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This post was written by Joana Mazumder Let’s celebrate Open Education Week 2023 this March with a month-long event – the Open Education Talks series. Beginning on the 1st of March, Open Education Talks offers weekly lunch-hour lightning presentations about the role of open education in post secondary institutions. Building on the success of last year’s Open Pedagogy Talks, this series creates another chance to share and learn about recent projects, challenges…

By Sean LisSean is a student assistant at the Digital Scholarship Centre and a graduate student in the Digital Humanities. If you’ve ever been on Cameron Library’s second floor, you’ll have doubtlessly encountered the glowing sign and glass walls of the Digital Scholarship Centre (DSC). If the doors are open, come take a look and maybe chat with staff; take it from me, the DSC is the place to be! Whether you…

February is Black History Month, where we take the time to learn and reflect upon the history and experiences of those who make up the African Diaspora. It also gives us the opportunity to celebrate the work being done by Black People to enhance our understanding of the world and who are making a difference both locally and internationally. There are several distinguished Black scholars here at the University of Alberta whose…

Chaque fevrier, le Canada célèbre le mois de l’histoire des noir. C’est une occasion pour les Canadiens de prendre du temps pour apprendre sur l’histoire des Noirs, leur présent ainsi que leur futur. Pour les Afro-Canadiens c’est un temps pour partager leur vécu, leur lutte, leurs accomplissements et leurs espoirs. Le mois de février est donc une occasion pour en apprendre plus sur les Afro-canadiens et soutenir la diversité dans la société…

By Amina Mohamed Amina is a student assistant at the Digital Scholarship and an undergraduate student studying the History of Art and Visual Culture. At the Digital Scholarship Centre, we often get asked: what is digital scholarship? This is a challenging question, as the definition of digital scholarship is a fluid, much-debated topic. We define Digital Scholarship as any type of research and academic learning that includes an aspect of technology. One…

In the fall of 2019, just before the pandemic disruptions began, the library opened a new area on the 2nd floor of Cameron Library called the Digital Scholarship Centre (DSC). The mission of the DSC is to advance research and learning using technology. The DSC is an official research centre and supports the University community by providing expertise, tools and space for the use of technology.  After working on an appointment basis…

This post was written by the Head of the Library’s Collections Strategy Unit, Trish Chatterley Article Processing Charges (APCs) can present a significant financial barrier or expense for researchers who would prefer to make their articles available in Open Access format and freely available for all to read upon publication. The University of Alberta Library is pursuing new contract models with various publishers in order to eliminate those costs for UAlberta authors,…

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…

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…