Salmon Arm Library Information

Okanagan College
Box 189
2552 Trans Canada Hwy. N.E.
Salmon Arm, BC
Canada
V1E 4N3

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• The Deakin Collection of Children's Literature   LATEST ISSUE 

Library Staff

The Library staff at the Salmon Arm Campus plays a major role in student learning and support by providing a wide range of services that support the educational needs of students, faculty, and staff from a variety of programs   We encourage all students to become familiar with their library as early as possible, and to participate in research instruction classes offered in all research-based courses throughout the year.

Reference and Instruction Librarian 
        Taryn Schmid     tschmid@okanagan.bc.ca

Campus Library Assistant
        Star MacGregor  sjmacgregor@okanagan.bc.ca

Sessional Circulation and Reference Assistance Staff
        Debbie Turner   daturner@okanagan.bc.ca
        Debbie Idzan     dnidzan@okanagan.bc.ca

Auxiliary Circulation and Reference Assistance Staff        
        Ivan Idzan           iidzan@okanagan.bc.ca

The Library

The Salmon Arm Library provides a wide range of services that support the educational needs of students, faculty, and staff from a variety of programs including first and second university programs in the arts, sciences, and business, as well as Adult Academic and Career Preparation (adult foundational programs including adult upgrading, Literacy, Adult Special Education, ESL) and Vocational Programs, LPN, Early Childhood Education, Home Support, GIS, Trades, and more. 

Services include information literacy programs that range from individual and small group tutorials to classroom library instruction for all disciplines. It is our goal to integrate lifelong learning skills into library instruction at all levels---skills that will be carried on to future academic and employment ventures.

In the summer of 2003 the Library opened into an adjacent classroom, making room for not only the expanding collection, but also providing an open, collaborative, and dynamic space for student-centered learning including the Student Success Centre. 

Research

Visit the main Okanagan College Library Homepage to find:

Books and Media
Articles
Reference Materials
Data and Statistics

Subject Guides
Style Guides  APA/MLA/Chicago

Ask for Research Help

Online Video: Research skills: bridging the gap between high school and post secondary
 

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Deakin Collection of Children's Literature

Dr. Andrea Deakin Feature Article

   

A unique feature of the OC Salmon Arm Library is an expansive, rich, and exemplary collection of children’s literature generously donated by a former Salmon Arm resident Dr. Andrea Deakin in memory of her late husband, Dr. Barry Deakin. Andrea was awarded the Okanagan University College Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters 2004 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the arts, humanities, and social sciences in this region. Andrea is strongly committed to promoting the use of this collection to all levels of readers from community family literacy groups to Early Childhood Education, ESL, English Children’s Literature, Education, Literacy and Fine Arts, as well as to institutional partners elsewhere through interlibrary loans.

Okanagan College Salmon Arm Library, home of the Dr. Barry Deakin Memorial Children’s Literature Collection, is starting a Children's Literature Interest Group aimed at sharing information and reading experiences with Individuals interested in all areas of Children’s Literature. We look forward to meeting monthly or bimonthly in the local campus library to discuss and share this interest. Community memberships are available to use this collection. More news to follow.