberal uses of copyrighted
content than what might be
legally permitted in other lines
of work. These exceptions form
the basis of the UFV Copying
Guidelines: http://libguides.ufv.
ca/Copyright. Another important consideration for faculty
work is the distinction between
the legalities of licenses and contracts versus the legalities of copyright
law.
Unfortunately, these two legal realms are
not always compatible.
Do you work with students as well as
faculty?
Of course. I think an important part of
a post-secondary education is learning
to use information in a legal and ethical manner. Neglect to do so early in
one’s professional life could have greater
repercussions than mistakes made later
on. And students may have just as many
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– as is required by the United States’ more
continued from page 3
severe Digital Millenium Copyright Act
copyright questions as faculty, so it is my
(DMCA). We have yet to see what, if any,
intention to better address student issues
ramifications the full enactment of the noticeand concerns in the near future.
and-notice regime will have for UFV at this
What are your areas of responsibiltime. And in 2017 all of the Canadian legislaity in the library?
While I am primarily responsible tive changes will be reviewed once again, so
we can expect to hear much more about copyfor the copyright portfolio, I
right in the coming years.
also work on the informaHow are you reaching out to the UFV comtion desk, teach library
munity?
instruction classes, design
Ideally, I would like to identify and meet
and create information
with everyone at UFV who may benefit from
guides (Libguides), and
copyright compliance services, but it will take
I am enlisted now and
more time to reach out accordingly because
again to participate in
other library projects and copyright issues intersect with so many different functions in the institution. I do rouinitiatives. Currently,
tinely answer questions from or consult with
I am also involved in
individual faculty, staff, and students, and I
the Library’s efforts
have worked closely with the UFV Bookstore,
to implement an instiPrint Services, Educational Technology
tutional repository for
Services, and the Library to develop, impleUFV.
Are there recent chang- ment, and maintain copyright compliance
procedures, and to deliver copyright education
es to Canadian copyand information sessions. I have also preright law?
sented to, held conversations with, or worked
The major changes
with administrative personnel, faculty groups,
occurred in 2012, most
student groups, and others in the UFV comsignificantly with the
munity about copyright related matters and
inclusion of “education”
issues. Finally, my online UFV presence manas a fair dealing purpose,
ifests itself in the form of the UFV Copyright
but also the creation of
Guide: http://libguides.ufv.ca/Copyright.
the Internet copying and
What’s the best way to ask you copyright
the user-generated content
questions?
exceptions – all of which
I invite inquiries from all available channels:
have had a significant and
email, telephone, and in-person. I can generpositive impact on teaching
ally accommodate individual drop-in appointand education processes in Canada.
ments, though it is better if appointments are
As of January 1, 2015, the noticearranged in advance. And I am always willing
and-notice regime took effect, which
to give group presentations tailored to address
requires Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
specific issues or questions.
and search engine services to notify their
users and customers of copyright infringement allegations
against them by forwarding the
My contact information:
allegation notice, rather than
Martin Warkentin: Copyright Librarian
simply removing the content
Telephone: 604-504-7441 Extension 4460
Email: copyright@ufv.ca; martin.warkentin@ufv.ca
Office: G240 (Abbotsford Campus Library)
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Altmetrics top trend in
Academic librar ies

Collections Librarian
Patti Wilson

By Patti Wilson

The Association of College and Research Libraries identifies altmetrics
as one of the top trends in academic
libraries (ACRL 298 – 299). Offered as an alternative to traditional
impact factors and citation counts,
altmetrics look at the attention an
article is generating on the web.

As stated by Levine-Clark, these
tools “can be used to measure research strengths and weaknesses at
the institutional and departmental
level, are increasingly important to
determine potential collaborators
…, to help understand the overall
strengths and weaknesses of research
at an institution, and to identify
funding opportunities” (430). Academics are also beginning to include

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altmetrics in their tenure packages
as a way to demonstrate the online
impact of their research (Howard).
A number of products are providing
variations of this service, including Plum Analytics, Altmetric, and
Impactstory.  
Altmetric tracks attention to scholarly articles and to published datasets in resources like Figshare and
Dryad. They monitor 1300 selected
professional news outlets, and aim
for a global, multi-lingual coverage. They also track public posts on
social media, such as Twitter, Facebook and Google+ (not including
“likes”). They monitor 8000 selected blogs, policy documents from
NGOs and government organizations, and reference managers such
as Mendeley and CiteULike. Altmetric tracks the geographical distribution
of coverage,
reader disciplines, and
professional
status, with
more weight
being placed on
scholars and scientists over the
general public.
Scores are given
in context, comparing other articles
in the same journal or of a similar
age. All mentions can be tracked
back to their source. Altmetric
started data tracking in 2011, but
will include an older article if it has
been mentioned after 2011. Therefore this tool will have limited value
to assess the importance of articles
published in previous decades.

