About

The Library Services Fund (LSF) provides students with carefully conceived collections, resources and services to inspire academic success.

Since 2010, undergraduates have contributed $1 per credit to the Library Services Fund. The Fund is managed by the Library Services Fund Committee. Continued funding enables students to benefit from these offerings every academic term.

Library Services Fund Committee

The Library Services Fund Committee (LSFC) was established according to article 5 of the CSU Library Services Fund Agreement between the Concordia Student Union and Concordia University, signed April 16, 2010, "for the purpose of providing additional or improved library resources" at the Webster Library and Vanier Library.

For more information about the Committee’s agreement, its members, and to see the annual reports, visit the LSFC webpage.

Library Services Fund achievements

1. 24/7 access to the Webster Library and the Vanier Library

2. Course Reserves Rooms at the Webster Library and Vanier Library to access copies of undergraduate textbooks, course packs and other readings

3. Laptops available for short-term loan at no charge

• 210 laptops at the Webster Library
• 90 laptops at the Vanier Library

4. Tablets available for short-term loan at no charge

• 95 tablets at the Webster Library
• 30 tablets at the Vanier Library

5. Touch-screen tablets to book group study rooms in the Webster Library

6. Living green walls to improve air quality in the Webster Library

Living walls

The newly transformed Webster Library, now flooded in natural light, features 9 living walls that further improve air quality by absorbing CO2 and fine particles, lighten the load of the HVAC system and reduce noise through absorption.

In addition to allowing for an overall sustainable living environment, living walls are a fire retardant and help to offer an overall feeling of well-being to users.

For and from students, this ecological choice demonstrates students' engagement with library services.

With Montréal-based Envirozone's living wall system, plant modules are installed in separate units to ensure that plants can be maintained and removed individually for servicing or replacement. Watering is achieved through a slow drip capillary hydroponic system that reproduces the principles of the rainforest.

The plumbing structure for this sophisticated automatic irrigation system — designed to eliminate complexity for the occupants — was integrated in the design of the Webster Transformation.

An additional lighting system supplements the natural and artificial light available. Ten to twelve hours of light per day ensures that the plants will thrive for many years to come.

Prioritising light levels and local availability, Envirozone consultants carefully selected resistant, brightly-coloured species such as philodendron “lemon limeˮ, pothos “neonˮ and pothos “marbleˮ for the Library's walls.

This is why green walls regenerate naturally and are easy to maintain; each installation is custom-designed for a specific environment with both aesthetic considerations and functional needs in mind.

With this vibrant addition to the Webster Library's interior landscape, students can delight in the company of living things.