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Eva Romanick

Eva Romanick

Eva is an Information Services Specialist at Cameron Library. She has a BSc in Human Ecology from #ualberta. Her favourite season is Christmas.

    Librarians Working From Home: Meet Anne!

    by Eva Romanick June 11, 2020
    written by Eva Romanick

    With the majority of students and staff being advised to work and study from home, this is how our librarians are supporting online learning…

    Say hello to Anne! 

    When classes moved online, Anne was in Halifax.

    The day she returned to Alberta, everyone started working from home.

    Anne Carr-Wiggin quarantined herself for over two weeks and had everything delivered to her doorstep. A couple of kind colleagues even brought delicious soup! Anne grew up close to the plague town of Eyam, England, where in 1665 the villagers kept the Black Death inside the village by isolating themselves and having supplies left outside the village on the boundary stone.

    “It felt like that!” 

    Anne manages the NEOS Library Consortium and coordinates Indigenous Initiatives here at University of Alberta Library. Her NEOS colleagues are situated around Alberta, so they are used to distance meetings. As the lock-down began, NEOS was busy adapting policies and services including due dates and fines across the consortium. As each library moved their services online, they discovered the important role they played within their institutions and their capability to serve their users as physical collections were closed off. The Alberta Health Services and Covenant Health libraries have an especially crucial role during the pandemic. Their staff are working at home with extremely tight timelines doing literature searches of emerging medical research to support the work of scientific advisory groups who are providing information to Dr. Deena Hinshaw’s team and medical teams across the province. As libraries turn their attention to restoring access to print collections in the coming weeks, NEOS teams are sharing information on infection control and quarantining of books along with considering ways of sharing physical collections when access to libraries might still be limited. Our curbside pick up service is coming soon…

    After two months of solitary work from home, Anne has temporary company! Her daughter, partner and their small baby, Briar, are living with her before moving to Calgary for a summer job. As you can see the babe was a lot of help with the presentation for the NEOS Directors’ meeting! 😍🥰😆🤣

    Around the library, Anne is known for her hard work in coordinating our Indigenous Initiatives program. This is so deeply based in relationships… and Covid has forced many changes! She misses the students and her Faculty of Native Studies friends and colleagues. She, along with our Indigenous Interns and Librarian Residents, has been offering assistance through video chat, and keeping in touch with students through email, social media and texts. They were particularly in demand at the end of last semester when papers were due and electronic sources were needed. But, it’s not the same! Although there are many wonderful electronic sources for Indigenous Studies, the lack of access to the Circumpolar Collection in Cameron Library has been keenly felt. On a positive note, Indigenous Studies is an area where audio and visual resources are very important, and these resources are becoming increasingly available through digitization initiatives. One resource that’s particularly useful is the iPortal. There are also ideas for finding Indigenous Knowledge sources and other primary sources on the library’s Indigenous Knowledges subject guide. And as always, students can book a virtual appointment – Anne will be happy to chat!

    Need feedback and support with your class assignments? Chat with us or book a virtual appointment with a librarian!

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  • Les bibliothécaires qui travaillent à domicile : Rencontrez Peggy Sue!

    by Eva Romanick May 26, 2020
    by Eva Romanick May 26, 2020

    Puisque la majorité des étudiants et du personnel ont été conseillés de travailler et d’étudier depuis leur domicile, c’est ainsi que nos bibliothécaires soutient l’apprentissage en ligne… Peggy Sue a récemment reçu une question sur les méthodologies de la recherche-création. La collaboration en matière de la recherche-création est l’un des domaines de recherche les plus importants de la Faculté des Arts de l’Université de l’Alberta. Vous pouvez en savoir plus sur SPAR²C…

  • Librarians Working From Home: Meet Peggy Sue!

    by Eva Romanick May 26, 2020
    by Eva Romanick May 26, 2020

    With the majority of students and staff being advised to work and study from home, this is how our librarians are supporting online learning… Peggy Sue recently had a question about the methodologies behind research-creation. Collaboration involving research-creation is one of the U of A’s Faculty of Arts signature areas of research. You can find out more about SPAR²C in this 8-minute intro video on some of the many projects currently connected…

