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    Pride Week 2020: Events at the Library & Beyond

    by Emily Zheng
    written by Emily Zheng

    Here at the Library, we are so excited about Pride Week, which officially kicks off on Sunday, March 8, 2020!

    Pride Week 2020: March 9 to March 15. uab.ca/pride

    As in previous years, you can expect to see a variety of book displays across several library locations. Additionally, we have been working with the wonderful folks at iSMSS to bring you some events:

    Club de lecture de bouquins d’enfants

    • Date: Lundi 9 Mars 2020
    • Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. 
    • Location: Bibliothèque Saint-Jean 

    La Bibliothèque Saint-Jean présente un club de lecture de bouquins d’enfants chaque mois. À cet événement mensuel, vous pourrez vous détendre et découvrir une sélection de livres d’images sur un thème spécifique! Thème pour mars: les livres LGBTQ2S+ pour enfant!

    Pride of Place: The Power of Queer Western Histories (a public talk by Dr. Valerie Korinek)

    • Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2020
    • Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
    • Location: ECHA 2 – 150

    In this public talk, Dr. Korinek will share histories of the queer west from the 1930s-1985, drawing on her research from her recently published book Prairie Fairies.  Her talk will highlight women’s and men’s experiences across the prairies, in both urban and rural settings.  “Pride of Place” offers a corrective to the conventional narratives of the west that omit, or exclude, queer people and queer histories.  Equally important, this lecture offers histories of resistance, resilience and activism throughout the region. Free Event. Please RSVP via EventBrite.

    Is Tango all we got? Evaluating LGBTQ+ children’s picture books

    • Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2020
    • Time: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
    • Location: L-110 Education North

    Curious about LGBTQ+ children’s picture books? Join us for an award winning workshop to learn what’s out there and how to choose the best books! At this workshop, you can expect to become familiar with the canon of LGBTQ+ children’s picture books, and develop some skills in how to evaluate LGBTQ+ children’s picture books.

    Let’s Talk About [Gender and] Sex(uality).. Primary Resource Research Collections

    • Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2020
    • Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
    • Location: Digital Scholarship Centre (DSC), 2nd floor Cameron Library

    Join us at the DSC for a 45 minute saunter through some interesting examples of primary source collections held by the library. We will also discuss where collections like these come from, the people who collected them, as well as the hows and whys. Come to explore potential sources for your own research, or just look at some neat things from the past!

    Visit the Pride Week 2020 website to volunteer, and learn more, and find tips for allies.

    Don’t forget to check out the full list of Pride Week events!

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  • Science Literacy Week 2018 – It’s gonna be a blast!

    by Guest Author
    by Guest Author

    Written by Lydia Thorn From September 17 – 21, the libraries are celebrating Science Literacy Week across the University of Alberta campus. The University of Alberta Libraries has partnered with Science Literacy Week, Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science and Technology (WISEST), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to bring a week full of science and space to the UAlberta community. There will be interactive events and presentations throughout the…

  • Lana Button, Children’s Author and Educator, on the Power of the Picture Book Read-Aloud

    by Erin Sanderman
    by Erin Sanderman

    Please join us in the H.T. Coutts Education and Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation Library on Wednesday, May 9th at 9:30 AM for a presentation by author and early childhood educator Lana Button, showcasing her newest picture book, My Teacher’s Not Here! Lana’s lively presentations show her determination to spread the word that people are never too old for a picture book! In this 50 minute talk, Lana explores the challenge of choosing…

  • Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover is Back

    by Amy Southgate
    by Amy Southgate

    UAlberta Libraries’ 2nd Annual Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover starts Feb 5!  Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover is an annual event that aims to shed light on underrepresented groups. As a twist on regular book displays, books are wrapped in brown paper and teaser keywords are written on the front. This wrapping both symbolizes the marginalization of the featured group and adds a mystery element when selecting a book to…