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January 2023

    Hidden Gems: The Wiedrick Collection

    by Guest Author January 31, 2023
    written by Guest Author

    The University of Alberta Library offers access to numerous resources that are core for certain disciplines, but also really deserving of wider attention. Here is one of those gems…

    Attention education researchers, students and those fascinated in the evolution of school curricula! Access to primary resources related to the first one hundred years of Alberta’s education history is easier than ever through the Wiedrick Collection, available through Internet Archive. 

    The Wiedrick Collection on Internet Archive

    The Wiedrick Collection contains digitized versions of the over 4000 books and print resources that make up the collection built by Dr. Laurence “Laurie” Wiedrick [1925-1982] over his 30+ year career. Dr. Wiedrick began his career as a teacher-librarian eventually becoming the Supervisor of School Libraries at Edmonton Public Schools and a professor of Education here at the University of Alberta. Among his significant achievements here at the UAlberta were coordinating the Faculty of Education’s Curriculum Laboratory from 1967 to 1981 and helping to establish the University’s School of Library Science. 

    In 2012 the Library received a bequest from Dr. Wiedrick’s wife Marie to digitize the collection built by her husband, so that education researchers and students would have greater access. Throughout the next several years over 20 members of the Library’s staff, including student employees and interns, worked to make Marie Wiedrick’s wish possible. 

    An example of the approval statements and download options available in Internet Archive

    Thanks to this work the entire collection, which contains items used in Alberta’s K-12 school between 1885 and 1985, is available online with the added benefit of Internet Archive’s search capabilities to help researchers pore through the abundance of information these resources contain. It’s possible to do text searches to see when a particular term or concept was first explored in the Alberta curriculum. You can also narrow your search to books used in a certain subject area, or for a certain grade. Each resource even contains an approval statement that indicates the years a text was used and the grades and subjects it was approved for. Internet Archive also allows users to download these materials in a rich array of file formats (DAISY, EPUB Kindle, PDF and more) giving those with special accessibility needs or researchers interested in textual analysis a multitude of options to work with.

    Home and Family: A Home Economics Textbook from 1932
    A page from Clothes: Part of Your World 1968


    Why is this collection such a gem? Well, for starters it offers a window into what Alberta elementary and secondary students were being taught throughout the province’s first century. As you can imagine, a science textbook from 1920 contains much different information than one from 1970. It’s also possible to trace the progression of ideas about certain social aspects, like how young girls were taught about the roles they could inhabit, and how those in other marginalized groups were represented to students during various eras. Those interested in the design and visual representations manifesting in these resources are able to see how ideas and concepts were communicated to students, thanks to the full colour, cover to cover scans made by folks at Internet. This is really just skimming the surface of the research this collection makes possible.

    If you’re looking for more information about the Wiedrick collection and how it is being used to support teaching and research here at UAlberta, we have a video that goes into greater detail.

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  • Digitizing vintage media – A tale of three films

    by Guest Author January 24, 2023
    by Guest Author January 24, 2023

    In early December 2022 the University of Alberta Archives and Alumni Relations Events team partnered with Metro Cinema to host a screening of three recently restored and digitized silent films from the Archives’ holdings: Le charme des fleurs, Le Remplaçant and The Honor of the Law. These films have also been uploaded to and made freely available to the public through our digital audiovisual repository Aviary.  The tale of these three films…

  • Research Impact at The University of Alberta: A Q & A with Alison Henry

    by Sonya Leung January 17, 2023
    by Sonya Leung January 17, 2023

    This post was originally published on November 20, 2021. Register and join the Library’s Research Impact Team in their next workshop “Using the SCOPE framework to deliver responsible research evaluations” on February 16 https://ualberta.libcal.com/event/3715050 The University of Alberta is home to many established and emerging researchers. The Library’s Research Impact Team offers services to convey the impact of the University of Alberta’s researchers. I sat down (virtually) with my long time colleague,…

