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On April 19th, librarians at the University of Alberta endorsed a Position Statement on Open Access for University of Alberta Librarians, which demonstrates their commitment to open scholarship through their own professional practice and research.  Our engagement with open scholarship: The University of Alberta Library (UAL) has a long history of engagement with open scholarship: librarians support and promote faculty sharing research through well-established open repository and open publishing programs, invest in…

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 blog post was written by: Liz Dennett, Jessica Thorlakson and Lydia Zvyagintseva The University of Alberta Library is excited to extend our successful 3D printing program when the new Geoffrey and…

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…