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Adriana Rincón-Villegas partage ses suggestions de livres en l’honneur de la Journée internationale de la femme. Adriana est associée de recherche à l‘Institute for Intersectionality Studies (IIS) de l’Université de l’Alberta. Elle est colombienne et ses recherches portent sur la politique latino-américaine, le genre et la justice transitionnelle. À l’occasion de la Journée internationale de la femme, l’IIS vous invite à célébrer les voix féministes du monde entier. Nous nous concentrons sur…

Written by Michaela Morrow, Digitization Assistant The library is happy to announce the launch of a new version of our longtime website, Peel’s Prairie Provinces. This digital collection has been updated and migrated to the Internet Archive for better access, quality, and research. What is Peel’s Prairie Provinces? Peel’s Prairie Provinces (or “Peel”) is a digital collection of materials related to Western Canada. The collection includes rare and hard-to-find primary sources such…

Cet article a été rédigé par Adrian Sheppard, directeur du Bureau du droit d’auteur, et Amanda Wakaruk, bibliothécaire spécialiste du droit d’auteur et des communications savantes. La traduction française a été réalisée par Linda Gisenya. Qu’est-ce que le droit d’auteur ? Le droit d’auteur est un ensemble de droits juridiques établis par le gouvernement fédéral et les tribunaux, par le biais de la législation et de la jurisprudence. Les sanctions en cas…

This post was written by Katie Cuyler, Librarian (Arts & Law) & Government Information Librarian Today, governments share almost all of their public information on their websites. But, what happens when these websites change? When policies, mandates, or governments change? How can researchers access government information from previous governments? The answer is often through the Wayback Machine and Archive-it. Archive-it and the Wayback Machine are invaluable tools when it comes to accessing…

In 2019, the University of Alberta released their Strategic Plan for Equity, Diversity & Inclusivity. This document sets forth the institution’s strategic initiatives to, “embed EDI into the culture of the University of Alberta community, from the grassroots to the senior-most levels”. To compliment these initiatives we created a subject guide that highlights intersecting resources on Equity, Diversity & Inclusivity (EDI). Subject guides are a treasure trove of knowledge for researchers; they…

U of A Library has completed a digitization project, which made the entire run of Alberta Street News‘ archives available to read online.  Known at its 2003 inception as Edmonton Street News, and later renamed Alberta Street News in 2011, the newspaper is sold by vendors on the streets of Edmonton and Calgary. It features writing by folks experiencing homelessness, and gives a voice to these perspectives, especially on topics related to…

The library is traditionally known as the go-to place for information and help with resources. It’s true, helping to find information is our passion, but something not as commonly known is how much teaching our librarians and staff do. This includes instruction in many free library workshops offered over the course of the academic year. During the 2020 fall term librarians taught 233 individual sessions to over 10,321 participants!  Having been a…

By David Sulz, Public Service Librarian You can access tens of thousands of Chinese-language items through University of Alberta Library, many of which are not on the open internet. We have physical and electronic items; historic and recent; scholarly and popular non-fiction; poetry and fiction; newspapers and magazines; music and film; art and photography; and even primary source documents.  We collect them for everyone from fluent Chinese speakers, to language learners, and…

Please join us as we catch up with Mudasser Seraj, a former Images of Research semifinalist, on what he learned participating in the competition and exhibition and where he is now. What did you learn about yourself or your research while you created your IOR image? Visual communication is a highly effective medium to develop an interest in complex research methods among the general population. How did IOR boost your professional and…