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    Celebrating our 1 Year Anniversary of Sperber Library: Sperberversary!

    by Meghan Staal October 2, 2024
    written by Meghan Staal

    Happy 1st birthday to our Geoffrey + Robyn Sperber, Health Sciences Library! And what a year it has been! We opened our doors for the first time on September 29, 2024, and during the past year, we have welcomed many visitors into Sperber’s beautiful new learning spaces to study and work collaboratively, or to make use of Sperber’s innovative digital scholarship services and community-focused indigenous learning space. 

    We invite you to learn more about the University of Alberta’s newest library below and visit Sperber Library from Oct 2-4, 2024 to make a commemorative birthday button. 

    This content is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons licence.

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  • Reconnaissance de la Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation 2024

    by Elisabet Ingibergsson September 23, 2024
    by Elisabet Ingibergsson September 23, 2024

    Le lundi, 30 septembre marque la Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation. À cette occasion, les services du campus, y compris la bibliothèque, seront fermés pour permettre aux étudiants et au personnel de se pencher sur les conséquences des pensionnats canadiens. Pour soutenir cette réflexion, la bibliothèque invite les étudiants et le personnel à participer aux activités suivantes.  Activité de perlage / du 24 au 27 septembre Les broches en perles…

  •  National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – 2024

    by Guest Author September 23, 2024
    by Guest Author September 23, 2024

    Monday, September 30 marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (TRC). On that day campus services, including the Library, will close to allow students and staff to contemplate the repercussions of the Canadian residential school system. To support this reflection the Library invites students and staff to take part in the following activities.   Orange Heart Beaded Pin Activity / September 24-27 Orange shirts are symbols which mark the impacts of residential schools…

  • Plamondon interviews of Projet Héritage Franco-Albertain now available through Aviary

    by Guest Author September 17, 2024
    by Guest Author September 17, 2024

    Stories of immigration and settlement, homesteading and going to school in the countryside, church life and traditional remedies, folk songs and recipes of old fashioned doughnuts – these are some of the topics covered in the interviews in the University of Alberta Archives’ (UAA) Héritage Franco-Albertain fonds. The fonds consists of 15.4 m of textual records as well as numerous audio recordings generated by the “Projet Héritage Franco-Albertain.” This fonds was acquired…

  • Les interviews de Plamondon du Projet Héritage Franco-Albertain maintenant disponibles chez Aviary

    by Guest Author September 17, 2024
    by Guest Author September 17, 2024

    Histoires d’immigration, vie à la ferme, remèdes traditionnels, chansons folkloriques et recettes de beignets à l’ancienne, tels sont quelques-uns des sujets abordés dans les interviews des fonds Héritage Franco-Albertain des Archives de l’Université de l’Alberta (UAA). Les fonds comprennent 15,4 m de documents textuels ainsi que de nombreux enregistrements audio générés par le Projet Héritage Franco-Albertain. Les fonds ont été acquis par les Archives de l’Université de l’Alberta en 2019 auprès des…

  • Library Website Brand Alignment Project

    by Guest Author September 12, 2024
    by Guest Author September 12, 2024

    The University of Alberta Library website got a major refresh with a new look and feel that aligns with the university’s web style and brand standards. Overview Until very recently, the Library website looked very different from the rest of the University of Alberta sites. Library staff have maintained the site independently for many years, which has evolved organically to serve the library’s complex and unique needs. The challenge However, it was…

  • University of Alberta Library Releases Open Metadata Framework

    by Guest Author September 4, 2024
    by Guest Author September 4, 2024

    Metadata is the information that describes the resources the University of Alberta Library makes accessible to our campus community and the world beyond. If you have searched our library catalogue or found an item in our institutional repository, you have already seen metadata in action: Metadata is a core tool in the information search and retrieval process. In aggregate form, it holds inherent value as  a resource in itself. Metadata creation and…

  • La loi canadienne sur le droit d’auteur à 100 ans

    by Guest Author August 13, 2024
    by Guest Author August 13, 2024

    À l’occasion du centenaire de la loi canadienne sur le droit d’auteur, nous avons demandé à Adrian Sheppard, directeur du Bureau du droit d’auteur de l’Université de l’Alberta, de nous faire part de ses réflexions et de ses pensées.  Pour rappel, vous pouvez trouver plus d’informations sur l’ensemble des services et des ressources en matière de droit d’auteur destinés aux professeurs, au personnel et aux étudiants de l’Université de l’Alberta sur le…

  • Canada’s Copyright Act at 100

    by Guest Author August 13, 2024
    by Guest Author August 13, 2024

    In light of the centennial of Canada’s Copyright Act, we asked Adrian Sheppard, Director of the University of Alberta Copyright Office, to share his reflections and thoughts in this post.  As a reminder, you can find more information about the array of Copyright services and resources for University of Alberta faculty, staff and students on the Copyright Office website.   For a deeper dive, check out the Opening Up Copyright Instructional Modules.…

  • Explorer nos collections : Lectures de loisir en sciences, technologie, ingénierie et mathématiques

    by Elisabet Ingibergsson July 8, 2024
    by Elisabet Ingibergsson July 8, 2024

    Parcourir les rayons de la bibliothèque de l’Université de l’Alberta peut être un peu compliqué. Nous avons huit bibliothèques réparties sur quatre campus pour vous servir! Vous cherchez par où commencer ? Aujourd’hui, nous présentons des livres de lecture de loisir dans les domaines des sciences, de la technologie, de l’ingénierie et des mathématiques (STIM).  Dans le monde des sciences, de la technologie, de l’ingénierie et des mathématiques (STIM), lire signifie souvent…

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