Points to the Past
A treasure trove of historical and primary source materials is now available
to us, thanks to a funding partnership between SFU, UBC and UVIC.
Points to the Past is freely available to
all residents in British Columbia, and
contains nearly 200 million pages of
historical content, from 1450-2008. The
digital resources include maps, photos,
newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets,
portraits, government records, plays,
letters, monographs and much more.
The main URL is: http://pointstothepast.ca. A database title list is
available at: http://pointstothepast.ca/
database-list.php.

NEW AIR CONDITIONER AND
COOLER/BOILER
The Abbotsford library is getting a new
air conditioner and cooler/boiler. It is
a big job and noise will be happening
here and there until the end of March.
It should make temperature regulation
better, so in the long run this is a good
thing.

ODESI: a voyage into Canadian data
By Brenda Philip
he library is pleased to announce a new data
database: ODESI (pronounced Odyssey).
When faced with the demise of the Equinox
database (updating ended December 2014
and access will end June 2015), the library chose
ODESI as a replacement. In addition to public
opinion polls, ODESI allows self-serve access to
February 23-27 has been designated Fair
Statistics Canada data that is available through the
Use Week in the United States. North
Data Liberation Initiative. ODESI can be accessed
alphabetically from the Research Databases list. Help of the 49th parallel, we are calling it
Circulation and Data Services
Fair Dealing Week as a way of properly
Librarian Brenda Philip is available at: http://spotdocs.scholarsportal.info/disreferencing Section 29 of the Copyright
play/odesi. ODESI includes:
Act of Canada: Fair dealing for the pur• Access to 3,000+ datasets from the following data collections:
ºº Statistics Canada Data Liberation Initiative collection (microdata pose of research, private study, education, parody, satire, criticism, review,
and aggregate data products), including files in both English
and news reporting does not infringe
and French (2,700+ datasets). New data are added into ODESI
copyright.
as they are released by Statistics Canada. Metadata/data files
Fair Dealing Week is an important
are prepared for ODESI loading by a team of OCUL (Ontario
reminder that the Copyright Act is
Council of University Libraries) members.
intended to balance the rights of creºº Public opinion polls from:
ators with the rights of users as a way of
• Gallup Canada (475+ datasets)
enriching the greater public good.
• Leger Canada ‘Voice of the People’ (30 datasets)
• CRIC (Center for Research and Information on
Canada) (12 datasets)
• ‘Listening to Canadians’ studies (10 datasets)
ºº Other Canadian data collections:
• Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation (studies
of college and university students) (13 datasets)
• International Social Survey Programme (Canadian data
only) (18 datasets)
• Institute for Social Research, primarily Canadian
Election Study (25 datasets)
• Canadian Policy Research
Network (EKOS Changing
Employment Relationships
Survey) (1 dataset)
• Access to the Nesstar Webview interface, with
access to the tabulation, analysis, and data download functionality
• Odesi provides indexing, but not access to, the
Canadian Opinion Research Archive and the
Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social
Research (ICPSR)
• As we are outside of the OCUL network, our
ODESI subscription does not currently include Ipsos Reid polling data A sample of a graph created in ODESI
(approximately 70 datasets). This may change in the future.

T

Fair dealing week

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Deselection is not a dirty word…
By Mary-Anne MacDougall

T
Information Services Librarian
Mary-Anne MacDougall

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he staff and librarians in both campus
libraries have always engaged in the
process of deselection, or
weeding, of the collection.
Regular weeding improves
circulation, by making the
collection more relevant to
students and faculty. It also
saves space and this is a
prime motivator for us.  

