Setting priorities
A fund-raising committee has identified five priorities: scholarships and bursaries, teaching technology, research infrastructure, community-oriented programs and facilities (such as the nature areas), and campus renewal. The list has been distributed across campus, is on the Trent Web site under Weekly Update and will be the subject of open forums over the next few days:

• Nov. 23 with the Trent Central Student Association in the Smith Conference Room, Bata Library, 2 p.m.

• Nov. 24 in Otonabee College 203 lecture hall, 4:30 p.m.

• Nov. 25 in Peter Robinson College dining hall, 8:15 p.m.

Monthly accounts out
Keeping track of spending will be less of a guessing game for departments now that Financial Services has issued September's account activity reports.

        Between May and October, academic and administrative departments received one account activity report in August instead of every month. On Nov. 12, the finance office issued September reports. October's report should be out on a more timely basis, said financial services director Tony Van Hoeckel in an Oct. 30 memo.

        The delay is the result of the switch to a new financial system and new general ledger numbers, Donna Hoard, accounting services manager, told account holders in August.

        "We are slowly making progress," said Van Hoeckel in his memo.

Sports camp wins seal of approval
The Ontario Camping Association (OCA) has given its seal of approval to the Trent summer sports camp, making the camp the only OCA-accredited day camp in Peterborough County.

        The 60-year-old non-profit association judges camps for standards of health, safety, leadership, programs, out-tripping and administration.

        "During both provisional visits, OCA volunteers were extremely impressed with the overall activities and staff of the sports camp," says camp director Bruce Emmerton. "We are all extremely proud to have an official endorsement from the experts in summer camps."

Borrow electronically
If you want to borrow a book through the interlibrary loan (ILL) system you can bypass the paper forms and fill out a request electronically by way of Bata Library's TOPCAT (Trent's on-line public access catalogue).

        TOPCAT is accessible at computers in the library, via the Internet and by modem from a home computer. Choose "Options" on the main menu, then choose "Submit ILL Request."

        The library hopes to eliminate paper requests entirely in the new year, according to librarian Dianne Cmor and information services officer Sharon Bosnell in a message about the electronic request form. "This is the first phase in an ongoing project to take advantage of electronic capabilities with respect to ILL," they write. "You will see changes over the next few months as we refine our system."