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Bojan Kumovic

Bojan Kumovic

Bojan has a degree in film studies and experience in libraries, media and mixing those two together. He works for the Augustana Campus Library where the sun shines through big windows and staff always smiles. Bojan believes his most creative time is savoring spicy hot chocolate with someone.

    Curbside Pickup: Behind-the-scenes of Augustana & BSJ

    by Bojan Kumovic February 10, 2021
    written by Bojan Kumovic

    From the moment the pandemic forced libraries to close their locations across the province, UAlberta Library started doing its best to help patrons get the library items they needed, and to support research and learning efforts at the University. Usage of online access to materials went through the roof, but still there was a constant demand for access to our physical collections. The library launched its curbside pickup at Rutherford library in June 2020, and just before the fall semester, opened a second location at Augustana library in August 2020. 

    Augustana Curbside Pickup Shelf

    Located around 100 km south-east from Edmonton, Augustana campus library is a home to a large liberal arts collection. Throughout the fall semester, our Information Services Specialists (ISS) Cody Torkelson and Bojan Kumovic were on site keeping things moving.

    “During the term, we checked out 562 items to Augustana users via our curbside pickup service” says Cody. “We sent 914 Augustana items to fill holds at other libraries, and we also shelved more than 2000 books that returned to our library” he adds.

    This required some serious organization in order to be safe and follow strict, evidence-based health measures. For example, all items returned to the library during the fall 2020 semester needed to be handled appropriately and quarantined for at least 72 hours.

    Liberal arts books are best consumed on quiet winter evenings by the fire. Even better, if you happen to find an old turntable. Dust it off and borrow some of the old LP records from Augustana library. Their surface noise sounds just perfect for the occasion. Once you get enough of reasoning Slavoj Zizek’s “Absolute Recoil: Towards a New Foundation of Dialectical Materialism”, try changing the course to “The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World”. This knowledge might get handy some day!

    Augustana LPs

    UAlberta Library shares its print collections with many other libraries. Items come and go to and from other higher education libraries as well as some government and health services libraries in the province through membership in NEOS, a cross-institution sharing consortium.

    Over in the other U of A satellite campus, in the heart of Edmonton’s Francophone community, Bibliothèque Saint-Jean (BSJ) houses a vast French-language collection. BSJ is situated 4 km from North Campus and in order to keep this collection accessible, a dedicated team of Information Services Specialists is working behind the scenes:  Alèthe Kaboré, Linda Gisenya, Malaïka Ogandaga, Martine Iradukunda, Elisabet Ingibergsson and Mireille Smith. 

    “Our tasks involve the processing of items delivered daily via our transit trucks. These items are then discharged and reshelved. We also look for documents that have been requested by our patrons. Once found, these are put ‘in transit’ and sent to one of our curbside pickup locations”says Elisabet.

    BSJ curriculum collections feature french language books, magazines, and teaching materials that are in high demand from our Faculty of Education students and instructors. Martine noticed that after library reopened in January, there were more than fifty requests for various issues of children’s french language magazines: Pomme d’Api and Astrapi. 

    Martine at BSJ

    Library staff is happy to be able to share print collections with students, faculty, and other libraries during the pandemic. All of them, along with some organization, protective gear, and sophisticated technology, are able to get this job done safely. 

    If you haven’t tried our curbside service yet, watch our videos for the Rutherford Curbside Pickup, or the Augustana one first! Then, go ahead, press that green button to ‘place hold’, and start the process!

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  • Êtes-vous d’humeur pour un bon film ? Peut-être un marathon télé ?Ou comment Criterion-on-Demand pourrait devenir votre outil préféré pour rester informé sur le septième art

    by Bojan Kumovic October 2, 2020
    by Bojan Kumovic October 2, 2020

    Parfois, en raison de notre rythme de vie accéléré, nous faisons de mauvais choix en matière d’information. Quelques heures de notre temps libre, où la seule chose que nous sommes capables de faire est de nous installer devant l’écran, sont le moment où nous choisissons souvent de consommer des produits de divertissement ordinaires à nos propres frais. En tant que membre de l’Université de l’Alberta, vous avez de nombreux choix pour transformer…