  • Exciting Literary Locales – Virtual Book Display

    by Guest Author January 10, 2023
    by Guest Author January 10, 2023

    Our student colleague Lothian Taylor shares her “great escapes” book suggestions. Lothian is a student in the University of Alberta Masters of Library and Information Studies program, and also works at our library service desk and behind the scenes answering online chat questions! As 2022 was ending, and I was brainstorming this month’s book display, Edmonton was met with a cold snap. While students worked on their final exams and projects, the…

  • MISE À JOUR DU DROIT D’AUTEUR CANADIEN : LE DOMAINE PUBLIC GELÉ PENDANT DEUX DÉCENNIES

    by Emily Zheng January 5, 2023
    by Emily Zheng January 5, 2023

    Co-écrit avec Joana Mazumder, assistante des initiatives numériques ; et Amanda Wakaruk, bibliothécaire du droit d’auteur et des communications savantes. Comme vous l’avez peut-être déjà lu dans Le Quad, la durée des œuvres protégées par le droit d’auteur au Canada change en raison de l’Accord Canada-États-Unis-Mexique (ACEUM), qui est en vigueur le 30 décembre 2022. La loi portant exécution de certaines dispositions du budget de 2022 du gouvernement fédéral rallonge la durée générale…

  • Canadian Copyright Update: Public Domain Frozen for Two Decades

    by Emily Zheng January 4, 2023
    by Emily Zheng January 4, 2023

    Co-written with Joana Mazumder, Digital Initiatives Assistant; and Amanda Wakaruk, Copyright & Scholarly Communications Librarian.  As you may have already read in The Quad, the term length of copyright-protected works in Canada is changing due to the Canada-United States Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), effective December 30, 2022. The federal government’s Budget Implementation Act of 2022 extended the general term of protection from 50 years after the year of death of a work’s creator…

  • Cinq choses à savoir sur la bibliothèque

    by Guest Author January 4, 2023
    by Guest Author January 4, 2023

    Nous avons une bibliothèque pour tout!  Avec huit emplacements répartis sur quatre campus et des collections englobant tous les domaines d’études, la bibliothèque de l’Université de l’Alberta s’efforce de fournir à notre communauté tout ce dont elle a besoin pour réussir. Découvrez comment chaque bibliothèque peut vous servir. Votre ONEcard est votre carte de bibliothèque. Voici quelques conseils pour vous aider à rester dans les bonnes grâces de la bibliothèque:  Utilisez-la pour…

  • Five Things to Know About the Library

    by Guest Author January 4, 2023
    by Guest Author January 4, 2023

    We have a library for that!  With 8 locations spread across four campuses and collections encompassing all fields of study, University of Alberta Library endeavours to provide our community with everything they need for success. Discover more about how each library can serve you.    Search our collections online Did you know that University of Alberta Library is the second largest research library in Canada? You can search our entire physical and…

  • Remontez le temps – Une année de bonnes lectures

    by Elisabet Ingibergsson January 3, 2023
    by Elisabet Ingibergsson January 3, 2023

    Bonne année et bienvenue à la rentrée ! À l’aube de la nouvelle année nous jetons un coup d’œil à nos suggestions de livres et de ressources tirées des archives de notre blog. Notre biblioblogue propose des articles sur toutes sortes de sujets : bien-être, ressources numériques, présentation du personnel et, bien sûr, suggestions de livres ! Commençons l’année sans stress et plongeons dans l’un de ces livres et ressources géniaux. Comme…

  • We love books! – 2022 Good Reads roundup 

    by Elisabet Ingibergsson January 3, 2023
    by Elisabet Ingibergsson January 3, 2023

    Happy New Year and welcome back! Looking for a book to read as you ease into the new year? Check out our roundup of good reads blog posts from 2022.   Far more often than I care to admit, I hear about a book that intrigues me and think – now that’s a book I would enjoy. I then promptly forget the title and/or author and wrack my brain trying to remember weeks…

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