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La période des examens/projets finaux arrive à grans pas. En prévision de l’assaut par les délais, de la ruée vers les examens et d’autres facteurs de stress de fin de semestre qui empêchent les gens de dormir, nous voulions vous proposer un rappel sur comment optimiser votre temps à la bibliothèque. Voici quelques conseils à garder en tête : La bibliothèque Cameron et Rutherford offrira des heures d’ouverture prolongées du 4 avril au…

Final exam/project period is barreling towards us. In anticipation of the onslaught of deadlines, the rush to cram for exams and other end of term stressors that keep folks up at night, we wanted to offer a refresher on how optimize your time in the library. Here are a few tips to keep in mind: Cameron and Rutherford Library will be offering extended hours from April 4 – April 26. Visit our…

This post was written by SLIS student Kelsey Cameron Intellectual Freedom Throughout history, books have been challenged and even banned in Canada and around the world in schools, libraries, and bookstores. Today, libraries are unlikely places for this to occur due to the banning of books going against intellectual freedom as defined by the American Library Association (ALA): “Intellectual freedom is the right of every individual to both seek and receive information…

L’article original écrit par Kelsey Kropiniski peut être trouvé ici. Nous tenons à remercier Diane Campeau Ph.D. pour nous avoir fourni cette traduction. L’une des façons les plus courantes de soutenir les étudiants dans leur écriture ici à la bibliothèque UAlberta est d’offrir des conseils de citation. Les questions de citation reviennent fréquemment, et généralement, lorsqu’elles se produisent, nous dirigeons les étudiants vers les guides de citation sur notre site Web. À…

Tomorrow Pride Week festivities begin on North Campus and at Campus Saint-Jean and next week they begin at Augustana. As an ally of LGBTQ2S+ communities, University of Alberta Library endeavors to create safe, inclusive spaces where all members of the campus community can thrive. Over the next week, as you enter our library spaces, you may notice displays devoted to books and other resources related to those who identify as queer, non-binary,…

By Sarah Shaughnessy Mark your calendars for the Open Education Symposium during the first week of March! The symposium is a week-long celebration of all things relating to Open Education, including creating, using and sharing open resources; exploring open pedagogical practices; and building community with other practitioners, educators and students. The event is free, virtual and open to all! Take the opportunity to learn some new skills with hands-on workshops, have informal…

By Kelsey Kropiniski One of the most common ways that we support students in their writing here at UAlberta Library is by offering citation advice. Citation questions come up frequently, and usually when they occur we direct students to the citation guides on our website. From there, we try to find the correct style and format to help students properly cite the source material they’re working with. Sometimes citation isn’t simple. As…

This post was written by Ian Bigelow (Head, Cataloguing Strategies) and Sharon Farnel (Head, Metadata Strategies) Linked open data is a set of best practices for exposing, sharing and consuming structured data so that it can interlink with other data. By linking data within and across other repositories and resource collections, libraries can provide rich knowledge discovery experiences for their user communities. Library metadata standards are in a period of significant change. Linked…

By Kelsey Kropiniski With final exams being right around the corner, us UAlberta Library workers wanted to drop in with a few mental health and stress relief resources that we offer here at the library!  My name is Kelsey, and I work in Rutherford library as a second-year Masters of Library and Information Studies student. I think it’s pretty safe to say that for most folks here on campus, finals season is…