March 2004
The following summary of University of Waterloo (UW) Library resources in support of the graduate program in Recreation and Leisure Studies at Waterloo was prepared by Richard Pinnell, Liaison Librarian for Recreation and Leisure Studies.
Material is collected to support teaching and research to the doctoral level in Recreation and Leisure Studies with emphasis on the social, psychological, economic and environmental aspects of leisure. The decision to purchase library materials for Recreation and Leisure Studies is the responsibility of the Liaison Librarian in consultation with the Faculty Library Representative. Selection is guided by the Collection Development Policy and the Approval Plan subject profile for the department.
The UW Library collection includes 274 current electronic serials, 144 current serials, and 37,966 monographs in subject areas of interest to Recreation and Leisure Studies. The collections held by the TriUniversity Group of Libraries (TUG) include 414 current serials and 85,189 monographs in subject areas of interest to Recreation and Leisure Studies. The Recreation and Leisure Studies library fund supports the cost of 57 current print serials.
The UW Library’s collections in Recreation and Leisure Studies are housed primarily in the Dana Porter Library; however, the Davis Centre Library collects many of the Library’s books and serials in the life sciences. Access to the entire UW collection as well as to materials held by our TUG partners is through the on-line web catalogue, TRELLIS: trellis1.tug-libraries.on.ca/. The Library’s automated circulation system allows users to charge out library materials--e.g., books, periodical volumes, government documents--during the hours that the Library is open and to renew items online.
With the exception of reference materials and the current issues of journals, most library materials circulate. Graduate students and faculty may borrow most monographs for the term.
The Library subscribes to a number of Web-accessible electronic indexes and databases relevant to Recreation and Leisure Studies. These are accessible at all UW computers connected to the Internet and at off-campus computers via the Library’s proxy service. Members of the UW academic community may print, download, or email search results whether they are on or off campus. Databases of particular interest to Recreation and Leisure Studies include:
Print Measurement Bureau’s Canadian marketplace survey data for the period 1986-2003, installed on a networked workstation in the Dana Porter Library, is another electronic resource of interest to Recreation and Leisure Studies. Cross-tabulation reports may be printed or saved to diskette.
Books and journal articles not owned by the UW Library but held by the University of Guelph or Wilfrid Laurier University may be requested through TRELLIS, the union catalogue of the TriUniversity Group of Libraries. Books and photocopied journal articles are delivered to UW faculty and students within 1-2 working days.
The Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery service provides members of the UW academic community with books, journal articles (photocopies), theses, and government documents from libraries (other than TUG) within Canada and abroad. Borrowing access to library materials held by Ontario university libraries is facilitated by RACER, the name of the VDX interlibrary loan system used by OCUL members: racer.scholarsportal.info/vdx/index.html.
CISTI Source is a current awareness and document delivery service from CISTI (Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information) providing citations to over 14,000 journals in all subject areas. The Library absorbs the cost of delivering copies of journal articles to UW faculty and graduate students.
UW faculty, staff and students, with some exceptions, may borrow in person from university libraries in Ontario, Quebec, and the four western provinces under various reciprocal borrowing agreements: http://www.coppul.ca/rb/rbindex.html.
The Library organizes and provides access to many carefully selected Web-based resources, some freely available to anyone and others, funded by the Library, which are restricted to UW faculty and students. These resources include, for example, research guides arranged by academic discipline, catalogues of libraries around the world, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, and style guides. The UW Library-created research guide for Recreation and Leisure Studies is: www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/recreation/index.html.
Also available to members of the UW academic community are the data holdings of TUG’s TriUniversity Data Resources: tdr.tug-libraries.on.ca/. This data service provides Web access to the Canadian census, Statistics Canada surveys (e.g., Canadian Travel Survey), and the data holdings of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) in Ann Arbor , Michigan .
Reference assistance is available in person or by telephone at the Library’s Information Desks, which are staffed by professional librarians and specially trained library assistants. Alternatively UW students and faculty may choose to use the Library’s Chat Reference service or e-mail messaging options provided through the Ask a Librarian service: www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/comments/, useful if a personal visit to the Library is not convenient.
The Liaison Librarian for Recreation and Leisure Studies is available for consultation with individuals or small groups of students, and delivers course specific instruction about library research strategies and tools. The Library also offers orientation programs including tours, general seminars for graduate students, and workshops on topics such as database searching and how to maintain current awareness in an electronic environment.
During the past six years, the Library has spent approximately $102,811 on materials for Recreation and Leisure Studies; please see Table 1. Electronic databases and full-text journals are purchased using general funds. Library materials acquired for other UW academic department--for example, Geography, Sociology, Psychology, Economics, Health Studies, and Kinesiology-- as well as the Library’s collections of government documents and maps provide additional library support for Recreation and Leisure Studies.
More detailed information including lists of serial titles and ejournal titles of interest to Recreation and Leisure Studies, counts of monographs by Library of Congress class ranges, and a copy of the Collection Development Policy for Recreation and Leisure Studies is available for consultation in the Library. We believe that a high level of support for the graduate program in Recreation and Leisure Studies is provided by the Library, both in terms of resources and services. We would be pleased to discuss the Library’s holdings and services with an appraiser at the time of the campus visit(s).
Mark Haslett
University Librarian
11 March 2004
| Year | Serial Expenditure | Book Expenditure | Approval Plan Support | Total Expenditure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997/98 | $7,746 |
$7,168 |
$450 |
$15,364 |
| 1998/99 | $10,073 |
$3,642 |
$1,021 |
$14,736 |
| 1999/00 | $9,079 |
$5,520 |
$1,186 |
$15,785 |
| 2000/01 | $11,428 |
$5,850 |
$890 |
$18,168 |
| 2001/02 | $13,377 |
$3,325 |
$777 |
$17,479 |
| 2002/03 | $14,768 |
$5,715 |
$796 |
$21,279 |
Total $102,811
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