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  • The Library and Your Well-being: A Message for World Suicide Prevention Day

    by Guest Author September 10, 2025
    by Guest Author September 10, 2025

    The U of A Library is proud to partner with the U of A’s Wellness Supports Team for the Days of Action. This collaboration is dedicated to fostering a supportive community by providing information and resources, encouraging open discussion, and actively working to challenge the stigma surrounding mental health at the University of Alberta. The following article is co-authored by Lucinda Johnston, Faculty Engagement Librarian and Heather Ritz, Community Social Worker. The…

  • Fall Library Challenge 2025

    by Meghan Staal September 2, 2025
    by Meghan Staal September 2, 2025

    Fall Library Challenge 2025 starts September 8! Your library journey starts here! Whether you’re on campus or online, join the challenge to uncover unique library spaces, services, and resources – and earn chances to win prizes! Prizes: How to Participate:  Draw for winners is at 1:30 p.m. on September 22, 2025. Winners are selected by a randomized draw and will need to correctly answer a skill-testing question to claim their prize. On-Campus…

  • The Indigenous Medicine Garden of Cameron Library: Maintaining knowledge through plants

    by Guest Author August 12, 2025
    by Guest Author August 12, 2025

    When we think of libraries, we often see them as caretakers of knowledge which resides on pages, shelves, and in databases exclusively. However, for the members of the University of Alberta Library’s Indigenous Initiatives Team (IIT), knowledge dissemination and conservation have taken the form of a Medicine Garden located outside of Cameron Library. Emerging from ideas of community engagement, with reconciliation and Indigenization efforts at its center 1, the Medicine Garden had…

  • Unpacking the Newspaper Digitization Process: A Case Study of The Western Review

    by Guest Author July 14, 2025
    by Guest Author July 14, 2025

    Have you ever wondered how local political ads have evolved? Or explored historical newspapers to find old relatives’ bowling groups, or marriage announcements? Have you enquired about the cost of a gallon of milk in your town in 1965? Questions like these arise when considering the significance of newspaper digitization. The Drayton Valley Newspaper project The Drayton Valley Newspaper project began in 2023 when Sandra Blades of the Drayton Valley Museum contacted…

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