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Staff profiles tell the story of an organization. Here at the University of Alberta Libraries, this is ours… Meet Han! Han was one of our many talented summer students who traveled from library to library organizing our holds, finding interlibrary loans, missing books and cracking jokes😁 She is working hard in her 3rd year studying Elementary Education. Check out the article Han wrote for September’s Gateway https://issuu.com/the_gateway/docs/sep2019_thegatewaymag4/12 What made you decide to work…

Students and staff use the library on the daily, in person and online. This is how… Shannon Stunden Bower is a historian and geographer employed at the University of Alberta. What is your “go to” resource for research in the UAlberta collection? and what do you like about it?I like accessing the NEOS catalogue for how it limits the search to items held in Alberta libraries. I study the state’s role in environmental change, so…

A unique art exhibition opens October 3, 2019 at the University of Alberta’s Augustana Campus Library. Marilène Oliver’s art project Bodies of Data uses scientific images of the human body to create stunning works of art. The exhibition will be on display until December 2, 2019. As part of a series of events Leonardo da Vinci, 500 Years Later that celebrates work, achievements and influences of one of the most famous artists…

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…

This is a guest post by librarians, Jessica Thorlakson and Janice Kung The University of Alberta Libraries (UAL) is a strong supporter of teaching and information literacy. In 2018, your library staff taught approximately 667 sessions with approximately 17,542 library users. That’s a lot of people! One of the best ways to do this is through the collaboration between professors/instructors and subject librarians. Librarians come into classes and provide relevant library and…

The first weeks of class are over and perhaps you are sitting with your course outline in-hand wondering how you will get all of your research done for your assignments. Fear not!  Let’s Library, an introductory information session offered at Rutherford Library, can get your library skills research-ready! A short 30 minutes may reduce your research stress by familiarizing you with the large number of resources and services the Libraries have to offer.…

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…

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…

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…