Information Resources Vision

Queen’s University Library provides leadership in the development of a global knowledge commons that enables high impact research and scholarship, reflecting our values of diversity, inclusion and open access to information.

Our priorities and objectives for information resources are informed by a continual process of consultative, evidence-based and transparent practices based on the following principles:

Information Resources Strategies

Experiential Learning

The library offers a variety of experiential learning opportunities for Queen’s students.

In all cases, there is an identified library supervisor, and learning objectives are set and supported by reflection, critical analysis and synthesis. The learner will be actively engaged in posing questions, investigating, experimenting, being curious, solving problems, assuming responsibility, being creative, and constructing meaning. A Learning Reflection form is used to guide the experience.

Collaborations

Our best innovations happen through collaboration – across the library, with our faculties and schools and through our regional, national and international partnerships. 

Our collaborations include:

Collaborative Futures Library Services Platform

Queen’s University Library has partnered with 18 other Ontario university libraries to implement a shared library services platform (LSP) as part of a project called Collaborative Futures. The new platform went live in December 2019, replacing our previous system (QCAT and Summon), and has improved library support for students, faculty, and staff by providing enhanced discovery and delivery of valuable information resources at Queen's and our partner institutions.

ExamBank History

The idea of creating an exam bank began receiving serious consideration at the AMS around 1995. Indeed, ever since the technological frontier shifted, allowing greater scanning and security capabilities at an affordable cost, students have advocated for a digital, web-based exam bank service. The high demand for this type of service is logical considering that the current display system does not guarantee the integrity of the exams or access of them. The exam bank, if developed properly, would satisfactorily address both weaknesses of the current system.

Remote Storage Request

 

We offer a remote storage retrieval service (Downsview), where students, faculty, and staff can request that material from our remote storage facility be sent to a library location for pickup (physical items) or by email (journal articles, book chapters etc. that can be delivered electronically).