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Eva Romanick

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

    Let us introduce you to… Hutch!

    by Eva Romanick September 25, 2019
    written by Eva Romanick

    Staff profiles tell the story of an organization. Here at the University of Alberta Libraries, this is ours…

    Meet Hutch!
    Augustana library’s very own therapy dog! When not working in the Augustana library, he is a pet dog belonging to Mark Fulton and Ingrid Urberg. However, when at work in the library, he is fulfilling his role as a registered Therapy Dog, providing affection and comfort to our students and staff during term and exam session.

    Front view of Hutch looking serious
    Hutch enjoying students petting him

    Hutch, how did you become Augustana’s library therapy dog?

    Initially, I was invited by Augustana’s Head Librarian, Nancy Goebel, to visit during final exams periods from 2012 to 2014. When my human (Mark) started working in the library, Nancy asked me to be here year-round, whenever Mark was working. I was happy to oblige, of course!

    When you come to work, how do you spend your days?

    Most of my work day is spent on a comfortable, elevated bed in a nice open-top enclosure connected to Mark’s desk. Many people simply reach over the edge of the enclosure to pet me, but many like to come inside and cuddle with me, either on my bed or the nice rug on the floor. Some students even stay a long time and study with me! At lunch time I go home with Mark for an hour and play with Coda, the other dog who lives with us. I really love all the attention I get at work, but as quitting time approaches, I start becoming a little impatient to get home and EAT MY DINNER! I am a Labrador Retriever, after all!

    Hutch running with a ball in his mouth.

    Did you have to go through training to become a therapy dog?

    The therapy dog organization which registered me requires that I pass an assessment of my health, temperament, and responsiveness to Mark, who has raised and taught me since I was just a wee pup, ten weeks of age.

    You seem so calm and young at heart, how old are you?

    I am now seven years old. Where has the time gone!?

    How do you like to spend your weekend?

    Sometimes I wish that those who only see me being calm and Zen-like in the library could see me when I’m not at work! At home I have a large fenced yard, another dog to play with, and many toys to chew on. I also enjoy jumping through a hoop, running through a tunnel, playing with other dogs at the off-leash park, splashing around our backyard wading pool, and swimming in a pond. Having said that, I still also enjoy resting and taking lots of naps. Like I said, I am a Labrador Retriever!

    Our next Dogs in the Library Events is starting Thursday October 3 at the H.T.Coutts Library at 12:30pm. Full Fall 2019 schedule available here.

    The French version of this article is available here: http://uabsj.blogspot.com/2019/09/laissez-nous-vous-presenter-hutch.html

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  • Collection Connection with Alex McPhee

    by Eva Romanick September 5, 2019
    by Eva Romanick September 5, 2019

    Students and staff use the library on the daily, in person and online. This is how… Alex McPhee is a fourth-year geophysics undergraduate and self-taught open GIS specialist. In his spare time, he’s been systematically visiting every county in Alberta. If you know anybody who has the security clearance to get visitors into Improvement District #349, he’d love to meet you! What is your “go to” resource for research in the UAlberta…

  • Let us introduce you to… Bernard!

    by Eva Romanick August 21, 2019
    by Eva Romanick August 21, 2019

    Staff profiles tell the story of an organization. Here at the University of Alberta Libraries, this is ours… Meet Bernard!Bernard Offengeden is a Public Services Assistant at Rutherford Library. As a Public Service Assistant, what have you been working on this summer at Rutherford Library?I was working on Hebrew and Slavic titles, I am supposed to check if we have specific titles in our collection. I was also working on re-imaging of Laptops for…

  • Let us introduce you to… Kaitlyn, Sarah, Kathy, Carol!

    by Eva Romanick July 11, 2019
    by Eva Romanick July 11, 2019

    Staff profiles tell the story of an organization. Here at the University of Alberta Libraries, this is ours… Meet Kaitlyn, Sarah, Kathy & Carol!Kaitlyn Hill, Sarah Chomyc, Kathy Urban and Carol Rodgers make up our Monograph Acquisitions Team. Congratulations! The Monograph Acquisition Team just got awarded the University of Alberta Library’s Team Service Excellence Award Winners! How do you feel? We are all very grateful that our team has been recognized in this fashion and consider this…

  • Let us introduce you to… Elisabet!

    by Eva Romanick June 25, 2019
    by Eva Romanick June 25, 2019

    Staff profiles tell the story of an organization. Here at the University of Alberta Libraries, this is ours… Meet Elisabet!June 30th is Social Media Day and we’re celebrating early by interviewing one of our Communications and Outreach members, Elisabet Ingibergsson, who handles the University of Alberta Libraries Facebook social media. What is your role at UAL?I am a public services assistant at Bibliothèque Saint-Jean. What is the coolest thing about working at Bibliothèque Saint-Jean? I…

  • Let us introduce you to… Céline!

    by Eva Romanick May 30, 2019
    by Eva Romanick May 30, 2019

    Staff profiles tell the story of an organization. Here at the University of Alberta Libraries, this is ours… Meet Céline! What is your role at UAL? I am a sessional Public Services Librarian for the Herbert T. Coutts Library, located in the Education South Building. In my role I get to be the liaison librarian for Educational Policy Studies, a Faculty of Education department filled with passionate professors and students who are doing…

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