In 2014, we undertook an extensive reduction of the
print periodical collection, based on overlap of the
journal holdings in JSTOR, and the availability of
titles in stable, print repositories. A further deselection project of print periodical holdings is expected
to occur in 2015, based on the journal holdings in the
Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries
(COPPUL) Shared Print Archive Network.
This spring, we are embarking on an ambitious program of weeding the reference, Statistics Canada and
audio-visual collections to free up space for a potential
renovation of the first floor of the Abbotsford campus
library. The students have told us they want more space
to study and work with their classmates.
Our part-time librarians, Sarah Parker and
Hui-Hui Ou, have worked hard on developing a plan and process of weeding the
reference and Statistics Canada collections
by looking at the age of the collection, the
availability of digital surrogates, and the
relative amount of coverage of topics in our
electronic reference collection, as well as
condition and suitability for our curriculum. During the next year, librarians will
be reviewing the collection and identifying
titles for weeding. In addition, faculty will
have a chance to provide feedback on those
titles selected for weeding.
Weeding is a natural part of collection
development. We apply skill, knowledge
and resources to our decisions to build the
collection and therefore, to ensure a relevant, dynamic, and valuable collection, we
must use those same skills, knowledge and
resources to weed materials that are dated
and unused.    
Most of our discarded books will be processed by Better World Books (http://
www.betterworldbooks.com/), a vendor
that has a used book storefront and supports literacy initiatives while also returning a small portion of their profits to the
submitting  library.  

Audio Visual Collection
Development

Education Librarian Heather
Compeau

By Heather Compeau

I

t is part of the work of
every library to add and
remove content from a collection that is out-of-date
or a format that is no longer in wide
use. Over the years, UFV Library
has gotten requests from faculty
and students about shifting VHS
content to DVD.  With the changes
to the Copyright Act to allow for
format transfers, we can now began
to systematically review the VHS
collection in both the Abbotsford
and Chilliwack locations with the
dual intent of updating content, purchasing or transferring canon titles
in field and making space for other
collections/services.
Our intention is to identify areas
that we may need to try and locate
new content. In some cases it is
canon title in field and so we will
search to see if DVD format is available to purchase, and if not, do the
research work to determine if format
transfer is permissible under the new
Copyright legislation. More often

the publishers have migrated the
content already and the original is
still available to purchase in DVD.
Part of criteria for consideration
for weeding or format transfer are:  
canon titles in field, high circulation
counts on VHS, titles we already
have in DVD format and we have
both the video and DVD sitting on
the shelf together, some titles have
very low circulation counts, some
that have not circulated in five plus
years and some titles in which content is really old and out of date.
As the first stage of the process, the
audiovisual team Abbotsford Media Technician Heather LeGood,
Chilliwack Technician Betty Wierda
and Education Librarian Heather
Compeau, are working through analyzing each section of this collection.
Due to the time-consuming nature,
this is an ongoing project!
Questions?
Please
do not
hesitate
to contact
either:
Heather
LeGood
(heather.
legood@
ufv.ca or
x4667)
Betty Wierda (betty.wierda@ufv.ca or x2472)
or Heather Compeau (heather.
compeau@ufv.ca or x2431).

Donations-inkind moratorium
Due to the need to prioritize processing
and cataloguing of current acquisitions,
we are not able to accept donations at
this time. Exceptions are publications
authored by UFV students, faculty and
staff, donations in kind supporting
the UFV Library Heritage Collection
and donations supporting the Western
Canadian heritage cookbook collection.
Questions or concerns? Call Selena
Karli at local 4410 or email selena.
karli@ufv.ca.

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Philosophy faculty publications,
Freedom to Read Week, Shauna Singh
Baldwin, and Black History Month in
Abbotsford library
The Abbotsford campus library is
colonization, and of contemporary
displaying library resources highCanadian issues, along with new
lighting the American Civil Rights ideas about shared responsibility
Movement of the 1960s. Inspiraand community” Lane, Dorothy
tion for this display came from the F. “Disentangling Narratives.”
release of the motion picture, SelCanadian Literature 219 (2013):
ma, which chronicles the Selma to
137-139. Academic Search PreMontgomery
mier. Web.
voting rights
20 Feb. 2015.
marches of
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ufv.ca:2048/
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Singh
Baldwin
display
library resourc***
es from our catalogue, research
Items on display range from phidatabases and Internet sites of
losophy in counseling to the use of
primary sources.
philosophy in everyday life.
Click here to watch one of the
Philosophical discussions encomUniversal Newsreels from March
pass critical thinking, reasoning,
15, 1965 documenting the march
and developing an individual opinfrom Selma. This video is from the
ion based on facts. The skills develAmerican History in Video dataoped in
base.
any phi***
losophy
We are highlighting the literary ca- class are
reer of Shauna Singh Baldwin with highly
a display of her books.  Baldwin
transferwill be appearing at Ehsaas Readable in
ers and Writers Festival on Tuesday, today’s
March 3rd at 6pm in room F125
labour
in the Centre for Indo-Canadian
market
Studies.
as well
“...readers will emerge from [Bald- as in
win’s] books with a heightened
our own
awareness of the material effects of lives!

