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    IOR Where Are They Now? Jonathan Green

    by Meredith Bratland January 18, 2021
    written by Meredith Bratland
    Self Portrait of Jonathan Green

    What did you learn about yourself or your research while you created your IOR image?

    Looking upon all the research I had done – the books, the journals, articles, photos, conversations – how do you encapsulate all this? IOR led me to scrape away to the essential thoughts, impulses I have for my research.

    Outlier Spaces: Obstructions – Green’s semifinalist submission to IOR in 2016

    How did IOR boost your professional and academic skills?

    IOR boosted my communications skills through having to speak to a diverse and interesting group of people outside of my field. Every time you speak to the public can be an educational opportunity. To me it came down to sharpening and editing the ‘elevator pitch’.

    What is your advice to researchers who are considering entering the competition in 2021?

    Try to think back to the spark that got you started in your research, that moment of curiosity, and come up with the image that would do that to you now, or still does it for you.

    What’s new for you and your research?

    I have three major presentations of my work coming up in the next year – two solo exhibitions and a group exhibit, The Bonavista Biennale – so creating and preparing for them. This new work is focusing on the element of wildfire in the wilderness along with attention on the impact of climate change. This will be told through the use of narratives in a sort of travelogue. The imagery is all from my own research down the Yukon River as well as my brother’s experience as a wildfire fighter.

    Upon graduating in 2016, I canoed down the Yukon River as part of an artist residency, then moved and lived for 3 years in Alaska. Last year I moved back to Canada, driving back down in the dead of winter. After that it was fairly quiet for obvious reasons, but I am looking forward to some more wilderness exploration in the future.

    “These works on paper give a glimpse inside the exploration of shelters, wilderness and wildfire that I am researching along with a pic of my studio, Campsite Press. ” – Jonathan Green
    Screenprints by Jonathan Green

    Is there anything else you’d like to mention regarding your research/work journey since IOR?

    I know it may sound cliche, but be open to change and opportunity. My journey has not been a clear straight path. It can lead to so many rich experiences.

    Jonathan Green’s printmaking shop

    You can view more of Jonathan’s work at his website: www.jonathansgreen.com.

    Graduate students interested in the fully virtual 2021 Images of Research Competition can find more information on the Images of Research webpage. If you’re not sure where to begin, we have a couple of virtual workshops where you can ask questions and get the low down on how to prepare your entry.

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  • LIBRARIANS WORKING FROM HOME: MEET DAVID!

    by Eva Romanick December 10, 2020
    by Eva Romanick December 10, 2020

    With the majority of students and staff being advised to work and study from home, this is how our librarians are supporting online learning… Our Academic Librarian, David, is not really doing anything new. We’ve been using online materials and interacting digitally, often outside “normal” business hours, for a long time. Learning on our own through recordings of other people’s ideas is nothing new either; think of books, journals, newspapers, videos, tapes,…

  • Hidden Gems: ArtStor

    by Eva Romanick November 17, 2020
    by Eva Romanick November 17, 2020

    The University of Alberta Library subscribes to numerous databases that are core for certain disciplines, but also really deserving of wider attention. This is one of those gems… Artstor is a collection of more than a million high-quality digital images of works of art from the collections of galleries, museums, and libraries around the world. It is used most often by researchers in the Arts and Human Ecology: Clothing, Textiles & Material…

  • LIBRARIANS WORKING FROM HOME: MEET ALLISON!

    by Eva Romanick November 12, 2020
    by Eva Romanick November 12, 2020

    With the majority of students and staff being advised to work and study from home, this is how our librarians are supporting online learning… Our Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation Librarian, Allison, has students asking her all kinds of questions. How to refine their searches so they don’t get overwhelmed with citations? Where they can go to find the information they need? And, whether she can help create sophisticated searches for comprehensive reviews…

  • Seasoned Advice from Seasoned Pros

    by Junelle Mah October 15, 2020
    by Junelle Mah October 15, 2020

    Is hindsight the best sight? For staffers seasoned in the library sciences, the answer is yes! We polled our multi-disciplinary team of library whizzes and asked, “What one library resource did you wish you knew about/had access to when you were a student?“ Almost immediately, David Sulz (Academic Librarian) replied back with the Oxford English Dictionary. While our holdings include physical copies, the most up-to-date edition is our online version. It contains…

  • Help us evaluate our services! Take our Reference Management System User Survey!

    by wpadmin October 6, 2020
    by wpadmin October 6, 2020

    What is a citation management system? Why is it important? What does UA provide? Is it meeting the needs of our users? In order to find out we need your feedback. Citation management is an essential component of scholarly communication and research processes. These processes are constantly evolving in response to ongoing changes in disciplinary contexts, technology, standards and best practises, and funding opportunities. Citation or Reference Management Systems (RMS) are the…

  • HathiTrust, Emergency Temporary Access Service

    by Hanne Pearce May 27, 2020
    by Hanne Pearce May 27, 2020

    On an ordinary day, HathiTrust is one of a number of trusted archives that front-line library staff use as a part of their secret arsenal when finding obscure sources for our users. I myself have used it numerous times, for example when trying to locate a digitized version of an older publication, or when trying to find the source of a quote that needs to be cited directly rather than second hand.…

  • Collection Connection with XIAOQIN FENG!

    by Eva Romanick February 20, 2020
    by Eva Romanick February 20, 2020

    Students and staff use the library on the daily, in person and online. This is how… Xiaoqin is a 1st year graduate student in Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science. Her research topics are consumer perceptions of 3D printed foods, and acceptance of 3D food printing in children. What is your “go to” resource for research in the UAlberta library collection? and what do you like about it? I use the online library.…

  • Living Colours: A Story of Structural Colour in Nature and Science

    by Bojan Kumovic January 22, 2020
    by Bojan Kumovic January 22, 2020

    In this unique exhibition, you will learn about the phenomena of structural colour and use microscopes to experience how it works in nature. This exhibit highlights how structural colour connects the latest research in science, art and design. It runs from January 30 to March 27 at the Augustana Library. Structural colouration is a phenomena in nature in which colour is obtained through microscopically structured surfaces of living organisms and their connection…

  • 2019 Images of Research Winners

    by Sonya Leung April 3, 2019
    by Sonya Leung April 3, 2019

    Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Images of Research! We are so pleased to present the outstanding entries of the Images of Research competition for 2019. Out of 67 eligible entries, a panel of judges chose the winners and semifinalists; all will be on display in HT Coutts Education Library from April 4 to 30, 2019. Images of Research exhibition Location: HT Coutts Education Library, main floor Date: April 4 –…

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