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    Celebrating National Tree Day

    by Elisabet Ingibergsson September 22, 2021
    written by Elisabet Ingibergsson

    Walking around our campuses I marvel at the beautiful urban forests that surround us! A walk outside at this time of year with the sounds of leaves rustling above or crunching underfoot, the blazing autumn colours remind us of their presence. What better time of year to celebrate National Tree Day!

    This is a short list of books from our collections which both celebrate trees as well as highlight their precarious existence in our environment.  Have a look!

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    The Golden Spruce by John Valliant tells the story of a rare golden-needled spruce tree in Haida Gwaii and the man who chose to cut it down. The Golden Spruce is about much more than a man and a tree – it’s about the intersection of logging, environmentalism and Indigenous culture.

    Big Lonely Doug : the story of one of Canada’s last great trees by Harley Rustad is another book about a man and a tree, but in this case, the man chooses not to cut the tree down. Big Lonely Doug is a massive Douglas fir that stands alone in a clearcut on Vancouver Island

    Once They Were Hats by Frances Backhouse. The spotlight goes on our national emblem – the beaver! Beavers have been gnawing down trees, building dams, shaping the land and creating critical habitat in North America for at least a million years. Discover quirky facts about these industrious creatures in this fascinating book.  

    Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe Having worked as a treeplanter many decades ago, I was fascinated by Charlotte Gill’s book which is part narrative on the life of a tree planter, interspersed with information about the botany of trees, environmentalism and the logging industry. 

    Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America’s Great Forests by Andrew Nikiforuk. Beginning in the late 1980’s, an insect the size of a rice kernel has killed more than 30 billion pine and spruce trees in western North America. The beetle didn’t act alone. Misguided science, out-of-control logging and a hundred years of fire suppression created a volatile geography that released the world’s oldest forest manager from all natural constraints.

    The books below might be of interest to younger readers. Whether its an exploration of the boreal forest; the true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner; or a discovery of the moon calendar of the northern Cree; check them out!

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    (that’s me enjoying the spectacular views at Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park)

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  • Trésors cachés : Oiseaux du monde

    by Eva Romanick January 14, 2021
    by Eva Romanick January 14, 2021

    La bibliothèque de l’Université de l’Alberta est abonnée à de nombreuses bases de données qui sont essentielles pour certaines disciplines, mais qui méritent aussi vraiment une plus grande attention. Voici un de ces trésors… Birds of the World est avant tout considéré comme une base de données scientifique. Mais il n’est pas nécessaire d’être un scientifique, ou un ornithologue, pour l’utiliser ! “Chaque oiseau a une histoire – Plongez dans la vie…

  • Hidden Gems: Birds of the World

    by Eva Romanick January 14, 2021
    by Eva Romanick January 14, 2021

    The University of Alberta Library subscribes to numerous databases that are core for certain disciplines, but also really deserving of wider attention. Here is just one of those gems… Birds of the World is primarily considered a Sciences database. But you don’t have to be a scientist, or a Birder, to use it! “Every bird has a story – Take a deep dive into the remarkable lives of birds with this dynamic…

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

    by Guest Author September 10, 2018
    by Guest Author September 10, 2018

    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…

  • Cameron Library Staff @ The Shack Makerspace this July

    by Sonya Leung July 1, 2018
    by Sonya Leung July 1, 2018

    This July you will see some familiar faces in the Faculty of Science and the Physics Department’s Science Hardware Space: The Shack* (The Shack) as the Cameron Library Public Service Assistants (PSAs) will be covering The Shack’s staff vacation leaves. The Shack is located at L2-136 in the Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science Building – pop by and say “Hello!” The open hours are Monday to Friday 1:30 – 3:30 PM for the…

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