We are thrilled to keep shining a spotlight on the accomplishments of our exceptional colleagues at the University of Alberta Library! This second part of our library wrap-up further demonstrates our team’s commitment to delivering outstanding services and collections that meet the complex information needs of the U of A community.
Our instructors, including subject librarians, librarians and library staff, teach undergraduate and graduate students across all the U of A Colleges and Faculties how to find, evaluate, and cite key resources in their disciplines and help them develop the information and digital literacy skills needed to complete diverse coursework and assignments.
Our library instruction colleagues taught 308 course-based sessions this year, reaching more than 13,000 students!
In addition to supporting student success as part of the academic curriculum, our library instruction colleagues also ran workshops that introduced researchers to cutting-edge technology and valuable skills (e.g. Large Language Models [LLMs], Linked Open Data, Video Editing, and 3D Printing). Multi-part series were presented on topics such as Systematic Review Searching and Research Impact, while stand-alone workshop topics ranged from AI to Zotero.
Library instructors also offered participants the opportunity to learn and engage with rare print materials in workshops such as Secrets to Success in Archival Research. We want to give a huge shout-out to course instructors and other campus partners who connected library instructors with learners in online and onsite learning spaces. Some of our most used subject guides included APA Citation Style (7th Edition), Citation and Reference Management, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teaching Science and Indigenous Research.
Behind the scenes, our colleagues in Digital Production and Preservation, Digital Repository and Data, and Open Publishing and Digitization have had an impactful year. Our institutional repository, ERA, grew by over 1900 unique items, including almost 700 theses. Close to 15,000 digitized items have been added to our digital collections.
5 new open journals have launched and over 2100 new DOIs were registered; this number represents the creation of new journal content that includes both new articles published and back issues that are newly available online. The Open Education Alberta catalogue grew by 5 new open educational resources (OER) including resources on foods and nutrition, library and information studies, language learning, conservation biology and pharmacology.
We want to thank everyone who made this year impactful! Whether you had a library instruction session in one of your courses, learned a new skill in one of our workshops, or explored the many online resources we offer, you helped make this academic year extraordinary!
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