Resource and Information Centre
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The Collection
The Resource and Information Centre at the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives holds a collection of approximately 4,400 items: books, journals, videos, proceedings, annual reports, and theses. There is also an extensive vertical file containing pamphlets, essays, journal articles and newspaper articles.
The collection's main subject areas are:
- co-operatives in Canada, both historical and contemporary information covering agriculture, housing, health, finance, worker, and consumer co-ops
- historical and contemporary information on co-operatives in other countries covering agriculture, finance, worker, and consumer co-ops (and, to a much lesser degree, housing and health)
- some information on setting up and running a co-op
- community economic development and sustainable development, particularly as it relates to co-ops
- women in co-operatives
- co-operative education
- communal living
- political studies; primarily on democracy and social movements
- and smatterings of books on sociology, Canadian history, economics, management
The Resource and Information Centre also holds a complete collection of The Co-operative Consumer, a twice-monthly publication of, initially, the Saskatchewan Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd. and Consumers' Co-operative Refinery Ltd., and later Federated Co-operatives Ltd. It ran from 1940 to 1982, and, by the end, covered all of the western Canadian provinces.
Loans
Excluding the vertical file, journals, and a small collection
of reference and reserve items, items in the collection can be
borrowed for a period of two weeks, with possible extensions. Loan
policies apply to both university students and members of the public.
Interlibrary loan is available, although usually restricted to within Canada--please contact the librarian for details.
Hours
The Resource and Information Centre is open weekdays from 9:00-5:00, and
is closed over the noon hour, on Saturdays, Sundays and university designated
holidays. If you wish to speak to the librarian during your visit please call
ahead to confirm arrangements.
Reference Services
Full reference services are available by telephone, e-mail
or regular mail, fax, and in-person.
For further information:
Resource Centre
Centre for the Study of Co-operatives
101 Diefenbaker Place
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK
S7N 5B8
CANADAPhone: 306-966-7917
Fax: 306-966-8517
coop.studies@usask.ca
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