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University of Alberta Library is celebrating the new Geoffrey & Robyn Sperber Health Sciences Library, which is anticipated to open in Fall 2023. This post is part of a series of posts that will showcase the Sperber Library over the next several months. This post was written by Trish Chatterly – Head, Collection Strategies We are excited to announce that an Indigenous Healing collection will be situated near the Indigenous Learning space…

The University of Alberta Library, in partnership with the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Graduate and Research Studies (FGSR), is pleased to announce the 2023 winners of our Images of Research Competition and Exhibition (IOR). We were thrilled to receive 89 spectacular submissions from a diverse pool of graduates, which made our judges’ tasks all the more difficult. The submissions were narrowed down to 24 images, which were then assigned a first,…

Au cours des dernières années, la bibliothèque a mis en lumière des ressources et des livres de la collection qui reconnaissent et célèbrent la richesse de l’histoire, du patrimoine, de la résilience et de la diversité des Premières nations, des Inuits et des Métis. Voici quelques-uns des sujets que nous avons explorés : Cette année, l’humour autochtone est en vedette. Ayant vécu des années de traumatisme durant la colonisation, les peuples autochtones…

Over the past few years, we have written blog posts that shine a spotlight on the resources, books and music found in our collections that recognize and celebrate the rich history, heritage, resilience and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis. This year, we are taking a look at comedy and Indigenous humour. Linked to years of trauma through colonisation, Indigenous people have used humour for survival. The expression “laughter as medicine”…

University of Alberta Library is celebrating the new Geoffrey & Robyn Sperber Health Sciences Library, which is anticipated to open in Fall 2023. This post is part of a series that will showcase the Sperber Library over the next several months. This post was written by Connie Winther, Head, Faculty Engagement (Health Sciences) Most people have moved houses or apartments. This requires a lot of boxes, a truck or two, a moving…

The University of Alberta Library, in partnership with the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Graduate and Research Studies (FGSR), is pleased to open the People’s Choice Voting for our 2023 Images of Research Competition and Exhibition (IOR). Our committee was thrilled to receive 89 spectacular entries into this year’s competition. Our five judges had the challenge of whittling this substantial pool down to 24 semi-finalists. To Vote:To view our selected semi-finalists’ work…

University of Alberta Library is celebrating the new Geoffrey & Robyn Sperber Health Sciences Library, which is anticipated to open in Fall 2023. This post is part of a series that will showcase the Sperber Library over the next several months. This post was written by Janet Koshuta, from Start Architecture As architects, engineers, and designers, we are in a unique position to be able to articulate the quality of space in…

This post was written by GIS Librarian, Larry Laliberte Map staff conduct tours that bring the community into the library to interact with the collection. We also bring spatial materials from the collection out to interact with the community. The following sketches are three recent examples of maps as troubadours. Driven off campus, onto hastily arranged tables at Harry Ainlay school. Walked across campus, to be overlaid on the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of…

This post was written by GIS Librarian, Larry Laliberte In March 2020, the University of Alberta William C. Wonders map collection sheltered in place as a global pandemic unfolded. It would be a year before staff could return in full, creating a disconnect from the physical space. During this absence, map staff began planning in-person map collection tours that would recalibrate the collection as evidence of extractive dispossession, rhumb the maps as…