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To know more about the philosophy resources in the UFV library,
click here to access the philosophy
Libguide.
***
The Abbotsford campus library has
a display celebrating Freedom to
Read week (February 22-28, 2015).
This display encourages everyone
to think about and embrace their
right to intellectual freedom, which
is guaranteed under the Charter of
Rights and Freedoms. This display
also helps to broaden our understanding of why books have been
challenged over time. You’ll also
see a display on the freedom of
the press, which is very timely in
relation to the events that tragically
unfolded in Paris earlier this year.
News stories relating to the Charlie
Hebdo attack can be accessed by
scanning the QR code provided on
the display.
		

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Freedom to Read display in Abbotsford library

Library switches to BPA
free receipts due to
health concerns
development which is why pregnant
woman should avoid receipts that
aren’t guaranteed as BPA free.
When the article was brought to the
Abbotsford circulation staff ’s attention we did a little digging into our
own paper supply stock. We found
that although our Point of Sale
receipts (the debit/credit receipts)
were BPA free, the date due slips
and cash register receipts were not
Library technician Korina
Gratton
advertised as such. We asked Karen,
our library administrative assistant,
By Korina Gratton
to contact the vendor and inquire if
Health concerns over BPA prodthe rolls we had were BPA fee and if
ucts are not new. There have been
not, to find out if there were BPAseveral studies over recent years.
free rolls we could purchase.
However, an article in the VancouThe library purchased BPA-free
ver Sun: “Receipts pose risk during
pregnancy, study finds” ( January 13, rolls for all circulation receipts and
immediately put them in place. We
2015, p.B3), highlighted the dansent the BPA rolls to the Shipping
gers of BPA in receipt papers. The
and Receiving department for recyresearchers of this study say that
within seconds of touching a receipt cling and alerted the Campus Card
BPA (bisphenol A) can be absorbed Office to these concerns. The Camthrough the skin. Although exposure pus Card is happy to announce that
to a single receipt would be very low, their receipt supplies for the PHIL
the dose could add up as thermal pa- (add value) stations are BPA free.  
per – used in receipts and commonly Read the full article @ http://www.
canada.com/health/Researchers+adv
contains BPA – can be found evise+pregnant+women+limit+exposu
erywhere. This study also highlights
re+receipts+plastic/10723191/story.
concerns that BPA can alter brain
html

Feeling
stressed?

DE-STRESSING DAY IN
ABBOTSFORD

Come and relax in the Abbotsford Library on Thursday, March
26. Between 1 and 3 p.m. you
can:
• Play giant Scrabble and other
games
• Meet Mac, UFV’s super
therapy dog
• Enjoy refreshments.

Freedom to Read
continued from page 11

We have published a Libguide
for Freedom to Read Week
where you can explore the books
that have been challenged or
banned over time, as well as
discover what scholars and librarians are writing about intellectual
freedom. Click here to access the
Libguide.
The CBC has created: INFOGRAPHIC: 30 books you may
be surprised to learn were challenged by censors.
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Health Sciences display in Chilliwack
The model in the Chilliwack library’s display
cabinet is showing off how
easy it is to use a metabolic
cart to estimate the amount
of oxygen used by tissues
during exercise or at rest.
By measuring the amount
of oxygen consumed by our
cells, we can estimate the
amount of energy produced
through cellular respiration. Dressed up in exercise
gear, the mannequin gets
her oxygen consumption
(VO2) tested when her
body is resting and then
again during exercise. We
can see how much more
oxygen is used by the cells
during exercise and also test
the maximum amount of oxygen
that can be consumed by the cells,
which is a measure of aerobic capacity.  
The maximal oxygen consumption in tissues is largely genetically
determined, but it is can also improve with endurance training. The
VO2 max test is commonly used
to test athletes’ aerobic capacity
and to track how much they have
improved over time. The average
sedentary individual has a VO2
max of 25-35 (this is how much
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one minute), during a walking test
on a treadmill, while a frail, elderly
person has a VO2 max of 10-20
mL/kg/min. The highest VO2 max
ever recorded is a Scandinavian
cross-country skier who scored 93.
VO2 max declines significantly
with age, starting at 25-30 years
old. Fat composition and muscle
mass have little influence on VO2
performance. It’s aerobic training
that can make a difference.
To compare us to our furry friends,
an elite distance runner may have a
VO2 max of approximately 80 mL/

kg/min, whereas sled dogs have
a far greater endurance capacity,
reaching levels of up to 300 mL/
kg/min.
The health sciences display at
UFV’s Chilliwack campus library
includes elements of nursing,
kinesiology and dental instruction, including library resources on
health-related topics and some neat
dental X-Rays. All of the library
materials in the display case are
available to take home. Ask a staff
member and she will get it out of
the display cabinet for you.

