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    Exciting Literary Locales – Virtual Book Display

    by Guest Author January 10, 2023
    written by Guest Author

    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 plummeting temperatures and snow that covered the ground made me (and I’m sure many others!) wish I was somewhere else… Perhaps some were thinking of laying on the deck of a sunny cruise ship, taking shots on a Japanese pub crawl, or backpacking around Europe.

    A new semester is starting and COVID continues rearing its head, so these faraway trips might seem a little out of reach for now. Though we’re hunkering down on campus, or online, to start new classes, we can always explore new places from our home by picking up a good book!

    Click the images below for a direct link to our public catalogue:

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    These are only a handful of the titles I had picked for this month’s Exciting Literary Locales display at Rutherford Library. I tried to get representation not only from faraway places around the globe and exciting cities, but also places that are a little closer to home. These stories are those of the backpackers, the roadtrippers and the jet-setters, as well as from immigrants, exchange students and Indigenous travelers. Numerous voices tell tales of their globetrotting – perhaps one of these stories will take you on a journey, too! 

    As always, if you are in need of help with any of your library searches… ASK US! 


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  • Indigenous Peoples and National Parks Behind the scenes: A confluence of requests, resources and collaboration

    by Guest Author December 8, 2022
    by Guest Author December 8, 2022

    This post is written by Map Collection Staff, Larry Laliberte & Bonnie Gallinger. The Indigenous Peoples and Canada’s National Parks guide is a multidisciplinary literature review that introduces the historical and current relationship of Indigenous people and Canada’s National Parks. The creation of this guide is part of ongoing work in re-positioning the William C. Wonders (WCW) map collection. As one might expect, within such a large academic library the WCW map collection is…

  • Réflexions sur le bonheur : un projet de poésie communautaire

    by Guest Author December 6, 2022
    by Guest Author December 6, 2022

    Ce blog a été écrit par Lucinda Johnston, Rick Mast et Heather Ritz La Journée internationale du bonheur reconnaît que le bonheur est un objectif humain fondamental et nous rappelle que nous pouvons participer activement à notre propre bien-être et à celui des autres en nous engageant dans des pratiques qui cultivent le bonheur.  La Journée du bonheur est célébrée chaque année le 20 mars, une période de l’année où le bonheur…

  • Reflections on Happiness: A Community Poetry Project

    by Guest Author December 6, 2022
    by Guest Author December 6, 2022

    This post was written by Lucinda Johnston, Rick Mast and Heather Ritz International Day of Happiness recognizes that happiness is a fundamental human goal, and reminds us that we can actively participate in our own—and others’—well being by engaging in practices that cultivate happiness.  Happiness Day is observed every year on March 20, a time of year when happiness can feel like a far-flung notion or can too easily be conveyed as…

  • Indigenous Peoples and National Parks Part 2: Countering the Celebration of Mapping

    by Guest Author December 1, 2022
    by Guest Author December 1, 2022

    This post is written by Map Collection Staff, Larry Laliberte & Bonnie Gallinger. The Indigenous Peoples and Canada’s National Parks guide is a multidisciplinary literature review that introduces the historical and current relationship of Indigenous people and Canada’s National Parks. The creation of this guide is part of ongoing work to re-positioning the William C. Wonders (WCW) map collection.  This guide is an example of the growing awareness that Indigenous peoples’ experience in the…

  • Indigenous Peoples and National Parks – Part 1

    by Guest Author November 24, 2022
    by Guest Author November 24, 2022

    This post is written by Map Collection Staff, Larry Laliberte & Bonnie Gallinger. The William C. Wonders (WCW) map collection is actively consulted throughout the year and includes a wide range of reference questions drawing upon various thematic sections of the collection. Reference questions are the primary drivers in the accumulation of tacit staff knowledge of numerous research areas thus deepening the reference experience for our researchers. The identification of relevant map…

  • University of Alberta OER Cookbook wins Gourmand Award!

    by Guest Author November 15, 2022
    by Guest Author November 15, 2022

    This post was written by MACT student Joana Mazumder The Gourmand Awards, often compared to the ‘Oscars’ for the culinary industry, honours the world’s best food and wine books, print and digital, and food television. This year, a Canadian book titled, The High Protein Cookbook for Muscle Health During Cancer Treatment by Hillary Wilson, Anissa Armet, and Professor Carla Prado has won the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2022 for the University Press…

  • Talis Aspire : Aspirez à créer d’excellentes listes de lecture

    by Guest Author November 9, 2022
    by Guest Author November 9, 2022

    Écrit par CJ de Jong, coordinateur des services d’accès, bibliothécaire et Lucinda Johnston, bibliothécaire. Ces deux dernières années, les enseignants ont utilisé Talis Aspire pour créer des listes de lecture et réserver du matériel de cours à la bibliothèque. Cette plateforme nous permet de savoir quels matériels sont utilisés dans un cours et nous nous assurons que, dans la mesure du possible, il y a un accès électronique et que le matériel…

  • Talis Aspire: Aspire to Make Great Reading Lists

    by Guest Author November 7, 2022
    by Guest Author November 7, 2022

    This post was written by CJ de Jong, Access Services Coordinator, Librarian and Librarian Lucinda Johnston The last couple of years we have been using Talis Aspire for instructors to create reading lists and reserve course materials in the Library. Instructors use this platform to let us know which materials are being used in a course and we will make sure that, where possible, there is electronic access, and print material is…

  • DROIT D’AUTEUR 101 : Concepts de base

    by Guest Author October 27, 2022
    by Guest Author October 27, 2022

    Cet article a été rédigé par Adrian Sheppard, directeur du Bureau du droit d’auteur, et Amanda Wakaruk, bibliothécaire spécialiste du droit d’auteur et des communications savantes. La traduction française a été réalisée par Linda Gisenya. Qu’est-ce que le droit d’auteur ? Le droit d’auteur est un ensemble de droits juridiques établis par le gouvernement fédéral et les tribunaux, par le biais de la législation et de la jurisprudence. Les sanctions en cas…

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