J. A. Weir Library lends ‘Turn of the Century Law Office’ as space for the challenge Students in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Law have been issued a summons to test their puzzle-solving and legal research skills in a scenario-based escape room. This unique opportunity was created by Tiffany Yii, a second-year student with the School of Library and Information Studies, and Dylan Robertson,…

Donate Food to Pay a Fine. In partnership with the Campus Food Bank, University of Alberta Library will be running a Food for Fines Campaign and Food Bank Drive at all library locations from  February 14 until May 1, 2020. All donated food items will be distributed to members of the University of Alberta community, and monetary donations will be used by the Campus Food…

Where would you go if you didn’t have a place to sleep? Sadly, this is a problem that over 70,000 post-secondary students across Canada face (Weissman et. al, 2019). When we think of homelessness, many of us picture someone living on the street or relying on public shelters for a safe haven, but many people without permanent residence make up the hidden homeless population. Those…

Written by Sarah Severson Did you know that the University of Alberta Library has a huge collection of digitized items, many of them dating back a century or more? 2019 has been a busy year for the University of Alberta Library’s digitization program and has seen us add almost 22,000 new items to our Internet Archive collection. For several years, we have partnered with Internet…