St. Jerome's University Library, Waterloo
290 Westmount Road North N2L 3G3 Waterloo, ON, Canada

We can’t be there in person for our annual Blind Date With a Book activity (photo from 2017), but the University of Waterloo Library has found a way to offer it online! Check it out at https://bit.ly/3p4q6RW St. Jerome's University

February is Black History Month. Click the link to read the message, "Black History Month is shared history month", from St. Paul's University Chancellor Michaëlle Jean. She notes: "Please consider joining Black History Month as Shared History Month. Make it a year. Make it a life." https://uwaterloo.ca//black-history-month-shared-history-m

Join St. Jerome's University's Manager of Outreach & Recruitment, Tommy Mayberry, for a presentation on 'Gender Pronouns and Cultures of Respect'. It's online and free--registration required. Join the conversation about gender pronouns and how they affect cultures of respect in our teaching and learning contexts. https://uwaterloo.ca//gender-pronouns-and-cultures-respect

January 28 is Bell Let's Talk day--helping to spread the word about the importance of mental health. If you need to talk to someone, University of Waterloo Counselling Services staff are available to help every weekday https://uwaterloo.ca/campus-wellness/counselling-services ; Good2Talk Confidential Support is available by phone or text 24/7/365. https://good2talk.ca/ontario/ Don't hesitate to reach out!

Lest We Forget. (Photo credit: Joseph Boer)

This week we say ‘au revoir’ to Assistant Librarian Zack MacDonald, who’s been part of the St. Jerome's University Library team for five years. Zack’s moving on to become Map Librarian at the D. B. Weldon Library, Western University. Best wishes, Zack, from all of us on the library team!

Happy Hallowe’en Weekend! This Flashback Friday photo shows the St. Jerome's University Library display from Hallowe’en 2016. Wishing we were back on campus to share some candy and scary books with you! In the meantime, have a healthy, safe, and happy Hallowe’en. And rememberreach out to us at [email protected] if you have any research or library-related questions! Don’t be afraid!

Did you know that The New Quarterly: Canadian Writers & Writing, an award-winning literary magazine, is housed at St. Jerome's University? It is! And their annual Wild Writers Festival starts next week, with all events free and online this year. Check out the great free workshops! https://wildwriters.ca/

The third Friday of October is Canadian Library Workers Day in Canada. Today we celebrate all those people who make our Libraries the welcoming, helpful, vibrant places they areeven when we have to work remotely. Shout out to the 2019-2020 St. Jerome's University Library staff: Deb Addesso, Breanna Alonso, Jenna Castanier, Rachel Ehlebracht, Katelin Hamilton, Rachel Hannusch, Victoria Henhoeffer, Anna Koehler, Zack MacDonald, Sierra Motzek, Lexie Murphy, Nicole Reid, Lorna Rourke, Bonnie Rudnisky, and Jennifer Summers. . Gratitude and thanks to our University of Waterloo Library colleagues too!