St. Patrick’s Day literature resources in Chilliwack library

Display inspires Mad
Hatter’s tea party:
Come in to the
Chilliwack library on
Monday, March 9 for
coffee and a treat!
By Lisa Morry

Alice is in the library. After several years of looking
through bubble wrap, Alice from Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What
Alice Found There, is looking out over student efforts in
the Chilliwack library.
Alice says she’s happy to be back after years in a back
cupboard where she could hear students, but she
couldn’t see them. She’s also happy to be still inspiring new creative works. The list of Alice-influenced

projects is long and includes music such as The Beatles’
Magical Mystery Tour album and Jefferson Airplane’s
song White Rabbit. Her film, television and theatrical
influences include The Matrix, Pan’s Labyrinth, Alice
at the Palace, the film Alice by Tim Burton, featuring
Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and an upcoming
Alice film purported to feature some of the actors
from Tim Burton’s film. Her literary influences include
Go Ask Alice, White Stone, The Alice Poems, Alice I have
been, Splintered, Unhinged, The Looking Glass Wars, Alice
in the Country of Hearts, Hatter M, and Alice in Zombieland.
Visit the Chilliwack library to view a selection of
books about Lewis Carroll and his creations or about
modern culture based on his creations or see the
library’s online display: http://www.ufv.ca/library/
exhibits--events/through-the-looking-glass-the-complicated-world-of-lewis-carroll-june-2009/. Alice will
stay in the library long enough to inspire a Mad Hatters tea party in the Chilliwack library on March 9.

Join us on Monday, March 9 in Chilliwack
Join us for a de-stressing day in the Chilliwack library
on Monday, March 9. Take a short break from studying to enjoy coffee and treats or play a game of Scrabble on our giant Scrabble board.
Alice and the White Rabbit will be in the library for
sure. Maybe the Dormouse or the Mad Hatter himself
will show up too!
Everyone, including Johnny Depp, is welcome to wear
a mad hat to the library on Monday and tumble down
the rabbit hole with us.
Watch out for flying tea trays! And anyway, “how is a
raven like a writing desk?”
CONNECTIONS, ISSUE 15 / P12

New student orientation
IN THE LIBRARY

Library technicians Heather LeGood and Moira Guzyk show off library resources at new student
orientation in Abbotsford

Kim Isaac: profound disruption
continued from page 1
spaces…. We look forward to working
with students and faculty to find out
what they would like to see in library
spaces.
Library services will continue to move
away from handling physical items
to making the vast range of digital
information discoverable. Librarians
and library technicians have much
to contribute to the development of
the information literacy and digital
literacy skills and knowledge that are
essential in the 21st century. It will be
essential for librarians to work closely
with faculty to navigate the changes in
scholarly communication. And UFV
can contribute to the local and scholarly community through the establishment of an institutional repository
that showcases UFV scholarship and
research, and digitization initiatives
that make local knowledge available to
the world.  

In the statement of purpose for UFV
2025, Eric Davis notes that “according
to countless authorities and commentators, higher education has entered a
historical moment of profound disruption,” and that the most disruptive element in all this is technology.  While
libraries have traditionally embraced
technology and in many ways been
leaders within our institutions in taking advantage of it, there is no doubt
that we too are facing a time of profound disruption.  UFV 2025 gives the
library an opportunity to think about
how we will remain relevant to UFV
teachers, learners and researchers, and
what the library can do to support
UFV as it moves through this time of
profound disruption.
See UFV 2025:  http://blogs.ufv.
ca/ufv2025/ and Reading List for
Visioning UFV 2025: http://libguides.
ufv.ca/ufv2025readings.

Kim Isaac

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services, students at a distance, group study room
bookings and more.

Learn more. ufv.ca/library

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Unruly women writers on display
on the new books cart in Abbotsford
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