2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Check out the latest SIRC Newsletter - 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics ! With the 2010 Winter Olympic Games starting this week in Vancouver, Olympic fever is upon us. It is hard to walk down the street without seeing someone wearing the famous red mittens or open the paper and not see stories about the Vancouver Olympics. These Games are sure to be an action packed two weeks but what will make the...Read more
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What would you do with $750,000? Facts and Numbers of the Games

With four days until the Opening Ceremony the world is turning its attention to British Columbia. You have probably heard lots about the athletes, the venues , the torch run and maybe some things about how much things are going to cost. Have you ever considered how much it would cost for a prime-time ad slot during the Olympics? On NBC the going rate for a 30-second prime time slot is $750,000...Read more
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New mail is always exciting!

New material is always arriving for the SIRC Collection . Today one of the latest issues of British Journal of Sports Medicine ( BJSM ) arrived in the mail. As soon as it arrived the SIRC Librarians took a quick scan through and it looks good. In fact, it is sure to be a popular issue in the SIRC Collection over the upcoming months. This issue is the Vancouver Olympics issue covering sports such...Read more
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