Dr. John Archer Library Award

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The Dr. John Archer Library Award was established in 2011 through funding from the library for an undergraduate student who demonstrates written evidence of significant inquiry using the Library’s resources and services along with learning about the research and information-gathering process for their graded research project. The award is for $1,000 and the winner must have written a 250 to 500 word reflective essay describing their use of the library. Librarians normally choose a recipient near the end of regularly scheduled classes in the Winter Semester. Details about the award are on the library's website Library Award page.

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    Archer Library Award 2021 - Reflective Essay 
    (University of Regina Library, 2021-01) Marko, Bonnie
    The University of Regina's library services is of great assistance when conducting various research types at any study level, including the undergraduate. Upon entering the University, I was reluctant to use the University of Regina’s library databases to find papers, presentations, and analyses. Moving into my last year of University, I have found out that library services are essential for any successful research and academic writings. I appreciated the seminar presentation conducted by Mary Chipanshi, KHS liaison Librarian to our Health Studies 400 class in the fall of 2020. After the seminar, she made herself available to address further concerns where I asked her some questions about how to search about my selected research topic. I also had some questions about APA 7 citations as it had recently been introduced. The live assistance and online library services allowed me to access many articles in full text and the location of the common databases for health research. I learned so many new techniques that were valuable when utilizing research engines and databases. In addition to this, the library website very user friendly once you have the correct tools to navigate the system.
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    Archer Library Award 2023 - Reflective Essay 
    (University of Regina Library, 2023-01) Fischer, Grace
    The Fall 2022 semester started my second year as an English Honours student at the University of Regina. Each 200-level course I chose came with various new challenges compared to the previous year. One crucial challenge I experienced was finding scholarly sources for my english, politics, and criminology research papers. At the beginning of the fall semester, I needed to learn how to search for specific topics appropriately, and I was unaware of the different databases for each subject. However, I decided to make an appointment with a librarian to see if they would be able to point me in the right direction when it came to using the library’s resources. The librarian was extremely helpful and showed me two specific databases that provided scholarly articles in politics and criminology. Because of his help, I found scholarly sources for my upcoming English research paper on “Lanval” by Marie de France.
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    The Influence of the Chorus in Aechylus’ Oresteia : Visualizing ποιητικος & μίμησις
    (University of Regina Library, 2019) Maeland, Idella
    The Oresteia by Aeschylus is a trilogy of tragedies with a heavy choral focus, not unlike the many plays of ancient Greece. What separates the Oresteia from other tragedies of the time, however, is the unique application of the chorus to the plays Agamemnon , the Libation Bearers , and the Eumenides that make up the trilogy. When studying choral odes and Greek tragedy in general, one must consider the way in which the Greeks interpreted tragedy and literature: the idea of mimesis, as Aristotle describes in his ancient writings, and the Greek concept of poetics . I argue that, in terms of Classical history, poetry was not considered to be a specific genre of literature but, rather, an embodiment of all forms of art that reflected mimesis , i.e., representation through the use of artistic means. The idea of tragedy being a form of poetry is brought forth by Aristotle in Poetics and is supported by the scripts of tragic plays such as the Oresteia , particularly in the poetry of the chorus. It is understood that the chorus provided a great focus of attention for tragic authors like Aeschylus specifically because many of his plays were titled with the name of the chorus (two thirds of the Oresteia ), which was made up of groups of individuals who added their own interpretations of the Greek world into the plays themselves, being everyday, male, Greek citizens. Members of the chorus’ reactions to the situations presented to them depend on their social status within the plot. The chorus’ role in the tragedy demonstrates the influence of epic poems such as the works of Homer on Greek theatre and can be traced back to the roots of art forms like films and modern theatre productions that we enjoy today. 2 Considering the influence that the Homeric tradition of poetry had on the Greeks, it can also be understood how the chorus fulfilled the role of supporting the importance of ceremony and cultural practices. The play the Libation Bearers in particular highlights the importance of lamenting (and avenging) deceased relatives as the chorus themselves play an active role in the plot by encouraging a brother and sister to summon the spirit of their murdered father during a choral ode. The poetic devices used in the songs of the chorus, such as the metre, are crucial in setting the pace for the audience, creating suspense. The chorus also visualizes these emotions as they not only chant in poetic rhythm, but also dance while dressed in costume. All of these elements that make up the chorus of the Oresteia combine to create an impactful performance that showcases Aristotle’s concept of artistic representation and an intense visual portrayal of poetry--a concept that embodies all of literature.