  • Les bibliothécaires qui travaillent à domicile : Rencontrez Anna!

    by Eva Romanick May 7, 2020
    by Eva Romanick May 7, 2020

    Puisque la majorité des étudiants et du personnel on été conseillés de travailler et d’étudier depuis leur domicile, c’est ainsi que notre archiviste soutient l’apprentissage en ligne… En tant qu’introvertie sociale, Anna a pleinement adopté le travail à domicile. Tant qu’elle a son mari, son fils et deux chiens à proximité, elle est satisfaite, heureuse et incroyablement productive ! Bien sûr, Anna ne peut pas vraiment traiter des documents, créer des inventaires…

  • Staff working from home: Meet Anna!

    by Eva Romanick May 7, 2020
    by Eva Romanick May 7, 2020

    With the majority of students and staff being advised to work and study from home, this is how our archivist is supporting online learning… Being a social introvert, Anna has fully embraced working from home. As long as she has her husband, son and two dogs nearby, she is content, happy and incredibly productive! Ok sure, Anna can’t actually process records, create inventories or physically acquire new records, but there are a…

  • Les bibliothécaires qui travaillent à domicile : Rencontrez Janice !

    by Eva Romanick April 28, 2020
    by Eva Romanick April 28, 2020

    Puisque la majorité des étudiants et du personnel on été conseillés de travailler et d’étudier depuis leur domicile, c’est ainsi que nos bibliothécaires soutiennent l’apprentissage en ligne… Comment puis-je recevoir des alertes pour les nouvelles publications COVID-19 ? La bibliothécaire des services publics Janice Kung fournit ces instructions étape par étape pour aider les chercheurs à effectuer cette recherche ! Étape n°1 Aller à la recherche avancée de PubMed Étape n°2 La…

  • Librarians working from home: Meet Janice!

    by Eva Romanick April 28, 2020
    by Eva Romanick April 28, 2020

    With the majority of students and staff being advised to work and study from home, this is how our librarians are supporting online learning… How can I receive alerts for new COVID-19 publications? Public Services Librarian Janice Kung provides these step-by-step instructions to help researchers set this up!  Step no.1 Go to PubMed’s Advanced Search Step no.2 There are multiple search boxes in the Advanced Search. In the first search box, copy/paste the following search filter for…

  • Laissez-nous vous présenter… Kayla!

    by Eva Romanick April 16, 2020
    by Eva Romanick April 16, 2020

    Les profils du personnel racontent l’histoire d’un organisme. Voici la nôtre à la bibliothèque de l’Université de l’Alberta. Rencontrez Kayla Lar-Son! Kayla Lar-Son est une résidente académique autochtone en initiatives numériques et également bibliothécaire itinérante pour le TYP à l’Université de l’Alberta. Elle est originaire de Tofield AB, et un membre fier de la Nation Métis. Lorsque Kayla n’est pas au travail, on peut la voir se promener en ville dans sa…

  • Let us introduce you to… Kayla Lar-Son!

    by Eva Romanick April 16, 2020
    by Eva Romanick April 16, 2020

    Staff profiles tell the story of an organization. Here at the University of Alberta Library, this is ours… Meet Kayla Lar-Son!Kayla Lar-Son is an Indigenous Academic Resident in Digital Initiatives. She is also an outreach librarian for the Transition Year Program at the University. Originally, Kayla is from Tofield AB, and is a proud member of the Metis Nation. When she’s not at work she can be seen scooting around town in…

  • Have a GOOD Friday

    by Eva Romanick April 10, 2020
    by Eva Romanick April 10, 2020

    April 10th is Friday, and what a GOOD FRIDAY it is! We’re here for you while you stay home… Make your morning java a LARGE before settling in for a good longform read from The New Yorker! Stretch break! Pop into Anatomy.tv to explore the human body… take navel-gazing to a whole new level! Studying at home is not the same. Tune into a library ambience track for students who work better surrounded by…

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