The Library aspires “to balance the needs of U of T Mississauga with the need to build
upon strong community relationships…”
— Reaching Out: U of T Mississauga Library’s Academic Plan, 2004-2010

Reaching Out Across Campus

The Library is deeply engaged with its campus community. Over the year, our librarians and staff supported student success, faculty research and staff initiatives through workshops, lectures, events, class instruction, individual consultations and, among others, assignment development.
Here is an overview of the campus units our team collaborated with:
Academic Affairs Committee

Academic Departments
• Anthropology – Biology – Master of Biotechnology – Chemical and Physical Sciences –Economics – English and Drama – Forensic Science – Geography – Historical Studies – Institute of Communication and Culture – Language Studies – Management – Mathematical and Computational Sciences – Philosophy – Political Science – Psychology – Sociology
AccessAbility Resource Centre

Office of Advancement
• Fundraising Initiatives
• Joint presentation on “Fundraising for the Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre Capital Project” to participants in the Research Library Leadership Fellows Site Visit, Association of Research Libraries, U of T Libraries
Campus Police
• Training Partnerships
Career Centre
• “Careers in GIS” showcase to provide course information, demonstrations of Library resources and useful career tips
Computing Services
• Wireless printing service implementation
Office of the Dean
• Research Opportunity Program
Erindale College Council
Food Services and Retail Planning Joint Health and Safety Committee Infrastructure and Facilities

International Student Resource Centre
• “Global Café” information session to ease the transition of new international students to the academic library and its services
Media Services
Office of the Registrar
• StepONE program
• Hotlink e-newsletter monthly submission
Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre
• Headstart University Prep Program for first-year students
Student Affairs
• Academic Orientation
Student Residence
• rezONE Program Steering Committee
Teaching-Learning-Collaboration Group
• Teaching Innovation Fair 2008
U of T Mississauga Student Union
• “De-Stressor” event during the exam period in the Library Link area
U of T Mississauga Student Clubs
• “Roots & Shoots” – Library environmental awareness campaign

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Reaching Out Across University of Toronto

The Library has strong links to the larger U of T community. Last year, librarians and library staff sat on University-wide committees, partnered with academic departments and administrative offices on the St. George campus and participated in U of T events. The following is an overview of these collaborations:

Committees
• Advisory Board, Professional Learning Centre/Faculty of Information Studies
• Faculty Council, Faculty of Information Studies
• U of T Libraries Advisory Committee
• Digital Reference Group, U of T Libraries
• Instruction in Library Use, U of T Libraries
• Library Council, U of T Libraries
• Reference Services Committee, U of T Libraries
• Resource Discovery Team, U of T Libraries
• Blackboard Users Group
• TRY Library Staff Conference Committee
• Informatics Education Curriculum Review Team
• Steering Committee for Informatics Education

Departments and Offices
• U of T Libraries
• Faculty of Information Studies
• Department of Geography
• Gerstein Science Information Centre
• Faculty of Medicine
• OISE/UT
• Office of Teaching Advancement
• Resource Centre for Academic Technology, Robarts Library

Events
• U of T Teaching and Learning Symposium
• New Faculty Technology Orientation
• Research Library Leadership Fellows Site Visit, Association of Research Libraries – U of T Libraries
• TRY Library Staff Conference

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Reaching Out Across the City

In 2007-08, the Library continued to connect with the Mississauga community, supporting local initiatives, sharing knowledge and contributing to the development of its youth.

Local High Schools
The Library connected with local high schools and high school students – a group we committed in our academic plan to working with to develop information literacy skills.
As a first-year experience librarian, Paula Hannaford represented the Library on the High School Students as Researchers Committee. Through this commitment, we share information on information literacy, discuss curriculum requirements for information outcomes and communicate our Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills’ testing to Board of Education members, teacher librarians and other academic colleagues.
The Library’s research and instructional support technician Donna Liu also brought high school students into the Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre and delivered two sessions in the Amgen Canada Inc. Smart Classroom, followed by a tour of the building.
Together, the pair field high school queries from local teachers and teacher librarians about session requests, research questions and more.

Local Organizations
Through the efforts of librarians and staff, the Library participated in the following local initiatives:
• Annual Community Forum, Mississauga Public Library Board
• Mississauga Consumer Health Information Collaborative
• United Way Campaign

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Reaching Out Across the Globe

As already spatially depicted in this Annual Review, U of T Mississauga librarians and Library staff shared their knowledge worldwide through conference presentations, workshops, poster sessions and publications.
Our outreach activities did not end there. In 2007-08, we also participated in
various collaborative initiatives with peers and built relationships with various national and international organizations, including:
• Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives
• Ontario Council of University Libraries Map Group
• Data Interest Group of Ontario
• American Library Association Science and Technology Section research committee
• Special Library Association, Biomedical and Life Sciences Division Special Projects Team (an international association representing over 80 countries)
• Nebraska Library Commission, USA
• Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association
• College and Research Libraries Journal, Association of College and Research Libraries
• “Communications in Information Literacy” journal
• Mortenson Centre, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign