March 2004
The following is a summary of University of Waterloo (UW) Library resources in support of the undergraduate program in Recreation and Leisure Studies at the University of Waterloo (UW), prepared by Richard Pinnell, Liaison Librarian for Recreation and Leisure Studies.
Material is collected to support teaching and research relevant for study towards a Bachelor of Arts degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies, Therapeutic Recreation or Recreation and Business with a core focus on leisure studies and research. The program also includes parks and tourism options. 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.
During the past six years, the Library has spent approximately $102,811 on materials for Recreation and Leisure Studies; please see Appendix 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.
The Library’s online catalogue, TRELLIS, provides access to the collections of TUG: the libraries at the University of Waterloo , University of Guelph , and Wilfrid Laurier University . TRELLIS is available via the web: trellis1.tug-libraries.on.ca/ and telnet (ASCII client). Students may borrow materials from all three university libraries. Using our Library's self-charge circulation system, students can sign out materials whenever the Library is open and can renew their books online from their library account from any computer with web access. Most items circulate, with the exception of some course reserve readings, the current issue of journals, and reference materials.
The UW Library’s web site organizes access to electronic resources, including information in Recreation and Leisure Studies. The Library subscribes to a number of electronic research tools relevant to Recreation and Leisure Studies including web-based journal indexes and databases such as Leisure Tourism Abstracts, PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts, and Web of Science; the Library also subscribes to full text electronic journals from publishers including Sage, Haworth , Sagamore, and Elsevier.
The Library collections for Recreation and Leisure Studies are housed principally in the Dana Porter Library. The Library is open 99 hours per week during the term with extended hours during exam periods. There are 976 study spaces and 5 study rooms available in the Porter Library. A total of 78 public workstations, spread throughout the library, are available for patron use. Of these, 74 provide access to the Internet and all have networked laser printing capabilities. Students can connect their laptops to the network at 24 hard-wired Ethernet drops. Wireless connectivity is also available in all areas of the Porter Library.
Reference assistance is available in person or by telephone at the Library’s Info rmation 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 is 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 and instructional sessions on topics such as how to use TRELLIS and how to find journal articles.
Students can borrow materials from the University of Guelph and Wilfrid Laurier University using the TUG book and article delivery service. Items are delivered within 2-3 days of request at no cost to the student. Requests for books are sent through the Library catalogue, TRELLIS, using the Request button, and for journal articles using a web request form, TUGdoc.
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.
UW undergraduate students, with some exceptions, may borrow in person from university libraries in Ontario and the four western provinces under various reciprocal borrowing agreements: http://www.coppul.ca/rb/rbindex.html.
I would be pleased to discuss the Library's holdings and services in more detail. I believe that the Library provides a high level of support for the undergraduate program in Recreation and Leisure Studies.
Richard Pinnell
Liaison Librarian, Recreation & Leisure Studies
15 May 2004
Recreation and Leisure Studies
| 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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