March 2021

Puisque la majorité des étudiants et du personnel ont été conseillés de travailler et d’étudier depuis leur domicile, c’est ainsi que nos bibliothécaires soutiennent l’apprentissage en ligne… Je travaille à la bibliothèque depuis janvier 2020 et l’année a été très mouvementée, c’est le moins qu’on puisse dire ! Je travaille principalement avec la Faculté des sciences infirmières, mon emploi du temps est habituellement assez stable, mais cette année, il a été complètement…

With the majority of students and staff being advised to work and study from home, this is how our librarians are supporting online learning… I have been with the library since January 2020 and it has been an eventful year, to say the least! Working primarily with the Faculty of Nursing means that my schedule is usually pretty steady but this year it was completely packed! Due to the pandemic, most human-subject…

“Storytelling is a part of our history, and while books offer us an endless supply of knowledge and adventures, being able to take part in the unique setting of a human library, is an experience like no other. The courage that you witness while you listen first hand to the experiences of the ‘authors’ is not only humbling, but life changing. I am honored and forever grateful to have had the opportunity…

In honour of International World Happiness Day (Saturday, March 20th), we asked our colleagues to share in words and images, “What brings you joy?“. Thanks to the generous responses from our colleagues we published Part I of this series yesterday, which yielded an array of hobbies, past-times and a gorgeous doggo. Today’s Part II shares beautiful views, tasty treats and a kitty watching RuPaul! Jamie Spivak, Information Services Specialist I look forward…

As we reflect on the past 365+ days, it can sometimes feel surreal that the world has endured a full year of unprecedented change. In the spirit of International World Happiness Day, on Saturday, March 20th, our library communications and engagement team wanted to bring a bit of reflection to our community. A call-out to our spectacular library staffers has yielded a two-part plethora of positivity when they were asked, “What brings…

La bibliothèque de l’Université de l’Alberta a pris la décision de mettre fin à son abonnement au service de gestion des références RefWorks à partir du 1er octobre 2021. Cette décision s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une réorientation des fonds vers les ressources et services essentiels en cette période de restrictions budgétaires.Cette annulation signifie que les membres actuels et passés de la communauté de l’Université de l’Alberta n’auront plus accès à la fois…

As people around the world are commemorating the anniversary of the start of the global pandemic, library staff participating in our Stitching the Curve project have been working on the final rows of our long swatches. For those new to the project, Stitching the Curve was started by a group of library staff back in March 2020, at the start of the pandemic. We found ourselves working from home and decided to…

The University of Alberta Library has made the decision to end our subscription to the RefWorks reference management service as of October 1, 2021. The decision is part of ensuring that we can direct funds to key resources and services during tight budget times. This cancellation means that current and past members of the University of Alberta community will no longer have access to both Legacy and ProQuest RefWorks, nor the reference…

…We have done just that: we have put Two-Spiritedness in the front, for once, and in that leading position we will walk into the future, in whatever form it will take… – Joshua Whitehead, Love after the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction This post was written by Cameron Library ISS Eric Leonhardt, in anticipation of Campus Pride week (March 8-12, 2021).  Author’s Note (Mar 26, 2021): This blog has…