  • Anyone in the Mood for a Good Movie? Binge Watching, Maybe? Or how Criterion-on-Demand Could Become Your Go To Place to Stay Informed About the Seventh Art

    by Bojan Kumovic October 1, 2020
    by Bojan Kumovic October 1, 2020

    Sometimes, due to fast paced lives, we make poor information choices. A few hours of our free time, when the only thing we are able to do is hang out in front of the screen, is the time when we often choose to consume average entertainment products at our own financial expense. As a member of the University of Alberta, you have many choices to turn that time into a great art,…

  • Virtual High Fives to Mark and Hutch, the Library Dog!

    by Bojan Kumovic May 19, 2020
    by Bojan Kumovic May 19, 2020

    Hey Augustana folks! Hope you’re doing well in these upside down times! Do you miss Augustana’s friendly community? Hanging out in the busy Forum? The library? Its beautiful corners? Sunshine through the big windows? Do you miss the chit chat with the library staff while petting Hutch, the library dog? I know you do! All this and the fact that Hutch and his human Mark, two big-hearted staff members at our library,…

  • Comment faire une recherche dans les bases de données de musique en streaming des bibliothèques pour trouver votre Note Blues

    by Bojan Kumovic May 5, 2020
    by Bojan Kumovic May 5, 2020

    Êtes-vous le genre de personne qui a constamment de la musique de fond qui joue ? Est-ce que vous jouez un instrument ou vous vous intéressez à la théorie ou à l’histoire de la musique ? Aimez-vous plonger dans les recoins inconnus de l’espace numérique à la recherche d’un bijou musical caché ? Si la réponse est oui à l’une de ces questions, ce que vous trouverez ci-dessous sera votre billet pour…

  • How To Search Library Streaming Music Databases to Find Your Blue Note

    by Bojan Kumovic May 5, 2020
    by Bojan Kumovic May 5, 2020

    Are you the type of person  who constantly has music on in the background? Do you play an instrument or have an interest in music theory or history? Do you like diving through the unknown corners of the digital space in search of a hidden musical jewel? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, what you find below will be the ticket to your next great musical journey!  The…

  • Five Streaming Video Databases to Wander Through at Anytime

    by Bojan Kumovic April 8, 2020
    by Bojan Kumovic April 8, 2020

    Since the majority of us are stuck inside and online, we all have to find ways to work, learn, stay connected, shop, exercise or entertain ourselves… well… online. Even though the internet has been part of our world for a while now, and most of us take advantage of it already, ‘social distancing’ has resulted in significantly more time spent in front of our screens and a higher demand for quality streaming…

  • Living Colours: A Story of Structural Colour in Nature and Science

    by Bojan Kumovic January 22, 2020
    by Bojan Kumovic January 22, 2020

    In this unique exhibition, you will learn about the phenomena of structural colour and use microscopes to experience how it works in nature. This exhibit highlights how structural colour connects the latest research in science, art and design. It runs from January 30 to March 27 at the Augustana Library. Structural colouration is a phenomena in nature in which colour is obtained through microscopically structured surfaces of living organisms and their connection…

  • The Great Augustana Library Snowshoe Chase

    by Bojan Kumovic November 28, 2019
    by Bojan Kumovic November 28, 2019

    Winter brings plenty of fun to the Augustana Campus and many students, especially those involved with the Outdoors Club are looking forward to it. The Library is no exception to this. Skis from the Dr Garry & Dorothy Gibson Nordic Ski library are all waxed and ready to hit the trails, the library staff are excited to take part in the annual Christmas Tree Competition, and another Great Augustana Library Snowshoe Chase…

  • Bodies of Data: An Exhibition of Digitized Bodies that Connects Online Database Information and Art

    by Bojan Kumovic September 30, 2019
    by Bojan Kumovic September 30, 2019

    A unique art exhibition opens October 3, 2019 at the University of Alberta’s Augustana Campus Library. Marilène Oliver’s art project Bodies of Data uses scientific images of the human body to create stunning works of art. The exhibition will be on display until December 2, 2019. As part of a series of events Leonardo da Vinci, 500 Years Later that celebrates work, achievements and influences of one of the most famous artists…

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