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The Faculty Hub: Connecting Faculty with Library Expertise

The Library's Program Liaison Teams connect you with the TRU Library's services and resources to support your teaching and research needs. This guide provides a quick overview of how we can support you.

Winter 2025 News

New Resources

TRU Library is finalizing subscriptions for new resources, including SCOPUS, Canadian Newsstream, Emerald Journals Premier Collection, ASME Digital Library, and the 2023 and 2024 ACUP eBook collections. Watch for announcements on the Library website as they go live for campus researchers.

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Course Readings

Planning to use the library’s course reading list service? Please submit your requests as soon as possible so they can be quickly processed and made available.

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Third Iron Suite

Third Iron is a suite of research technologies designed to help users access full-text scholarly articles from various sources like the TRU Library Discover Search, Google Scholar, and the web.

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Book Library Instruction Classes

Book your library instruction classes soon to ensure that your first choice of dates is available (yes, we will come to your evening class).

 

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Interlibrary Loans

The TRU Library has implemented a new interlibrary loan (ILL) management system that uses your TRU account credentials instead of a Library PIN.

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Library Laptops

Library laptop loans are available on a first-come, first-served basis for your students with semester-long loans starting Monday, January 6th.

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20th Annual Undergraduate Research and Innovation Conference

The 20th annual Undergraduate Research and Innovation Conference in March 2025 approaches. Please encourage your students to apply!

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Undergraduate Research and Innovation Conference

The 20th annual TRU Undergraduate Conference will be held March 24-28, 2025. TRU undergraduate students from all programs can share their work with the TRU and Kamloops communities through posters or 15-minute lectures. Application forms and details will be available on the conference website. Please encourage students to apply, as they often respond to your feedback that their work is worth sharing; this may include reaching out to students who did significant work in the Fall semester. Faculty interested in having a Winter semester class share poster projects during class hours should contact Elizabeth Rennie to discuss logistics.

Librarian Teams

The TRU Library has updated its liaison services for the Kamloops Campus. The Program Liaison Teams connect you with library services and resources for teaching and research. You can contact your subject librarian or any librarian on your discipline’s liaison team for research help, collection development, or library instruction. Online-only librarians will refer you to another librarian for in-person needs. If unsure where to start, contact the Team Leads listed below.

Arts, Education & Social Work, and Business Team

  • Brenda Smith (Lead): Environment, Culture, & Society; Philosophy, History, & Politics; Psychology; MA Human Rights & Social Justice
  • Elizabeth Rennie: Literatures, Languages, & Performing Arts; Social Work
  • Erin May: Education
  • Kathryne Brattland: Bob Gagliardi School of Business & Economics
  • Melissa Svendsen: University & Employment Preparation (online support only*)
  • Stirling Prentice: Communications & Visual Arts
  • Shane Neifer: English Language Learning & Teaching (ELLT) (online support only*)

Science, Nursing, Trades, FSD, and FACT Team

  • Elizabeth Rennie (Lead): Biological Sciences; Natural Resource Sciences; MS Environmental Science
  • Katherine Watmough: Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts, and Tourism; Physical Sciences; Veterinary Technology; Faculty of Trades & Technology
  • Melissa Svendsen: Faculty of Student Development (online support only*)
  • Michael Purcell: Respiratory Therapy; Nursing
  • Stirling Prentice: Architectural & Engineering Technology (ARET); Computing Science; Engineering; Mathematics & Statistics 

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* For librarians providing only online support, they will connect you with another librarian for any in-person classes or consultations

Supporting your Teaching: Overview

Summary of services provided on the Supporting Your Teaching tab
Support Description
Library Instruction Teach research and citation skills workshops that are tailored to your course/assignment
Research Consultations Book appointments with a librarian for individualized research help - in person or online
Open Educational Resources (OER) Support finding, adopting, adapting, and creating OER
Adding Library Content to Moodle How to embed the library's licensed materials and librarians into your Moodle courses
Course Readings Provide one single online access point for course reading materials while ensuring copyright compliance.
Online Tutorials & Guides Create discipline, course, or assignment-specific research guides and tutorials
Assignment Consultations Collaborate to develop research assignments that maximize use of available resources
Student Research Dissemination  Check out the academic presentation workshops, the student journals, the Undergraduate Conference, and other routes for students to share their work

 

Supporing your Research: Overview

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